Chapter 294 Starting Over (2)
Qingpingzi, who had been secretly grieving for many days, was immediately embarrassed by Ji Rong's words. He leaped onto the fragrant and pungent lotus platform, sneezing as he inserted the cleaned whisk into the platform.
The other person stood up, made a hand seal with both hands, and placed the lotus platform back in its original position.
The clouds and mist gathered in this direction, and in no time, a thin layer of mist formed. Qingpingzi gently inhaled the misty air and felt as if he had been reborn.
He looked up and saw that along the edge of the sea of clouds, there was a line of blue sky.
Ji Rong strolled over to Qing Pingzi's side, stretched her slender neck, and said to Qing Pingzi with a hint of pride, "How about it, senior brother? Now that you're standing at a high position, don't you feel that your Dao heart is clear and you can do whatever you want?"
Qingpingzi smiled wryly and said, "It's not as easy as Junior Sister makes it out to be. The path has been cultivated and the road has been completed."
I made a vow of karmic retribution long ago, and in this life I will never have the opportunity to change my practice to another path.
These words were too discouraging, and Ji Rong didn't want to hear them. With a pained expression, she took out the Hundred Skills Seal and said, "Senior brother is really stubborn. He gave up after only practicing it once. I think this seal is quite good."
Perhaps to verify that Qingpingzi was right, as soon as Ji Rong finished speaking, three more cracks appeared on the seal!
"Outrageous!" Ji Rong shouted, looking at the disobedient Hundred Skills Seal, "How dare you! You good-for-nothing!"
"You dare to crack again! Crack again and I'll smash you open and rebuild you! I refuse to believe it, I'll create a Thousand Skills Seal, a Ten Thousand Skills Seal, to replace you!"
But Ji Rong's words were useless. Cracks appeared on the Hundred Skills Seal one after another, constantly splitting and opening up!
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi felt as if he had found a floating island when he was drowning. He excitedly stood up and took the Hundred Skills Seal, which had hundreds of cracks, from Ji Rong's hands, saying, "Junior Sister, you are truly a wonderful treasure!"
But then, his face fell, and he looked at Ji Rong with a shy expression.
Ji Rong leaned closer and said seriously, "Senior brother, have you considered any difficulties? Please speak freely."
Qingpingzi nodded and said, "Junior sister, what you just said resonated with me."
I wish to reshape this Hundred Skills Seal, but it has been nourished by the Source over the past few years, and reshaping it now would likely require consuming a considerable amount of the Source.
We no longer have this item, so I'd like to ask my junior sister to risk going back there to retrieve it.
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong immediately stuck his wings on, thinking smugly, "I thought it was something serious! I still have some knowledge of this source."
But when she opened her mouth, she cried out in heartache, "What a pity for the origin of that little gourd, I wonder who benefited from it now."
Qingpingzi's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he said, "The little gourd I gave you was made by my master, so it might not be broken."
He leaped up and quickly brought out a vat, saying, "Junior sister, when I saw that most of your flesh and blood were burned through, I was afraid you wouldn't make it, so I carefully picked you up and put you in this vat to recover. Quickly look for the gourd; did you leave it in here?"
As soon as Ji Rong opened the jar lid, she began to gag. She screamed, "Senior brother, what are you doing? You sealed me inside before, so why are you giving me this stinking mud pit now?"
Qingpingzi laughed and said, "Junior sister, how can you despise yourself? This mud is all the gray and black residue from the feathers and flesh you've shed."
Qingpingzi pointed to the vat of filth and said calmly, "Junior Sister, this contains not only your burned treasures, but also the last remaining Old Days Glow Liquid of our Jade Void Palace, the five Heaven and Earth Pills left by our master, and the Nine-Turn Muscle Regeneration Pill, Nine-Turn Blood Regeneration Pill, Nine-Turn Bone Healing Pill, and Nine-Turn..."
"You absorbed all of this enormous vat of elixirs and precious treasures; otherwise, how could you have grown flesh to roam the heavens and become the Bird King?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong shrank her neck repeatedly.
She stuck her head in and started digging quickly. In no time, she found a storage ring strung together with a fine iron chain and several other loose items in the mud, including the small gourd.
Ji Rong grabbed them and excitedly wiped them clean with the mist. Then, she called out to Qing Pingzi, "Senior brother, senior brother, I found them! My treasures and my magic weapons have all been found! Haha, I'm rich again!"
Qingpingzi stepped forward and, seeing that most of the storage rings were just ordinary items, immediately shook his head and said, "Junior sister, these are probably useless."
Ji Rong didn't believe it, but when she opened it, she found that most of the simple storage ring had been burned through, and the contents inside had turned to dust.
The gourd was only damaged by the lightning strike, with the internal array that stabilized the space remaining intact.
Ji Rong picked and chose among them, finally managing to gather a small amount. She was on the verge of tears, her eyes darting around, and she immediately knelt down beside Qing Pingzi's legs and wailed, "Senior brother, senior brother, I'm poor. You are rich in the Jade Void Mountain Range, please give me something."
Qingpingzi looked at Ji Rong and said, "Junior sister, if you want treasure, learn a skill from me. As long as you are good at it, you will soon have treasure again."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong involuntarily pulled her already slender neck inward. She rolled her eyes at the sky. She was of extraordinary seniority in the Jade Void Palace and was used to lying down all the time. Why would she want to make things difficult by doing work?
So she sprouted wings and said, "Senior brother, I'm already so old. If I could learn a skill, with my vast knowledge, would I need to become a butcher?"
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi felt a lump in his throat. Thinking of his Hundred Skills Seal, which was cracked beyond repair, he thought, "Fine, it'll have to be divided sooner or later anyway, so I might as well give her a share in advance."
So, he sighed and said, "Junior sister, come with me, I'll pack some things for you."
Qingpingzi led Ji Rong to his cave dwelling and gave her a storage ring, more than she would have given him, as if she were moving house.
Looking at Qingpingzi's still-smooth red hair, Ji Rong couldn't help but wonder, "Senior brother, why are you dividing up so much of your fortune for me, as if you're making your final arrangements?"
Qingpingzi sighed and took out the Hundred Skills Seal again, saying, "You have become an emperor, and the source of your energy must have been used up. As for my path, it has been shattered into this state, and the future is unknown. I am sharing these things with you in advance so that you won't curse me later."
"The source?" Ji Rong exclaimed smugly, "If it is, Senior Brother, don't worry. I possess three bodies, and I also have some of this source."
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi's eyes lit up. He took the storage ring string that Ji Rong was wearing around her neck and said, "Junior sister, I feel that I am not yet ready to pass away, so I will not give these things to you. I will give them to you when my time is up."
Ji Rongren took a small portion, then snatched the loosely hanging storage ring and placed it under his wing, saying, "Then let's continue our seclusion!"
"Good!" Qingpingzi's eyes regained their fervor. He put the clean whisk back into the lotus platform, reset the great formation, and the bird and the ferocious beast began to discuss the Dao again.
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