Chapter 90 Odd and Even
Seeing Jiao Jue standing there in a daze, looking deep in thought, Wu Yue was filled with doubt.
He pulled Jiao Jue aside to talk, and Jiao Jue relayed what Ji Rong had said to Wu Yue, avoiding the important points.
Upon hearing this, Wu Yue's eyes lit up, and he said, "Lord Jinlong, there are records of spiritual vein repair in the clan's ancient books."
"If Lord Ji truly possesses such a method, it would be entirely beneficial to our clan. What harm is there in letting her reside on Tuifeng Island? She can't move the spiritual veins anyway."
“She can’t be moved, but she can absorb it.” Unable to explain, Jiao Jue could only nod reluctantly, pondering how to control this strange bird.
After a stick of incense had burned, Ji Rong's decision to live on Tuifeng Island was finalized.
Privately, Jiao Jue had already made his intentions clear.
Ji Rong can stay there and cultivate inside, but Ji Rong must repair the spiritual veins and must not overly steal from them.
Every year, Wuqi needs to go to Tuifeng Island to determine the mineral content;
If the mineral content is less than 90% of the original content, then Jiaojue will chop off Ji Rong's wings.
Ji Rong nodded in agreement.
Satisfied, she immediately took Ji Zhuang back to Xifeng Island and packed up Gu Qingqing and their few belongings.
The question of what would happen if the mineral deposits were less than 90% full was naturally ignored by Ji Rong.
She'll soon be able to take the fox and her brother to live in the spirit vein mine. They're finally going to be rich! Haha!
After the cultivators left, Jiao Jue, unusually narrowing his eyes, snapped at Wu Yue, saying, "How could you agree to that? I told you not to let her stay, you can't let her stay!"
Wu Yue replied, “She’s not wrong. I have indeed taught them for a long time. Now they want to enlighten young children and are willing to sort out the spiritual veins.”
We simply don't have the capacity to mine this Desolate Wind Island right now, so why shouldn't we agree?
Looking at the old man with a face full of wrinkles yet still so naive, Jiao Jue felt for the first time that his mining foreman was really stupid.
The next day, Jiao Jue, with his eyes narrowed and face sour, carried the witch and the shaman, along with Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang, and flew towards the sealed land.
As they reached the outer edge of the sealed land, they saw that the seal was riddled with holes, and large swaths of gale-force winds were blowing in with clouds and mist.
Even standing outside, Jiaojue could still sense a resistance, and involuntarily wanted to fly to the side.
“You little bird, carry us on your back, let’s get to work,” Jiao Jue said coldly to Ji Rong.
Thinking of Jiao Jue's enormous body, Ji Rong reluctantly said, "Brother Jinlong, wouldn't it be better if I led the way and you followed behind, like before?"
Jiaojue calmly squinted and waved its paw, saying, "No, you received payment!"
Rejected, Ji Rong had no choice but to transform into a magical bird, a magnificent rooster three zhang long with seven colors, golden feathers on its head shining like light, indigo green feathers around its neck, a beak like fresh blood, and yellow eyes; its claws were like hooks, and it was majestic and awe-inspiring.
Jiaojue shrank its body and wrapped Wuyue, Xuanwu, and Jizhuang together on Jirong's back.
Ji Rong immediately felt an immense weight on her back. She grabbed at the air with her claws, and a rope-like spiritual vein attached itself to her leg, continuously supplying her with spiritual energy. Only then did Ji Rong feel a little better.
She stumbled and steadied herself in mid-air, then rushed into a large hole along with the gust of wind.
As soon as she entered the inner room, Ji Rong plunged straight into the sea.
It's too heavy! This horned jade has shrunk by more than 30% after its tribulation, but it's more than half a year heavier than before.
Just as Ji Rong was about to fall into the water, Jiao Jue instinctively wrapped Ji Zhuang, Xuanwu, and Wu Yue up.
"Killing birds! Cough cough! Horned Jade! Big brother, pull me out of the water!" Ji Rong, exhausted and choking on water, flapped her wings in the water and cried out in anguish.
Jiaojue was still heartbroken over the lost spirit crystal mine and didn't want to pay attention to it.
He carefully held the witch and the witch's axe in his claws before releasing his tail and letting Ji Zhuang out.
Then, Jiaojue asked Xuanwu Qiou for directions and flew away against the strong wind.
By the time Ji Zhuang finally regained his balance and went to pull Ji Rong up, Ji Rong was already soaked to the bone.
Her wet feathers were too heavy for her to fly, so she could only paddle and flap her wings in the water like a waterbird, and finally rest on a rock exposed on the surface of the water.
"Shit is hard to eat, money is hard to earn." Ji Rong thought bitterly as she preened her feathers.
The seal contained little remaining power of time, but the horn was too heavy, causing Ji Rong's spiritual veins to weaken by half.
When their feathers were almost dry, Ji Zhuang carried Ji Rong and slowly flew onto the island. The two birds then took off running towards the square where odd and even numbers were placed.
Upon entering the plaza, one could see several witches disassembling and tidying up odd and even items, while Jiaojue was using its claws to hook a large, shiny storage ring and collect it.
We collected a total of two hundred.
Perhaps knowing that Ji Rong was weak, Jiao Jue did not force Ji Rong to carry him on the return journey.
He had Ji Rong fly ahead, while he followed in the middle, and Ji Zhuang flew at the very back.
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The odd-even installation went smoothly, but the reinstallation was not.
Horned Jade flew back to Wokwind Island, then swung its claws and snapped off a bunch of trees on the slightly flat wasteland. It then swept its tail back and forth across the land, creating a relatively flat piece of land.
The odd and even limbs poured out of the storage ring with a clatter, and the witch and the witch swore sorted the odd and even parts one by one.
The other elders watched from the sidelines.
Odd and even numbers are relatively easy to match for birds, mammals, and water.
But when it came to the insect genus, the shamans were stumped.
The existing twenty-three insect parts, both odd and even, are all exquisite and small, and quite similar. They had never seen many of the insect heads before and wondered what the Qidao people of that day had used to make them.
Yuewu was really curious, so she randomly picked up an odd-even insect from the pile for comparison.
The odd and even body has about twenty segments, covered with plates of an unknown animal, and the segments can be connected to or disassembled.
Yuewu then pressed the head of another insect onto its body, causing the seemingly flexible insect body to stiffen instantly and become impossible to remove.
The sorcerer is directing a branch of the ancient sorcerers to arrange odd and even numbers.
Yue Wu didn't want to disturb her. Like a child who had done something wrong, she lowered her head and held the insect's head and mutilated body for Wu Yue to see.
Wu Yue sighed and said nothing, but simply instructed Jiao Jue to put the twenty-three odd and even insect-type components back into his storage ring.
Four days later, after all 177 odd and even numbers were in place, three of them were still not very agile.
Upon seeing this, Wu Yue instructed Xuanwu to dismantle it again and hand it over to Jiaojue for safekeeping.
These are all precious legacies. Since they can no longer be restored, let's just keep them safe.
As soon as the Odd-Even Plaza was completed, Ji Rong, who couldn't wait to move into the spiritual vein, came over eagerly with Ji Zhuang and Gu Qingqing.
She stood in front of Wu Yue and Jiao Jue, flapped her wings a few times, and even used her beak to straighten the hemp clothes on Wu Yue's body.
Ordinary linen clothes couldn't withstand Ji Rong's sharp, toothy beak. She grabbed Wu Yue's linen clothes and gently pulled them down, and with a "rip," a large tear was ripped from top to bottom, revealing the withered skin underneath.
At this moment, many Wu people who were building walls and clearing weeds around the area turned to look when they heard the noise.
Wu Yue's face immediately turned red. His cheeks trembled and his lips twitched as he hurriedly ran behind Jiao Jue.
Jiao Jue, however, was puzzled. He moved to the side, exposing Wu Yue completely to the public.
Snickers could be heard from all around. Wu Yue's face turned from red to black. He gripped the cloth with one hand as if he were going to his death and strode toward his residence.
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