Chapter Ninety-Six: Bonds
The fire spreads out from the picture scroll in front of you, covering the sky and the sun.
Xiao Qianye was suddenly startled, and found that he was standing high in the air, and as far as the eye could see, there was only a raging phoenix fire.
The ancient divine bird looked at him with madness and unwillingness, but it quietly spread its wings and did not move, and a huge bloody wound was cut on its chest, and the blood was dripping down like flames.
Xiao Qianye suddenly lowered his head and found that he was holding a black gold ancient knife in his hand - this was a knife he had seen several times in his dreams, but after really holding it in his hand, he found that this knife was more slender and sharp, almost shoulder to shoulder with him when erected, there was no scabbard, the knife was engraved with gold lines, and the blood of the divine bird stained the tip of the knife red.
This is the legendary blade of the god of war, Gu Chen, the wound wounded by it, which cannot be healed again.
But the Blazing Phoenix has another, more well-known name – the Immortal Bird.
The sight in front of him was so magical, the divine bird's chest was bleeding all the time, but soon there would be flames filling it.
"You are the first one who can survive being injured by Gu Chen. Xiao Qianye smiled, and his body and words were not controlled.
That year, Emperor Zhong had not yet met the poor Qi who was born with a disability, he wandered aimlessly between thousands of islands, and never showed mercy in the face of all the challengers, but this time he took the initiative to put away his knife and stretched out his hand to the divine bird covering the sky and the sun above his head: "If you continue to fight, there will be no results, right?" I can't extinguish the fire on your body, and you can't kill me at all, so it's better to make friends here, how about it?"
The Divine Bird looked at him, and gradually put away its firelight, its body was rapidly shrinking, and soon it became as big as an ordinary blue bird, and it also restrained its battle intent, stretched out its wings like hands, and put them on Di Zhong's palm.
reconciled...... Xiao Qianye was silently surprised in the bottom of his heart, Di Zhong actually reconciled with a bird?
It was at this moment that the blood on the Divine Bird's chest dripped onto Di Zhong's arm, and a "poof" burned him.
"Huh......" Di Zhong looked at the burn marks on his arm in surprise, but showed a hint of incredible shock, "Oh...... You can burn me, worthy of being called a blazing phoenix! Speaking of which, can you understand me? Most of the mythical beasts can understand human language, right?"
"Mythical beasts can understand human language, but humans cannot understand the language of beasts. The Divine Bird really answered his words, Di Zhong smiled and touched the burns on his hands, "That's right, even Xi Hui, who rules all things, can't fully master this ability, maybe only a true god can understand all things, right?"
"Don't you think you're a god?" the Divine Bird was a little arrogant, obviously knowing his identity before deliberately challenging it, and said, "You call it the 'Heavenly Realm', right? It is the highest piece of pure land under this sky, and there are no flow islands in its vertical and horizontal range, and it is guarded by an ancient black dragon, you killed it and obtained the qualification to enter the Heavenly Realm, right?"
"I didn't do it alone......"
"It doesn't matter, you're the one who cut off the head of the black dragon. The Divine Bird did not listen to his explanation, but did not hesitate to interrupt him.
Di Zhong was silent for a while and smiled bitterly.
No one cares how the black dragon was defeated, everyone only remembers him who finally cut off the dragon's head, no wonder Huang Yan has always had a temper with himself, he must be very unwilling to be such a strong person, right?
He silently clenched Gu Chen, knowing that it was better to take a step later in the first place, and at the moment when the black dragon revealed his flaws, he was completely sure to cut off the dragon's head with the strength of Huang Yan, and it was his own reaction that was one step ahead of him.
"What are you doing when you don't guard the Heavenly Realm and come to this deserted island?" asked curiously, pointing to the green and hurried land under his feet, "This island is called Xiao Qiao Island, and the whole territory is a 10,000-year-old towering ancient forest, ordinary humans or birds and beasts cannot live here, because this island is a paradise for fierce beasts, and there are often poor people who rest here, and there are fairy grasses growing on the island that are suitable for their cultivation......"
"Immortal grass?" Di Zhong's attention was attracted by the last two words, he suddenly became interested, and asked, "Is this kind of thing a fierce beast a vegetarian? Why would you be interested in immortal grass?"
"Of course not...... Divine Bird's voice obviously became a little embarrassed, and even glanced at him strangely, "Are you really the god of war in the heavenly realm? There should be a lot of fierce beasts that trouble you, do you think they seem to be vegetarians? It's just that Qiqi is born cold-blooded, that kind of fairy grass seems to be able to alleviate the cold in their bodies, if you are also interested, follow the flow of water, you should be able to find a lot, blue, like a crescent moon." ”
"Blue, crescent-like ......" Di Zhong thought thoughtfully, chattering in his mouth, "I seem to have some impressions, Xi Hui asked Zisu before to ask for it, saying that he wanted to feed the poor Qi he raised, but it didn't seem to arrive, Zisu said no...... Well, but I don't want to go back for the time being, should I bring some for him?"
"Xi Hui and Shiso, are they the Night King and the Lie King?" the Divine Bird said cautiously, "I heard that in the belief of the human race, there is a Shennong clan, called Lie Mountain, it is said that he once tasted a hundred herbs, and finally died suddenly because of the broken intestine grass, and later generations called it the God of Medicine King, I wonder if the Flame King of the Heavenly Realm has anything to do with this?"
"Well, is that so?" Di Zhong waved his hand casually, his face a little mysterious, "It's just self-proclaimed, don't confuse it with the true god." ”
"Hehe, the god of war really doesn't have a real god at all. The Divine Bird praised it, spread its wings and flew up, saying goodbye to him, "It's time for me to go back to Ukiyo Island, if one day the power of the God of War can break through the outer racial barrier of Ukiyo Island, I welcome you to come to the Bird Clan God Realm to gather." ”
"Ukiyo-e?"
"My people are born with fire, and they can make themselves immortal, and I should have long enough time to wait for you to come. The voice of the divine bird was full of anticipation, but it also had a hint of obvious loss, "God of War, after going to the heavenly realm, you should also have an endless lifespan equal to heaven and earth, do you think this is a blessing?"
"It's a curse. Emperor Zhong replied without hesitation, the divine bird froze for a moment, and let out a bright smile, "You see it quite thoroughly, to tell you the truth, on the way back this time, I met an interesting race, they regard the 'phoenix' as a totem, worship day and night, and long for the phoenix to give them endless life, so I gave them the fire in my body, according to the tradition of the Blazing Sky clan, the fire can only be extinguished by killing each other, and at the same time, it cannot be passed on to other races, otherwise the blood of the divine bird will burn everything, you say, will this clan thank me?" ”
"Oh?" Di Zhong looked at the mysterious eyes of the divine bird, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "I should be very grateful to you for a short time, but for a longer time, say five thousand years, ten thousand years, or even longer...... Not necessarily. ”
"So I did a little bit of tricking. The Divine Bird smiled maliciously, and the God of War Emperor Zhong who looked at him with such eyes was also a little uncomfortable, "I already have Twins in my body, and now I have hidden the Twins in the fire and paid them to that clan at the same time, but when and how the Twins were born is still unsolved, the Twins can take them back to Ukiyo Island, and when that time comes, I want to hear them thank me in person...... Or blame me. ”
"You're so bored. Di Zhong answered coldly.
"But if they don't wait for that day, I will personally send them on their last journey when the fire is extinguished. The divine bird disagreed, silently reminded, "Most of the time you have lived too long are boring, I hope you will not feel bored, or even have no love." ”
Before the words fell, the divine bird shook off the flowing fire all over its body, its speed was extremely fast, and it disappeared from Emperor Zhong's sight without a trace almost instantly. Bibi eBook
Di Zhong didn't catch up, he fell lightly to Xiao Qiao Island, this is really an island with extremely abundant spiritual power, if it weren't for the frequent occurrence of fierce beasts, it should be a flowing island where all spirits coexist in harmony, right?
Walking along the current, his eyes were soon attracted by a puppy that had fallen in the swamp in front of him, it whined and wailed, struggling to slap the mud with its paws, but the more it struggled to sink, the faster it sank, and soon most of the puppy's body sank into the mud, leaving only its nose to snort and gasp outside.
"Hey!" Di Zhong shouted, directly picking up the puppy in the swamp with the back of Gu Chen's knife and throwing it into the stream next to him, he himself jumped in, and used the stream to clean the mud on the puppy before carrying it back to the shore.
"Did you accidentally fall into the swamp while looking for water to drink?" Di Zhong asked, carrying the puppy, and suddenly caught a glimpse of its beautiful blue eyes, and exclaimed, "You...... You're not a dog?"
He subconsciously rubbed his body on the puppy's head, and sure enough, he found a pair of small horns in the depths of the hair, which were covered by long hair because they were too small.
Then he touched the puppy's back again and found that it had no bone wings.
"Huh...... Is it too young to grow yet?" Di Zhong muttered to himself as he guessed, recalling the appearance of Qi Qi in his impression, and almost didn't dare to associate the little milk dog in front of him with the fierce beast in his memory.
Xiao Qianye looked at the young Qi Qi in his hand in shock through the eyes of the God of War - the first time he fell into this strange dream eight years ago, what he saw was the scene in front of him, but at that time he looked at the strange man in front of him in the body of Qi Qi in fear, but this time he was curiously looking at the little fierce beast in his hand in the eyes of the God of War Emperor Zhong.
Born with a disability in his left limb, he is indeed the little poor man who was abandoned by his peers.
Di Zhong picked up the stream and wiped it on the beast's face, raised his hand and flicked it on the door of its head: "You little thing, I think you seem to be a fierce beast Qiqi, but you were born disabled, and it is because of this reason that you were abandoned by your companions, so you are on such a deserted island?"
"Whew......" Qi Qi tried to open his mouth, as if in response to his words.
"Hahaha, it turns out that the sound of the fierce beast when it was a child is the same as that of a little milk dog?" Di Zhong couldn't help laughing, gently touched its head, he put Qi Qi on his shoulder, twisted the wet corners of his clothes, and said: "You just follow me for the time being, although you are born with a disability, but the flesh and blood of the fierce beast is a very rare tonic, don't be caught by anyone to eat it!"
He continued to walk along the water, and suddenly a swaying blue sea of grass appeared in front of him, and the crescent-like fairy grass swayed gently in the breeze.
Xiao Qianye suddenly pressed his forehead, this scene seemed to have been seen somewhere, and suddenly his memory became confused, and in a trance, Feng Ji's whisper came from his ears - "Are you awake?"
The moment he opened his eyes again, the flame of the spirit phoenix in front of him was extinguished, and Feng Ji knelt beside him nervously, and saw that he finally woke up and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"How long has it been?" Xiao Qianye keenly sensed something wrong the moment she woke up, Feng Ji spread her hand and shook her head, "It's been at least half a day, it's really scary, you can't wake up no matter how you shout, it seems that you can't try again in the future." ”
Half a day! Xiao Qianye's eyes trembled terribly, such a short memory, half a day passed in an instant!
"What did you see?" Feng Ji asked.
Xiao Qianye looked at her silently, and was shocked to think of the words of the Divine Bird—that was really just a whim of the Divine Bird, right? Those Divine Beasts who live with heaven and earth, they can change the future of a people in a single thought!
"Is there a bad past?" Feng Ji caught a glimpse of the bitter smile on his face and continued to ask.
Xiao Qianye nodded, and continued: "Emperor Zhong has indeed seen that divine bird, the blood of the divine bird burned his arm, maybe the bond has been doomed from that moment, it will divide the fire in the body with the Spirit Phoenix Clan, giving this clan the ability equivalent to the Divine Bird, and at the same time ......"
"At the same time?" Sensing that there was something in his words, Feng Ji asked quietly, "At the same time, what?"
"It also hid its own children in the fire and continued it to the Lingfeng clan. Xiao Qianye pointed to the Flowing Fire Sword in Feng Ji's hand and guessed, "The reason why you will be reborn from the fire is because the fire in your body happens to be the son of the Divine Bird, the Divine Bird has twins and the other ......."
"In Yun Xiao's body. Feng Ji clenched the holy sword in her hand hard, "Actually, I noticed it early on, I never expected that the Lingfeng clan's ability to be envied by countless people was just a joke of the divine bird." ”
"It says that the Twins can return to Ukiyo, but it also says ...... But if you can't wait for that day, you will personally send you on the last ride when the fire is extinguished. ”
"Yes. Feng Ji bowed her head silently, calming down a little, did the divine bird that gave the Spirit Phoenix Clan fire ten thousand years ago predict that there would be this day? or even ...... Have you been waiting for this day to come?
"Also, I have a lot of things to care about. Xiao Qianye stood up and interrupted her thoughts, "Emperor Zhong has been to Zhen Island many times, and even personally set up the Seven Divine Guards here, this is not like what a person like him would do, Zhen Island must have something worthy of his nostalgia, that kind of blue, crescent-like fairy grass that can relieve the cold of Qiqi, I have indeed seen it in a place in Feiyuan." ”
"Blue, crescent-like fairy grass?" Feng Ji thought carefully about his words, and her face sank, "Is it the Forbidden Valley of the Eastern Underworld?"
"Gu Chen, too. Xiao Qianye's eyes were bright, and he finally connected everything together, "Xiao Qiao Island has long ceased to exist, and the valley of confinement in the East Underworld happens to be a little similar there, that is where he and the fierce beast first met, so they will stay in the East Underworld for a long time, and even set up seven gods to guard this flow island, and then it is not surprising that they encountered a demon attack, but what happened after that? Why was Gu Chen left there by Xiao......
"It's better for you to retrieve the ancient dust as soon as possible. Feng Ji reminded expressionlessly.
"Well, when I come back from the imperial capital, I must go and retrieve the ancient dust, otherwise...... Lost memories can never be recovered. ”
Feng Ji subconsciously glanced at him, a little worried - if his memory was fully recovered, would it still be this Xiao Qianye now?
Xiao Qianye retracted his thoughts, the blood of the Spirit Phoenix on his clothes had been burned away, leaving not even a trace, and Feng Ji's injuries had been completely healed long ago when he fell into ancient memories.
"Let's go. He silently put away his sword, straightened his clothes, and suddenly his eyes sank, and he looked at his left arm in disbelief—there was a fire-colored scar there, and the burn marks appeared!