"Zhizhi?!" Yingbaigui was surprised when he saw the contents in the box and couldn't help but scream. Guan Heng and Qinghuang couldn't help but take a few steps forward and came up to take a look. Old Monkey, Xuan Spider, The wandering dog and the Jiugong Bird Soul are naturally no exception.
When Qinghuang saw Yingbaigui carefully taking it out of the box and then bringing it to everyone, she couldn't help but ask: "What, what is this..."
"It seems to be a rectangular sign." Hearing Guan Heng muttering beside him, Qinghuang smiled bitterly and said, "I know this is a sign, but what is the use of this thing and where does it come from? I don't know any of this."
"Well, let me take a look." After saying that, Guan Heng reached out to take the thing and found that it was integrated and crystal clear. Judging from the surface texture, it should be a piece of flawless jade, but it was heavy to hold, especially metal.
He thought to himself: "The multi-headed evil nightmare has always been cunning and vicious. It is absolutely impossible for it to hide this object in this secret place for no reason. I have to analyze the reason..."
"Hey, I think this thing looks quite strong. Why don't you try its hardness first?" The Jiugong Bird Soul hovered above the two of them, and then continued: "Strike this thing hard with your weapons. If it If it can release spiritual energy, then we are welcome to absorb it."
After hearing this, Guan Heng curled his lips and said, "Hey, it's too selfish to just care about yourself, isn't it?"
"Gugu, Gugu, you can't say that. The reason why I followed you here to help is probably due to the temptation of spiritual energy. Hehe, with the current 'delicious food', aren't you tempted?"
Qinhun's last words were spoken to the dog and the black spider. The two worthless guys shouted in unison and all gathered around. Not to mention them, even the old monkey and the baby white ghost were attracted by the pure spiritual energy slowly exuding from the surface of this beautiful jade.
"You... well, can't you be more reserved?" Seeing this scene, Guan Heng held his forehead and sighed: "We haven't figured out the use of this thing yet, so everyone is in a hurry to 'sit down and share the spoils', right?"
"Hehehe, Ah Heng, don't blame them. These guys have been working extremely hard after following you and me for so long. That's good." Qinghuang thought for a moment and continued: "I'll give you some souls first. The original power of the king allows everyone to merge... huh?!"
Just when she said this, she was suddenly startled, and then she and the wide-eyed Guan Heng shouted at the same time: "Yes, the power of the source!!"
At this moment, Guan Hengqing held the beautiful jade in his hand and said: "The aura contained in this object is very similar to the original power of my father-in-law. It must be closely related to him. It should be returned to the spirit world and let my father-in-law take good care of himself." Check it out.”
"Yes, I think so too." After listening to his words, Qinghuang nodded repeatedly, and then said: "Also, the nine great beasts all know the internal affairs of the spirit world. You and I can also ask them first. Right?"
"That makes sense. Let's go. Let's go back to the Scarlet Crystal Marrow Cave first. Ruotao, Huajuan and the Big Demon are still waiting for us."
As soon as Guan Heng's words came out, the flying dogs and black purple mysterious spiders beside him murmured in unison, and Qinghuang said: "They don't plan to go with us anymore, because there is a lot of pure spiritual energy left in this cave, so the mysterious spiders The spiders and slugs decided to stay and absorb.”
"Forget it, how about you leave some original power to them?" Jiugong Qinhun said from the side: "These two guys have worked hard after all."
The two of them smiled: "Hahaha, you don't need to remind us, we have decided to do this."
Immediately afterwards, Guan Heng and Qing Huang gathered three groups of original spiritual energy and poured them into the bird soul, the dog and the black spider respectively. The two guys were naturally happy.
But Jiugong Qinhun muttered a little greedily: "Hey, why is the portion given to me a little less? Don't you know that I have a big appetite?"
"Hey, you are so picky after forcing yourself?" Guan Heng laughed at it and said, "Look at your shameless look, you really disgraced the Jiugong Bird."
"Gugu, Gugu, you are talking nonsense, I will never end it with you, unless you give us a little more spiritual energy."
At this moment, Guan Heng stepped forward and said: "I have given you a lot. Besides, there is a limit to how much spiritual power your soul body can absorb and fuse. If you eat too much, be careful not to overwhelm you to death."
"Hmph, I have my own sense of control, so I don't need you to worry about it." Qinhun knew that Qinghuang was soft-hearted, so he flew to her side and whispered: "Hey, Miss Qinghuang, how about you give me some more spiritual energy? In fact, I am not the same. For yourself."
"Not for yourself?" After hearing what the other party said, both Guan Heng and Qing Huang were a little puzzled.
The bird soul sighed and explained: "I just heard you tell me that the only surviving member of my race hatched a baby. This is the only descendant of our race, and this child is suffering from hemorrhage that has not yet healed. So I want to help it."
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When Guan Heng and the others were returning after obtaining the nameless jade, something happened to Ruotao and the others.
"Oh, it's really boring here." Ruotao leaned against the rock wall, resting his head on his hands and whispered in a low voice: "If I had known this, I might as well go play with Qing Huang and Young Master, it would be better than staying here It’s so idle here that I feel itchy all over.”
"Gu Gu, Gu Gu." At this moment, Jiugong Bird had already put his chicks into the Red Crystal Marrow Pool for a long time, and seemed a little bored, so he walked over and said, "Anyway, it's fine now. Do you want to listen to me? story?"
"Okay, I like to listen to songs and stories the most. Please tell me."
Ruotao sat up suddenly, and then got in front of the other party. Even the Hua Zhu and the Big Demon next to him gathered around him. When Jiugongniao saw that everyone was in high spirits, he said, "That was a long time ago." It happened decades ago..."
At first, the Jiugong bird didn't lay eggs for a long time after it reached adulthood, so it seemed very anxious.
Because their clan is all hermaphroditic, but the clan has withered away, and only one of them is left. If something unexpected happens, the Jiugong Bird in the crater dense forest will be extinct.
In desperation, the Jiugongniao had no choice but to travel a long distance to another branch of its tribe, the Jiugongniao habitat on the coast of the North Sea, intending to ask for tips on laying eggs and raising eggs.
Although this place is thousands of miles away from the coast of the North Sea, if calculated at normal speed, Jiugongniao should be able to reach it in more than a month. The problem is... this guy is a "super road idiot"!
In this way, it took several years for the Nine Palace Birds to find the habitat of the same species on the shores of the North Sea.
"Hey, after talking for a long time, you just want to tell us that you are indeed a hopeless road idiot, right?" After hearing Ruotao's words, the Jiugong Bird almost fell to the ground, and it hurriedly explained: " Don’t worry, I haven’t gotten to the point yet, so listen carefully!”
Feeling underestimated by the other party, Jiugongniao just shook his head slightly.
Sighing, it continued: "Unexpectedly, after I arrived at the coast of the North Sea, I found that my fellow tribesmen there were also suffering. Misfortunes never come singly, so I stayed there and resisted the invasion of foreign enemies with them until the other side retreated. Decades passed in such a hurry.”
Hearing this, Ruotao was a little curious: "It actually requires you to resist for decades. Who are the enemies?"
"Uh, well... to be honest, I haven't paid attention to their origins after fighting with them for decades."
Jiugongniao replied with some embarrassment: "According to the seniors of the same clan on the coast of Beihai, the other party is a gathering of the souls of some kind of monster beasts in the sea. They like to eat the flesh and blood of living creatures and are extremely ferocious."
At this point, after a slight pause, the spirit birds continued: "Their only weakness is that they cannot hear any noise, so we can scare them away as long as we send out sharp chirps in unison."
Ruotao asked: "Since there are ways to deal with powerful enemies, why have you spent decades resisting?"
"Hey, you don't know something. There are really too many demon souls in the sea. Every time they are dispatched, they are overwhelming." Jiugongniao explained: "And there are only a few dozen of our kind, and there are Many young and old are weak and if they really take action, they actually have no advantage."
Hearing this, Ruotao also felt quite helpless, and slightly chinned her head in thought. Then, Jiugongniao began to talk about her subsequent experiences.
In fact, after decades of this long-lasting and fierce battle, both sides were exhausted. Of course, there were only a dozen or so of the Nine Palace Birds left, and one-third of the demon souls in the sea also died out due to their desperate resistance. two.
Until one day, the people of the same race on the shore of the North Sea found the Jiugong Bird, discussed with it a countermeasure, and made a suggestion. As of now, they can only find a way to lure some of the demon souls away, and everyone can work together to deal with the rest. However, You have to find someone of your own race to use as bait.
Hearing this, Jiugongniao knew that this task fell on him, because he was a foreigner who had come to live here. In addition, he had been away from the dense forest of the crater for a long time, and he was also homesick. He could also take this opportunity to return home. So Jiugongniao agreed to the matter.
Things went extremely smoothly at the beginning. The Nine Palace Bird circled around the sea smoothly, successfully attracting the attention of nearly a hundred demon souls in the sea, and then flew away towards its hometown. The other party was indeed hot on its heels.
In this way, the Nine Palace Bird stopped and walked along the way, using the cover of the surrounding terrain to attack and kill the chasing demon souls from time to time, reducing their number until they were wiped out. It also returned to the ancient cave in the dense forest of its hometown.
"Hey, I've been talking for a long time, that is, the history of your prestige when you were young, nothing extraordinary." Ruotao spread his hands and said, "But, it can barely pass the time."
"Hey, little girl, can you please stop interrupting me all the time?" Jiugongniao said angrily: "This is not the end of the story, because I haven't finished telling it yet."
"What? There is a follow-up plot, please tell me about it."
Ruotao became interested at this time, and the spirit bird shook its head, and then continued: "What I never expected was that all the demon souls in the sea that were following me were actually not dead, and there was another one quietly following behind. He never showed up to fight with me until he came to this ancient cave."
"Well, what happened next?" "The demon soul hid its actions and secretly increased its strength. It was not until a few years later that I noticed that it had been lurking around me and had become a serious problem."
At this point, Jiugongniao sighed and said: "But you also know that there are many forks in the ancient cave, extending in all directions. I did not dare to risk losing my way to chase it. The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, until I wanted to Come up with an idea to capture the other party..."
At that time, based on the demon soul's weakness of being afraid of noise, Jiugongniao set up a clever trap to lure the opponent into falling into the trap. He originally wanted to kill him right there, but unfortunately, something happened again.
Just when the spirit bird was trying to kill the opponent, the guy actually worked hard to collapse the entrance of a stone cave in front of him, sealing himself off.
The Nine Palace Bird was too lazy to dig up the gravel again to kill it. Thinking that this guy was trapped in it, and it would probably disappear and cease to exist in tens or hundreds of years, so he got a lot of stones to reinforce and block the entrance. , and walked away by himself.
"That's basically what happened." Jiugongniao chuckled and said, "How about it, is it a good story with twists and turns and ups and downs?" "Well, it's just so-so."
Ruotao spent a lot of time listening to the story and was in a good mood. She asked casually: "Then have you ever checked the other person's life or death in these years? Isn't it dangerous to keep such a scourge around?"
"Well..." Jiugongniao shook his head and said, "No, I've always been careless. If I hadn't thought of it accidentally today, I would have forgotten about that guy."
"Hahaha, I knew it was like this." Ruotao laughed so hard that she fell down, but at this moment, the big demon suddenly howled in the air nearby: "Woooooh——"
"What's going on?" Jiugongniao, Ruotao, and Huaxiao asked at the same time. The big demon then made a few gestures towards Ruotao, and she immediately said: "Take a few forks to the left here, is there anything unusual? Where? The big ghost heard a strange noise coming from over there."
"Huh? Isn't it just... bad!" Jiugongniao roared: "This is the cave where I sealed the demon souls in the sea. Could it be that something is going to happen?"
Ruotao said, "Well, I'll go and have a look with the big ghost. You have to take care of the chicks. Don't go away and let Huaxiao accompany you."
"Alas, I can only rely on you now."
Jiugongniao said: "According to my estimation, it must be due to the recent frequent earthquakes in the earth's crust, which has caused many places in the ancient cave to collapse and be damaged. The cave where the opponent is imprisoned is no exception. You must be more careful. The demon soul is good at hiding its whereabouts and is not easy to deal with. "
"It doesn't matter, no one can escape in front of me and the big demon." Ruotao ran forward a few steps, then suddenly turned around and asked: "By the way, didn't you say that the other party is most afraid of noise?"
"That's right." Jiugongniao nodded slightly, and a sneer flashed across the other person's face: "That's good, this is what I'm best at. Let's go first."
"噌噌噌——唰唰唰——" As soon as the words fell, Ruotao jumped out of his body like lightning and ran towards the direction Jiugongniao said. The big demon followed closely beside him. After a while, they We have already arrived at the place mentioned by the spirit bird.
"It's strange that there are no signs of damage to these earth and rocks, and the entrance to the cave has not appeared..." Ruotao turned around and asked, "Big Demon, did you hear it wrong?"
