Facing the sky full of ice and snow, Ying Zheng couldn't help but shudder again, and then hugged his shoulders tightly.
"Why are you here?" Ying Zheng looked at Twenty-Seven.
"This is the Ice and Snow Territory, the residence of the Ice Phoenix Clan." Twenty-seven rolled her eyes at him and said, "Where else can we go if we don't come here."
Only then did Ying Zheng remember that Suanni had told him that the Ice Phoenix lived in the Bingji Snow Region.
He looked around and found that this seemed to be the top of a mountain, so he asked, "Could this be the top of a high mountain?"
"Yes." Twenty-seven replied, "The leader of Ice Phoenix lives on the hilltop opposite. You can go there yourself."
"Why, you're not going?" Ying Zheng said.
"I won't go, I won't go." Twenty-seven said extremely resolutely, "There are no beasts on that mountain. I'm not used to it. Besides, the Five Elements of Ice Phoenix and I are incompatible."
Ying Zheng said differently: "There are no beasts? Why?"
Twenty-seven rolled his eyelids and said: "Why are you so stupid? This place is so cold. If the beasts want to survive, they can only hibernate. Besides, the Ice Phoenix clan often hunts, so no one dares to come close."
"Then what do they eat?" Ying Zheng then asked, "They won't be hungry all the time, right?"
"The birds will come to supply you." Twenty-seven urged, "Go quickly, don't make me wait too long."
Although he was reluctant, seeing that Twenty-Qi was so determined, Ying Zheng had no choice but to shake his head and walk towards the top of the mountain alone.
But I didn't expect that before I took a few steps, my feet slipped and I fell. The snow-covered downhill slope was slippery, and he slipped far away.
Finally stopped by a tree, Ying Zheng stood up holding the trunk of the tree and rubbed his butt. He was about to turn around and curse a few words, but found that Twenty-seven had disappeared early.
This guy isn't going to trick me, is he?
It's freezing and snowing. If I were left here alone, I wouldn't be able to cry.
After cursing a few words in his mind, Ying Zheng turned to comfort himself: That guy definitely didn't want to stay here and found a hole in the ground to stay warm.
After sneezing twice, Ying Zheng gradually adapted to the temperature here, but still regretted not wearing more clothes.
I have no choice but to bite the bullet and move forward.
Fortunately, as Twenty-Seven said, except for the vast white ice and snow, there is no one breathing. Otherwise, if several ferocious beasts suddenly jumped out from the side, it would be really difficult to deal with.
Using the ice and snow, Ying Zheng quickly slid to the bottom of the valley and began to climb towards the mountain. However, it was easy to go down the mountain, but not so easy to go up.
Ying Zheng used the Xuanyuan Sword as a crutch and carefully moved forward.
The thickness of the snow on this slope is different. Some places are very thin, while others are as thick as the thighs. Therefore, he always tests it with his sword before moving forward.
After finally climbing halfway up the mountain, Ying Zheng saw that there was no snow on a raised rock in front of him, so he quickly walked over and sat on it to rest.
As soon as I took out the water bag, before I could unscrew the lid, I suddenly felt the rock under me begin to shake.
Immediately afterwards, Ying Zheng was thrown away by a huge force. Fortunately, there was snow on the ground, but he was knocked unconscious.
Before he could get up, he heard a low roar coming from the direction of the boulder.
A huge figure jumped up from the ground, constantly beating the snow on itself.
Ying Zheng rolled over and quickly regained his balance, only to see that figure looking at him.
It's such a huge bird, with a head like a phoenix, a beak like a luan, a slightly shorter body, a narrow and flat belly, its wings are powerfully waving to generate wind, its fine snow-white velvet is covered with long light blue feathers, its eyes are as sharp as an electric shock in the sky. .
This must be an ice phoenix, just like the description picture in the classics.
It seems that Ying Zheng mistook its head for a stone and was thrown out.
Seeing that the Ice Phoenix was about to attack, Ying Zheng quickly knelt down and bowed: "Senior Ice Phoenix, I am the successor of the Heavenly Inheriter. I have something to come to see you at the moment."
The ice phoenix stopped and cooed a few times: "Is this a human being?"
Ying Zheng: "..."
I saw it retracting its wings and taking two steps forward.
Ying Zheng held up the Xuanyuan Sword and said: "I am a human being, and I am also a Heavenly Successor. This is the token of the Heavenly Succession lineage, the Xuanyuan Sword!"
The Ice Phoenix seemed a little surprised: "Can you understand me?"
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "I have eaten Xuanwu fruit before, so of course I understand."
"It seems that you are indeed not an ordinary member of the race." The Ice Phoenix said, "But... who is the Heavenly Inheritor? And what is the Xuanyuan Sword?"
Ying Zheng was filled with doubts. Why didn't this Ice Phoenix know about the Heavenly Successor? Could it be that he had lost his memory?
If he really lost his memory, that would be troublesome. He must have forgotten where to put the origin blood of ancestor Fuxi.
"Senior, did you suffer any trauma?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Uh... you sat on my head just now. You may have injured me." Binghuang said, "Tell me, how can I compensate you?"
Ying Zheng was both angry and funny: "I didn't bring anything, how can I compensate you?"
Binghuang puffed up his chest and smiled ghostly: "Then I'll pay with your heart and soul."
While talking, it walked towards Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng stepped back subconsciously, raised his hand and said, "Senior Ice Phoenix, wait a minute, Suan Ni asked me to come."
Ice Phoenix was still approaching him: "Suanni? Is it that beast?"
"Well, he also asked me to bring a token." Ying Zheng hurriedly fumbled around in his arms and took out a package.
"The breath of the dragon..." Ice Phoenix asked urgently, "What is in this?"
Only then did Ying Zheng realize that what he took out was not the ice feather Suan Ni gave him, but the dragon shed given to him by Ya Sui.
Ice Phoenix pressed closer: "Okay, if you dare to steal the Dragon Clan's things, I won't let you go."
Ying Zheng's head is almost big. None of the mythical beasts he has come into contact with before are like this.
"I followed Zhu Jiuyou Twenty-seven. If you don't believe it, just ask it."
The ice phoenix raised his eyes and said, "Zhu Jiuyou? Twenty-seven? That guy still owes me a favor."
Ying Zheng: "..."
No wonder Twenty-Seven refused to accompany him here. It turned out that he already knew that he couldn't offend this master.
The logic doesn't make sense, and I can't fight again and again. What should I do?
run!
Just as Ying Zheng was about to run back, he felt a chill in his chest. He touched it and found it was Bing Yu.
I saw that the ice feathers were faintly flashing with aqua-blue light, and the fluff on the branches stood upright, as if they were all obeying the call.
Suddenly, a cry from the top of the mountain pierced the sky. Although it was a bit sharp, it was more ethereal.
The ice phoenix looked towards the top of the mountain and said, "It's mother."
Then it responded.
A sharp voice came from the top of the mountain: "Jiu'er, bring him up."
Jiuer?
Jiuer's mother?
Ying Zheng remembered that Twenty-Seven was the Xuanwu family named in order of eldest and youngest, so this Jiuer...
He suddenly understood that the Ice Phoenix that Suan Ni and Yao Sui knew should be the voice from the top of the mountain, the mother of "Jiu'er" in front of him!
Jiu'er gave a short cry, seemingly in response, and then said to Ying Zheng: "Let's go, come up with me."
Ying Zheng came to his senses, nodded, and followed Jiu'er, but keeping a sufficient distance.
Jiu'er was surprised that he was walking too slowly, and said angrily, "Can you hurry up?"
Ying Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "I also want to go faster, but the ice and snow are too slippery."
Jiu'er said angrily: "You humans are really troublesome. Why don't you even have wings? Come on my back and I will carry you up."
"This..." Ying Zheng hesitated, "Is it going to fly up?"
"If you don't want to fly up, you can still run up." Jiu'er said, "Hurry up, don't be nagging."
Ying Zheng bravely climbed onto its back, but cold sweat flowed down his neck.
I have only ridden mythical beasts before, but never a flying bird!
If you fall off while riding a mythical beast, you'll probably suffer broken bones and muscles at most, but if you fall off riding a flying bird, you won't even be able to keep your body intact.
Fortunately, the long feathers on the back of its neck were strong enough. Ying Zheng tied his belt with the long feathers and just took a breath. Before he could grasp it firmly, he saw Jiu'er leaping down the slope and taking off.
Ying Zheng was so frightened that he called her mother in his heart and hugged Jiu'er's neck tightly, not daring to take a breath.
After circling for a week, Jiuer went straight to the top of the mountain.
The top of the mountain is strange to say, it is in the shape of a bird's nest, with bulges on all sides, an oval sinking in the middle, and a pool of clear water in the middle.
Next to the pool, there was an Ice Phoenix slightly larger than Jiu'er, staring at Ying Zheng.
But Ying Zheng was dizzy at this moment, his heartbeat and liver were trembling, and he climbed on Jiuer's back to catch his breath.
"If you don't come down yet, use my back as a bird's nest." Jiuer said angrily.
Only then did Ying Zheng stagger and jump down. After shaking for a few times, he stood upright. He bowed his hands and said, "Heavenly Successor Ying Zheng, pay your respects to Lord Ice Phoenix."
Binghuang nodded and said: "The leader of this clan is incubating the eggs, so he won't get up."
Clan leader...?
It seems that he is indeed the rightful owner.
"I heard that the inheritance of the Ice Phoenix clan is not easy, but now we happen to meet them. It's really gratifying." Politician Ying said.
"It is indeed not easy." The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan said, "Our Ice Phoenix clan controls the five elements of water, and we are all female birds. Only after a thousand years of yin and yang reconciliation can we marry the fire phoenix, so it is not easy to have children."
"Invincibility starts with sacrificing the ancestor"
So that's it.
However, why does the combination of Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix not give birth to a Fire Phoenix, or is it a hybrid?
Before he could think too much about it, Binghuang asked, "You said you are a Heavenly Successor, do you have a token?"
Ying Zheng took out the Xuanyuan Sword, held it with both hands, handed it to him and nodded, "The unique Xuanyuan Sword is here. It was passed down by my master Ji Fa himself."
Then, Xuanyuan Sword shone with golden light.
Ying Zheng understood that this was Bing Huang trying to verify the authenticity of the Xuanyuan Sword. Yazui had used the same method before.
"Who gave you that ice feather?" asked the leader of the Ice Phoenix Clan.
"It was given by Senior Suanni," Ying Zheng replied, "It said that the third eye it guards is different from the others and needs to be opened to a higher level, so it asked me to come to Senior to retrieve the origin blood of ancestor Fuxi."
Binghuang nodded and said: "Indeed, only Suanni knows about this matter. The last time he came to collect the source blood was a man named Ziya, and it was a thousand years ago."
Ziya?
Could it be the Grand Duke?
"It's just that before I give it to you, I have to make it clear to you." The Ice Phoenix Clan leader continued, "The effectiveness of this origin blood has been lost a lot. I sealed it with the Nirvana Pearl, and I don't think I will need it a few times. "
Nirvana Pearl!
Yaizhen earnestly asked Ying Zheng to obtain another Nirvana Bead. Now that the Ice Phoenix Clan leader had used the Nirvana Bead to preserve the origin blood, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
But Binghuang's next words almost made Ying Zheng faint.
"Keeping the source blood alive, especially if it lasts for so long, is equivalent to a nirvana. If you take out the source blood, the effectiveness of the nirvana beads and the source blood will disappear."
Ying Zheng asked tentatively: "Senior, I dare to ask, this Nirvana Pearl is said to be extremely precious. Is it hard to get it?"
Jiu'er glanced at him in the narration and said angrily: "I don't even have the power of Nirvana. I have never even seen the Nirvana Pearl. Do you think it is precious or not?"
Ying Zheng frowned. It seemed that not every Ice Phoenix could condense the Nirvana Pearl.
The ice phoenix clan leader explained: "The so-called nirvana source power requires the combination of yin and yang. That is, it can be generated in our body when our ice phoenix lays eggs. Jiu'er has not yet become a mother, so of course it has not been condensed."
Ying Zheng calculated in his mind: It can only be produced when eggs are laid, and eggs can only be laid once every one thousand years. Doesn't it mean that it takes one thousand years to get one Nirvana Pearl?
It seems indeed precious!
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng took out the dragon slough that Yazui gave him from his arms and said, "Senior Ice Phoenix, this dragon slough was given to me by senior Yaizhen. It wants to exchange it with you for a Nirvana Pearl, is that possible?"
The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan sighed and shook his head: "No more."
Ying Zheng: "!!"
