Under a sycamore tree in the land of Jiuyou, Yingzheng grilled a lot of fish. Except for two of them he ate, Jiuer devoured the rest.
It's a good idea to light a few more fires to bake together, otherwise we wouldn't be able to finish baking until dawn.
After eating until midnight, Jiu'er was finally full and must have been tired after flying for a day. It flew up to the branch and fell into a deep sleep.
Dapeng never left, as if he was worried about Jiu'er's safety, and insisted on waiting until daybreak to send Jiu'er back to the Bingji Snowy Area.
Ying Zheng chatted with it for a few words, but there was really nothing to talk about, so he fell asleep.
As soon as the young sun in the sky shone its light, Jiu'er woke up. It woke up Ying Zheng and said, "Oh no, I was so full of food last night that I forgot that my mother told us to go back quickly."
Ying Zheng said: "It's hard to drive at night. It would be very dangerous if you hit other birds. Besides, it's nothing urgent."
"You don't know, the egg hatched by my mother is about to break out of its shell." Jiu'er said, "My mother has not dared to leave for a moment these days, so she asked me to guard you halfway up the mountain, and then I met you. "
Ying Zheng said: "Then let's go back quickly."
Dapeng had also woken up at this time, shook out the messy feathers on his body, and flew into the air. In order to save Jiu'er some energy, he simply put Jiu'er and Ying Zheng on his back and went straight to the ice and snowy area.
Riding on Dapeng's back was not as stable as traveling with Jiu'er. Dapeng's giant wings flapped to a great extent, and the airflow they caused was also very strong. Ying Zheng felt dizzy just after a while of acceleration.
But the speed is really fast. At full speed, Dapeng is more than twice as fast as Jiu'er.
Ying Zheng held on to the feathers on Dapeng's back tightly, not daring to let go for a moment. Jiu'er stretched out half of his wings to cover him, shielding him from the wind and cold.
Ying Zheng felt better now, but he could only express his gratitude with his eyes, because when he opened his mouth, the wind poured into his stomach desperately.
Not long after, the temperature suddenly dropped a lot, and Dapeng said: "We are almost there, you can go back directly, I will not go down, so as not to disturb Lord Ice Phoenix from hatching eggs."
"Thank you so much, Uncle Dapeng." Jiuer smiled, "When my sister hatches, I will take her to your place to play."
"Okay, let's go." Dapeng said.
Ying Zheng also said hello to it, jumped on Jiu'er's back, left Dapeng one person and one bird, and flew down to the ice and snow.
Before it even hit the ground, I saw the Ice Phoenix Clan leader staring intently at the phoenix egg, as if he was expecting something.
"Mom, I'm back." Jiu'er gently landed on its side.
"Don't talk, just listen," the Ice Phoenix Clan leader said.
Jiu'er quickly closed his mouth, and Ying Zheng even held his breath.
Just listen to the rhythmic knocking sound coming from the phoenix egg.
Boom...boom...boom...
It was obvious that the little guy inside was tapping the inner shell of the phoenix egg with his beak.
This scene seemed familiar, and Ying Zheng seemed to have returned to the moment when he was looking forward to the little Nian beast breaking out of its shell.
I don't know if the little guy inside was tired or something, but after knocking a few more times, the sound stopped.
Jiu'er, who was nearby, lowered her voice as much as possible and said, "Mom, why did it stop? Do you want me to help it?"
The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan shook his head: "Don't be naughty. We must let it break its own shackles, otherwise it will affect its will in the future. When you broke the shell, you also made continuous efforts to break it. And out."
Jiuer chuckled and said, "I didn't say I would help it break the eggshell, but I wanted to hatch it again."
"Let me do it. You're not very good at it yet. It seems you have to warm it up." After that, it hatched on the phoenix egg again.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ying Zheng explained the process of retrieving the Earth Nirvana Pearl.
The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan sighed and said: "The Golden Crow is indeed righteous. It went to Shaoyang alone for the sake of the entire Jiuyou. All the beast clan should be grateful for this friendship. Its encounter with Suzaku is really regrettable."
"It's just that Suzaku usually doesn't seem to care and never mentions it in front of others. Now that it has told you everything about its past, it shows that it values and trusts you. If you can really solve the problem, then help it and let it Wait a little longer.”
"After all, these more than ten thousand years have been too painful."
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "Even if the seniors don't tell me, I will definitely go all out to stabilize Jiuyou and Jiuxiao so that all living beings can regain their peace of mind."
Although the current natural source power is relatively stable, it has not been completely restored after all. Only by keeping it intact can the human race and the orcs truly feel at ease.
"In this case, I will definitely help you." After saying that, the Ice Phoenix Clan leader also raised his head and retracted his abdomen, spitting out a Nirvana Pearl that was smooth and light blue.
I saw that this bead was also moist and smooth, and there seemed to be light blue water vapor lingering in it. In the middle, a hint of bright red was faintly visible.
"Presumably this is the blood of ancestor Fuxi and Empress Nuwa?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Exactly." The leader of the Ice Phoenix Clan said, "Put it away and be sure not to break it."
Ying Zheng carefully put the Nirvana Pearl into the bag and asked, "Senior, how to take out the source blood."
The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan replied: "Didn't I say before that once the source blood is taken out, its essence will be lost, so you can just use it like this."
Ying Zheng sighed: "It's just a pity for this Nirvana Pearl."
If used as a whole like this, the bead must also be consumed.
"For the common cause of the two races, it doesn't matter if you contribute a Nirvana Pearl."
Ying Zheng put away the two nirvana beads of the earth element and the water element, placed them in his arms, and then said: "This trip has been completed, and it's time for me to go back. I just want to witness the birth of this little ice phoenix, so I hope I'll bother you." Jiu'er goes and informs 271 and asks him to wait a little longer."
Jiu'er looked at her mother reluctantly, after all, it also wanted to witness this moment.
The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan said: "Zhu Jiuyou has been waiting for a day and a night, and he must be anxious. It would be bad if you can't find him. Jiu'er, go and look for Zhu Jiuyou and let him wait a little longer. "
Jiu'er reluctantly spread his wings and flew to find Zhu Jiuyou.
Speaking of Zhu Jiuyou, Ying Zheng suddenly remembered something and said: "Senior, when I came to Jiuyou last time, I promised Zhu Jiuyou something. This matter also has something to do with the Feng clan. I want to tell senior You discuss it."
"Oh? Is it related to our Phoenix Clan?"
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "The last time I came to Jiuyou, it was not twenty-seven who brought me here, but another Zhu Jiuyou. I gave it some benefits before coming, but when I wanted to go back, it asked for benefits again. He said that the previous one was only a one-way trip, and since I ate the Xuanwu fruit, I had to compensate it."
"Haha, only the Sixteenth member of their family can do such a thing," said the Ice Phoenix Clan leader.
"It turns out that its name is Shiliu... I haven't seen it since then." Ying Zheng continued, "At that time, Master and I were empty-handed and had nothing to give it, so we promised it something. .”
"It said it hoped to improve the status of the Snake Clan in the hearts of the people, so I proposed that the Snake Clan be included in the nine animals representing the Nine Heavens. Later I heard from Master that these nine animals were originally The nine levels representing the Jiuding are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, horse, sheep, monkey, dog, and pig.”
"With the addition of the snake clan, there are ten species, which correspond to the earthly branches. But Zhu Jiuyou disagrees. He said that the egg clan has three realms. The dragon clan dominates the water, the phoenix clan dominates the sky, and the Xuanwu clan dominates the land."
"If we add it, the Lords of the Three Realms must also add it. If we only add the Snake Clan, I'm afraid the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan won't agree if they find out."
"So I promised it that if it wanted to be added, I would join the three tribes of dragon, phoenix and snake, and change the 'animal sign' to 'zodiac sign' without the word "ox" to show respect." The reason why I brought this up. However, Ying Zheng felt that he had just received two precious Nirvana Pearls, as well as the Fuxi Origin Blood that had been preserved for nearly ten thousand years. He also felt that he had violated a lot of favors from the Feng Clan. Besides, to rescue the Golden Crow in the future, other Feng Clan members would also be required. s help.
What's more, at that time, the promise was only made to Zhu Jiuyou, or the Snake Clan, but whether the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan would agree is another matter. If the Dragon Clan or the Phoenix Clan disagree, then Ying Zheng cannot decide privately.
The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan thought for a while and said: "Although this incident is a good thing and can make the people remember our three clans, it will also expose many secrets that the people cannot know."
"Besides, the Phoenix family includes five clans. If Feng is included in it alone, I'm afraid the other clans will have objections."
According to the indifferent character of the Ice Phoenix clan, of course they don't care about this, but Ice Phoenix is thinking about Ying Zheng, or the human race, because it is unknown whether the Qingluan, Suzaku, Golden Crow and other clans think so.
You must think carefully when doing things.
Ying Zheng asked: "In your opinion, senior, what should we do?"
"It's better than this." Binghuang said, "We, the Phoenix clan, are the leaders of the birds, so just choose one of the birds to represent us. As for the name, it is not that important. In this way, we can unite the three realms. Things are hidden.”
"Choose a bird instead?" Ying Zheng asked, "Which bird should you choose?"
The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan thought for a while and said, "Just choose the most common pheasant. In this case, no one will contact our Phoenix clan."
The five tribes of the phoenix family are the first of the birds. Below them are divine birds such as the roc, peacock, and crane. Below the divine birds are ordinary birds.
But the pheasant...is not even as good as a mortal bird that can fly.
Ying Zheng said hesitantly: "Senior, do you really want to make this decision? In the future, after I unify Jiuxiao, I will probably let the people use these twelve zodiac animals as their attributes."
Binghuang nodded and said, "That's it."
"Since this is what senior wishes, I will change it." Ying Zheng said, "But the order and seating arrangement are still undecided."
But at this moment, I saw Ice Phoenix's brows move, and he quickly stood up and looked down at the phoenix egg.
Only a slight impact was heard from there, and this time, it was obviously more powerful than before.
At this time, Jiuer also flapped his wings and flew back.
"We found Zhu Jiuyou," it said to Ying Zheng, "That guy was really complaining. He became honest after seeing me."
"We'll talk about this later." Ying Zheng interrupted, "Your sister will be born soon."
When Jiuer heard this, he hurried over.
The tapping sounds inside the phoenix egg began to get louder, and the little guy seemed to be using not only its beak, but also its wings and claws.
Click...
A small crack opened in the phoenix egg.
Click, click...
Along that gap, more cracks began to spread. Then cracks appeared in different parts of the phoenix egg.
Boom!
The little guy inside pushed hard and finally broke the eggshell, revealing his two little eyes, looking at this new world with novelty.
"Xiao Shi is out!" Jiu'er cheered.
I saw that the little guy made the top of the hole bigger and climbed out immediately.
The form is indeed that of an ice phoenix, but it does not have a long crown or feathers. It only has a thin layer of down on its body, making it look very thin.
The leader of the Ice Phoenix clan finally let out a long breath, looked at Ying Zheng and said with a smile: "You are lucky to be able to witness the birth of the Ice Phoenix. You will definitely have good luck in the future."
Ying Zheng responded with a smile: "Congratulations, senior, on your daughter's happiness."
"By the way, did you just talk about the order of the zodiac signs?" Binghuang said, "Since Xiao Shi was born according to your words, then the pheasant should be ranked tenth among the twelve zodiac signs."
