Chapter 212 - Chapter 212: Terrifying Growth, Xuan Bird Appears
Chapter 212: Terrifying Growth, Xuan Bird Appears
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“This world is so vast. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the elegance of the Xuan
Bird.”
Jiang Changsheng lamented and Jiang Che nodded. He was also fascinated when he heard the news.
Ye Xun and the others inexplicably thought of Jiang Changsheng’s sudden departure that day. Even Ji Wujun felt that something was amiss. However, in front of Jiang Che, they did not dare to say it. Since the Dao Ancestor refused to admit it, how could they oppose him?
Jiang Che chatted for a long time before he left.
After he left, the others could not help but look at Jiang Changsheng. Jiang Changsheng said expressionlessly, “You don’t know anything, understand?”
Everyone nodded at once. The way Ji Wujun looked at Jiang Changsheng changed. It was now full of reverence.
The same thing happened to the World Destruction Tree last time. The Dao Ancestor resolved the difficulties of humans, but he refused to accept any credit. Coupled with the fact that he had been training on the mountain for a long time, his image in Ji Wujun’s heart became exceptionally lofty.
This was the first time she had such admiration for a man other than her father.
She thought of the prophecy of Martial Emperor Island.
The Martial Emperor would be born in the ocean…
Previously, she disdained it. She felt that since the development of martial arts in the ocean was not good, how could the next Martial Emperor be born here? Even if he was born, he would not have enough time to grow. Within hundreds of years, the demons would definitely cover the ocean and would not give the new Martial Emperor time to grow.
She finally understood.
The Martial Emperor had grown up, but he kept a low profile. No one knew how strong he was.
Thinking of this, the way she looked at Jiang Changsheng changed again.
When Bai Qi noticed that the atmosphere was somewhat odd, she hastily coughed and curiously asked, “Do you think there are other mythical beasts in the world other than the Xuan Bird? Demon beasts, strange beasts, mythical beasts. It seems like other than humans, not all other living beings are demons.”
Ye Xun nodded and said, “If that’s the case, humans will have more methods to maneuver. Even for demons, it’s common for demons to eat demons.
Bai Qi agreed with this point. Therefore, this was also the reason why he was willing to follow the human race. In his opinion, there was no difference between humans and demons. Both could be enemies.
Ji Wujun said, “Demons themselves are a very general concept. It can only be said that the first supreme demon was very scheming. It founded the concept of demon beast, making its influence incomparably huge. Humans were unable to completely eliminate the demons.”
Everyone started to discuss. From time to time, Jiang Jian would reveal what he had seen and heard over the years. Only Ping’an was still sleeping soundly with Hei Tian lying on his chest.
Huang Tian chatted with them with relish. The two cat demons’ different personalities had surfaced. Huang Tian was the big brother, and Hei Tian was ithe obedient younger brother. The latter had no opinions and a lazy personality.
In the 61st of the Shuntian Era, autumn arrived. The legend of the Xuan Bird finally spread throughout Great Jing, causing heated discussions in all the provinces.
The Xuan Bird statues were erected up one after another, which made Jiang Changsheng jealous.
He discovered that the identity of the Dao Ancestor was far less attractive than the identity of the Xuan Bird.
Perhaps this was human nature. It was hard for people to believe in their own kind. They did not believe in the existence of immortals, but they believed in the existence of myths.
At that moment, Jiang Changsheng looked at his incense points with mixed feelings.
[Current incense points: 132,039,872]
The incense points exceeded 100 million!
His Xuan Bird’s identity had directly doubled his incense points in a year.
This was too f*cking outrageous!
Moving mountains, summoning wind and rain, reviving people, and going through lightning tribulations were not as valuable as the incense points that the Xuan Bird had obtained from saving the world.
Furthermore, it had only been a year. As his achievements spread, the rate of increase in incense points would only increase.
Jiang Changsheng soon figured it out.
Previously, he was only saving Great Jing. This time, he was saving an entire continent, not limited to a certain dynasty or Sovereign Dynasty. Therefore, this incident made people feel that he was protecting the human race.
In the end, the Dao Ancestor was still tied to Great Jing. Those who were not from Great Jing only believed in his unimaginable abilities.
Forget it. In any case, the increase in incense points was a good thing.
Jiang Changsheng’s mood became pleasant. His next breakthrough would definitely be easy.
In the future, when facing the reincarnation of an old friend, he could even be more generous. Of course, it was mainly to the people he cared about.
Fengtian Sovereign Dynasty, in a garden of the palace.
The young Emperor Fengtian was reading a book when a guard knelt by his side and reported about the Xuan Bird.
“A Xuan Bird? That’s a good thing. With a mythical beast protecting the human race, we can buy more time for the Sovereign Dynasties.”
Emperor Fengtian said unhurriedly. Even though he said that, he was not surprised, as if it was an unimportant matter.
The guard did not dare to utter a single word.
Even though the new emperor had only ascended the throne for a few years, his methods were even more domineering than the previous emperor. He forcefully withstood the threat of the three Sovereign Dynasties and obtained peace for Fengtian.
Over the years, Fengtian no longer waged wars, and the Emperor began to pay attention to the development of martial arts. He did not pay attention to individual strength, but the diversity of martial arts. In Fengtian today, anyone who created a cultivation method or a faction of martial arts would be greatly rewarded, causing the entire Fengtian to have a prevalent culture of studying martial arts.
Even if one’s realm was low, they could still obtain the treatment of a high-level martial artist if they could study powerful martial arts!
Martial arts did not only depend on one’s realm. There would always be geniuses. Even if their realm was low or they had just stepped into the martial arts world, their comprehension would be highlighted.
Just like Emperor Fengtian, he was also creating his own martial arts.
Emperor Fengtian asked, “Why has the Sword Master disappeared recently? How is the situation in the Sword Court?”
The guard answered, “The Sword Master left Fengtian, and his disciple said that he went to pursue the Sword Dao. The Sword Court is still well-behaved and is actively responding to His Majesty’s call. The Sword Court can create hundreds of sword techniques in a year, which is considered a lot among the various sects. After all, they only study sword techniques.”
“Alright, you may leave.”
The guard immediately bowed and turned to leave.
Emperor Fengtian slowly put down the book and rubbed his eyebrows. He sighed and said, “It’s still lacking. What exactly is the difference…”
He turned to the west and muttered to himself, “Perhaps I should go out for a while.”
Year 62 of the Shuntian Era.
Jiang Changsheng’s incense points exceeded 200 million, and the growth rate was still increasing.
What made him feel ridiculous was that he had obtained the faith of demon beasts. These demon beasts could not burn incense, but they would often pay their respects to the sky and silently pray to the Xuan Bird. This meant that incense itself contained the thought of the mind.
Among humans, extreme worship would be displayed through burning incense. This was already a custom, but demons did not have this custom.
On this day, Jiang Changsheng was prepared to select a demon beast from his demon followers.
He began to carefully sense their thoughts.
On the other side.
In the distant sea, there was a continent larger than the Dragon Vein Continent. Smoke curled from the mountain forest. Citizens lined up to burn incense in a small pavilion. There was a stone statue of the Xuan Bird in the pavilion. Even though it was different from the Xuan Bird that Jiang Changsheng had transformed into, it was still similar.
“When the human world is in trouble, the Xuan Bird will exorcise the calamity.
Don’t ask for much, only hope that everything will go well…”
Beside the stone statue, an old Daoist narrowed his eyes as if he was sleepy and spoke leisurely. Coupled with the surrounding smoke, it seemed so mysterious.
Outside the pavilion.
A swallow stood on a tree branch and tilted its head as it looked at the Xuan Bird stone statue.
This swallow was larger than an ordinary sparrow, almost the size of a big rooster. But with the help of leaves, no one could see it.
It was praying to Xuan Bird. “God of the Hundred Birds, please bless me so that I can cultivate smoothly and not be caught by martial artists. Please bless my mother and younger siblings to be safe and sound…”
Ever since it saw the stone statue of the Xuan Bird half a year ago and heard about its deeds, it had worshipped the Xuan Bird. As the Xuan Bird’s physique was rather similar to a swallow, but its neck and claws were longer, it fantasized about becoming a Xuan Bird one day.
For this reason, it had been guarding here day and night. Whenever there were fewer people burning incense, or when it was moved by the prayers, it would deliberately make a sound and pretend that the Xuan Bird had manifested, making those people excited and even moved. This caused the gazebo to become more and more famous, attracting more people to burn incense.
The news of the Xuan Bird’s appearance had also gradually spread.
It felt that by doing so, it would allow those who were in the abyss of suffering to find hope and allow more people to believe in the Xuan Bird.
Even though it was a demon, it did not have any ill intentions towards humans. When it was young, it was captured by a martial artist. It was an old man who saved it and fed it. It only started to wander when it learned that the old man had passed away. However, it was separated from its family because of this, and they could not be found.
It knew that humans had good and bad people, and demons also had good and bad demons. Therefore, in its heart, humans and demons were equal.
The sun set and the moon rose.
The devotees went down the mountain. Even the old Daoist who built the pavilion went down the mountain to rest.
The little swallow flew into the pavilion and landed on the Xuan Bird’s wings, preparing to sleep.
This was its habit, and its heart would only be at peace if it relied on the Xuan Bird to sleep.
The night gradually deepened.
“Little guy.”
A voice suddenly sounded, but the little swallow did not react. It thought it was dreaming. Only when the voice repeated several times did it wake up.
It looked up but there was no one around.
“Stop looking. You can’t see me.”
Jiang Changsheng’s voice sounded again, causing the little sparrow to tremble. It hastily and carefully asked, “Xuan Bird?”
“Haha, that’s right. Are you comfortable on my wings?”
Hearing this, the little swallow was so frightened that it immediately flew up and dropped two feathers. It quickly landed in front of the stone statue and crawled on the ground, imitating how humans knelt.
Its mood was both excited and uneasy.
It was excited because the Xuan Bird had appeared, but it was also nervous because it was afraid that it would offend the Xuan Bird.
“Don’t be nervous. I can hear your thoughts. You want to become stronger, and you also want to become a mythical beast that brings auspicious signs and blessings to humans and demons, right?”
Jiang Changsheng’s voice was very gentle, causing the little swallow’s nervousness to subside.
It hastily raised its head and said, “That’s right. I was captured by martial artists when I was young, but I was also nurtured by humans. In the later years, I was chased by demons and martial artists. Therefore, I want to bring good luck to those living beings who were bullied by martial artists and demon beasts and give them the conviction to live well.”
It was extremely excited and its heart was filled with expectations.
“I can satisfy you, but you have to devote yourself to me and serve me from now on. Are you willing?”
Hearing this, the little swallow became even more excited and anxiously said, “Of course I am willing. I am willing to serve Lord Xuan Bird for all eternity!”
The word ‘Lord’ was also something it learned from the masses. It was used to refer to existences that had a higher status than itself..