"The egg carries the breath of the Phoenix Bloodline, though slight, but with my guidance, your Ascension to the Upper Realm is a certainty," said the Divine Sense within the bracelet. "The spiritual beast bound by contract to you will grow in power alongside your own. In ti, purifying its bloodline and achieving the true form of a Phoenix is a great possibility."
Had anyone else heard those words, they would have leapt three feet high in excitent.
A Phoenix, the king of all birds, a symbol of auspiciousness.
In Ancient Tis, such Exotic Beasts could split the heavens and overturn the seas, possessing formidable power. Today, they have vanished from this world, only traces of their forr glory and might being found in sealed ancient tombs and books. Even sothing that touched just a whisper of the Phoenix’s essence was incredibly precious, let alone the choice presented to i Gui: an Exotic Bird Egg carrying a thread of Phoenix essence blood.
And it was an Exotic Bird with unlimited potential for growth.
To contract with such an existence would drive anyone mad with joy.
But i Gui just wasn’t having it. She was a different kind of firework.
Her deanor was indifferent, her lips curled with a touch of scorn.
After all, it was but an Exotic Bird with a feeble trace of the Phoenix Bloodline, not a true Phoenix. What was there to rejoice over?
i Gui’s undisguised emotions were plainly visible on her face, causing the Divine Sense within the bracelet to pause, then burst into hearty laughter.
Far from finding her arrogant and clueless, it saw her sharp and spirited nature as a boon.
"Cultivators like us should indeed possess such a heroic temperant, grand ambitions..."
i Gui let out a cold chuckle, her resonant voice reaching the Divine Sense, "Even if a true Phoenix appeared before , it would only beco my vassal."
She didn’t trust anyone, nor did she feel safe putting her back in the hands of others, person or beast.
Having been betrayed even by a close lover, her once carefully guarded tender heart had been shattered to nothing.
Thus, she sneered at the idea of a Contracted Beast offered by the Divine Sense on equal terms.
Partners? She didn’t need any.
The Divine Sense wasn’t annoyed; its eternal, unchanging heart throbbed slightly for the first ti.
Far above in the Ninth Layer Heaven, the Emperor of Tianlin perched on a cloud, his usually stern face suddenly lit up with a surprising smile, stirring excitent in the beautiful fairies below. Their cheeks flushed and hearts fluttered like mortal won in the first throes of spring.
The Emperor smiled...
Who was this little bitch that made the Emperor reveal his smile? If they found out who it was, they would make sure to end her.
Soon, jealousy and envy filled the eyes of these beautiful fairies. They looked around warily, and as their gazes clashed, they wished they could scratch out each other’s pretty faces.
The Emperor of Tianlin took in the myriad expressions of the fairies atop the clouds. His smile quickly faded, replaced by his usual icy deanor as his gaze swept over the people below.
The imnse pressure from a superior being weighed down upon the male and female immortals, making them tremble with fear, squashing even the notion of wishful thinking. Each lowered their head in regret.
How could these little immortals and Little Gods dare to long for the Emperor, a Heavenly Person, especially when the most beautiful and noble Ancient Divine Lady—the Jiuli Goddess—had her lovesick heart turned away by his cold indifferences.
These fairies all belittled themselves, blushing at their own foolish thoughts, oblivious to the fact that it was a trivial cultivator they would never give a second glance, who had brought a smile to the lofty Emperor of Tianlin.
If they knew this news, who knows if that group of female fairies and goddesses wouldn’t die of anger.
The Emperor, who was indifferent toward them, was actually giving special attention to a woman so much humbler than them. It wasn’t just stepping on the dignity of all the female fairies and goddesses of Ninth Layer Heaven underfoot; even as an Emperor, he shouldn’t do this.
The Emperor himself felt odd about the sudden emotional fluctuation in his heart. The feeling wasn’t bad, in fact, it was novel.
Concerning what occurred in that small world, the Emperor of Tianlin had invested even more of his mind and soul.
That otherworldly soul filled with conflicting attributes had firmly captured his attention.
As per the Divine Sense within the bracelet, i Gui began to search at the speculated location.
Regarding the thing inside the bracelet, whose nature of good and evil was unclear, and indeterminate in substance - although i Gui always seed compliant with the other party’s words, she had never let down her guard.
And her current deanor made the great being watching over her even more impressed.
This forr female assassin, indeed the darling of the Heavenly Dao, bearing great Luck, after a short search, brushed aside so concealing vines and, astonishingly, passed straight through a mbrane-like barrier, stepping directly into the deepest part of the forest.
Su Li, who had been silently observing this fated enemy with Divine Sense, couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
Should she say, indeed a Child of Destiny, truly unrivaled luck?
She recalled that not too long ago, the only other girl in their party had passed by here several tis. Yet, she had been blind to the entrance to the very heart of the forest as if walking with eyes wide shut.
Indeed, an entrance masked by illusion was not sothing a lesser Disciple could discover. As for how i Gui managed to spot it at first glance, one could only say she truly was a darling daughter of the Heavenly Dao.
"I’ve calculated the ti, and within three or four days at most, the egg should hatch. The Exotic Bird will be exhausted from breaking its shell; you can take the opportunity to form a contract with it, and it will be a great asset to you in the future."
The projection of the Emperor’s Divine Sense in this small world, contrary to his cold and majestic image in the Ninth Layer Heaven, seed more like a fussy old woman, endlessly reminding i Gui about how to proceed.
i Gui, who had not appreciated his kindness, found it rather annoying, and perfunctorily nodded, "I understand."
The Emperor’s Divine Sense was almost amused by the ignorant junior’s attitude, but after the irritation passed, his interest in the junior only deepened.
Not only humans have their inherent vices, but even Immortal Gods cannot avoid them.
Sumd up in one word, it’s... pettiness.
Accustod to being flattered by lesser deities, suddenly eting a woman who was different, who didn’t consider him important, made her a unique existence indeed.
Passing through the transit entrance, i Gui arrived directly at the very center of the forest.
She looked around, and aside from the denser Spiritual Energy compared to the periphery, she didn’t find the Exotic Bird Egg ntioned by the Divine Sense in the bracelet.
"Are you looking for ?" A languid female voice ca from above her.
Su Li, standing alone, no, it should be said a Phoenix alone atop a tree branch, with fiery red feathers gleaming and floating behind her, radiating light. At a single glance, one could feel the space around her distorted by the heat emanating from her body.
With her true form decked out in splendid feathers, she was indeed stunning, but Su Li, accustod to human form, still found it a tad awkward.
With a re thought, the once massive Exotic Bird instantly transford into a young girl dressed in a sumptuous gold and red palace attire.
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