Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 25 The First Mission of the Divine Beast Team

The next day, Deng Jiugong ordered his eldest son Deng Xiu to lead a small force to occupy the four states and twenty-nine counties near Nandu. There was basically no resistance here, so it was an easy achievement. Old Deng himself led the army into Nandu.

Deng Chanyu had a serious talk with her adoptive father, and Old Deng agreed with her idea.

You just want to live off your parents, right? Got it!
The Deng family occupied a large piece of land. If they wanted to swallow it up smoothly, they still needed the consent of Chaoge, or at least the tacit approval. At this time, it was indeed a correct choice to push Huang Feibiao out to take the credit and make a fortune in silence.

The E family, including E Jisheng, were handed over to Old Deng, and Deng Chanyu started a new round of sharpening the stick.

"My daughter said that there was an extraordinary person who taught her a secret skill. Is it really so simple?" At daybreak, Deng Jiugong came to the river to see his daughter. After listening to his subordinates' report, his daughter was like a madman. She did nothing and had been grinding a large iron stick by the river for several days.

Looking at this cultivation method now, is it so simple? Isn't it enough to just have hands?

"Father, what you are sharpening is not the iron rod, but the heart, a heart that can persevere in pursuing the truth no matter what difficulties and obstacles you encounter."

Deng Chanyu said this without hesitation, but she didn't know if this was what Lishan Laomu meant.
Deng Jiugong stroked his beard and nodded, agreeing with this statement.

Deng Chanyu was very busy, grinding the iron rod day and night these days, and she had worn away almost one-tenth of it. The Qingyang True Fire had been heating it up, and it looked normal, but in fact the surface temperature of the iron rod was almost as hot as that of a firebrand. Now was the time to act while it was still hot!
Seeing the pale blue flame appear in his daughter's hand, Deng Jiugong was deeply moved. His daughter must be a remarkable person now, right? When the time comes, his eldest son will inherit his position in the court, and his daughter will practice Taoism. The future of the Deng family is promising!
Two more days passed.

Deng Chanyu felt that it was a bit clumsy to completely cover the iron rod with Qingyang True Fire.

With the idea that sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood, she asked her maid Hongxiao to sew a leather ball out of animal skin, and then controlled a wisp of flame to rotate inside the ball. The flame could not burn the ball, while at the same time maintaining the force of high-speed rotation.

After practicing the Rasengan for a day, she covered the stone with the rotating Qingyang True Fire like a thread, so that it could burn and cut the iron rod more quickly.

Time passes day by day.

Transporting food and fodder for the southern expeditionary army was becoming increasingly difficult. The Deng family, hoping to establish control over the southern capital, could no longer exploit the area, leaving them unable to fight again. E Chongyu's younger brother, wives, concubines, sons, and daughters were all in Deng Jiugong's care, and he too dared not attack, leading to a stalemate between the two sides.

When Kang was walking forward "grunting" under the scorching sun, the Phoenix clone had been listless these days because the original body was busy sharpening the needle, which took up too much energy. The two friends didn't know what was wrong with her and thought she was sick.

Now Dang Kang was carrying a piece of paulownia wood in the shape of a small bed, while the phoenix clone was lying inside the paulownia wood and sleeping soundly. Zou Wu used his long tail to hold up a large banana leaf to shade her from the sun.

This day, the main body took a short break and focused on the clone.
"Where are we now?!" Looking at the nearby mountains, the clone turned around in surprise and asked his two friends.

Dang Kang and Zou Wu looked at each other in bewilderment. "Shouldn't we just follow our feelings? How would we know where we are? We're still children!"
The Phoenix clone resisted the urge to cover his face.

This is obviously lost!

Among the mountains, she was a little lost for a moment.

With experience, I found a direction.

About half a day later, Zuo Wu suddenly realized that there seemed to be an opportunity for him ahead.

This group of divine beasts originally came together to seek opportunities, and they naturally won't let it go now.

Soon, following Zou Wu's instructions, we arrived at a vast, picturesque lake, graceful and tranquil. What was this place? Could the opportunity lie underwater?
Deng Chanyu stopped grinding the iron rod and turned all her attention to her clone.

As she was observing and thinking, she saw ripples on the lake, and a middle-aged man wearing a Tongtian crown, a dragon robe, a jade belt around his waist, and cloud shoes on his feet appeared out of thin air at the lakeside.

The middle-aged man seemed surprised by their combination, especially the fact that there was a phoenix in the group. "They're from the Phoenix Clan? Xiaolong is the Dragon King of Dongting Lake. I wonder why this great Phoenix Clan sage came to our Dongting Lake waters?"

Can I say that we came here because we were lost and looking for an opportunity?
The Dragon and Phoenix tribes were once sworn enemies, fighting for countless eons and harboring countless blood feuds. But now things were different. Both sides were remnants of a catastrophe. Fighting again? Fighting again would lead to annihilation of the tribe.

It's not like they can forget all grudges by just smiling when they meet, but the hatred isn't as high as before. They even greet each other when they see each other, which can be considered as reminiscing about the glorious past of their ancestors.

The Phoenix clone nodded slightly and was about to speak when Dang Kang suddenly said to the Dragon King, "Stupid pig!"

Phoenix clone: ​​"."

Dang Kang looked at her with a smug look on his face and said, "Look, last time you taught me how to say hello in French, I learned it. Am I smart?"

The Dragon King of Dongting was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. He thought this Dang Kang was quite interesting. He actually introduced himself as Stupid Pig. What a simple name.

The clone took a step forward, blocking Dang Kang and smiled: "Greetings, Dragon King. Our main purpose is..."

She thought about it for a moment, then decided to tell the truth: "It was me, a fellow Zou Wu, who seemed to think that Dongting had her chance."

"Is it Zou Wu? It is indeed a benevolent beast born from the kindness of heaven and earth. As for chance, Xiaolong doesn't know if it is Xiaolong's daughter who married far away in Jinghe. This morning, Xiaolong suddenly had an idea and felt that something seemed to be going on over there, so he wanted to find someone with a predestined relationship to help him and go see if his daughter was doing well there. After that, all the great sages came to Dongting Lake.

We are bound by the laws of heaven and cannot leave our post without permission. If the three great sages are willing to help, please go to Jinghe River on Xiaolong's behalf to visit my daughter. As long as he knows that she is doing well, Xiaolong will be relieved and will not let your trip be in vain. The Dongting Dragon Palace will definitely reward you handsomely.

The middle-aged man clasped his fists and bowed, his tone quite sincere.

The Phoenix clone looked at Zou Wu. Was this the opportunity? An errand?
Little Zou Wu nodded ignorantly, as if that was the case.

The Phoenix clone didn't know where the Jing River was, so the original body immediately looked up the book and quickly found out that this river was a tributary of the Yellow River and was located in Xiqi, right on their westward route.

The task was not difficult, and the other party was so polite that they didn't ask for extra money and agreed on the spot.

The Dongting Dragon King is not as good as the Four Seas Dragon Kings, but the Dragon Palace has always been a very luxurious place, and this one is no exception.

He gave the Phoenix clone a piece of armor with strong defense and the ability to expand and contract according to the size of the body, and gave Dang Kang a water-repellent bead. Zou Wu was the protagonist. The Dongting Dragon King gave Zou Wu a drop of black unicorn's blood and a pair of cloud shoes that could walk on water without leaving any traces.

After absorbing the black unicorn's blood essence with some impurities, Zuowu also entered its infancy. It was only the size of a pillow before, but now it looks as big as a foal. It can finally be ridden!
Riding a pig is really a last resort. Who would ride this thing as a real phoenix?

Zouwu looked like a little tiger, and a certain phoenix sat on her back and stroked her chin like a cat, which made Zouwu laugh and make a very comfortable "purr" sound.

(End of this chapter)