Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 28 Immortal guides the way
Old Bear's race is still the iron-eating beast. There were no creatures like pandas in those days. The Divine Beast Team called him "Old Bear" only because his surname was Xiong. He didn't say what his specific name was.

The old bear escaped, but he still didn't give up. He took out the last heavenly book and asked his clone, "Take another look. Is what's written here really a military manual?"

There was a lot of content, and the Phoenix clone glanced through it roughly: "The name of Emperor Xuanyuan appears in many places here, and it seems to record many of Huangdi's military strategies. I'm surprised, how did this book end up in your hands?"

This is equivalent to Chiyou's mount stealing Huangdi's diary, which is outrageous.

Lao Xiong hesitated and didn't want to mention his dark history of being fooled by the Queen Mother of the West.

When he heard that the three divine beasts were preparing to head west, he volunteered and offered to protect the three weaklings, on the condition that the Phoenix clone would teach him Phoenix Seal. He had suffered from a lack of education, and this time he would make up for the missing knowledge no matter what!
The Phoenix clone certainly agreed with this. Old Bear was a super fighter! When he swung his stick, it was like the mountains and rivers changing color. At this stage, she had never seen anyone more capable of fighting than this guy.

There is no loss for her in teaching Feng Zhuan. While teaching, she can get the Heavenly Book for free. How wonderful!
Lao Xiong gave up the habit of eating iron in the first half of his life. No matter whether that thing contains ferric oxide or not, it will produce some volatile gas after oxidation, which smells a bit bad and is actually not delicious.

The iron-eating beasts eat iron, mostly to show off their ferocity and let their enemies know they're not to be trifled with. Look, these pieces of iron, I bite them into pieces with a snap. My "Awooo" cry scares you, right? Scared enough to run away?
Now that he is following the three mythical beasts, there is no point in eating those broken pieces of iron, so he turned over a new leaf and became a bear again. Recently, he has become obsessed with eating bamboo.

Deng Chanyu took advantage of the characteristics of the paulownia wood and was able to deliver a batch of bamboo to him in four days. Now that Nandu was in their hands, the Deng family's influence extended deep into southern Xinjiang. As for purple bamboo, there was no need to say how much he wanted. Anyway, it was no problem for Old Bear to eat it as a snack.

When the team was about to leave Sichuan, a new round of purple bamboo was delivered, along with a small amount of spiritual materials, delicacies, and Lengxiang Pills specially made by Miss Ji!
The rainwater was collected on the way out of Nandu, and the snowwater was collected just in time when we returned to Jizhou. It was definitely not the right season, but since it was the first time, there was no need to be too rigid.

The remaining white peony flowers, white lotus flowers, etc. are easy to collect, because "Master Deng" said in the letter that he has a friend who likes to eat vegetarian food. After the girl was buried for a month, she sent four Lengxiang Pills to "Master Deng".

Deng Chanyu was still struggling with the iron rod for a while, fearing that eating it would affect her stomach. Considering that the Phoenix clone had a high resistance to poison, and the old bear was a vegetarian, he could eat iron, not to mention the Lengxiang Pills. The key was that there was also Zou Wu, a semi-vegetarian, so he immediately sent the Lengxiang Pills to them.

What is this? Old Bear held up a longan-sized Lengxiang pill, examined it closely against the sunlight, and sniffed it carefully. He instinctively felt that this thing might not taste as good as bamboo.
"Take them all. This is a gift from a friend. It came from thousands of miles away, and it's a token of his heart!" The Phoenix clone also took one for himself.

Including Lao Xiong, each of the Divine Beast Team held a low-end version of the Lengxiang Pill.

The Phoenix clone took the lead and shouted a slogan: "Once I swallow a golden pill, my life is in my own hands!"

She vaguely mentioned the last word "Heaven". She might have casually called it out elsewhere, but in a world where the Heaven watches over everything, she really didn't dare to say that.

The taste of Lengxiang Pills is hard to describe.

Zou Wu: “It’s okay.”

Dang Kang: "Pah, pah, pah!"

The old bear's face turned pale, his red tongue hanging out, clearly choking. Zou Wu quickly offered him water. The Phoenix clone's expression wasn't good either. Even someone with a big head and thick neck like the old bear found it difficult to swallow. Birds have very narrow throats, so swallowing such a large ball is a real challenge. "Ahem! It smells like dirt! But it tastes okay, right? Don't you agree?"

Regardless of whether it was just a compromise or not, the team never mentioned the Lengxiang Pills again. While the main body was grinding the sticks, they wrote a long letter to Miss Ji, giving five-star praise for the product quality and logistics speed. They said that Lengxiang Pills were delicious, and patients with serious illnesses could eat more of them, but healthy people could forget about it.

In her letter, she also described in detail a delicious soup called "A Fair Lady, a Gentleman's Ideal Match." This soup should be delicious. Let's drink some to nourish our stomachs and stop obsessing over the Lengxiang Pills.
The old bear cheats for food and drink, is greedy and sleepy, and often does stupid things that make people laugh and cry, but he is experienced in life, so it is easy for him to lead the way and kill a few monsters.

The team did not encounter Luofengpo or Juelongling again, and returned to the right path smoothly.

Being entrusted with a task, he had to be loyal to the person who entrusted him with the task. His first stop was to go to Jing River to inquire about the life of the married Dragon Girl of Dongting Lake.

They left Mount Qi, bypassed Xiqi City, and went upstream to reach the Jing River.

"Old Bear, how good are you at water combat? How about you sneak into the Dragon Palace and ask?" The Phoenix clone whispered to the team leader.

The old bear's fat face showed an embarrassed expression.

I'm already so fat, and you still want me to go into the water?
To be honest, his water combat ability is indeed poor.

You can tell it won't work just by looking at his expression. The Phoenix clone secretly sighed. It's better to be safe than sorry. Even if there is only a 1% chance of a war, you have to prepare in advance. Now it seems that the old bear is not good at water battles, so let's change to plan number two.

She took out the heavenly book and flipped through it quickly.

".I've been looking for that spell, and I found it! Let's not go to the Dragon Palace anymore, let's divine the location of this Dragon Girl and see if she's doing well."

The contents of the heavenly book are very diverse, covering many aspects of mountain medicine, fortune-telling and divination. It is truly an encyclopedia for cultivators.

This book was written in phoenix seal script, and the phoenix clone could draw on some of its power when using it. At this moment, she silently recited the mantra, and as her magic power merged into the heavenly book, the air around her suddenly became gloomy and dim, and she could see some obscure and difficult-to-understand words in it, as if they were about to take off in the next second.

When Kang and Zou Wu looked at him with their mouths wide open, the old bear secretly curled his lips and said, "If you don't know, you might think you are going to use a very powerful spell. In fact, it is just a spell to find the way and find people."
The Phoenix clone felt like she was embroidering with a broadsword. She wasn't using her mana the right way, and most of it was drained away. She was exhausted, and a large cloud of light red mist appeared above her head. While holding the Heavenly Book, she signaled to the old bear to cooperate with her: "Quick, quick! Give it to me!"

The old bear was very smart and immediately climbed the tree. Then, with two "clicks", he broke off a branch about the length of his arm, ran two steps quickly, and handed it to her.

"Look at my immortal pointing the way!" The Phoenix clone shouted the name of the spell loudly, and then threw the branch high into the sky. With a light "pop" sound, the four divine beasts all lowered their heads and looked in the direction where the branch was pointing after it landed on the ground.

(End of this chapter)