Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 596: Golden Phoenix Remains
Zhen Yuanzi's ginseng fruit will be on the fifteenth day of next month, which is still more than half a month away.

Deng Chanyu couldn't be said to be the last one to arrive, but she couldn't be too active. It wasn't worth it for her to lose face just for the sake of having a meal and eating melon.

"Deng Er, there's a strong man outside looking for you." Daji looked at someone with an indescribable look.

Deng Chanyu was confused: "But Fellow Daoist Zhao?"

"No, I know Zhao Gongming."

"That's Zhang Guifang?"

Daji rolled her eyes at her and said, "I know General Zhang too."

There are very few men in Mount Emei these days. Even the iron-eating beasts are mostly female. It is even rarer for someone to come to her by name, Deng.

She changed into a plain Taoist robe and went outside the mountain. After seeing who was coming, she breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm sorry I didn't greet you at Emei. Please forgive me for not knowing why you left the Immortal Volcano and came to this desolate mountain."

The one who came was Dafeng, the youngest of the nine Yuanfeng sons.

At one point, Deng Chanyu saw Dafeng's dejected expression and thought Yuanfeng had died. For a moment, she didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
Dafeng knew Fenghuang. Strictly speaking, he didn't know Deng Chanyu, but there was no need to go into details about those things that were done to cover up one's own mistakes.

Dafeng's face was solemn, and he saluted in the Taoist way. Even though he had never learned Taoism at all, he could still perform Taoist etiquette. Taoism is vast and there is no one that cannot be saved. Even a ferocious beast like Taoist Mosquito can call himself a "Taoist". The Tao is there and does not restrict any living being from practicing it.

"My mother realized that the remains of the Golden Phoenix were about to return to the prehistoric world. I went to find the Colorful Phoenix and told her that she was in seclusion. Now I can only come to you for help."

Dafeng briefly explained the purpose of his visit.

Phoenix was indeed in seclusion. Although she did not receive any merit from heaven for defeating the Mosquito Taoist, she held the positions of Water Deity and General Zhenwu. Now she was promoted to Yishen Baode Zhenjun, which was equivalent to receiving three salaries. The salary given to the gods by the Heavenly Court was mainly reflected in incense. Incense could assist in spiritual practice. If the normal practice speed was 1, the speed of practicing with incense would be 1.5, and the effect was quite obvious.

There is no bottleneck for Phoenix before reaching the Golden Immortal, but the accumulation of mana needs to be done bit by bit by itself. There is no way to take shortcuts. After receiving three portions of incense and obtaining a large amount of spiritual materials for consumption and transformation, it went into seclusion.

Unless a strong wind breaks into the Zhenwu Hall, no one will be seen.

Dafeng continued, "My mother needs protection. I cannot leave the Undying Volcano for long. The world has changed dramatically and things are unpredictable. I haven't been to the prehistoric world for a long time. Now that there are many human races, the land has become a completely new scene. I really don't know what to do. If... please bring the remains of the Golden Phoenix back to the Undying Volcano."

Golden Phoenix is ​​the eldest of the nine sons of Yuan Feng. She is known for "being connected to the energy of heaven and earth, responding to the spirits of all things, regulating the beauty of the five tones, and observing the wonders of the nine virtues." She is born with an innate aura of good fortune and can be considered the sister of Phoenix, or even the brother.

Yuan Feng was thick-skinned and strong, good at fighting and able to withstand beatings. As the eldest in the family, Jin Feng was much inferior to him. He was beaten to a pulp by several rounds of concentrated fire and died early in battle, without even a chance for nirvana.

Deng Chanyu pondered for a moment. Recently, she discovered and refined two traces of the Dao of Space in Jade Emperor Heaven.

No longer in the original form of the Tao seed, her understanding of the Tao of Space has now deepened.

She asked, "The Phoenix's relatives are my relatives. I wonder if the Golden Phoenix's remains descended from outer space, or escaped from some other world?"

"It's all possible. Mother made a deduction and believed that the most likely scenario was that the golden phoenix fell into the river."

Deng Chanyu looked at him with empty eyes. Don’t you know what level our mother’s deduction is?

Dafeng knew the information was unreliable, but Yuanfeng still had a hunch about the mother-son connection, so it probably had a 10% to 20% chance of being true. Yuanfeng, the "master" of prehistoric deduction, had accurately explained when, how, and where the Golden Phoenix remains would descend. But Deng Chanyu didn't believe a single word of the information, other than the Golden Phoenix remains' existence.

"I can't guarantee that I can do it. I'll go to the scene first to take a look."

"Thank you."

After sending away the strong wind, Deng Chanyu went into the quiet room and used her I Ching to make deductions.

If the remains of the Golden Phoenix were floating outside, no one would be able to do anything about it. Now that she is going back to the prehistoric world, it is reasonable for her to be buried in peace, rather than being skinned and peeled off by various immortals, having her marrow sucked out of her bones, and finally being cut into pieces and refined into some magic weapon.

However, after some deduction, she realized that the place where the Golden Phoenix's remains had landed was indeed a bit troublesome and required careful consideration.
"Soldiers of Qi! Don't worry about me! Shoot! Shoot quickly!" Prince Jiang Wenhuan of Qi was tied to a wooden pillar three meters high and as thick as a man could hug.

Nezha held the Fire Dragon Spear and stood on the platform, watching with a rather bored look on his face.

The people of Han were afraid that the people on the other side would not be able to see the prince's appearance clearly, so they dressed him in a full set of dragon robes, combed his hair and beard neatly, and except for several ropes tied around his body and hanging him high up, there was nothing inappropriate about him.

The Han State actually sent troops to attack the Qi State during the busy farming season of autumn harvest. A total of 50,000 troops were dispatched from the Huaihe River camp. The number was not large, but not small either. In particular, they also placed the Qi State's Prince Jiang Wenhuan in front of the two armies as a shield, and the enemy suddenly didn't know how to fight.

Xuzhou was a place with no strategic location to defend. Li Jing used his military skills to perfection. In just half a month, he occupied one third of Xuzhou in Qi State. The farthest point was almost reaching Qingzhou, the core area of ​​Qi State.

"How can we release our prince?" asked the envoy from Qi.

Li Jing made a request that the other party had not expected at all: "Please lend the city of Qufu to the Han Kingdom temporarily."

The Qi envoy asked: "Borrow?"

Qufu was not built during the Spring and Autumn Period. This city has a long history and is considered the crown of all Xia civilizations.

Qufu was the capital of Emperor Yan and the birthplace of Emperor Huang.

Shaohao, the eldest son of Huangdi who was born from the rumored "Taibai Jinxing and Chang'e", founded the country in Qufu.

Shaohao was clearly an admirer of Phoenix culture.

There are more than 20 tribes named after birds in his kingdom, 8 of which belong to the Phoenix clan. The Phoenix clan totem has the most honorable status in Shaohao's kingdom.

Now the Jiang family has transformed their family into a country, and the capital of Qi is Qufu.

The envoy was stunned: "Your country wants to exchange our crown prince for Qufu?"

Li Jing said firmly, "It's just a temporary loan. That's right, just this one condition. If your country lends Qufu City, our country will certainly escort Jiang Wenhuan out of the country with courtesy. The envoy is probably not in a position to make the decision, so please go back and inform the King of Qi."

The envoy really couldn't make a decision, so he rode back to the capital at full speed overnight.

(End of this chapter)