The spiritual energy was restored, and he became a mortal immortal in two days.

Faced with the birdcage handed to her by Chen Xuan, Youhuang wiped away her tears, tilted her head to the side, and stood firm and resolute.

"Even if I starve to death, get beaten to death by you, or jump off this building, I will never go into a birdcage!"

It is a descendant of the phoenix, born proud and possessing its own dignity.

That's a real shame.

"I also plan to feed you this flame after you enter the birdcage."

boom!

Chen Xuan snapped his fingers, and a flame rose from his fingertips.

The firelight flickered, pure and yang; even a fleeting glance felt like being scorched by the heat.

Inside the flames, the swaying light and shadow, stirred by a gentle breeze, resembled a phoenix, lifelike, spreading its wings and soaring.

A bright cry resounded through the sky, and the phoenix, reborn from the ashes, swooped down.

The young phoenix stared wide-eyed, her voice stammering, "You...how...how do you possess the Phoenix True Fire of my clan?"

next moment.

It stared at Chen Xuan for a long time, as if trying to see something out of him, then let out a howl and pounced over, wrapping its wings around Chen Xuan's ankles.

"I see!"

"You are a phoenix too, an old phoenix!"

"So we're from the same clan... No wonder you helped me kill the Gu Diao..."

"Big brother, you have no idea how hard life has been since I was born... it's been so difficult..."

It cried and clung tightly to Chen Xuan's leg, its eyes red as it frantically poured out its grievances.

"..."

A black line appeared on Chen Xuan's forehead. "Do you want to look more closely before you start crying?"

"hold head high?"

The young phoenix stopped crying, looked up at Chen Xuan again, and then a look of blankness appeared in her small pupils, showing great shock.

In disbelief, it rubbed its eyes hard with its wings and found that the human was still the same human, and it could not sense any blood ties with its own kind.

"Humans!"

"You're lying to me!"

"You are not a phoenix, not one of my kind!"

It stood with its wings on its hips, looking furious, as if it had been scammed out of millions.

Chen Xuan didn't tolerate her and kicked her aside. "When did I ever say I was a phoenix? You're the one who came to cling to my leg."

"You are not a phoenix, so where would you get the true fire of the phoenix?"

"This is an innate divine ability of my race, which other races simply cannot master."

The young phoenix rolled around twice, then immediately got up, its gaze lingering on the flames at Chen Xuan's fingertips with great envy.

Chen Xuan said calmly, "Your Phoenix Ancestor begged me to give it to you, so you can't refuse it."

The era of swordsmanship lasted 350 years, and he spent over 100 years in the deep mountains.

The old phoenixes were about to pass away. Before they died, in order to ensure that the phoenix clan's lineage would not be cut off, they begged Chen Xuan to accept the Phoenix True Fire.

Chen Xuan originally didn't intend to get involved.

But considering how respectful the old phoenix couple had been to him all these years, and how they had provided him with delicious food and drink, he reluctantly accepted.

They treated us to delicious food and drinks, and even served hundreds of phoenix eggs.

!!!

"I don't believe it!"

"You're just taking advantage of my young age, trying to fool me like a little chick!"

Young Phoenix's eyes widened at first, then she shouted indignantly, shaking her head like a rattle drum.

Believe it or not, if you don't believe it, then get lost.

Chen Xuan was too lazy to explain further. "Anyway, with this cluster of Phoenix True Fire, I can raise a real phoenix even if I just grab a sparrow."

He doesn't necessarily need this chick.

The young phoenix was stunned for a moment, and when it saw Chen Xuanzhen about to leave, it immediately became anxious.

"No, please don't!"

"brother!"

"Big brother!"

"Owner!"

Plop!

The young phoenix immediately knelt down, folded its wings together in front of its chest, and repeatedly bowed, "Please, please, just give me the Phoenix True Fire."

"If you give it to me, I'll agree to anything you ask."

Chen Xuan then stopped, turned around to look at it, and said with a smile, "Don't you have pride and dignity?"

Young Phoenix immediately looked left and right as if searching for someone, then slammed her hand on the ground and stood up, demanding, "Who is ruining my reputation?"

"What pride, what dignity? I don't have any of those things!"

The phoenix is ​​truly ablaze!

That flame can only be born when bloodline is activated to its highest level.

Possessing this flame can make up for one's innate deficiencies and grant access to the highest level of inheritance.

This isn't just a windfall, it's like gold bricks falling from the sky!

Even if it gets smashed and bleeds, it will grit its teeth and catch it!

"You little chick are quite something."

Looking at the young phoenix, Chen Xuan's eyes showed some emotion.

Those two old phoenixes were too stubborn back then. If they could be like this little chick, flexible and adaptable, they wouldn't have met such a tragic end.

"Alright, come in."

Chen Xuan waved his hand.

"Alright."

The young phoenix smiled ingratiatingly, immediately flew into the birdcage, and even closed the sliding door itself.

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Chen Xuan carried the birdcage and began to leisurely descend the mountain, his steps slow and deliberate, just like an old man walking his bird.

"From now on, you'll be called Little Chick."

"what?"

"Don't be surprised. Back then, your Phoenix Ancestor begged me to name him, but I was too lazy to do it."

Chen Xuan said noncommittally.

"hold head high."

The chicks nodded vigorously and immediately stopped resisting.

It may have inherent deficiencies, but its phoenix-like discernment is by no means diminished.

A tremor deep within its blood told it that the human before it was terrifying beyond measure!

"You...you haven't...you haven't said why you're helping me..." it asked cautiously.

Chen Xuan, carrying the birdcage, looked up into the depths of the clouds, saying, "Because you are very similar to my old friends."

The chick immediately perked up, "Isn't it just as spirited, full of potential, and with a promising future?"

"No, they are all born with the same congenital deficiencies, they are all mixed-breed phoenixes."

Little chick: ╯□╰

We can't talk today.

……

……

One hundred and twenty-five years into the Sword Dao Era, Chen Xuan entered the deep mountains for the fifth year of self-cultivation.

He sat by the waterfall, wearing a straw hat, fishing by a small pond.

Just as the fish were feeding and I was about to lift the rod, two figures fell from the sky and crashed heavily into the water, creating a splash.

Chen Xuan watched silently as two phoenixes of impure colors struggled to emerge from the water.

One of the phoenixes was broken, unable to spread its wings, and had lost the soaring power that the phoenix clan should have.

One of the phoenix flames was weak and its soul was unstable, making it unable to activate the complete phoenix flame.

Before Chen Xuan could speak, a reprimand came from the sky.

"Your bloodline is impure, yourselves flawed and tainted. Even now, you dare to flee?"

Immediately afterwards, a domineering figure hovered in the air, its outstretched wings like fire, blocking out the clouds and scorching down.

The water evaporated layer by layer, and the fallen leaves on the ground caught fire, spreading like wildfire across the entire mountain forest.

Chen Xuan looked at the two injured phoenixes in front of him.

The two phoenixes watched as innocent humans were harmed.

One of the phoenixes, the larger one, stepped forward, its eyes filled with despair: "I'm sorry, human, but today you will die here with us."