Chapter 1306 - 1305: The Little Holy Bird's Gift
Chapter 1306 - 1305: The Little Holy Bird's Gift
Gongsun Zhong responded, then flew toward the half-buried corpses of his brothers Gongsun Qing and the others.
Of course, Gongsun Zhong also noticed how Dragon Tiger Mountain had changed drastically in appearance, and he saw the enormous figure of the Nine-tailed Holy Bird; his heart was filled with shock.
He had no idea what exactly had happened here.
But he didn't dare ask too much; since Lin Fei told him to return to Liufeng City, then he would just quietly go back to Liufeng City, and not meddle in anything else.
Gongsun Zhong lifted the bodies of his two younger brothers, then flew away, heading back to Liufeng City.
After Gongsun Zhong left, Lin Fei finally looked toward the Nine-tailed Holy Bird and said, "Holy Bird, you all go into the tower to rest and heal properly. Right, there's one of your kind in the tower as well, a goat. I think you can become friends with it."
That's right, ever since Lin Fei entered Thousand Dragon City, he had kept the Human-faced Goat inside the Devil's Tower—first for safety, and second so the Human-faced Goat could focus on Cultivation and increase its strength.
When the Nine-tailed Holy Bird heard this, a trace of curiosity appeared in its eyes; it clearly also wanted to know what the goat inside the Devil's Tower was like.
Lin Fei didn't say more and flew straight in through the main gate of the Devil's Tower.
The Human-faced Goat was Cultivating on the Ninth Layer of the Devil's Tower.
And to reach the Ninth Layer, only Lin Fei, the master who could control the Devil's Tower, was able to do so.
Before long, Lin Fei once again walked out from the main gate of the Devil's Tower, with a golden-horned goat following closely behind him—it was precisely the Human-faced Goat.
Because it had been Cultivating in the Devil's Tower all this time, and Lin Fei had given it plenty of Elixirs, the Human-faced Goat's strength had clearly risen; it had already advanced from Saint Transformation to the realm of a Saint Warrior.
Seeing the Nine-tailed Holy Bird, the Human-faced Goat's eyes immediately revealed a look of astonishment, and it spoke in human tongue: "The Nine-tailed Holy Bird is one of the ten great Holy Birds of the Holy Dragon Continent. I never thought that I, a mere goat, would actually be able to see such a noble Holy Bird."
Then the Human-faced Goat walked up in front of the Nine-tailed Holy Bird and said, "I am the Spiritual Beast Human-faced Goat that follows Lin Fei. He is my master. You all come with me into the Devil's Tower to receive treatment and rest."
Needless to say, the Human-faced Goat had already learned from Lin Fei about the Nine-tailed Holy Bird's injuries.
Since Lin Fei had saved the Nine-tailed Holy Bird, and the Human-faced Goat was also a Spiritual Beast, it was easier to earn the trust of the kindred Nine-tailed Holy Bird.
The Nine-tailed Holy Bird nodded slightly to the Human-faced Goat.
Then the Nine-tailed Holy Bird stood up from the ground and walked toward the main gate of the Devil's Tower.
The Little Holy Bird obediently followed behind its mother.
When they came before the main gate of the Devil's Tower, they could see that the door, which originally didn't appear very wide, seemed to widen at once as the gigantic Nine-tailed Holy Bird approached.
The reason the main gate of the Devil's Tower expanded along with the Nine-tailed Holy Bird's huge body was naturally because Lin Fei, who controlled the Devil's Tower, was secretly operating the tower.
The Nine-tailed Holy Bird entered the Devil's Tower with great ease, which made Qin Yunyue, Leng Ying, and the others almost unable to believe their own eyes.
This made them feel the Devil's Tower was even more miraculous.
After the Nine-tailed Holy Bird entered the Devil's Tower, the Little Holy Bird following behind it stopped suddenly when it passed in front of Lin Fei, its bright eyes looking at Lin Fei.
It looked just like a slim, pretty, and adorable little girl, gazing at Lin Fei as if he were an elder brother, her eyes filled with worship, gratitude, and joy.
"Gaa, gaa!~~~" The Little Holy Bird let out a melodious cry toward Lin Fei.
This time its call was no longer full of anxiety or sorrow, but more of delight.
The reason it cried out to Lin Fei was because Lin Fei had saved it and its mother.
Lin Fei, however, remained very calm, smiling as he said, "You and your mother go into the tower."
Lin Fei knew perfectly well that the Little Holy Bird could understand human speech.
However, after hearing Lin Fei's words, the Little Holy Bird did not go in. Instead, it blinked its beautiful eyes, then stretched its cinnabar-red beak toward Lin Fei and cried a few times, as if it had something important it wanted to do.
At this moment, the Nine-tailed Holy Bird, which had gone into the Devil's Tower first, seemed to sense something, stopped its steps, and turned its head to look back at the Little Holy Bird.
Then, as if knowing what the Little Holy Bird wanted to do, the Nine-tailed Holy Bird spoke to Lin Fei in human tongue: "The Little Holy Bird wants to give you a gift to thank you for saving us."
Only then did Lin Fei understand why the Little Holy Bird had been dawdling in front of him for so long—it turned out it wanted to give him a gift.
It seemed this beautiful Little Holy Bird truly knew how to be grateful and repay kindness.
Lin Fei smiled at the Little Holy Bird and said, "I saved you and your mother because I couldn't stand to see those villains strike at you so viciously. I appreciate your kindness. Now hurry and go in!"
However, the Little Holy Bird stubbornly shook its head and cried a few times.
Lin Fei could only look to the Nine-tailed Holy Bird for help; he really didn't know what the Little Holy Bird was saying, so he could only have its mother translate in human tongue.
The Nine-tailed Holy Bird said to Lin Fei, "I've always taught it to repay hatred with revenge and kindness with gratitude, so it insists on repaying your kindness."
So that was it!
Looking at the stubborn Little Holy Bird, Lin Fei realized that if he didn't accept its gift, the Little Holy Bird would probably keep pestering him until he did.
Thinking this, Lin Fei had no choice but to surrender.
"Alright, alright, Little Holy Bird, I'll accept your gift. Will that do?" Lin Fei said, looking at the Little Holy Bird.
The Little Holy Bird immediately cried out twice in delight.
Just as Lin Fei was wondering what kind of gift the Little Holy Bird would give him, it suddenly opened its beak, and a mass of peaceful, tranquil radiance, like moonlight, slowly floated out from its beak.
As this mass of light floated out, in an instant an indescribably vast, boundless, grand, and incomparably sacred aura spread out.
Centered on the Devil's Tower, then on the ruins of Dragon Tiger Mountain, it spread outward in all directions, from several li, to dozens of li, then to hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of li.
This indescribably mysterious and sacred aura, at an incomparable speed, quickly spread across most of the territories of Ten Thousand Swords City and Liufeng City.
Not only the land below, but even the airspace of tens of thousands of li above the two cities was filled with holy, pure light, making the heaven and earth of the two cities seem to become a sacred pure land.
This immediately drew the attention of the entire Holy Dragon Continent, including the giant figures of the Holy Dragon Realm and the City Lords of other Cultivation Cities.
They all sensed this vast, holy light coming from the airspace above Ten Thousand Swords City and Liufeng City.
Many powerful Cultivators had already begun to move, flying from their respective Cultivation Cities toward the eastern Ten Thousand Swords City and Liufeng City.
In the Holy Dragon Realm, within the sea of clouds formed by ten thousand qing of Saint Qi, a towering mountain peak radiating myriad spiritual rays rose up, crowned by layer upon layer of palaces, magnificent and grand.
On a high platform stood a white-haired, gold-robed old man; his gaze was deep like the starry sky of ages past, a jade belt at his waist, his whole body surrounded by pure and profound Saint Qi, making him exude an air of overlooking the world, like an emperor pointing out rivers and mountains.
He looked toward the distant east, his frost-white brows slightly knit, and murmured, "This white light nearly covers both Ten Thousand Swords City and Liufeng City. It seems the Celestial Saint Gem has undoubtedly appeared. I wonder how Jingchen is now?"
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