When the feather emerged from the jump space, Bai Yujun recognized this as some place far to the south, extremely distant from the Heavenly Court.
It matched the ancient legend that phoenixes dwelled upon the Immortal Volcano in the south, but Bai Yujun had yet to spot any volcanoes.
Little Phoenix guided the feather through ordinary mortal mountains and forests.
Spiritual qi was thin, and the earth veins were mostly too feeble to amount to anything. As they flew farther and farther away, beyond the range of human habitation lay a world of birds and beasts. The white feather sped silently beneath the clouds, while the mountains and forests below rose and fell like green waves.
The monkey sprawled along the edge of the feather, hooting and howling at the ground as it enthusiastically greeted the monkeys in the mountains.
The wind tossed around its monkey fur and floral shirt.
Facing the wind, it turned back and shouted at a certain Bai.
"Eek! Look! What a beautiful monkey lady! Such smooth monkey fur and a perfect tail! Beautiful!"
A certain Bai glanced down and shrugged boredly.
"I heard you've been telling everyone I'm ugly?"
Bai Yujun had no objection to the monkey's monkey-style standards of beauty, but she could not stand the sympathetic, pitying look in its eyes. How could this Bai dragon possibly be ugly?
The monkey turned back and said one thing.
"It's all right! After all, it isn't your fault! Just look on the bright side!"
After shouting that, it continued admiring the monkey ladies in the forest, occasionally tossing down a few spirit fruits. It did not see a certain Bai roll her eyes and turn to look the other way. Bai Yujun had not expected that even after thousands of years, she still could not