Killing the Chicken to Get the Eggs

Chapter 13: Killing the Goose to Get the Eggs

The atmosphere suddenly froze.

"You want to eat the chicken?" Ji Hongxue asked in shock.

An Bulang nodded, pointing at the rooster and saying, "This is a chicken that has become a spirit, a chicken spirit!"

He added, "Chicken spirits taste the best."

The rooster exploded, let out a strange cry, flapped its wings, and flew towards An Bulang at extreme speed.

A fierce wind suddenly rose, and the rooster arched its body backward. Its golden feet shot out like sharp swords, fiercely striking at An Bulang's chest.

If this kick landed, an ordinary cultivator at the fifth level of the Mystic Body would definitely have their chest bones shattered and be severely injured.

It could have disdained ants, but an ant had stepped forward to provoke it. It didn't mind teaching the other party a profound lesson!

The next second.

A pair of strong, powerful hands grabbed its heels as it lunged.

"Cluck cluck cluck?" The rooster's pupils contracted.

Before it could react, it found its body being violently slammed onto the ground.

Boom!

The earth shook, and dirt flew everywhere.

A small pit appeared on the hill.

The rooster lay in the center of the dirt pit, still in a state of bewilderment.

"So strong! Even the entire Prince De's Estate couldn't do anything, and you took care of it in one move," Ji Hongxue exclaimed, covering her mouth.

An Bulang stood beside the rooster, examining the rooster he had smashed to the ground, and smacked his lips, "Should I grill this chicken spirit, or make soup with it?"

The rooster trembled all over, and its deep voice rang out, "G-Great one, spare me!"

"Ah! It can talk!?" Ji Hongxue was startled.

An Bulang said speechlessly, "I already told you this rooster has become a spirit, isn't it normal for it to talk?"

The rooster's face showed pride, "Of course I can speak human language."

"Then why haven't you spoken before?" Ji Hongxue asked, puzzled.

The rooster glanced at Ji Hongxue, "It's like if you knew dog language, would you 'woof woof' all the time?"

"Uh..." Ji Hongxue was speechless.

"Who am I, Yu Aotian? What is my status? Why would I speak such vulgar words to you commoners all the time?" The rooster raised its proud head.

Immediately after, its head was slapped with a shoe sole.

"Cluck! Great one, spare me!" the rooster cried miserably.

"Hmm..." An Bulang stepped on the rooster's head, "I'll give you another chance to organize your words."

"I... I'm telling you, you'd better let me go. Your strength is great, but my background is something you can't afford to offend. You have no idea what kind of existence you are stepping on..." The rooster thought it was still unconvinced and directly threatened, "Do you know what blood flows through me? Let me tell you, I..."

"Don't you just have a trace of Phoenix Bloodline in your body?" An Bulang sneered.

"Cluck?" The rooster's sturdy body trembled again, and it looked at An Bulang with disbelief.

Its bloodline had not yet awakened, so how did this young man know about the bloodline within its body?

As for Ji Hongxue beside him, she was completely dumbfounded, muttering, "Phoenix Bloodline? That legendary divine beast bloodline? Oh my god! The guardian divine beast of Prince De's Estate is actually related to a divine beast?!"

An Bulang's pupils narrowed slightly, "Is that the language you organized?"

"Uh?" The rooster found that the other party didn't seem to be intimidated by it and was stunned for a moment.

"Fine... then today it's still roasted **," An Bulang finally made up his mind.

"Cluck cluck cluck... You can't do this! Cluck!" The rooster finally panicked.

At this moment, An Bulang had already lifted the rooster upside down, holding its wings with his other hand.

"I was wrong! I was wrong! I shouldn't have attacked you, I shouldn't have shown off in front of you, I shouldn't have looked down on you humans, I'm the trash!" Yu Aotian began a three-part confession of regret.

"Great one, I beg you, please let me go. Cluck cluck..."

The rooster began to beg humbly, disregarding its dignity.

"Okay, I'll let you go, but give me your egg."

An Bulang's lips curled, and he finally revealed his fangs.

Yu Aotian trembled, "Egg? What egg?"

Ji Hongxue also said, "Bu Lang, this is a rooster, right?"

Then, she covered her mouth and exclaimed, "You're so perverted!"

An Bulang's face darkened, "Don't think too much, it's that egg!"

"You have two choices: first, I'll kill you and roast you to eat; second, give me the egg. You choose," An Bulang said with a smile.

The giant rooster trembled violently, finally unable to withstand An Bulang's oppressive might.

"Plop."

A golden egg fell to the ground.

Ji Hongxue's mouth formed an "O" shape.

The rooster really laid an egg!

"Alright, you're free," An Bulang said, tossing the giant rooster aside. He picked up the golden egg from the ground and nodded with satisfaction.

Yu Aotian wiped away his tears and flapped his wings, flying towards the sky. "This humiliation today, I, Yu Aotian, will remember it. You just wait for me!"

"Bu Lang, the town-guarding divine beast just flew away like that?" Ji Hongxue watched Yu Aotian fly further and further away, momentarily lost in thought.

"It came here precisely to absorb the yang energy from this land. Now that it has absorbed enough, it naturally has to leave. I just didn't expect it to run into me before leaving. All these years of hard work have now become my stepping stone..." An Bulang chuckled. "My plan to kill the chicken to get the eggs went quite smoothly."

"Bad guy, stealing someone else's baby," Ji Hongxue frowned.

"This isn't some life form, but the crystallized essence of Yu Aotian's yang energy absorption. Did you really think a rooster could lay eggs?!" An Bulang playfully hit the red-clothed woman beside him, laughing as he scolded her.

Ji Hongxue pouted in anger, glaring at An Bulang, but she was speechless, her face turning red.

Finally, she stubbornly said, "No matter what, what you did was wrong."

An Bulang couldn't be bothered with this naive woman. This world was about the survival of the fittest; where were there so many right and wrongs?

If there were to be any talk of right and wrong, if she knew that the giant rooster had also stolen a lot of yang energy from many people in Prince De's Estate, he wondered what her reaction would be.

Of course, An Bulang wouldn't say this, nor was there anything worth saying.

"Oh right, I need to go to White Spring Red Courtyard outside the city tonight. Second Brother said I should meet some experts who can't show their faces in Prince De's Estate. If you don't want to come, you can just wander around Autumn Moon City." As she spoke, Ji Hongxue handed An Bulang a stack of silver notes. "Spend it as you like."

An Bulang was very touched. Although he would have preferred spirit stones, he would reluctantly accept the silver notes.

Even though Ji Hongxue wasn't particularly attractive, she was quite sincere in her dealings with people.

An Bulang took the money and walked straight out of Prince De's Estate. As for Ji Hongxue's suggestion to wander Autumn Moon City tonight?

No! He was going to wander all day, from morning till night!

Night.

The night sky tonight was exceptionally dark.

It seemed like it might rain.

Autumn Moon City was still brightly lit, bustling with people, and lively.

Two carriages left the bustling city, heading towards White Spring Red Courtyard.

White Spring Red Courtyard was a top-tier private villa, situated beside a lake, offering unparalleled services.

Ji Hongxue sat in one of the carriages, gazing at the White Spring Red Courtyard, which was getting closer and closer, its lanterns hanging. However, her mind was on An Bulang, thinking about how that person was truly having a blast, taking the silver notes and running off, really not accompanying her here.

Thinking of this, Ji Hongxue felt a bit unhappy and sulked.

"Third Sister, we've arrived,"

Ji Changwu said, alighting from another sedan chair.

Ji Hongxue nodded and followed Ji Changwu out of the sedan chair.

She glanced at White Spring Red Courtyard, which was enveloped in a yellow glow, appearing somewhat quiet.

"Why is it so quiet tonight? Are there no guests?" Ji Hongxue asked.

Ji Changwu chuckled. "Not everyone can afford the prices here. It's normal to have no guests for a day or two occasionally. Let's go, they are already waiting in a room."

Ji Hongxue nodded and followed the man into White Spring Red Courtyard.

"Wait... Second Brother, I have a feeling the atmosphere here is off."

Ji Hongxue stopped in the small garden within White Spring Red Courtyard, speaking to Ji Changwu, who was leading the way ahead.

"What's wrong, Third Sister? Everything seems normal..."

Ji Changwu turned around, looked at Ji Hongxue, and grinned, revealing his teeth.