Bai Chen came to Nuwa's side, took out the three lotus seeds he had been allocated, and voiced his confusion:
"Nuwa, help me analyze this. Should I eat these three lotus seeds, refine them into a treasure, or plant them and nurture them into a spiritual root?"
Bai Chen was genuinely conflicted. He wanted to eat the three lotus seeds, but they would be gone in a single bite, which felt rather wasteful.
But there were too few materials to refine them into a treasure.
And nurturing them into a spiritual root would take too long.
What a headache!
"Although these three lotus seeds are extraordinary, there are too few of them. You should nurture them into a spiritual root."
Nuwa saw at a glance that the three lotus seeds in Bai Chen's paws were extraordinary. They had definitely not been produced by an ordinary spiritual root.
After analyzing the matter, Nuwa helped Bai Chen make the best choice.
As for the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans, things were looking quite bad, especially for the Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan.
The Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan had suffered catastrophic losses among their elites in that battle in the Western Primordial Era.
On top of that, because the three clans had fought for supremacy over the Primordial World, they had incurred a Great Karmic Debt. Many of their members had begun to see their cultivation regress and their realms fall.
Somehow, word had leaked out, and the myriad races previously suppressed by the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans began to show signs of rebellion.
The Dragon Clan and Qilin Clan were powerless to suppress them. As for the actions of the myriad scale-armored races and the myriad beast races, they simply turned a blind eye.
Since the Phoenix Clan had withdrawn its forces early, its strength was still sufficient to intimidate the myriad flying races. Thus, the myriad flying races remained relatively obedient and did not dare become too unruly.
In the blink of an eye, no one knew how many more yuanhui had passed.
The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans were burdened by karmic debt. After Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin spent so many yuanhui recuperating, their injuries had not only failed to stabilize but had grown even more severe.
The two of them truly feared that the injuries Devil Ancestor Luo Hou had inflicted on them would erupt completely one day, taking their lives in a single breath.
As for Yuanfeng, although she had fled quickly back then and had not been injured by Devil Ancestor Luo Hou,
her cultivation had still regressed considerably because of the backlash from her karmic debt. She was already on the verge of falling from the Half-step Dao Proving realm.
Ancestor Dragon, First Qilin, and Yuanfeng had once been the three publicly acknowledged overlords of the Primordial World, yet even they had ended up in this state. The condition of the other members of the three clans could easily be imagined.
Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Qilin had already begun acting in accordance with the Great Dao's Destiny, each moving in the darkness of fate.
Yuanfeng entrusted Great Kui, Little Kui, and Azure Bird, the three elders of the Phoenix Clan, to the Queen Mother of the West, and gave her some treasures belonging to the Phoenix Clan.
The Queen Mother of the West also promised that if the Phoenix Clan ever encountered danger, she would be willing to act and preserve a thread of life for them.
Of course, Yuanfeng could not possibly entrust all the Phoenix Clan's hopes to the Queen Mother of the West.
Thus, she also ordered Mystic Sky Fire Phoenix Jin Ning to go to Buzhou Mountain and invite Nuwa and Bai Chen.
Making investments in several parties was better than investing in only one.
When Bai Chen saw Mystic Sky Fire Phoenix Jin Ning arrive, he immediately danced for joy.
Great God Bai Chen had waited so long that the flowers had nearly withered.
Fortunately, he had finally received word. He could soon go inherit Yuanfeng's estate. Wonderful.
Originally, Yuanfeng had invited only Bai Chen and Nuwa. Fuxi had shamelessly tagged along.
Fuxi was worried about Nuwa and feared that Yuanfeng was plotting against her.
So he planned to travel with Nuwa and protect her.
Bai Chen could only chuckle at this. Given Fuxi's cultivation, he would only hold Nuwa back.
If they truly encountered danger, it would be a blessing if Nuwa did not have to protect him.
Phoenix Perch Mountain...
Because Nuwa and Bai Chen had arrived, Yuanfeng ordered a banquet to be prepared.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Yuanfeng!"
Although Nuwa had figured things out over the many yuanhui since then and realized that there had been something suspicious about taking Bai Chen away back then,
when she saw Yuanfeng, Nuwa still felt guilty over the cat-napping incident.
Although Yuanfeng had tacitly approved it, the fact remained that Nuwa had stolen the cat.
"Fellow Daoist Nuwa, there is no need to be so formal."
Yuanfeng gestured for Nuwa to rise, then pulled Bai Chen over and lifted him into the air.
"Bai Chen, you've gotten fatter and fatter!"
"It seems Fellow Daoist Nuwa has been taking excellent care of you!"
Because of Bai Chen's arrival, Yuanfeng temporarily forgot her worries.
It had to be said that Bai Chen's title as the Primordial World's first Worry-Dispelling Beast was not an exaggeration.
"Yuanfeng, I need to correct you. I am the one taking excellent care of Nuwa, not the other way around."
Bai Chen crossed his forepaws over his chest and sternly corrected Yuanfeng.
What kind of existence was Great God Bai Chen? Did he need anyone else to take care of him?
Ridiculous!
"Yuanfeng, hurry up and serve the food. Great God Bai Chen is hungry. Bring out the blood food first!"
Bai Chen leaped onto his seat and roared for the meal to begin.
Bai Chen was not actually hungry. He simply had not eaten blood food in far too long.
During all those yuanhui on Buzhou Mountain, he had eaten nothing but spiritual fruits and spiritual roots. His mouth had long since grown dull.
One had to know that Great God Bai Chen was an Innate Divine Beast—a blood-food-eating Innate Divine Beast, not a vegetarian one.
Now that he had come to Phoenix Perch Mountain, he had to eat blood food and satisfy his cravings.
"Little White, you're an Innate Divine Beast, at least show some manners, will you?"
Nuwa felt that Bai Chen's behavior was embarrassing her.
It made her look like she had failed to educate him, as though she had never let him eat on Buzhou Mountain.
"It's fine. Bai Chen has always been like this. I'm used to it."
After Yuanfeng finished speaking, she arranged for members of the Phoenix Clan to serve the food.
Dish after dish of spiritual delicacies was brought to the tables. The main course was Dragon Liver and Qilin Fillet, Bai Chen's favorite blood food.
The Dragon Liver and Qilin Fillet was Bai Chen's favorite dish.
Back when Bai Chen had stayed with the Phoenix Clan, Dragon Liver and Qilin Fillet had been a mandatory dish at every meal.
It was made from the livers of High-level Golden Immortals of the pureblood Dragon Clan and the breast meat of High-level Golden Immortals of the pureblood Qilin Clan.
Only in the Phoenix Clan could one eat such a dish!
Although the later Heavenly Court had similar delicacies—Dragon Liver and Phoenix Marrow—the dragons used there were all mixed-blood dragons, dragons transformed from carp that had leaped through the Dragon Gate, and the same was true of the phoenixes.
After all, although the Dragon Clan had fallen on hard times in later ages, it was still the lord of the Four Seas.
With Nuwa, a Saint, backing the Phoenix Clan, even if the Heavenly Court had ten times the courage, it would not dare capture pureblood members of the Phoenix Clan and turn them into food.
Bai Chen hugged his jade plate and flew over to Fuxi's table. Holding the half-eaten dragon liver, he asked Fuxi:
"Sis-con, do you want some dragon liver?"
"Hmph!"
"No!"
Fuxi gave a cold snort and sternly refused.
The dragon liver in Bai Chen's paws had already been gnawed several times. Asking whether he wanted it or not—wasn't that deliberately humiliating him?
That damn evil beast, Bai Chen!
"Okay!"
Bai Chen swiftly reached out with one paw, snatched the dragon liver from Fuxi's plate, and put it in his own bowl.
The Dragon Clan was nearly finished now, so there probably were not many High-level Golden Immortals left.
If he did not eat more liver from High-level Golden Immortals of the Dragon Clan now, he would not be able to eat it in the future.
Actually, Bai Chen suspected that they were eating stored supplies rather than freshly killed meat.
"Bai Chen, what do you mean by this?"
Fuxi flew into a rage. Bai Chen had actually reached into his bowl to take his food. This was going too far.
"Sis-con, you said you didn't want it. Don't throw a tantrum at Great God Bai Chen."
Bai Chen felt that he had done nothing wrong. Fuxi had said he did not want it, so he could not be blamed.
"You—"
Fuxi ground his teeth in anger, but a flash of inspiration suddenly came to him. He decided to repay Bai Chen in kind.
Fuxi looked at the untouched Qilin Fillet in Bai Chen's bowl and said:
"Bai Chen, do you want the Qilin Fillet?"
"Of course Great God Bai Chen does!"
The moment he answered, Bai Chen immediately snatched the Qilin meat from Fuxi's plate as well.
Fuxi tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
After all, Bai Chen's agility was seven times that of an ordinary Innate Deity. Trying to compete with Bai Chen in reaction speed and agility was simply asking to be humiliated.
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