In this Chaos World, where life had only just begun to take shape,
there were only two things that could give off such a fragrance.
They were the Yellow Middle Plum and the Immortal Apricot!
Back then, the seeds of the Yellow Middle Plum and Immortal Apricot had arrived in the Chaos World and taken root.
Many years had passed since then.
Thanks to the Yin-Yang Law this time,
the fruits on the Yellow Middle Plum and Immortal Apricot in the Chaos World had ripened at the same time.
Nine fruits, shaped like pearl stamens, hung from the Yellow Middle Plum.
The words "Yellow Middle" were engraved on each fruit.
The two Immortal Apricot trees had each borne two fruits.
They clearly radiated a rich Wind-Thunder Power.
Ling Tian had never expected
the Yellow Middle Plum and Immortal Apricot to ripen together at this time!
"Nice!"
Ling Tian grinned from ear to ear.
This was an unexpected delight.
However, the Yellow Middle Plum wasn't all that useful to Ling Tian right now.
After all, the Yellow Middle Plum only increased one's cultivation.
And Ling Tian had already reached the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Until his Five Elements Law broke through to the Primordial Golden Immortal level,
spiritual energy alone was no longer of much use to him.
But the Immortal Apricot was different!
It contained a rich force of the Wind-Thunder Law.
It would greatly benefit Ling Tian's comprehension of the Wind-Thunder Law.
However, Ling Tian had only just finished a round of secluded cultivation and had no plans to immediately begin another.
Besides, it had been a long time since he had seen Kong Xuan and Great Peng, the two little ones, and he missed them.
The next moment,
Ling Tian's divine sense stirred. He collected all the Yellow Middle Plums and Immortal Apricots, stepped out of the Chaos World, and returned to Yuanfeng's womb.
The Placenta World inside Yuanfeng's womb.
The moment Ling Tian appeared, the sight before him left him stunned.
The balls of light that had once been Kong Xuan and Great Peng had long since disappeared.
In their place were two... birds?
That was right!
Two birds!
They were tiny and unbelievably cute.
"Big Brother, you're back!"
"Big Brother, where did you go? We've been waiting for you forever!"
"Yeah, Big Brother, aren't you inside Mother's belly? Could you actually go outside and have fun on your own?"
"Big Brother, take us outside too! We want to go have fun..."
"..."
What left Ling Tian most at a loss for words was...
the two little birds had hurried over to him affectionately the moment they saw him.
And they kept calling him Big Brother.
This was so absurd.
What kind of ridiculous scene was this?
Ling Tian was utterly speechless.
Fortunately, there was no one else here.
He didn't have to feel self-conscious about it, and a quiet joy welled up in his heart instead.
He had descended into Hong Huang so many years ago.
At last, there were living beings who could talk to him.
"My two bird brothers, I've been cultivating all these years. As for where I've been cultivating..."
A smile appeared on Ling Tian's face as he pointed to the great sun overhead, formed by the [Chaos Bead].
"Your big brother cultivates inside that sun."
At this,
Kong Xuan and Great Peng both looked enlightened.
That made sense.
If Ling Tian could go in and out of Yuanfeng's belly at will before he was even born,
that really would have been unbelievable!
Kong Xuan and Great Peng immediately clung to Ling Tian, begging him to take them to play in the Chaos World.
Ling Tian didn't refuse.
He had already planned to relax a little after finishing his secluded cultivation.
It was the perfect chance to show the two little ones around the Chaos World.
Several months later,
Ling Tian brought the two little ones back to the Placenta World.
As Kong Xuan and Great Peng stared at him, dumbfounded...
two pearl-stamen-shaped spirit fruits appeared in Ling Tian's hand.
Ling Tian spoke at the same time...
"Bird brothers, these are Yellow Middle Plums, one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots of Hong Huang."
"Today, your big brother is giving one to each of you."
"You two... er, you two birds, cultivate properly. Try to reach the Primordial Golden Immortal realm by the time you're born."
"If that's not enough, your big brother has more."
As he spoke,
Ling Tian tossed the Yellow Middle Plums to Kong Xuan and Great Peng.
Then,
without paying any attention to the astonished looks of his two bird brothers, Ling Tian took out an Immortal Apricot and swallowed it whole.
He immediately began another round of secluded cultivation.
Kong Xuan: "..."
Great Peng: "..."
Only the heavens knew how shocked Kong Xuan and Great Peng were!
The spirit fruit Ling Tian had just swallowed clearly contained an exceptionally rich force of the Law.
Its rank was definitely no lower than the Yellow Middle Plum's.
One had to know
that they were currently inside Yuanfeng's womb.
It was one thing for Ling Tian to possess a companion spirit treasure on the level of a Chaos Supreme Treasure, such as the [Chaos Bead].
That was still somewhat understandable.
But for Ling Tian to possess a Hong Huang spiritual root like the Yellow Middle Plum was simply unbelievable.
Could Ling Tian really have a way to come and go from Yuanfeng's womb?
Kong Xuan and Great Peng couldn't make sense of it no matter how hard they tried.
What they didn't know was...
the three trees in the Chaos World were the Yellow Middle Plum and Immortal Apricot spirit plants.
After remaining dumbfounded for a long while, Kong Xuan seemed to think of something and suddenly said to Great Peng,
"Second Brother, aren't we being a little extravagant?"
The Yellow Middle Plum could let an ordinary living being step straight into the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Yet Ling Tian had handed them out so casually.
And from the way Ling Tian had spoken, he clearly meant they could have as many as they wanted.
An unlimited supply of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots of Hong Huang?
That was far too extravagant!
Great Peng was much more easygoing than Kong Xuan.
"Third Brother, Big Brother gave them to us, so let's eat them. Why worry about all that?"
After saying that, Great Peng imitated Ling Tian and swallowed the Yellow Middle Plum whole.
Powerful spiritual energy erupted from Great Peng's body.
His eyelids rolled back, and he immediately began to absorb it with all his focus.
Seeing this,
Kong Xuan hesitated no longer.
He swallowed the Yellow Middle Plum as well and began to absorb it.
Who could have imagined...
that the three brothers in Yuanfeng's womb would all be cultivating with the aid of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots of Hong Huang?
Just how extravagant they were
was plain for all to see!
Time passed without count in Hong Huang.
While Ling Tian and his two brothers were immersed in cultivation all those years,
some changes were taking place once more in Hong Huang.
The greatest change was at the Southern Ming Undying Volcano.
Ever since the Phoenix Clan's defensive battle,
the Phoenix Clan's prestige in Hong Huang had risen year by year.
The heavenly phenomena caused by Kong Xuan and Great Peng back then had been like a spark,
pushing the Phoenix Clan's prestige to new heights.
Countless Primordial Beings wholeheartedly agreed with the saying, "The Phoenix Clan is the Destined Clan."
Naturally,
many living beings wanted to attach themselves to the Phoenix Clan.
Over the years,
outside the Southern Ming Undying Volcano,
countless Primordial Beings had migrated from far away, settled near the Southern Ming Undying Volcano, and made their homes there, voluntarily becoming vassals of the Phoenix Clan.
This scene
naturally caught the attention of Ancestral Dragon and First Qilin.
The two of them were naturally very displeased.
They had fought tooth and nail across Hong Huang just to claim more territory and expand their power.
Who could have imagined
that so many living beings and clans would come to pledge themselves to the Phoenix Clan
even though the Phoenix Clan hadn't even left its mountain?
And they kept coming, one after another.
First Qilin and Ancestral Dragon were so frustrated they could practically vomit blood.
Ancestral Dragon most of all.
Because, apart from the Phoenix Clan matter,
there was another thing that greatly annoyed Ancestral Dragon...
In the East Sea,
a fish that ate Dragons had appeared!
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