The Fighting Chicken

Bai Qiuran stayed up all night preparing the talismans and pills that Tang Ruowei would need. The next morning, Bai Qiuran took Tang Ruowei to the Main Peak of the Azure Nether Sword Sect.

Tang Ruowei was going to join the exploration team to set off, while Bai Qiuran, although she didn't tell them that she would also be going to the Cave Abode, was nominally going to lead the Azure Nether Sword Sect's team to keep order.

Of course, since he was going in, the Sect Master Jueyunzi would also go with him. Once Bai Qiuran went in, the one in charge of maintaining order would be the Qingming Sect Master.

Embarrassingly, Bai Qiuran had his disciple carry him on a sword to the sky above the Qingming Sect Main Peak. As soon as he landed, he saw a Dark Shadows rushing towards him.

"You old geezer, look at your feet!"

The small, Dark Shadows shouted, leaped high into the air, and kicked him in the face.

Bai Qiuran Consciousness slapped her aside, and the Dark Shadows tumbled and fell into a clump of grass by the roadside. Then, a little girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in Bluish Green clothes and accessories, crawled out of the grass, rubbing her head and crying out in pain.

"Huh?"

Upon seeing the little girl, Bai Qiuran paused for a moment, then said, "Little Egg, is that you?"

What the heck is "little egg"?

Tang Ruowei was shocked.

"Master, this is Sister Qing Danying, one of the guardian spirit Spirit Beasts of the Azure Nether Sword Sect."

"I know."

Bai Qiuran nodded. At this moment, Qing Danying, who was in the grass, stood up. She brushed the weeds off her head, shouted angrily, and assumed a fighting stance with her arms outstretched, resembling a cross.

"You scoundrel! Behold my new Moves!"

Qing Danying roared at Bai Qiuran, "This move is a stance I comprehended from my clan's supreme Cultivation Technique. It's like a phoenix spreading its wings on a parasol tree, possessing the power to kill gods and ghosts alike! This move will definitely teach you a lesson!"

"Little egg."

Bai Qiuran said to her calmly, "You're just a chicken, what are you trying to do, try to be Phoenix...?"

"Shut up!"

Qing Danying's face turned red with anger, and she was furious.

"Take this move, Soaring Cross Phoenix!"

She leaped high into the air, surrounded by eerie emerald-green flames. Then, in mid-air, the little girl executed a Divine Dragon, kicking straight at Bai Qiuran's face.

Although this kick looks somewhat comical, its power is undeniable. As one of the guardian Spirit Beasts of the mountain, Qing Danying's cultivation is also at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage. If this kick were to hit the mountain, it could probably break a mountain peak in half. Not to mention the Emerald Green Exotic Flame released by Qing Danying, which complements the kick and makes it even more powerful.

Unfortunately, her target was Bai Qiuran ancient monster who had lived for three thousand years.

Just before Qing Danying kicked, Bai Qiuran anticipated her attack pattern. Although the girl was extremely fast, he easily grabbed her ankle and lifted her upside down.

As for the attack mixed with strange fire, Bai Qiuran casually deflected it into the sky, smashing a large hole in the clouds before exploding into a cloud of emerald green fireworks.

"Little girl, if you want to defeat me, go back to eating rice from two or three thousand years ago."

Bai Qiuran picked up Qing Danying and shook her, then casually tossed her aside.

The little girl groaned in pain, rolled twice on the ground, then got up and stared at Bai Qiuran with resentful eyes.

"Sister Qing Danying."

Tang Ruowei advised, "Give up, you can't beat him."

Qing Danying's face flushed red and then turned pale, before she snorted angrily and turned to say, "Time to assemble!"

She walked past Bai Qiuran with a waddling gait like a Japanese officer, head held high, and headed further in.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tang Ruowei approached Bai Qiuran and whispered, "Master, do you have a grudge against her?"

"Well... when you first started learning, didn't that brat Jueyunzi tell you that I raised a chicken that had transformed into human form?"

Bai Qiuran scratched his face, somewhat embarrassed.

"She's that chicken."

"Huh?"

Tang Ruowei exclaimed in surprise, "But I've heard people say that Sister Qing Danying's true form is an Auspicious Beast auspicious Luan Bird?"

"Yes, but when I found her at the market in the Xuanjian Town at the foot of the mountain, she was thin and small, and her feathers were all black. I thought she was a Black-Boned Chicken."

Bai Qiuran stroked his chin and said, "After raising it for a hundred or two hundred years, its plumage became increasingly green, and its comb became increasingly blue. I even wondered if this chicken had mutated from eating some kind of medicine..."

Tang Ruowei was speechless for a moment, then asked, "Then why is she so hostile towards you? Aren't you her master?"

"Yes, I'm puzzled too."

Bai Qiuran replied, "Even if she is Luan Bird, Auspicious Beast with Consciousness of inheritance, I haven't done anything to her. I've fed and clothed her well, and at most, I've asked her to lay an egg every day to improve my meals. So what...?"

"Well... I've read in ancient texts that mythical birds like the Luan Bird and the Phoenix treat their eggs like children..."

Tang Ruowei hesitated for a long time before finally saying in a low voice, "Then I think you deserve it."

"But I've already done it, and after that girl Shapeshift, she kicked me in the face without saying a word, then ran off to the Main Peak and wouldn't come back."

Bai Qiuran scratched his head.

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. I guess I'll just have to let her hate me."

Tang Ruowei sighed helplessly.

The master and disciple walked side by side to the Drill Ground of the Azure Nether Sword Sect. Other Personal Disciple had already arrived one after another, Sect Master, Jueyunzi, also stood at the front of the Drill Ground.

Qing Danying, who had rushed in earlier, stood with her hands on her hips next to Jueyunzi, acting like the senior sister. When she saw Bai Qiuran come in, she snorted and turned her head to the side.

Bai Qiuran ignored her and led Tang Ruowei forward. He walked to the other side of Jueyunzi, while Tang Ruowei mingled with her younger brother and Tu Shuzi's group, standing at the back of the group.

At this moment, Bai Qiuran finally met another disciple with a Heavenly Spirit Root who had entered in the same batch as Tang Ruowei, the one who had been accepted as Personal Disciple by Jueyunzi.

This was an ordinary-looking boy, somewhat dull-looking, wearing the robes of a Personal Disciple, standing among the other disciples, seemingly lost in thought.

Bai Qiuran glanced at him and discovered that he possessed a Heavenly Spirit Root- level Gold Spirit Root, which perfectly matched the attribute of the Sharp Gold Sword that Jueyunzi favored. His current cultivation level was roughly at the late Foundation Establishment Stage, slightly weaker than Tang Ruowei, who had already reached her peak. However, Tang Ruowei was currently preoccupied with other matters, while the Sword Qi from this young man appeared to have begun to solidify, even showing faint signs of condensing Sword Cultivator Dao Soul. If Tang Ruowei were to actually fight him, the outcome would remain uncertain.

Nodding in satisfaction, Bai Qiuran and Jueyunzi exchanged a glance. The latter, who had clearly noticed Bai Qiuran's gaze, gave him a slightly proud smile.

Then he raised his hand and began to announce to his disciples the details of exploring the Cave Abode.