Ice Phoenix Zhang Bingqing, Breaking Through the Mountain-Moving Realm in Ten Days

Bai Zhan felt completely wronged. What use was a Major General like him in a situation like this?

Which military officer on the front line didn't hold the rank of general?

Put nicely, he was stationed in Zanghai City. Put it more bluntly, he was far from the battlefield.

Moreover, the Human Race was facing danger on all sides at the front line. They probably had no time to send a Half-Saint back to provide support for Zanghai City.

Bai Zhan's words left everyone silent. Indeed, how could one city compare with the entire race?

If the front line lost a Half-Saint, the battle situation would be affected as well.

"It's fine. We have Little Ye!" the Westwind Lion King suddenly said.

Everyone fell silent. Zhang Daosheng couldn't help retorting, "You want Ye kid to feed that Mutant Beast?"

Lan Batian stroked his chin at those words. "With the size of that Great Buddha of his... it's not impossible for him to feed the other side."

Bai Zhan covered his face, unable to bear looking at them.

Zhang Daosheng suddenly slapped Lan Batian. "What the hell are you thinking about all day?"

Only afterward did everyone realize that, after everything that had happened over the past few days, they seemed to have become much closer.

This was especially true of the Lan Family. Although it had always been a prominent family in Zanghai City, it had never had much contact with the military.

And all of that had one thing in common: Ye Chen...

Ye Chen's appearance had formed a tiny bond between everyone, which was slowly growing.

Ye Chen, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke. "One Great Buddha won't be enough to kill him. What if there's another one?"

Zhang Daosheng froze. "I think Ye Chen has a point."

"Could you be any more obviously biased?!!!" Lan Batian stood up and roared.

"Am I?" Zhang Daosheng subconsciously stroked his beard and replied indifferently.

"You really have a great mentality," the Westwind Lion King said, somewhat speechless.

"What's there to fear about death? We can protect peace in this corner of the Human Race." Bai Zhan suddenly spoke in a serious tone.

Lan Batian glared at him. "Then you go. You fight that Half-Saint."

"...It would be simple enough for me to go fight, but the problem is that I can't beat it." Bai Zhan shrugged.

"So? You're just giving up?" Ye Chen suddenly blurted out for no apparent reason.

The Westwind Lion King's face was covered in black lines. "Just thinking that I joined Zanghai City not long ago and now have to die alongside you all makes me regret it so much..."

Ye Chen subconsciously said, "Actually... I might be able to gain the ability to kill that Half-Saint."

Everyone was shocked.

"Little Chen, do you know what you're saying?" Bai Zhan's eyes nearly popped out. Ever since he had met Ye Chen, his entire worldview had constantly been refreshed.

It was as if someone were patting you on the head and saying, Brother, shocked now? This is the real world!

Ye Chen touched the long blade at his waist. "Didn't you say that only something with a fire attribute or the like could kill that Mutant Beast? This blade of mine... is of the Fire Element."

"Ryūjin Jakka?" Zhang Daosheng's eyes narrowed slightly. "No matter how powerful Ryūjin Jakka is, you still can't use it, can you?"

Only after Zhang Daosheng finished speaking did he notice the strange looks the Westwind Lion King, Lan Batian, and Bai Zhan were giving him.

"Old Zhang, have you become muddleheaded from being a principal? Can Ye kid still be defined by ordinary standards? Have you ever seen an Awakening Realm Wood Element user beat someone in the Bright Moon Realm?" The Westwind Lion King looked at him with disdain.

Zhang Daosheng was instantly rendered speechless. "When you put it that way, you're right. Let alone an Awakening Realm user beating someone in the Bright Moon Realm, this is also the first time I've seen the Wood Element used like this."

"Indeed... Could this be the true way to use the Wood Element?" Bai Zhan couldn't help commenting.

Ye Chen thought it over carefully. "Has there never been an SSS-grade Wood Element talent before?"

Everyone froze, except for the puzzled Westwind Lion King.

"Now that Little Chen mentions it, that really seems to be the case. There hasn't been a single SSS-grade Wood Element talent until now." Bai Zhan frowned. "Moreover, in reality, SSS-grade talents of the two types of fire also sometimes develop mutated talents, such as Yan Zhanren's black flame or white flame."

Lan Batian was slightly stunned. "But doesn't talent mutation only appear after reaching the Mountain-Moving Realm?"

"No. It doesn't necessarily have to be the Mountain-Moving Realm..." Zhang Daosheng looked deeply at everyone.

"If the talent is powerful enough, talent mutation will begin in the Awakening Realm..."

Zhang Daosheng revealed a theory none of them had ever heard before. Bai Zhan, however, didn't think much of it, because the person Zhang Daosheng was talking about was his daughter!

"Are you referring to... Qingmei, Teacher?" Bai Zhan's eyes were filled with longing—the longing for strength.

After all, Zhang Bingqing had entered the Myriad Stars Realm at just twelve years old...

Zhang Daosheng nodded without saying anything.

But the Westwind Lion King and Lan Batian became curious. Of course, Ye Chen was no exception.

"Tell us quickly. Who is Qingmei?" Ye Chen asked with a mischievous grin.

Bai Zhan glanced at Zhang Daosheng. Seeing that his teacher had no objection, he drew a breath and began explaining.

"Qingmei is Teacher's daughter... When she was six, she awakened on her own. Her talent first manifested as a bird with no attribute..."

"Everyone was very surprised at the time. Why would a six-year-old child awaken on her own? Normally, only people with exceptionally powerful talents could experience something like that!"

"Then, on the second day, her talent changed slightly. That bird actually grew a whole circle larger! Only after everyone examined her strength did they discover that she had already reached the second level of the Awakening Realm. Keep in mind, she hadn't even learned a Breathing Technique yet..."

"On the third day, that little bird actually developed dazzling, multicolored feathers! Her realm broke through another level. On the fourth day, a pattern resembling the character 'De' appeared on the bird's head! Everyone froze, suddenly recalling a legendary creature—the phoenix!"

Bai Zhan even swallowed at this point.

"A phoenix?!" The Westwind Lion King was shocked. As a Mutant Beast, he knew all too well how greatly divine beast bloodlines suppressed Mutant Beasts.

It was precisely because Zhang Bingqing's Ice Phoenix talent was so powerful that the front line had been able to hold out without defeat with her there.

Ye Chen's expression also grew solemn. No matter how one looked at it, the appearance of a phoenix meant that this world did not contain only Mutant Beasts.

There might even be ferocious beasts—or perhaps... other divine beasts, such as True Dragons!

Bai Zhan glanced at everyone. "Qingmei reached the Nine Awakening Realms in just nine days. Her seventh birthday happened to be nine days later. Everyone thought that Sage Ice Phoenix Zhang Bingqing had entered the Mountain-Moving Realm in one year, but in reality, it had taken only ten days!"

"That Ice Phoenix had the character 'Xi' on its wings, 'Li' on its back, 'Ren' on its chest, and 'Xin' on its abdomen!"

"This also confirmed the descriptions of the phoenix in the ancient history of Great Xia."

"But when it entered the Mountain-Moving Realm, its true mutation appeared. That phoenix wasn't of the Fire Element! It was the even rarer Ice Element! You have to understand, phoenixes belong to fire, so ice phoenixes are practically unheard of. Our preliminary judgment is that it was because Teacher's own talent was of the Ice Element, so..."

Bai Zhan fell silent after saying this, but everyone understood.

"Human talents... really are terrifying. If we follow this theory of inheritance, then Old Zhang's wife should have a bird-type talent?" the Westwind Lion King said with emotion, but he immediately realized what he had said.

At those words, Zhang Daosheng's expression suddenly changed drastically. He said nothing.

The Damn Author Says:

I'm truly sorry for making everyone wait so long. I was really exhausted yesterday...

Otherwise, I wouldn't have delayed updates for so long right after my new book started showing results...

I'll post two more chapters this evening, then continue posting three chapters at midnight.

As for why I'm only posting three chapters, it's because I promised my old readers that I would continue updating my old book as well.

Thank you all for wasting ten seconds to read this nonsense of mine.

Love you all! (Sly dog-head~)