One of the Four Sacred Beasts... the Vermilion Bird!!!
Mo Xie gazed at the brilliant crimson maple-like feathers, slowly approached, and scooped up a few in both hands.
The feathers were enormous. Even a stray tuft of down was nearly the size of his palm, while the outer feathers at the center of the pool were as large as banana leaves. They shimmered in shades of jade red, sapphire red, sunset red, violet-moon red, and countless other colors. They were extraordinary!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The feathers touching Mo Xie's palms suddenly caught fire, burning fiercely with pure crimson flames.
At the same moment, he felt his heart pounding violently. His blood seemed to boil throughout his body, as though it, too, were about to burn alongside the feathers.
Heat, gentleness, warmth... all these sensations rose in Mo Xie's heart.
Though his body felt as if it were boiling and the feathers in his hands burned fiercely, the flames showed no aggression. Most fires would spread, but these remained confined to a fixed area.
Mo Xie did not know why, but through those pure flames, he seemed to glimpse the ancient, powerful Totem. It was just like the pool of maple-red feathers spread before him.
Calm and noble, it seemed like a woman of peerless beauty who had withdrawn from all conflict and clamor, shining with a radiance that was hers alone.
Countless brilliant feathers swirled through the water, noble and beautiful, like a breathtaking woman dancing beneath the surface. She was sacred and untouchable.
A strange current stirred from nowhere, as though an orderly breeze had swept through the molten pool, sending ripples across it and lifting the feathers.
But this was underwater. How could there be wind?
Every feather rose and began to spin rapidly through the water. They