Watching this foolish bird boast shamelessly about taking over his Blood God Palace,
and listen to what it was saying—some godforsaken place?
Minghe had no doubt that this Great Peng truly had an intelligence problem. Its brain was broken.
Otherwise, how could it say such things and do such things?
The master of this palace was standing right beside it. Although Minghe was currently revealing not the slightest trace of his aura, having completely concealed it,
when it probed him with its divine sense and could not discern his true nature, could it not have considered that he might be an unfathomable supreme expert?
Minghe felt that there was no need to use the divine ability he had just comprehended in the future unless necessary.
Otherwise, just like now, he had actually been treated as a passerby and completely ignored.
"Ahem." Minghe deliberately coughed, drawing the foolish bird's attention.
Hearing this, the Great Peng finally stopped laughing. It turned to Minghe and asked, "Who are you?"
Minghe pointed at the Blood God Palace and said, "Its master."
The Great Peng immediately frowned. "Its master?"
Minghe nodded.
The Great Peng frowned even more deeply. "You are not lying to me, are you? I heard others say that there are no living creatures in the Blood Sea. How could it have a master?"
Minghe was even more speechless. Pointing at himself, he said, "Then am I not a living creature?"
The Great Peng froze for a moment.
Minghe pointed at the Blood God Palace again. "Then guess how this palace got here."
"Is it... yours?"
the Great Peng asked hesitantly.
Minghe could no longer be bothered to speak with it. This fellow was like an idiot.
With that much brainpower, how had it dared to venture out into the world?
"Fine. Even if this palace is yours, I have taken a liking to this place now, so it is mine. I will give you some benefits, and you can go elsewhere. How about it?" At this moment, the Great Peng suddenly seemed to have become a little sharper and spoke to Minghe.
Minghe shook his head and smiled. "What benefits could you possibly give me?"
"Hmph!"
The Great Peng snorted coldly. "I have plenty of benefits. They are more than enough to trade for this palace. Watch carefully."
As it spoke, the Great Peng opened its mouth. It seemed as though there was a space within its body, and a great many objects immediately flew out from its mouth.
A huge pile of items landed before Minghe: sabers, spears, swords, axes, and more. Honestly, they truly were treasures.
Minghe guessed that these were magical treasures and weapons belonging to living creatures the Great Peng had devoured. Though they were all Houtian Spiritual Treasures, some were indeed made from excellent materials. No wonder the great bird had treasured them.
"Fine. From this pile of magical treasures, you may choose three as the benefits I am giving you. Do not say that I forcibly seized your palace," the Great Peng said.
Minghe did not move. Shaking his head with a smile, he said, "Forget it. Your pile of things may be treasures, but they do not catch my eye. I will not give you this palace."
"Hm?"
Hearing this, the Great Peng seemed somewhat disbelieving. It looked at Minghe, then at the pile of magical treasures it had laid out.
Suddenly, the Great Peng waved a hand and collected every magical treasure in the pile.
Then it looked at Minghe, tilted its head, and its eyes suddenly became cruel and ferocious.
"Good, good, good! I was full today and had not planned to make a move, but you insist on forcing me. Then I will eat one more of you. Look at you, all skin and bones. You do not even have a few pounds of meat on you, barely enough to fill my stomach."
At this moment, the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird finally revealed its savage nature and prepared to attack.
Minghe remained unconcerned, a faint smile on his face. "Oh? You intend to eat me, then take over my palace as well?"
"You are the one who does not know what is good for you!" the Great Peng said coldly. "Fine, I will give you one final chance. Run for your life!"
"I can give you the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to flee. Then I will chase you. If I catch up, I will eat you. Surely then you will have no complaints."
After saying this, the Great Peng crossed its arms and watched Minghe, waiting for him to flee.
Clearly, it had absolute confidence in its own speed. Even if it gave Minghe the time it took to drink a cup of tea, it could still catch him.
Yet after hearing this, Minghe still did not move, merely standing where he was.
Minghe's gaze also swept over the Great Peng as he said calmly, "Enough. I will not waste words with you."
"Son of Yuan Feng, Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird, your bloodline is quite good. Since you have delivered yourself to my door today, stay behind and become my mount!"
The Great Peng was so enraged that it laughed. "You want me to be your mount? You truly do not know whether you live or die..."
But its voice grew lower and lower, while its eyes widened further and further. At that moment, it suddenly heard a thunderous clang from within Minghe's body, and its heart jolted in fright.
The Great Peng's expression shifted uncertainly as unending clangs rang out from within Minghe's body.
Moreover, as pore after pore on Minghe's body continuously opened, his aura grew more and more powerful.
In but a moment, every pore on Minghe's body had opened. At that instant, his aura was fully unleashed, and an incomparably obscure fluctuation radiated from around him, turning the Great Peng's face deathly pale.
This was actually a mighty expert, and one of the strongest among mighty experts—one at the very pinnacle.
And it, it had just... what had it done? It had actually tried to forcibly seize this mighty expert's palace?
This is bad. I have kicked an iron plate!
The Great Peng thought rapidly and immediately calmed down again. But it is fine. I possess unmatched speed. I can escape.
Without hesitation, its body moved, and it directly revealed its true form.
It shot into the sky and flew madly into the distance, its laughter carrying back. "You want to capture me as a mount? Can you even catch me?"
"You came all this way and still want to leave?"
Minghe smiled as well. He extended one hand, which actually transformed into a vast heaven and earth, enveloping the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird within it.
Minghe's current cultivation was unimaginably powerful, and his Dao Laws and Divine Abilities had reached an unfathomable level.
With this grasp of his great hand, he had already captured the Great Peng in his palm, yet the Great Peng remained completely unaware.
The Great Peng flew wildly through the heaven and earth formed within Minghe's palm, crossing tens of trillions of miles in the blink of an eye.
Finally, it sighed in relief and stopped. Looking back curiously, it asked in confusion, "It is not even chasing me?"
"It seems my speed truly is unmatched. Even mighty experts cannot catch me!"
"Great Peng, what are you muttering to yourself about?"
Minghe's voice suddenly rang out, making every feather on the Great Peng's body stand on end. It hurriedly looked up.
The scene before its eyes changed. Heaven and earth vanished, and it was no longer in the sky, but had fallen into Minghe's palm.
It had seemingly flown tens of trillions of miles just now, but in truth, it had merely been within Minghe's palm all along.
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