Carefree Palace

As Shi Feiyang flew close to the island, the seabirds and sea beasts panicked. Those with shallow cultivation scattered in every direction, while several great Monsters with deeper cultivation held their ground. A woman covered in black feathers, with a pair of wings on her back, flew out to meet him. "Where did you come from, you wild Long? How dare you run amok in Great Roc Bay?"

Shi Feiyang said, "I... am a disciple of Feather Daoist Geng Peng. I have come expressly at his dying request to see my martial uncle, Geng Kun."

"Ah!" the woman exclaimed. She studied Shi Feiyang closely, then said loudly, "Wait here. Let me go in and report!"

Black Feather beat her wings and flew off at tremendous speed, heading straight into a palace atop the island's highest peak to the Northwest. A short while later, she returned and told Shi Feiyang to follow her inside.

From a distance, the palace had not looked large, but up close, its grandeur became apparent. It was magnificently built, with two Jin towers before its entrance, each topped by a statue of a great golden bird. Beyond them stood Golden Court Jade Pillars and five-colored glazed tiles gleaming in the sunlight.

Inside the main hall, Shi Feiyang met Geng Kun. He looked almost exactly like his younger brother, Geng Peng: a face like flawless jade, eyes like shooting stars, and strikingly handsome features. A pair of wings grew from his back, and the front halves of his feet were scarlet bird talons. Their clothing differed slightly. Geng Peng had worn a Bai upper garment and a Bai Daoist skirt, while Geng Kun wore a green, hundred-leaf lotus Daoist skirt. The arrangement of long and short feathers on their wings also differed.

The brothers' temperaments were even