Huang Tong shrugged. His feathered wings fluttered as though he were laughing, yet also as though he were sobbing. After a moment, Huang Tong spoke again. "Fellow Daoist Xiao, you may want to say it, but... but can the Ice Phoenix Dharma Body understand?"
"Alas, that is true!" Xiao Hua sighed. "Not everyone has this Xiao's luck, nor does every bloodline Dharma Body have an encounter like yours!"
"What a pity, what a pity..." As Huang Tong spoke, he chanted, "When you were born, I had not yet been born; when I was born, you had already grown old. You resent that I was born too late; I resent that you were born too early. When you were born, I had not yet been born; when I was born, you had already grown old. I regret we were not born at the same time, **** to be together with you. When I was born, you had not yet been born; when you were born, I had already grown old. I left you at heaven's edge, while you were separated from me by the sea's corner. When I was born, you had not yet been born; when you were born, I had already grown old. I transformed into a phoenix to seek a phoenix, roosting upon parasol trees night after night."
"Fine verses!" Xiao Hua clapped his hands and said. "Who would have thought you could rival Thunderclap True Person, a scholar and poet in your own right! If the Ice Phoenix Dharma Body heard these verses, she might just pounce on you..."
"These verses are ordinary!" Thunderclap True Person, who had been comprehending the mysteries of lightning, opened his eyes and said unwillingly. "I only need teach you one line..."
"One line?" Huang Tong asked curiously. "Which line?"
"When your