"Descendant of the Fire Clan?"
Beside the volcano where Di Yi stood was a False Marquis-level Fire Kui Ox. Over the years, the divinity-bearing substances within its body had formed an essence core, providing it with a vast source of divine power.
It had been "eating dirt and drinking water," absorbing substances that contained divinity. Upon hearing the disturbance and seeing Di Yi, a humanlike astonishment appeared in its eyes.
Clearly, it possessed exceptional intelligence and could speak human language. Now, it voiced its question.
"No." Di Yi was surveying his surroundings. Hearing the Fire Kui Ox's question, he answered quite naturally.
"You aren't a descendant of the Fire Clan, yet you could enter this place at this particular time. You're no ordinary person." The Fire Kui Ox was not surprised to learn that Di Yi was not a descendant of the Fire Clan, for outsiders had indeed come here before.
"Are those descendants of a collateral branch of the Primordial Vermilion Bird?" Di Yi did not mind asking a Fire Kui Ox whether those numerous firebirds were Vermilion Birds.
"Yes. What, do you have designs on them?" The Fire Kui Ox likewise did not mind talking to this stranger. In its eyes, he was no ordinary person: it actually could not see through him, so his strength was certainly not weak.
"I once heard that Vermilion Birds liked planting trees, particularly osmanthus, jujube, golden trees, pomegranate, and ginkgo. But none of the fire trees I see here belong to those five varieties." Di Yi paid no heed to what the Fire Kui Ox had said and continued asking questions.
He had read an account in some Bone Scriptures at the Heaven Mending Pavilion stating that those five kinds of trees were abundant where Vermilion Birds lived. They were said