Chu Ge did not put this idea into practice right away. He was not confident it would work.
It was a fallback. If the Vermilion Bird's situation proved impossible to resolve, or its fragments were simply too scattered to gather, he could create one or several new Vermilion Birds. For instance, he could divide its related attributes among different people to replace what the original Vermilion Bird represented.
Zhu Mengmeng, Yan Qianlie, and... Zhong Yi?
It should be a workable plan.
But aside from his uncertainty, Chu Ge did not really want to do things this way. He felt some guilt toward all four of the Four Symbols, believing he bore responsibility for their miserable circumstances. What would it say about him if he simply replaced them without resolving their problems?
His conscience would not allow it.
This could only be a backup plan, a way to ensure he had something to fall back on. What he really ought to do was find the original Vermilion Bird, talk things through as he had with the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise, and shoulder the responsibility that was his to bear.
He could lay some groundwork for the backup plan first... For example, he could get Zhu Mengmeng a relevant cultivation technique to study in depth, rather than letting her blindly sense things through talent alone. Even if it was simply a matter of finding a good cultivation path for a friend, it was something he ought to do.
Naturally, like the Zhenwu method Qiu Wuji had inherited, the technique would come directly from the supreme laws carried by the Black Tortoise. What Zhu Mengmeng needed was the Law of Fate inscribed upon the Vermilion Bird.
As for how to get it, naturally, he would arrange for Little Flame to find the