Fu Hua explained the origin and use of the feathers, then had Wu Qing'e put them away herself.
As for why Jingwei's feathers were crimson rather than blue?
After all, no one had ever seen a Jingwei bird in this world.
Chapter 75: A Startled Bird
Wu Qing'e left Fu Hua's room with three crimson feathers in hand, looking at them...
Although Master had said they were feathers from Jingwei, the legendary divine bird that sought to fill the sea, she could sense Master's presence within them.
Holding those feathers felt like holding Fu Hua's hand. It was as though Fu Hua were right beside her, and these feathers... were Fu Hua herself.
In a sense, that was true. These feathers could even be regarded as one of Fu Hua's incarnations, though they were only single-use.
"Jingwei, the divine bird..."
When Jingwei was mentioned, almost everyone first thought of the tale of Jingwei filling the sea. The Flame Emperor's daughter was named Nuwa. Nuwa wandered into the Eastern Sea, drowned, and never returned. Thus, she became Jingwei, forever carrying wood and stones from the Western Mountains to fill the Eastern Sea. The Zhang River rose there and flowed eastward into the Yellow River.
Jingwei had certainly not filled the sea, but the story merely depicted Jingwei's unyielding spirit. Still, as a divine bird transformed from the Flame Emperor's daughter, and since she had inherited the Flame Emperor's legacy, Wu Qing'e felt that she seemed to share quite a fateful connection with Emperor Shen Nong!
No, it was Master who had deep ties to Emperor Shen Nong, since Fu Hua had given her all these things. She wondered... what sort of grudges, affections, and entanglements Master had shared with those ancient emperors in antiquity.
As Wu Qing'e fantasized about ancient times