"I advise you to think things through. My goal, as well as that of the Palace Master, is to fuse the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone back into the Heaven-Mending Stone."
"To create the Stones to mend the heavens, no other intelligence or consciousness is needed. Even if your intelligence or consciousness were to attach itself to it, I would erase it without hesitation!"
He Buxian said righteously.
The Fallen Black Phoenix stared at him speechlessly. "When did I say I wanted to merge my own consciousness into the fragment of the Heaven-Mending Piece?"
"Isn't that what you just said?!" He Buxian looked at the Fallen Black Phoenix warily.
The Fallen Black Phoenix was utterly helpless. If it were an ordinary cultivator, it might actually be tempted by the powerful energy of the Heaven-Mending Fragment itself, and thus want to merge its own intelligence and consciousness into the Heaven-Mending Fragment.
But who is he? He is the arrogant and fallen Black Phoenix!
No matter how powerful the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone are, in the eyes of the Fallen Black Phoenix, her own body is still the most suitable.
He simply could never give up his physical body for greater power!
"I said that just now to warn you to be careful. Today, the intelligence of this fragment of the Heaven-Mending Stone is eyeing it covetously; tomorrow, if other cultivators find out, they might have the same idea."
"Not all cultivators are like you and me, completely disregarding the immense power of the Heaven-Mending Fragment itself."
"Especially since this is the Netherworld Paradise, where there are plenty of ruthless and insane people."
The Fallen Black Phoenix spoke helplessly, "What kind of person does He Buxian think he is!"
He Buxian, however, still asked warily, "How can you prove you're not that kind of heartless lunatic?"
He Buxian hadn't forgotten that the Fallen Black Phoenix in front of him was still occupying the body of his good brother Feng Yaoyang. In essence, the Fallen Black Phoenix's intelligence and consciousness were merely attached to Feng Yaoyang's body.
In other words, if the Fallen Dark Phoenix wanted to, it wouldn't be impossible for him to do the same thing as the Droplet Man.
Seeing He Buxian's suspicious expression, the Fallen Black Phoenix couldn't take it anymore. She rolled her eyes at him and then ignored him.
Does this brat think I'm so indiscriminate?
Even though he now possesses the intelligence and consciousness of someone else's body, he still has to be picky, okay? For example, the Fallen Black Phoenix only wants the body of the ancient phoenix clan; he doesn't even look at other bodies.
"Alright, that guy won't do that, I'm pretty sure of it." Lin Yu spoke calmly, speaking on behalf of the Fallen Black Phoenix.
Lin Yu knew the Fallen Black Phoenix's personality better than anyone. Given this guy's arrogance, although he looked down on the ancient phoenix clan, if he were to seek a physical body, he would only look for a demon beast that contained the bloodline of the ancient phoenix.
He Buxian had initially been skeptical of the Fallen Black Phoenix, but considering that the Palace Master himself had said so, he decided not to say anything more.
After all, what the Palace Master says is absolute.
The group's gaze returned to the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone.
After Lin Yu's explanation, He Buxian finally understood that the most urgent task was to complete the fusion of the fragments that mended the sky.
"From this perspective, even a random intelligent consciousness attached to a fragment of the sky-mending device could develop into something unimaginable, perhaps even forming the prototype of humanity. This is not a good sign!" He Buxian said.
Lin Yu nodded upon hearing this and said, "Therefore, we now need to retrieve all the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone and fuse them together to create the Heaven-Mending Stone."
"Otherwise, if it's scattered into nine pieces across various corners of the fantasy world, it's highly likely that ordinary cultivators will exploit the loopholes."
"If you're not careful, it can easily turn into a 'do or don't' situation, which is really bad."
"It's such a pity. It feels like all our hard work over the years has been for nothing!"
However, after asking Lin Yu, the three of them understood the cause and effect of the matter. He Buxian and the Fallen Black Phoenix didn't say much to me, but there was no doubt that the poor little monkey was doomed.
"Letting this little monkey die again wouldn't be out of the question, after all, the intelligence and consciousness of the water droplet person within it is still insignificant."
"Now that the Water Droplet Man's intelligence has been damaged, it's the perfect opportunity to eliminate him. But the problem is, we're out of Origin Fire. The Origin Fire at Phoenix Pavilion was used up last time, and we can't use it a second time anytime soon."
He Buxian sorted out the current situation with some frustration.
He felt that even now that he knew the truth, things hadn't become any easier, because he simply couldn't find a way to deal with these water droplet people.
He had already mentioned Feng Changge's situation before; if he were to forcibly use the Origin Fire again within such a short period of time, it would put a great burden on his body.
However, in the Dao Qi era, the purest fire elemental energy originated from the ancient Phoenix clan.
Among the ancient phoenix clan, the most powerful fire element comes from the phoenix lord. Feng Changge's side only happens to possess power similar to Feng Nianzhi because of bloodline mutation.
Feng Nian's power has not yet fully awakened. In the entire ancient phoenix clan, apart from Feng Nianzhi and Feng Changge, who else could possess such pure phoenix fire?
Thinking of this, He Buxian was once again in a dilemma.
I originally thought that after this incident, the troubles I encountered in the Crimson Wind Wonderland would be over, but who knew that another problem would arise now.
It's laughable, really. The person who died was the Grand Elder of the Red Peak Gang, but now He Buxian, a disciple of the Primordial Hall, is busy taking care of things.
I thought this matter would be resolved quickly, but who could have predicted that things would take such a dramatic turn and another mistake would occur.
Thinking back on everything he had experienced, He Buxian felt incredibly depressed. It seemed like his bad luck had started the moment he found that strange stone.
In fact, Lin Yu was aware of the current situation. He had long known about the changes in the Water Droplets' intelligence and consciousness, but he had not taken any action because he understood the underlying issues.
Unfortunately, even Lin Yu himself doesn't have a better solution right now.
The Phoenix Pavilion's source fire was originally a carefully chosen decision by Lin Yu, but now, even Lin Yu is caught in a dilemma.