Da Zaojun

Song Wuji flew eastward, eventually arriving at a volcano. The volcano formed its own space, like a hidden paradise within a secret realm.

On the volcano, there is a paulownia tree. This paulownia is not the paulownia or French sycamore that we see in later generations, but the Chinese parasol tree.

The seeds of the Chinese parasol tree can be used to extract tung oil, which was an important strategic resource in ancient times.

This Chinese parasol tree was enormous, towering hundreds of feet high, like a pillar supporting the heavens in a blessed land.

Around this paulownia tree, hundreds of birds linger. Beneath this paulownia tree, the volcano not only does not erupt, but slowly spews out volcanic ash. This volcanic ash, like bird feathers, drifts far away and, upon landing on the ground, becomes fertile soil.

[Phoenix Perches on a Green Paulownia Tree]

The "Mengtou Divine Power," combined with the "Zaoshu" (a book on stoves), allowed Song Wuji to instantly understand the origin of this tree.

The phoenix will not drink anything but sweet spring water, will not eat anything but bamboo seeds, and will not perch on anything but the parasol tree.

The phoenix is ​​not a single type of divine bird, but rather a metaphor for a group of virtuous divine birds, including the nine-headed bird, the luan bird, the bluebird, the black bird, the purple swallow, the swan, the phoenix, the pheasant, the vermilion bird, the golden crow, the pheasant, the roc, the peacock, the swan, the pheasant, the lovebird, the green-plowing bird, etc.

Just as there are many types of dragons, there are also many types of phoenixes.

However, as long as one attains any one of the virtues, such as the lovebirds symbolizing faithful love, the bright future symbolizing the double-winged bird, or the noble aspirations symbolizing the swan, these are all subspecies of phoenix.

The only true phoenix is ​​a bird of literature and the Way, and it is five-colored and five-colored, representing virtue, benevolence, righteousness, propriety and trustworthiness.

Of course, there are more than just these five virtues. For example, there are also virtues such as loyalty, courage, wisdom, filial piety, chastity, lofty aspirations, the ability to distinguish right from wrong, and compassion.

Therefore, different divine birds with different virtues have different names.

There are three kinds of phoenixes that perch on the paulownia tree: the bluebird, the blue luan, and the blue phoenix.

Among them, the bluebird is the messenger of the Queen Mother of the West, and the blue-gray bird is auspicious for doctors to cure epidemics.

The creature that fell here was a blue phoenix.

In ancient times, the Qingluan was a "water bird" whose true form was a heron. Therefore, the bow of boats was often carved with a phoenix's head, and they were called phoenix boats or phoenix ships.

However, more often than not, they appear as mounts, such as Yunxiao in Investiture of the Gods, whose mount is a blue phoenix.

The most successful of the Qingluan was a maidservant of the goddess Nuwa.

In the Heavenly Palace, there is a special palace called Qingtong Palace, which is dedicated to raising blue phoenixes to serve as the Holy Mother of Yaochi. Whenever the Holy Mother of Yaochi attends an important meeting or banquet, the blue phoenixes will lead the way.

After the Three Realms lost order, the Heavenly Palace fell, and the Qingtong Palace fell to the mortal world. The part with the Qingtong tree in it, combined with the legend of Sun Quan shooting the phoenix at Phoenix Terrace, evolved into this secret realm.

During their fall to earth, some of the powerful phoenixes died directly, while others were forced to undergo rebirth...

Only the two youngest phoenixes survived, but they didn't know how to cope with the situation. They circled and flew around every day, trying to seek help.

It was at this time that the Black Phoenix was shot and killed by Sun Quan, transforming into a bird of calamity. After killing the people who had mistakenly entered the secret realm, it broke through the shackles of the secret realm and became the sixth-rank demon Black Phoenix of calamity in the mortal world.

Song Wuji came from the east and landed on a green paulownia tree. The flames dyed part of the green paulownia tree red. The bird tilted its head slightly and saw a phoenix nest.

The Phoenix Nest is woven from various immortal herbs, including Crimson Pearl Herb, Nine-Life Resurrection Herb, Deer-Head Herb, Lingzhi Herb, Nine-Jointed Calamus, Nine-Spiked Grain, and Cave-Dwelling Herb...

Inside the phoenix nest, there was a blue luan bird with an arrow piercing half of its body, trembling. Beside it lay a dead egg, its color a deep, dark blue, foreshadowing impending doom.

But then they saw hundreds of birds gathering dew and sweet fruit to feed the blue luan, which looked disgusted.

Only when Song Wuji landed did his eyes light up: "Lord Vermilion Bird!"

Song Wuji transformed into his original form: "I am not the Vermilion Bird!" The Azure Phoenix recognized him instantly and shrank back: "Kitchen God!"

When Hei Luan was killed, it was reborn on the phoenix nest made of green paulownia wood. However, it was killed once by Sun Quan and once by Song Wuji. The chance of resurrection was already extremely slim, which is why it became a dead egg.

Furthermore, the Kitchen God governs the God of Fate and also oversees the Heavenly Kitchen. The Heavenly Kitchen is in charge of the Heavenly banquets, which include dragon liver and phoenix gizzard.

Therefore, she was terrified when she saw Song Wuji, not to mention that she was injured at the time.

Song Wuji said, "I want the Phoenix Blood Jade, the Wutong Wood, the Nirvana Fire, and the token of this secret realm. Can I obtain these to subdue you?"

The Azure Phoenix trembled and said, "The Phoenix Blood Jade is the core of the Phoenix Nest, the Nirvana Fire is our life-giving fire, and this is the Wutong Tree. Are you going to kill me?"

Song Wuji wasn't so indiscriminate in killing. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You can be my mount, and I'll heal your arrow wound!"

"I am a bird of water and wood, and do not belong to the element of fire," the Azure Phoenix politely declined.

Song Wuji said, "Then there is only one other choice. I am about to go to the Heavenly Palace to complete the Heavenly Palace Banquet. You are injured and are about to die. Why not sacrifice yourself and complete the ritual for me?"

Qingluan immediately became obedient: "I'm willing!"

Song Wuji nodded slightly, activated his supernatural power [Beast Taming], and thought to himself, "I can also become a master of beast taming."

The blue phoenix dared not resist and was branded.

This was also the first time Song Wuji had used the technique of controlling birds and beasts. He had previously thought it was just an ordinary supernatural power, but now, with one use, he had subdued the Azure Phoenix.

At the same time, many new methods of "training" have emerged. "Training" means to discipline or train, while "using" means to use, ride, etc.

The Azure Phoenix's interface appeared directly in front of Song Wuji.

This includes the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, training programs, bloodline potential, supernatural powers, and so on.

Of course, there are also states, such as the current state, which is [declining virtue], [entering the body with calamity], and [approaching the end of life].

"This arrow actually managed to torment you like this."

"This arrow is no ordinary arrow. It carries the destiny of the nation and the aura of a king. Back then, the two children of the Peacock King were both wounded by the King of Zhu Zi. Our status is not even as high as that of the children of the Peacock King Bodhisattva, and the destiny of Emperor Sun Quan is even higher than that of the King of Zhu Zi. He has the faint appearance of a ruler who has attained the title of a miscellaneous emperor."

Song Wuji touched the arrow and saw a feathered serpent emerge from it, breathing on him.

This was the fate of Eastern Wu.

Song Wuji snapped it in two, and faint images of the Xuanming True Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger appeared behind his head... These were the three Heavenly Gang Transformation Techniques that Song Wuji had cultivated, especially the Xuanming True Dragon. Song Wuji obtained four Water Virtue Dragon Scales and a pair of True Dragon Horns.

But then they heard a dragon's roar, and feathered serpents and colorful snakes instantly submitted and died of fright.

After breaking the arrow, Song Wuji took out some food and fed it to him, bestowing upon him the supernatural power of food consumption: "I'll pull it out directly in a moment. It will hurt a little, but you'll have to bear it for a while."

Just as Qingluan was about to say, "Go ahead and pull it out," Song Wuji simply pulled it out.

"what!"

Blood splattered everywhere!
However, a fire quickly replenished his energy and spirit, and various spiritual foods rapidly restored his blood, strength, true energy, and magical power.

It made Qingluan feel better than ever before.

(End of this chapter)