Chapter 6: Kunpeng

  In the vast wilderness, a strange bird with four wings and six legs soared by, its aura was strong, causing all living beings to bow their heads in reverence. This strange bird was actually Emperor Jiang, who had come out to seek some merit. However, only Emperor Jiang had come out, while the other Ancestors were ordered to cultivate in the belly of Mount Buzhou and were not allowed to come out. Although the other Ancestors also had great magical powers at the beginning of their cultivation, with the arrival of the Dragon Han's first catastrophe, even Luo Hui, who was at the peak of Quasi-Sainthood, fell in this calamity, Emperor Jiang did not dare let them come out.

  This vast wilderness has indeed changed greatly. Looking at the flowers, grasses, trees and flying birds and beasts everywhere, Emperor Jiang couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder. However, with more living beings, the entanglement of karma is also greater, which leads to the heaven and earth being unable to disperse so many karmic forces, resulting in a catastrophe. Thinking about the catastrophe, Emperor Jiang's heart was filled with anxiety. The main characters of this catastrophe are the three clans, but the next catastrophe will be his turn.

  "Traveler, please stop in your tracks." Just as Emperor Jiang was flying along, a voice called out from behind him. He turned his head to look back and saw a gigantic bird chasing after him, its wings like clouds hanging from the sky, stretching for thousands of miles.

  A giant bird appeared in front of Emperor Jiang, transforming into a Taoist priest in gray robes. The priest had a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, making him look like a sinister and cunning individual at first glance. Suddenly, a figure flashed through Emperor Jiang's mind.

  "I am Peng, and I dare to ask my Taoist friend what brings you to our Phoenix clan's territory." Peng bowed his hands in greeting, with a fairly modest attitude. It turned out that Emperor Jiang's grand flight had startled Peng, who was guarding this area.

  Di Jiang transformed into a human figure, cupped his hands in greeting and said, "I am Di Jiang. I have long heard that the Feng tribe is a flying bird tribe, and I have come to seek refuge."

  Di Jiang did not expect to run into the famous person Kun Peng of later generations, and this Kun Peng had also joined the Feng tribe. It seems that these three tribes do have some strength.

  "Oh? I don't know if it's possible to inform me first, what is the true form of this Taoist friend and how strong are they? This humble monk isn't talented, but can't see through it." Upon hearing that Emperor Jiang had come to surrender, Kun Peng's enthusiasm increased significantly.

  "My true form is the Emperor Jiang Bird, and what my fellow cultivator saw earlier was indeed my true form." Emperor Jiang said with a straight face, although the bird-like appearance was the result of the Nine Revolutions Mystical Technique and spatial laws interacting with each other, it was indeed his true form, not an illusion.

  "Emperor Jiang, you should also be the only existence in the world, I'm ashamed, I've never heard of you before." Kunpeng Daoren frankly admitted, and cupped his hands together in a bow, as if to apologize to Emperor Jiang. "However, since you are a flying creature, it's not a problem for me to introduce you to join the Phoenix Clan. If your strength is not weak, you might even be able to gain the favor of the Ancestor Phoenix, govern a region, and enjoy the fortune of that region."

  From Kunpeng's words, Emperor Jiang could feel the sincerity in them and couldn't help but have a good impression of him.

  "After cultivating in the mountains for tens of thousands of years, he barely reached the peak of Golden Immortal. Can the Ancestor Phoenix be used again?"

  "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist to be at the Golden Immortal Peak! Not below me, no wonder I couldn't see through Fellow Daoist's cultivation," Kunpeng said with a delighted face. "With Fellow Daoist's cultivation, of course, you can bear the weight." What is bearing the weight? You should know that currently, there are less than ten Golden Immortals in the entire Phoenix Clan, and only Feng Tian has reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. With Emperor Jiang joining, the Phoenix Clan's strength will increase significantly.

  "Come with me, I'll take you to meet the Phoenix Ancestor," said Kunpeng, not giving Emperor Jiang a chance to refuse. He enthusiastically pulled Emperor Jiang along as they flew further south. Emperor Jiang smiled wryly and followed, thinking to himself that Kunpeng was indeed passionate, but also wondered if his enthusiasm was genuine or just a facade.

  "Who comes?" With the speed of Emperor Jiang and Kunpeng, in less than two hours, they flew from the outer reaches of the Phoenix Clan to its interior. Suddenly, a blue bird appeared before them, blocking their path.

  "Green Luan fairy, how come you don't even recognize a poor Taoist like me?" Kunpeng enthusiastically flew up to greet her.

  Recognizing the Kunpeng, the Qing Luan also transformed into a human figure, but it was a 18-year-old girl wearing a green dress, holding a green-colored treasure sword in her hand. Emperor Jiang recognized at a glance that it was a top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure.

  "Hmph, it's you. Didn't Feng Tian tell you to guard the outside? Why have you come back?" The tone was icy and somewhat arrogant.

  "There's no need for me to come back casually, it's not like I've found a brother with profound magical powers, especially to introduce him to Feng Zu." Kai Peng said, pointing to the silent Emperor Jiang beside him.

  Qing Luan took a glance at Emperor Jiang and found him to be quite ordinary in appearance, unable to discern any special features.

  "Oh? Profound magical powers? Then I'll try him out and see how his cultivation is." Qing Luan seemed to not get along with Kun Peng, and also disliked Emperor Jiang. As he spoke, a phoenix cry sounded, and the green treasure sword stabbed towards Emperor Jiang.

  He said he would take action and Emperor Jiang was very helpless.

  Jin Xian was just at the beginning, and with this bit of strength, she had the nerve to try my cultivation. Emperor Jiang laughed loudly in his heart, ready to take action to teach this arrogant and willful little girl a lesson, but at this time he received Kun Peng's divine transmission.

  "Emperor Jiang, don't hurt her, she's Feng Zu's adopted sister, it won't be easy to explain later." As if afraid Emperor Jiang wouldn't show mercy, he added another sentence, "Actually, she's not a bad person, just a bit stubborn and willful."

  Di Jiang smiled bitterly in his heart, was this Kun Peng really the demon master of later generations who would surely avenge himself and kill Hong Yun Lao Zu? However, he still replied to Kun Peng: Don't worry, I have my own measure.

  Just as Qing Luan's treasured sword was about to stab Emperor Jiang, a small yellow triangular flag suddenly appeared on top of Emperor Jiang's head. The flag dropped down clusters of yellow flowers, protecting Emperor Jiang within them.

  "Central Army's Yellow Flag!" Kunpeng exclaimed in shock.

  Unfortunately, Qing Luan had never heard of this thing before. Its momentum did not decrease, and it continued to stab towards Emperor Jiang. All that could be heard was a loud "ding" sound, as the blue treasure sword collided with a yellow flower, unable to advance even a single inch further. Qing Luan was taken aback, shocked by the defensive power of the yellow flower. He involuntarily withdrew his sword and summoned all his strength to stab at the yellow flower once again.

  "Puff", the yellow flower finally dissipated with a sound, and Qing Luan couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment in her heart. But the next moment, Qing Luan went crazy - one yellow flower dissipated, but thousands and millions of yellow flowers grew out from that triangular small flag again, how could she fight this? Qing Luan raised her head, just in time to see Emperor Jiang's eyes full of smiles, and a burst of anger rose in her heart for no reason. The precious sword in her hand continued to stab towards Emperor Jiang without regard for its own life, but unfortunately, it still couldn't hurt Emperor Jiang at all, as they were all blocked by the yellow flowers.

  It was about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and Emperor Jiang was standing there so leisurely that he almost fell asleep.

  "Tired? If you're tired, take a break and rest for a while. We can continue later, I'm not in a hurry." Emperor Jiang looked at Qing Luan's annoyed expression and couldn't help but want to tease her a bit.

  "You, you," Qing Luan was obviously infuriated, pointing at Emperor Jiang who was being shielded by Huang Hua. He stuttered for half a day and couldn't say anything. At this moment, he happened to see Kun Peng standing beside him with a wooden expression, and he couldn't help but scold: "Good you, Kun Peng, actually colluding with outsiders to bully me, just wait and see if I don't tell Brother Feng Tian about it."

  Having spoken, she didn't linger and transformed into a blue bird flying away.

  Kun Peng finally came to his senses from the shock of seeing the yellow flag with the character "wu" on it, and looked at Fei Yuan's distant Qing Luan without saying a word. Instead, he walked up to Emperor Jiang.

  "Brother Di Jiang, you're really hiding your true self! Having an extreme-quality congenital spiritual treasure by your side is making me, your brother, extremely envious." Kun Peng looked at Di Jiang with a gaze that was both admiring and jealous, but what made Di Jiang feel at ease was that there wasn't a hint of malice in his eyes.

  "It's just a bit of luck, nothing more." Emperor Jiang smiled slightly, taking out the Wu Ji Huang flag to battle against Qing Luan. He had originally intended to probe Kun Peng's intentions, but the answer he got made him very satisfied. Anyway, Emperor Jiang didn't see any other thoughts, of course, there was also a possibility that Kun Peng hid too deeply.

  Kunpeng glanced at Emperor Jiang and stopped talking, switching to mental transmission instead. "Brother Emperor Jiang is too careless, doesn't he know the principle of not revealing one's wealth? When we meet Feng Zu later, we must show our loyalty to the Phoenix Clan." Kunpeng didn't say anything more after that, as saying any further would be a bit excessive.

  "Thank you for telling me." Seeing Kunpeng leading the way in front of him, Emperor Jiang felt heartfelt gratitude.

  Before long, the two of them arrived at the entrance of the Phoenix Clan's Grand Hall. Emperor Jiang looked up and saw that the grand hall was majestic in its momentum, with a strict layout, golden bricks and jade tiles, shining brightly and beautifully. There were also flying birds carved on the beams above, each with different shapes, vividly lifelike. As one gazed at them for a long time, a solemn atmosphere rushed forth, inspiring reverence in people's hearts.

  "Haha, Kunpeng brought a noble guest without even giving me advance notice, I'll prepare some celestial fruits to entertain you properly." Along with a bright and cheerful laughter, five people walked out of the hall. The leader was about thirty years old, wearing a golden crown, dressed in a purple robe, with a phoenix embroidered on the center of the robe, surrounded by hundreds of birds flying towards the phoenix. Without guessing, it's clear that this person is Feng Zu Phoenix Heaven.

  Right behind Feng Tian was the Qing Luan he had just met, whose eyes were now slightly red as she stared at him with a resentful gaze, which made Emperor Jiang feel a great headache.

  "I also met Emperor Jiang by chance and heard that he wants to join the Feng clan, so I brought him here to introduce him to the Ancestor of the Phoenix." Kun Peng stepped forward and said seriously.

  "In Xīa Jiāng, I have seen Fèng Zǔ. I hope Fèng Zǔ will take me in." Jiāng followed closely behind and also took two steps forward, cupping his hands in greeting.

  "Emperor Jiang, why so formal? From now on, we're all brothers. No need for such courtesy." Feng Tian walked up to Emperor Jiang and warmly grasped his hand, "With a Golden Immortal like you joining us, I couldn't ask for more!"

  It's not a loss to be the ancestor of the phoenix, one glance and he saw through my own yuan Shen realm, unfortunately, before the witch tribe came out, all living beings in Honghuang were cultivating yuan Shen, so they only knew about yuan Shen realm and didn't know about physical body realm, that's why I could hide my true strength.

  Even so, including Qing Luan, the four of them were still amazed by Emperor Jiang's strength.

  "I'm not worthy, today I have the good fortune to be valued by Feng Zu, in the future for the Feng clan, I will exhaust myself and only stop when I die." Emperor Jiang's face was stern, his words were majestic and awe-inspiring.

  Feng Tian's smile grew even more joyful as he began introducing Emperor Jiang to the other four people one by one.

  "This is my sister Qing Luan, Jin Xian's initial boundary, you should have seen her before."

  Di Jiang looked at his still glaring Qing Luan and steeled himself to go greet him.

  "I've met the Green Phoenix Fairy, just a slight misunderstanding, hope you won't take it to heart."

  Qing Luan coldly snorted, without returning the greeting. Emperor Jiang was also too lazy to bother with her again, his impression of her had reached an all-time low. If not for Feng Tian being present, Emperor Jiang wouldn't have even wanted to exchange pleasantries with her.

  However, among the remaining three people, there was one person who made Emperor Jiang feel extremely surprised. He was originally a three-legged golden crow, named Di Jun...