Chapter 1427

Xiao Feng followed Xue Ningzhen, flying over two hundred kilometers, arriving at a big mountain in Yunchu Shan.

The mountain is called Pluck Rosy Clouds Peak, a place where the sect's young disciples stay.

This place is still the outskirts of Yunchu Shan; only junior disciples with cultivation below Void Refinement stay nearby to train, while those a bit stronger each have their own mountain peak.

Yunchu Shan only accepts geniuses, not ordinary people, so those below Void Refinement are extremely rare; at least so far, only Xue Ningzhen, Li Jinglan, and a player named Zijun are such.

Xue Ningzhen told Xiao Feng that on Pluck Rosy Clouds Peak there are medicine fields, spirit ore mines, and a beast garden—the three major industries—and conveniently she, Li Jinglan, and Zijun each manage one of them.

Said to be management, it's basically just providing them with resources to freely mine and enjoy.

After all, everyone here is a master and doesn't lack these resources; only new disciples need those relatively ordinary consumables, while truly high-value things are one's own cultivation and search.

The two arrived near Pluck Rosy Clouds Peak, and a white crane immediately came forward, letting out a clear cry.

"Da Bai, do you miss me?" Xiao Feng asked with a smile.

Da Bai let out a "ga" and said: "I also wanted to humor you by saying I miss you, but I can't speak now, I'm banned…… ga? Can I speak now??"

Before finishing, it interrupted itself, both startled and delighted.

"I can finally speak! Ga-ga-ga~ I've been suffocating for three days!" It flapped its wings, fluttered in the air, and flew around Xiao Feng and Xue Ningzhen.

"Xue Fairy Maiden, yesterday's ten-thousand-year purple gold ginseng was delicious—any more? Give me some more!"

At this moment, Da Bai resembled a lapdog, circling Xue Ningzhen begging for bones.

Xiao Feng's old face darkened.

"You're just humoring me, huh? Looks like you don't want me to come back and save you?" he said unhappily.

Da Bai chuckled: "Xiao Feng warrior, please definitely avoid saying the word 'save'! I'm living quite comfortably here; if you have nothing else, just go—I'm afraid the Fairy Maiden will misunderstand."

Xiao Feng:?

Haven't seen each other for three days—has this stupid bird become so flighty?

"Then I'm leaving." He made a motion to depart.

Da Bai didn't hold him back at all, even flicked its wings like waving a hand, saying: "Hurry up and leave—this isn't a place you should come to; for the rest of our lives, I and the Fairy Maiden will be very happy."

Xiao Feng: ……

Xue Ningzhen's pretty face turned cold, and she lightly scolded: "Shut up! I only temporarily took you in out of respect for Brother Xiao Feng, yet you're so disrespectful—what do you take me for?"

She was truly angry.

She had cared for it kindly for over three days, feeding it more than ten kinds of spirit medicine, originally thinking this big bird was quite obedient and got along well with her.

She never expected that after it started speaking, it would adopt this tone—showing no respect for her, and almost treating her as a dao companion!

It's just a mount!

To repay kindness with enmity is truly humiliating!

Had I known this would happen, I shouldn't have fed it spirit medicine; I should have just tossed it into the great fog formation to live or die on its own!

"Ga? No… Fairy Maiden, please calm down—I don't disrespect you; I actually like you, I was just joking, don't be angry, don't be angry, sigh, don't go!"

Da Bai still tried to explain, but the more it described, the worse it got, making Xue Ningzhen so angry she flicked her sleeves and left, turning back to the mountain.

"You stupid bird!"

Xiao Feng said in a gloating tone: "With your level, you still dream of turning into a man to flirt with the Fairy Maiden—truly wasting my teachings. Fine, from now on just stay here as a wild bird."

Having said that, he didn't bother with it anymore, flew down, and went to apologize to Xue Ningzhen.

Da Bai hovered in the air, feeling sorrowful for a moment.

"Are the happy days just ending like this……"

"Sigh, it turns out the Fairy Maiden just kept me as a pet; I was being overly sentimental."

"Chasing girls is really hard. Forget it, I'll just be a girl myself—yeah-yeah-yeah~"

It circled in the sky, not daring to land, afraid of making Xue Ningzhen unhappy again.

Xiao Feng's trip here was precisely to pick up Da Bai; just now upon meeting, he saw that all mount functions had been restored—apparently, with the return of Fairy Maiden Xun Shuang, the "bird quality" had also been returned.

However, this stupid bird's loose mouth angered Xue Ningzhen, and as its owner he also bore responsibility, so he had to go down to apologize to her.

Originally they had kindly cared for Da Bai for several days, owing them a favor; offending them like this really shouldn't have happened.

Xiao Feng sincerely apologized, sought forgiveness, and added that if Xue Ningzhen was angry, they could stew Da Bai and eat it—anyway, it wouldn't affect loyalty.

Seeing his sincere attitude, Xue Ningzhen finally felt relieved.

The two stayed on the mountain for a while.

The Monster Emperor gave three days, which converts to a month; one could even wait for the dungeon cooldown to refresh, then run a round of experience before leaving.

Although he really wanted to obtain a willpower-boosting treasure soon, he felt a monthly dungeon run was also very important, so he still needed to stay over twenty more days.

He and Xue Ningzhen strolled on Plucking Rosy Peak, learning some information about Yunchu Shan's inheritance and disciples' treatment.

As the youngest-generation disciple, Xue Ningzhen practically has an endless supply of spiritual herbs, with the mountains and fields filled with herbs several thousand or even tens of thousands of years old.

Part of her maximum HP is due to having eaten too many spiritual herbs, which she forced upward.

It is said that Li Jinglan sometimes comes over to steal herbs to eat, also benefiting greatly.

Actually, that isn't really stealing—all are Yunchu Shan disciples, everyone has the right to pick herbs. It's just that Xue Ningzhen and Li Jinglan don't get along; she dislikes him and won't share the herb fields she manages, so Li Jinglan can only come pick when she's not around.

She gave Xiao Feng some decent-quality spiritual herbs, all of which can enhance attributes.

For Xiao Feng it may not mean much, but he can bring them back to his old hometown friends or use them for his clone.

So he didn't refuse and accepted them all.

The spiritual herbs are secondary; what interests Xiao Feng more is Yunchu Shan's inheritance.

So far as he knows, Xun Shuang Xianzi's Original Scripture and Li Jinglan's Pan Gu Great Strength Divine Ability are Dao Ancestor-level inheritances, while Xue Ningzhen's Supreme Sword Scripture has reached Venerable level.

So many high-quality inheritances—where do they come from?

Xue Ningzhen accompanied him on a walk through the mountains while explaining.

Yunchu Shan is actually quite ordinary; it's just a vast secret realm that nurtures many powerful spirit beasts, a favorite exploration site for cultivators of the Nine Provinces.

This place sees a special inheritance emerge every few hundred years, and all kinds of demon cultivators and humans will vie for it.

Some of the strong simply settle down here, becoming the earliest batch of cultivators on Yunchu Shan.

However, their relationship back then was not very good.

Until 180,000 years ago, Wu Xin Fairy Maiden appeared out of nowhere, with peerless talent she quickly rose, sweeping all cultivators of Yunchu Shan, and integrated this place into a sect.

To honor those early cultivators, the history of Yunchu Shan was pushed forward by 200,000 years.

Those cultivators were also honored as senior brothers and sisters.

But actually, Wu Xin Fairy Maiden is the true person in charge here!