Chapter 18: Phoenix Eggs, Kong Xuan and the Golden-Winged Great Peng

Setting aside the side of Qingtian.

Cangtian Laozu, who was acting in concert, had by this time arrived amidst the hundred thousand great volcanoes south of Mount Buzhou.

Crossing over one volcanic crater after another.

Cangtian Laozu had investigated them one by one, yet in the end, he had not discovered the slightest trace of the Phoenix Clan.

He had, however, discovered quite a few of the Phoenix Clan's former vassal tribes.

Fortunately, Cangtian Laozu was already a Supreme God, so those tribes possessing Daluo Golden Immortals had not detected Cangtian Laozu's investigation.

After wandering around.

He finally arrived at a low, abandoned volcanic crater.

Just as he was preparing to extend his Divine Sense to investigate.

A pleasant cry of a bird suddenly came from below, and subsequently, he felt the volcanic crater below filled with the origin of the Five Elements and a faint aura of Yin-Yang origin.

The curious Cangtian could not help but stop his high-speed flight, turned his head, and descended toward that abandoned volcanic crater.

Concealing his form, he broke through layers of restrictions all the way, finally arriving inside the volcano.

When he saw the scene inside, he felt quite surprised.

"What kind of bird is this? Why is its entire body filled with the aura of the Five Elements origin?"

He saw that the bird's small head looked as if it were adorned with a few emerald flowers, and its spread-out colorful tail screen looked like a giant feather fan, with black rings—black, green, and yellow intermingled—looking like countless large eyes.

Its beauty is as intoxicating as a drunken immortal, a jade phoenix descending to the mortal world.

This bird was not monochromatic like a phoenix; it was more like a synthesis of the Five Elements within the phoenix.

Especially those feathers where the Five Elements origin circulated; they were truly marvelous.

"Hmm, born at the peak of the Main God Realm, plus that naturally possessed Five Elements origin, it is certainly a good seedling." Thinking this, he looked again at the unhatched one beside the bird...!?

This is a phoenix egg, right?

Seeing such a phoenix egg filled with Yin and Yang energy.

Cangtian Laozu could nevertheless sense the aura belonging to a phoenix from within it.

It was evident that this was a phoenix nest.

"Interesting, these are two mutated phoenix eggs, right?" Cangtian speculated.

"Ao ao~!"

At this moment, the bird that had just hatched but already possessed colorful feathers suddenly flew up; looking at its demeanor, it seemed it intended to leave.

Seeing this, Cangtian Laozu revealed his form.

"Little friend, please stay!"

Just as he appeared, Cangtian Laozu called out to the bird preparing to leave.

However, the voice of Cangtian Laozu appearing suddenly gave the bird a fright.

As if by reflex, its wings flapped in succession, and streaks of five-colored Divine Light formed just like that, then under its control, they shot rapidly toward Cangtian Laozu.

However, this bit of an attack was almost equal to nothing for the Supreme God, Cangtian Laozu.

He merely pointed his index finger into the void.

Several streaks of five-colored Divine Light stopped in the void, unable to move.

Subsequently, Cangtian Laozu waved his palm gently, and these several streaks of five-colored Divine Light miraculously vanished into thin air.

"Who are you!?"

Looking at the Cangtian who had appeared out of thin air, Kong Xuan took a stance and stared at him guardedly for a while.

Then, as if he had perceived something, streaks of five-colored Divine Light began to emerge from his body.

Subsequently, Cangtian Laozu saw his original body begin to transform into the body of a youth amidst a burst of five-colored Divine Light.

Seeing this, Cangtian Laozu's eyes lit up, and he secretly thought to himself, truly good comprehension.

Having only observed for a moment, he had successfully learned the Transformation Technique.

Thinking of this, Cangtian Laozu said with a chuckle.

"This seat is Cangtian, merely an innate sacred being passing by."

Having said this, he looked at the phoenix egg that had not yet fully gestated, then asked curiously: "Is that your brother?"

"Indeed!"

"Hmm~! Since that is the case, then you shall take me as your master!"

"What?"

Kong Xuan, wearing five-colored silk robes, revealed an expression of astonishment.

"You mean, you want me to take you as my master?" After reacting, he asked with a speechless expression.

"Exactly, you two brothers are phoenix descendants, and as mutated newborn innate sacred beings, your talent and aptitude are sufficient to take this seat as your master!"

As he spoke, Cangtian Laozu wore an expression as if you had gained a great bargain.

To this, Kong Xuan, having calmed down, smiled slightly indifferently, "Since that is the case, what can you teach me? And what skills do you have to teach me?"

"Where did you get so much nonsense? You are just a little child, are you afraid you won't be able to learn anything?"

After finishing, Cangtian Laozu ignored him further and walked straight to his unhatched brother.

"Hmm, not bad, another good seedling!"

As he spoke, his expression suddenly changed, and he said solemnly: "I command, let this place be filled with Yin and Yang, and let the Qi of Heaven and Earth flow in like a hundred rivers into the sea!"

As Cangtian finished speaking, the Yin-Yang Qi inside this volcano suddenly surged dozens of times over.

Along with it, countless spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth poured backward, all condensing toward that unhatched phoenix egg.

This scene, falling into the eyes of Kong Xuan, made him feel greatly surprised while also feeling alarmed at the identity and strength of the person before him.

As time passed, under the massive influx of Yin-Yang energy and the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

Finally, this mutated phoenix egg cracked open.

When the bird inside came fully into the view of the two, Cangtian Laozu also clicked his tongue in wonder.

He did not know which phoenix had laid this, to have caused a perfectly good nest of phoenix eggs to mutate into two unknown new species of birds.

"Screech—! Screech!" The newly hatched Golden-Winged Dapeng bird first chirped a few times.

Upon seeing the two, it actually spread its wings and flapped them, and the moment it soared into the air, it transformed into a young man wearing golden-threaded robes.

Judging by his age, he was not much younger than Kong Xuan.

"Alright, since you both have just been born, I assume you have obtained the inheritances you should have? Then, will you two not introduce yourselves to your master?"

"Hmph! My name is Jinpeng," Jinpeng said, and could not help but glance at Kong Xuan to the side.

"..."

"Hmm?" Seeing no reaction, Cangtian could not help but squint at the cold, colorful-robed youth to the side.

Kong Xuan had no choice but to reply helplessly: "Kong Xuan!"

"Good names! Since your appearances are distinct from phoenixes, then you two shall be called... hmm, one Peacock, and one Golden-Winged Dapeng!"

Cangtian Laozu did not seek their opinions and finalized their clan names.

Regarding this, the two were indifferent; after all, they could not beat this person, so why go looking for trouble?

At this moment, a flash of Divine Light appeared in the eyes of Cangtian Laozu.

As if he had sensed something, he then beckoned to the two: "Let's go, this seat will take you two away!"

As he spoke, his hands did not stop; with a Great Space Hand, he lifted the two up, and then the surrounding scenery shifted.

They went directly from the interior of the southern volcanic group to the southernmost point.

Great Desolate Southern Sea.

Cangtian Laozu brought Kong Xuan and Jinpeng along, flying all the way, and finally arrived at the southern coastline of the Southern Continent after nearly ten years.

The reason it took ten years was mainly because the cultivation of Kong Xuan and the other was not high at the time.

They could not stay in the spatial turbulence for long periods.

Moreover, along the way, he could teach them a few things, so it would not be in vain that Cangtian was their teacher.

The coastline.

The group felt the sea breeze, smelling the pungent, fishy scent coming toward them.

They could not help but frown.

However, although the two disliked the smell of the sea,

facing this vast, boundless ocean, for Kong Xuan and the other who had never seen the sea before,

this was undoubtedly a rather novel experience.

(End of this chapter)