Chapter 62

Huh?

"A little swallow?"

Looking in the direction of Zhao Zheng's finger.

Li Xiang saw on the open space outside the Ancestral Hall.

A little bird, completely bald and having lost most of its feathers, was lying on the ground, looking around vigilantly.

It was pitch black all over, stained with some blood, looking extremely miserable.

Only a pair of small eyes moving around looked extremely agile.

"Could it be a demon?"

Subconsciously, he shielded Zhao Zheng behind him.

Now the Southern Wilderness sky has changed.

The powerhouses of the Central Plains are fighting against the many Demon Monarchs of the Southern Wilderness, and they are fighting like dogs.

The aftermath of the battle is so strong that even though Li Xiang is already at the edge of the Southern Wilderness, he can sense it.

Not to mention those local demons of the Southern Wilderness.

By now, they are probably scared out of their wits, running around everywhere.

Such chaos.

Who knows what strange things might rush out from the south.

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother."

"The little swallow seems to be injured."

"Don't go over!"

A faint Haoran Qi flashed in his eyes.

He was examining the true form of this bird.

After a few breaths, Li Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems, it seems, this is really just a bird as ordinary as can be.

No trace of demon Qi can be seen in its body.

There is no surging blood Qi in its flesh.

It looks just like those birds on the side of the road, no difference at all.

Ah, no.

There is still a difference.

Most of its feathers have fallen off, making it look ugly as hell.

"Senior Brother, it seems very pitiful."

"Let's go save it."

The little guy tugged at Li Xiang's clothes.

Staring with big eyes, he looked at the bird on the ground again.

At this time, there were many people around the open space, and the people in the village were all gathered here.

Many people were walking around, and the bird was lying there, and it was dark; who knows if someone might accidentally step on it.

Squish~

It would become a mess of mud.

Li Xiang frowned.

"What's so good about an injured little bird?"

"Junior Brother, you must remember, this world is very dangerous, many things that look cute are actually..."

Li Xiang hadn't finished speaking.

He saw Zhao Zheng pouting slightly, looking at him with big eyes and frowning slightly.

Ah, this!

You are the First Emperor, how can you act cute!

You acting like this makes it very difficult for me.

"Junior Brother, this matter..."

"Senior Brother!"

"Alright, just this once."

Unable to refuse the little guy, Li Xiang held Zhao Zheng's hand and sneaked out of the Ancestral Hall.

There were mostly women and children in the Ancestral Hall, and Su Qin was guarding this place.

There were also a few officials from the Demon Slaying Division at the door maintaining order.

Seeing that they were Su Qin's students, they didn't make things difficult and let them come and go.

As soon as they came out, the little guy jumped and ran toward the bird.

I don't know what this little guy is thinking, a little bird, why does he like it so much.

But Li Xiang didn't care, the teacher had laid down a divine ability on Li Xiang.

If a demon really approaches, below the First Grade, all will be suppressed and killed.

As long as he doesn't act recklessly, doesn't court death, and doesn't take Zhao Zheng into the Southern Wilderness, he thinks there will be no problem.

Li Xiang stood not far away, watching Zhao Zheng quietly.

Sigh.

If only he could be as carefree as him.

Sure enough, as one gets older, one's pursuits change.

When it's safe in a few days, he will study the pen that the Senior Uncle gave him properly.

Not far away.

Zhao Zheng walked over and gently picked up the little swallow from the ground.

He used his sleeve to gently wipe the bloodstains off the little swallow.

Looking closely, this little bird really seems very pitiful.

There are bumps and dents on its body, and not many complete feathers left.

There are also many wounds on its body; looking at the wounds, it seems it was once burned by fire, and some feathers were scorched.

Moreover, there are some sharp cuts that are still bleeding.

I don't know how it happened.

Zhao Zheng held the little swallow in his hands, pouting his little mouth.

He seemed to feel very sorry for its encounter.

"Senior Brother, look."

"It's hurt so badly."

This little bird is very peculiar, its two small eyes seem to have wisdom, looking around everywhere.

Li Xiang shook his head.

Maybe this is what children are like.

They like these cute little things very much.

Let's just say, yesterday when we improved our food and ate rabbit meat, I didn't see you feeling sorry for the rabbit...

"Be careful."

"Don't let it hurt you."

"It's okay, Senior Brother."

"I feel like I've seen this kind of bird before."

"Many, many of these birds, but they were bigger, and I liked them very much."

Zhao Zheng held the little swallow in his hands, wiping it gently.

He always felt that there was a very familiar feeling about this little bird.

It was as if he had seen it somewhere before.

It seems...

It was in a dream a long, long time ago.

He still remembered seeing a large black flag.

That was a very special flag, with the image of this bird embroidered on it.

Oh my.

My head hurts.

I can't remember clearly.

Eh?

Zhao Zheng suddenly saw that this little bird seemed to be staring at his chest.

Two small eyes, blinking.

What a cute little bird.

What is it looking at?

Following the bird's gaze.

Zhao Zheng saw a feather hanging on his chest.

That was a gift from Uncle Su.

That was a very beautiful feather; every time Zhao Zheng played with it, he would think of many, many interesting things.

They all seemed to be scenes he had seen in dreams.

There were towering city walls.

There were high palaces.

And many, many adults whose faces he couldn't see clearly.

Oh my.

My head hurts again.

Uncle said his body was still relatively weak, so he shouldn't think about the past.

When the time comes, he will naturally remember.

"Little guy, do you like this feather too?"

"This was given to me by Uncle, he said it's the life-bound spirit feather of the Mysterious Bird, it's so beautiful."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the little swallow in his hand suddenly start to call out very angrily.

Roaring and shouting at Zhao Zheng.

Although the expression was exaggerated, the sound was very small, which made people feel it was cute.

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, look, it's so cute."

"Can I keep it?"

Li Xiang spread his hands.

He couldn't be bothered to care.

A little bird, if he wants to keep it, let him keep it, it doesn't matter anyway.

However, at this moment, the bird in Zhao Zheng's hand suddenly broke free from its restraints.

It flapped its wings and crashed straight toward Zhao Zheng's chest.

Just...

The next moment.

Li Xiang seemed to hear a faint dragon roar.

And saw a pitch-black thing fly backward.

Huh?

Looking up again.

The little swallow was already lying on the ground more than ten meters away, looking very weak.

Just now, what happened?

"How could you throw the little bird away!"

Li Xiang frowned and tapped Zhao Zheng on the forehead lightly.

"It was already injured, if you toss it around like this, you'll kill it!"

Li Xiang thought it was just a child being naughty and starting to mess with the bird.

"It wasn't me!"

"It flew out by itself!"

Zhao Zheng defended himself.

He hadn't even seen what happened, and then he saw the little bird fall to the ground miserably.

Not long after.

Li Xiang picked up the bird again.

"You are not allowed to throw it around again, you must maintain awe for life, how can you abuse living beings at will?"

While complaining, Li Xiang held the bird in his hands to observe it.

"Eh, don't say, this little thing is quite beautiful."

"It's just that the pattern of these feathers is a bit familiar."

As he spoke, Li Xiang took out a Mysterious Bird feather from his chest.

For convenience, he also hung this thing directly on his chest.

Seeing this object, the originally sickly little bird suddenly regained its spirit.

But before it could act.

It trance-like saw an extremely terrifying existence behind Li Xiang, watching itself gently.

Gulp~

It kicked its little legs and fainted?

"Eh, why isn't this bird moving, it wouldn't be dead, would it!"

"Senior Brother, give me back my little swallow, give me back my little swallow!"

Just as the two were playing.

In the center of the village's Ancestral Hall, a heavy bell sound suddenly came.

Accompanied by the ringing of the bell, Li Xiang saw a faint Qi condense in Shihe Village, moving toward the direction of the Northern Royal Capital.

"This is..."

"The legendary Power of Humanity?"

Updated quite late today, please forgive me, everyone.

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