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"From now on, please help me acquire everything, whether it's materials, flowers and herbs, finished magical artifacts, or elixirs—I need one of everything."
“What do you need these things for? And one of each, no less.” Beautiful Carey was quite puzzled; the request was rather strange.
"I don't know either," Xiao Wenbing said, spreading his hands.
The Seven-Colored Winged King beside Keris angrily said, "Don't you know? Wasn't it you who made this request?"
"Sigh, don't be angry." Xiao Wenbing pressed down with his hand, as if trying to suppress her anger: "To tell you the truth, this is a divine oracle, a divine oracle that my master suddenly bestowed upon me."
The Seven-Colored Winged King immediately fell silent. Since it was a request made by a god, there was no need to investigate the reason.
“Sister, I’m new here and don’t know anyone. I can only ask for your help with this matter,” Xiao Wenbing said sincerely.
“Sure, I’ll take care of this little thing.” Kairis readily agreed.
Watching the two beauties leave together, Xiao Wenbing turned around and gave Zhang and Feng a victory sign.
According to the original plan, Xiao Wenbing originally intended to wait here until the end of the exchange meeting, and during this time he would personally collect everything he saw.
However, after receiving news of the Food King, Xiao Wenbing's mindset underwent a subtle change. The thought that the old man was in this realm, and had even survived the Nine Heavens Thunder and Fire Tribulation, filled him with extreme relief.
Although he kept saying there was no rush, he was actually very eager to see his old friend.
Therefore, when Keris was engaged in some shady private deal with those Supreme Beings, something he shouldn't have disturbed, he sent a message via flying sword and entrusted the matter to this beautiful local tyrant.
Only the local tyrant who has lived in the Linglong Immortal Realm for millions of years could gather all those scattered items in the shortest amount of time.
After entrusting the most troublesome matter to Kairis, Xiao Wenbing found a quiet place and immersed his divine sense into the Heavenly Void Ring.
Now that I have some free time, I should go and see how Mirror God's research is going.
To fight a Golden Immortal for a pebble of unknown use, and behind that Golden Immortal is one's greatest enemy—it's hard to say whether this deal is worthwhile.
Upon entering the Heavenly Void Ring with his divine sense, he immediately witnessed an incredibly wondrous sight.
The small bronze mirror spun continuously in the air. A strong white light shone directly on the pebble, and to Xiao Wenbing's surprise, the pebble seemed to have changed slightly.
After observing it carefully for a while, Xiao Wenbing asked in surprise, "Mirror God, what exactly is this thing? How can it get bigger?"
Under his divine sense, he discovered that the pebble was absorbing the energy emitted by the Mirror God, and was slowly growing.
If it weren't for the fact that his abilities had greatly increased after ascending to the Immortal Realm, he wouldn't have been able to figure out the mystery this time.
"This is an egg."
"An egg?" Xiao Wenbing was taken aback; such an answer was too strange. "What kind of egg is this? A chicken egg? A duck egg? Or a hand grenade?"
"Nonsense, if I'm not mistaken, this should be the egg of some kind of creature."
"What kind of creature is it? Judging from how nervous you are, it must be a very powerful one."
"That's right, this creature is indeed very powerful. Once it reaches adulthood, even a supreme being would have no choice but to obediently offer up their life upon seeing it."
"It's so powerful, what exactly is it?" Xiao Wenbing was taken aback. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "It shouldn't be a celestial beast, right?"
"Of course not. How could a celestial beast be more powerful than a supreme-level Earth Immortal?"
His hands clenched unconsciously. He had witnessed the battle between the Great Serpent Supreme and the Multi-Armed Supreme, and only then did he truly understand the immense power of experts at this level. But judging from the Mirror God's tone, it seemed that the creature within the pebble possessed power far exceeding that of a sage.
"Stop keeping me in suspense, tell me. What is it?"
"Okay, actually you've seen this creature before."
A faint, long-absent black line appeared on Xiao Wenbing's forehead. Having spent so much time with the Mirror God, he could naturally tell that this guy was deliberately trying to keep him in suspense.
"Mirror God".
What?
"Two days ago, while you were refining the treasure god to give you the power of the earth god, I had just learned a spell from a supreme being."
"What kind of spell?"
"Silence spell".
"Never heard of it, what is that?"
"Simply put, once a silencing spell is cast on a certain living being or artifact spirit, that creature will never have to speak again."
After a long silence, the Mirror God asked doubtfully, "Is there such a spell?"
"Of course, this is the Celestial Realm, and there are some newly created spells that even the gods don't know about."
"Would such a spell be effective against a divine artifact?"
"I don't know, that's why I wanted to find a divine artifact to try it out." Xiao Wenbing seemed to have just remembered something and casually asked, "What's wrong? Do you want to do an experiment?"
"No need." The Mirror God flatly refused.
"It's alright. This is just a spell created by immortals. It has never been tried on artifacts before, so there's a high chance it will be ineffective."
“This kind of spell is definitely ineffective.” The Mirror God paused, then emphasized, “Especially against our divine artifacts, it is definitely ineffective.”
"Alright. Even if it's ineffective." Xiao Wenbing shrugged and said, "Please don't change the subject. What kind of creature's egg did you just say it was?"
The Mirror God glared at him angrily. It seemed I wasn't the one who changed the subject. However, Xiao Wenbing's threats earlier appeared to have had some effect, so the spirit of the artifact didn't dwell on it.
“This is a golden roc egg, the one you have seen in the underworld.”
Xiao Wenbing raised his eyebrows slightly, a habitual gesture of his. He would subconsciously make this movement whenever something unexpected happened.
A golden roc.
A familiar pattern suddenly flashed before my eyes, and memories of the past surged forth instantly.
A giant roc, its body shimmering with intense golden light, nearly a hundred feet in size, swept across their heads like lightning in the sky filled with countless flashes of white light.
Where the great bird flew, faint crackling sparks of electricity rippled. It was as if it were flying amidst a storm of thunderclouds, its power awe-inspiring throughout the heavens.
At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the past, clearly feeling that powerful and awe-inspiring invincible aura, and seemed to see Long Shi and Shabier trembling in front of him again.
In a daze, he recalled the journey he and the Food King and others had taken to the Underworld. The past events were vivid in his mind. But looking back, it seemed as if thousands of years had passed.
"Wenbing, what's wrong?"
The voice of the Mirror God seemed to come from the horizon, yet it was also like a sudden blow to the head, waking him from his memories of the past.
"It's nothing, Mirror God, thank you." She sighed deeply, never expecting to become so sentimental.
"Thank me?" The Mirror God frowned strangely, its illusory brows furrowing. Even with its intelligence and erudition, it couldn't understand why Xiao Wenbing would thank it.
With a slight smile, Xiao Wenbing regained his calm and composed state of mind and asked, "I've heard the Food King say that this kind of roc feeds on dragons and immortals. So what kind of creature is it?"
"The golden roc is an ancient divine creature, considered one of the top-tier divine beasts, and is born with the power of lightning. Legend has it that it was also the mount of the god of destruction."
"How does it compare to the Seven-Colored Winged King?"
The Mirror God sneered disdainfully and said, "That little guy, if he encounters the Roc, he won't even have a chance to escape."
Xiao Wenbing nodded to himself. Indeed. Although the speed of the Seven-Colored Winged King was among the best of the Immortal Realm's supreme beings, it was still far inferior to the Golden Roc's ability to travel tens of thousands of miles in an instant.
“Mirror God, if it is such a powerful creature, how did its egg end up in the Immortal Realm?”
"This is a question that even the gods probably can't answer," the Mirror God sighed. "Anything can happen in the world, like losing an egg. It's a perfectly normal thing."
"Haha." Xiao Wenbing chuckled and said, "This roc is really unlucky."
"It's unlucky?" A flash of white light, and the Mirror God appeared in front of him in human form. He snorted and said, "Can it be more unlucky than me? I was the one who was inexplicably transported from the God Realm to the mortal realm. That's real misfortune."
Xiao Wenbing chuckled and said, "Mirror God, don't complain. If you hadn't come to the mortal realm, how would we have met? It's fate, and we can't escape it."
The Mirror God muttered a few words, but did not refute them further.
"Now that you have this treasure, what do you plan to do with it?" Xiao Wenbing looked at the pebbles bathed in white light. He licked his lips and asked, "Is this egg tasty?"
"thump."
The Mirror God fell heavily to the ground, then leaped to his feet, angrily shouting, "What are you thinking? How can you eat it?"
"Can't we eat it?"
"Of course you can... no, I mean, how can you eat this treasure? It would be such a waste."
"But this is a divine beast! I've heard that if you eat the inner core of a divine beast, your immortal power will increase greatly, and you might even become a god overnight."
The Mirror God looked at him coldly, its voice equally icy: "You know this is a divine beast, huh? Let me tell you, eating a divine beast will bring divine retribution."
"So what if I'm struck by lightning? I'm not afraid. With Baiyi and Yaqi here, what heavenly tribulation can harm me?"
The Mirror God lowered his head helplessly and said, "Alright, even if you want to eat it, you have to let it hatch first."
Hatching? Looking at the pebble that seemed to grow larger under the white light, Xiao Wenbing suddenly had a very strange thought. He slowly asked, "Mirror God, are you a mother bird?"
Volume 21, Chapter 6: Comprehending the Origin
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The clusters of white light grew brighter and brighter; the strange light emanating from the small bronze mirror seemed to have been stimulated and became dazzling.
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm not the one who will be the mother bird."
"If it's not you, then who is it?"
It's you.
"Me?" Xiao Wenbing pointed to his own nose in surprise.
“That’s right. This bird egg is in a semi-dead state because it doesn’t have enough energy to hatch. If you want to save it, your pseudo-divine power is the only option.”
Looking at the bird egg in the white light, Xiao Wenbing hesitated for a moment, thinking of the unparalleled power of the golden roc, and finally sighed, "Alright, what should I do?"
"Just convert the pseudo-divine power into heavenly lightning and pour it into the bird egg."
Xiao Wenbing was taken aback and said, "You mean you want me to transform divine power into heavenly lightning power?"
“That’s right,” the Mirror God said confidently. “Don’t forget, the golden roc was born from heavenly lightning, and it can only successfully hatch under the infusion of heavenly lightning power.”