My Pretty Campus Queen

Chapter 1313: Chapter 1312: Spirit Beast Swift Phoenix

But for Chen Tianlong and the others to enter that Ice Flame Cave, they had to pass through the old nest of the Swift Phoenix, and would definitely alarm it. So at this moment, Zhang Li’s brows were tightly furrowed and she stopped moving forward.

"Li, what’s wrong? Tired from walking?" Chen Tianlong asked in some puzzlement.

"No, it’s just a bit dangerous here. We’d better be more careful." Zhang Li didn’t explain clearly, just told everyone to be cautious.

"Heh, it’s fine. You just lead the way, I’ll handle everything else." Chen Tianlong thought Zhang Li was worried about wolves or wild beasts, so he didn’t take it to heart.

After taking a deep breath, Zhang Li continued walking forward with the three of them. In her heart she was thinking that the Divine Beast here was called the Swift Phoenix, and everyone had to worship it twice every week, so as not to anger it.

But now, great, the few of them had come knocking on its door on their own. If they angered it, would it bring very serious consequences, like natural disasters happening again and drought after drought?

Although she was about to leave, she had lived together with the folks here for more than twenty years and had some feelings for them. Whenever she thought of how many people had died in the drought, she felt a bit guilty.

However, she was someone from the city and had read a bit, and knew this was just superstition. The appearance of the Swift Phoenix just happened to coincide with the rainy season, and everyone mistakenly believed it was a divine item bestowed by heaven.

Maybe even the Swift Phoenix itself didn’t know what was going on.

The four of them walked forward for about over a hundred meters and entered the cave. Just then, a flurry of bats suddenly flew out from inside, startling Zhang Li badly. She thought the Swift Phoenix had flown into a rage.

"Zhang Li, what are you doing, getting that scared? It’s just a bunch of bats." Chen Tianlong said with a wry smile.

But when he turned around, he realized something was wrong, because it felt like a gust of wind swept past, and immediately a powerful wave of Powerful Qi spread through the air around them—this was energy only a cultivator possessed.

Obviously, Tan Xianglan sensed it as well and immediately entered battle mode.

"Chen Tianlong, did you feel that? There’s an expert nearby." Tan Xianglan said anxiously.

Chen Tianlong nodded without speaking, and began rapidly circulating the Nine Yang Celestial Dragon Technique. He gently closed his eyes and started sensing every movement around them. At this moment, all his senses were unbelievably sharp; he felt like he could hear even distant roosters crowing crystal clear.

Zhang Li and Xu He were ordinary people, so naturally they didn’t know what the two of them were doing, especially since Chen Tianlong even had his eyes closed. Was he waiting for someone to attack?

"Little bro....."

"Shh...." Chen Tianlong hurriedly cut Zhang Li off, then gestured for them to squat down on the spot, not to move, and definitely not to make a sound.

Everyone’s breathing seemed to stop. The surroundings were deathly silent, as if even a needle dropping to the ground could be heard.

"Wuaah!"

A piercing shriek rang out, making everyone feel their ears were about to explode.

In that instant, a creature over two meters long flapped its wings and sped through the cave. Its flying speed was ridiculously fast. Ordinary birds wouldn’t fly like this in such a small space, unless their reflexes were extremely strong—like bats.

Others definitely couldn’t see clearly what it was, but Chen Tianlong could see it perfectly. It was a Phoenix, its white plumage interspersed with some multicolored down feathers. At a glance it really looked like those peacocks you see on TV. But peacocks only fan their tails; they don’t fly.

Chen Tianlong’s eyes widened. This was the biggest bird he’d ever seen, even bigger than the giant eagle he had subdued, and its flying speed was simply heaven-defying.

Clearly, this Phoenix was no gentle creature. After circling for a bit, it directly landed on a large rock to the side and stood there, staring fixedly at them.

When Zhang Li saw the Phoenix in front of her, she was immediately shocked. The others didn’t know what it was, but she did—this was the Swift Phoenix the village called the Divine Bird.

"Oh my god, Divine Phoenix, I’m sorry, we didn’t mean to disturb you, old sir. You’re a big bird with a big heart, please don’t kill us." Zhang Li dropped to her knees with a thud. This Swift Phoenix was said to be a Divine Phoenix with Divine Power; if it wanted someone dead, that person couldn’t not die.

It might just be a legend, but what if it was real? She didn’t want to die, not before going back to see her parents one last time—that would really be too regrettable.

Seeing Zhang Li’s over-the-top reaction, everyone froze, especially Xu Ke. He was from the area as well and had also heard the legends of the Divine Phoenix. Panic surged in him and he hurriedly knelt down too, begging for mercy together with Zhang Li.

Chen Tianlong was speechless. These two were really superstitious. But people living deep in the mountains didn’t get much education; a bit of superstition was normal. As for Tan Xianglan, seeing that Chen Tianlong didn’t kneel, she didn’t kneel either.

"Xianglan, everyone else is scared stiff on the ground. Why aren’t you kneeling?" Chen Tianlong asked on purpose.

"Oh, if you’re not scared, what should I be scared of? I’m your wife anyway. If you’re not afraid, I’m not afraid either." Who would’ve thought Tan Xianglan still had the mood to flirt at a time like this. Her composure was simply awesome.

"Chen... Chen Tianlong, you two hurry up and kneel. This is the Divine Phoenix; it has Divine Power. If it gets angry later, it’ll kill you." Zhang Li hurriedly urged.

"Oh? Is that so? Then I really want to see how this so-called deity is going to kill me." From the Powerful Qi fluctuations he sensed, Chen Tianlong knew that this Phoenix was actually just a Spirit Beast, only its cultivation was a bit high.

Judging from the surface, the Spirit Beast’s Powerful Qi fluctuation was at Celestial Dao Seven Stars Great Perfection.

But after all, it was a Spirit Beast. Celestial Dao Seven Stars Great Perfection was extremely powerful, but their brains were ultimately not as flexible as humans’. Since Chen Tianlong had confidence in subduing the Lightning Pig, he naturally also had confidence in subduing this Spirit Beast Phoenix.

"Phoenix...."

"Chen Tianlong, it... it’s called the Swift Phoenix!"

Seeing Chen Tianlong directly calling the Divine Phoenix by name, Zhang Li was shocked and quickly corrected him. Then she lowered her head again, continuing to kneel, not daring to even raise her head.

"Oh, Swift Phoenix? All right. Swift Phoenix, I know you can understand me." Chen Tianlong knew that most Spirit Beasts that had reached the Celestial Dao level could basically speak human language, let alone understand it—though it wasn’t absolute, like that Spiritual Rabbit.

Back in Nie Family Village, Shen Mengyan had caught a Spiritual Rabbit that couldn’t speak but could understand.

"Gululu....."

The Phoenix sounded just like some gurgling bird when it spoke. Who knew if it understood or not. Anyway, it just made this grating noise.

"Swift Phoenix, could you please not move and give us a path? We just need to go inside to get something. We won’t damage your environment, and we won’t take any of your other belongings. Just let us pass." Chen Tianlong said in a pleading tone.

"Gululu...."

But after a moment, what the Swift Phoenix replied with was still that same "gululu." Chen Tianlong fumed inwardly and really wanted to curse, "Gululu, my ass." Still, getting angry at a big bird didn’t seem quite worth it.

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