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Chapter 121 The Celestial Spirit Bird

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Around the middle of this year.

Li Ping received a letter from Qi Hanmo, sent from Jixia Immortal City.

Nearly a year later, we finally heard from him.

According to Qi Hanmo's description in the letter, he followed the caravan across several countries before finally arriving in the State of Qi.

The journey was quite perilous. When the caravan was in the State of Qi, they encountered a bandit leader. Fortunately, the cultivators from Jixia Immortal City arrived in time, allowing them to escape.

After arriving at Jixia Immortal City, he successfully became a disciple of Master Yan and is now a student of the academy.

Under the academy's training system, his cultivation has been on the right track.

At the same time, he also said in the letter that the situation in the State of Qi was not stable.

Over the past few years, the Defenders Alliance and the four demonic sects have fought several battles, with each side winning and losing, and neither side willing to back down. Currently, the cultivator armies of both sides are still facing off in the Yuan Kingdom.

The war may continue for some time, and it is unknown when it will end.

In his words, Qi Hanmo subtly expressed his concern about the war between good and evil.

……

After reading the entire letter, Li Ping couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He hadn't expected the war between the Defenders Alliance and the Four Demonic Sects to last so long. In his opinion, the Four Demonic Sects should have retreated since they hadn't gained any advantage from their surprise attack.

After all, the overall strength of the cultivation world in the Western Wilderness is greater than that of the four major demonic sects.

They could have fought to a standstill, but the war broke out suddenly, and other countries hadn't had time to provide support.

If forces like Yue Kingdom and Fenglan Immortal City reach an agreement, they can each send cultivators to support Qi Kingdom.

Then the four major sects of the demonic path will be at a disadvantage.

Li Ping couldn't help but wonder if the four sects of the demonic path had some kind of backing.

Of course, the Defenders Alliance is composed of more than ten countries, and its internal affairs are chaotic and full of trivial matters. It is certainly not as united as the four major sects of the Demonic Path.

Moreover, they had to defend against the Turks in the north and prevent the beast tides in the west, so they could not concentrate all their forces to deal with the four demonic sects.

"Fortunately, Fenglan Immortal City is located deep in the Cloud Mist Mountains, making it difficult for the demonic cultivator army to reach it." Li Ping shook his head and then replied to Qi Hanmo.

The letter mainly encouraged him to cultivate diligently at Jixia Academy, and also told him that if there were any changes in the battle between the Weidao Alliance and the four demonic sects, he must write to inform them in a timely manner.

……

Less than half a month after replying to Qi Hanmo's letter.

Zhang Tiexing rushed to Xiantao Mountain and told Li Ping that his wife had given birth to a son.

Li Ping smiled and wished him well, then asked if he had already chosen a name.

Zhang Tie nodded and said that his master had already chosen a name for the newborn, Zhang He.

His master had even come up with the family's generational names for him: "Qing Yuan Liu Chang Shan, Shan De Chuan Jia Bao".

However, according to the conventions of the cultivation world, mortals without spiritual roots are not included in the family genealogy. Therefore, his son can only be named Zhang He for now. If in the future, little Zhang He is found to have spiritual roots, the character "Qing" will be added to the middle of his name.

Li Ping smiled and nodded, indicating that he understood.

Look at Zhang Tie's appearance.

Clearly, after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he has devoted most of his energy to family management and will no longer spend too much time on cultivation.

Li Ping is not in a position to judge whether his choice was right or wrong.

After all, for Zhang Tie, with his three spiritual roots, without a great opportunity, successfully establishing his foundation would be the end of his cultivation path.

Under these circumstances, it was clearly pointless for him to continue his ascetic practices.

It would be better to focus your energy on your family and enjoy family life.

Foundation Establishment cultivators can only live to be 240 years old, but Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan can be passed down for thousands of years.

Being revered as an ancestor by descendants and having one's deeds commemorated generation after generation—isn't this another kind of attainment of immortality?

If you're not content to stay at the Foundation Establishment stage and go on adventures to find opportunities to advance further, you might die young, which wouldn't be worth it.

Without the cheat code, Li Ping might have made the same choice as him.

Zhang Tie scratched his head again and brought up another matter: "By the way, brother, Man'er wants me to take her twin mortal cousins ​​as concubines. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping was taken aback. He never expected that Zhang Tie, who seemed honest and simple, would one day enjoy the blessing of having two wives.

"So, do you like those twins?" After thinking for a moment, Li Ping asked with a smile.

Zhang Tie blushed slightly, but still honestly replied, "I like it."

Li Ping gave him a meaningful look: "Since your wife agrees and you like them too, you just need to ask the twins for their opinion. If they are willing, you can marry them without any problem."

"I understand, brother." Zhang Tie nodded.

It must be said that Zhang Tie is quite fast at doing things.

Less than ten days after that conversation, Li Ping learned that he had taken the twins as concubines.

Li Ping was not surprised by this result.

Compared to ordinary people, cultivators hold a much higher status.

The Meng family and Zhang Tie's wife hoped to use this incident to strengthen the relationship between Zhang Tie and the Meng family, and they would not interfere.

It can be said that Zhang Tie taking a concubine was a happy ending for everyone.

……

While Zhang Tie was busy taking a concubine, the hatching of the Fiery Arrow-shaped egg in Li Ping's hand was also in its final moments.

Inside the training room, Li Ping stood quietly, her gaze fixed on the life-sized egg placed in the center of the room.

After nearly two years of continuous infusion of magical power into the tiny life within the egg to replenish its essence, the life force within the egg has reached its peak, and it is time for it to hatch.

At this moment, astonishing heat emanated from the egg in waves, raising the temperature in the entire training room to an alarming level.

If an ordinary person were here, they probably wouldn't be able to stay for even a moment. However, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Li Ping naturally wouldn't care about such a small amount of warmth.

His gaze remained fixed on the eggs.

Within the almost translucent crimson egg, one could clearly see the figure of a spirit bird struggling incessantly, trying to break the hard eggshell that had once protected it, but now bound it.

Thus, they ushered in a new life.

Bang! Bang! ...

A series of soft, continuous thumping sounds emanated from inside the egg, revealing the anxiety of the tiny life form.

Li Ping simply watched indifferently, showing no intention of intervening.

Breaking through the eggshell and flying out is also part of the process of the little life inside the egg developing.

In this process, it can better stimulate the power of its own bloodline, and after birth, it will have greater potential.

If he were to directly crack the eggshell from the outside to help it escape, he would actually be harming it.

"Having experienced a bloodline reversion and absorbed so much of my health-preserving mantra power, what kind of potential do you have?" Li Ping wondered to himself.

At the same time, he wondered in his heart what kind of spirit bird would emerge from the egg.

Third-tier demonic beasts like the Fierce Arrow Eagle have bloodlines that are mostly a mixture of various true spirits.

This includes top-tier true spirits such as the "Heavenly Phoenix" and the "Three-Legged Golden Crow," as well as slightly lower-tier true spirits such as the "Nine-Headed Bird," the "Peacock," and the "Mysterious Bird."

Li Ping naturally hoped that this little guy could awaken the bloodline of the 'Heavenly Phoenix', after all, the higher the level of the true spirit bloodline obtained, the smoother its future growth would be.

But this is beyond his control; it all depends on the little guy's luck.

"Click!"

Just as Li Ping was pondering, a crack suddenly appeared on the egg that was as tall as a person.

Immediately afterwards—

"Click!" "Click!"...

The cracks on the egg increased, gradually forming a dense network of patterns on its surface. Finally—with a loud "boom!"—the entire egg, as tall as a person, shattered and turned into fragments scattered all over the ground.

In the center of the scattered fragments, a spirit bird, about a foot tall, surrounded by crimson mist, stood there.

Its entire body is covered in crimson feathers, which flutter like burning flames. Its head is held high, with a long and sharp beak and pale gold eyes. Behind its tail, the long tail feathers are even and wide, just like a giant fan.

Its wings spread wide and powerful, with flames rising faintly as it swung. Its golden claws were sharp as hooks, leaving the ground scorched black wherever they landed.

Handsome, elegant, and noble!

……

"Hey!"

The newly hatched creature let out a joyful cry, flapped its wings and transformed into a streak of fire, instantly landing on Li Ping's shoulder.

The speed was so fast that Li Ping, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, was caught off guard and didn't even have time to dodge.

"Wah! Wah!" The little guy stood on Li Ping's shoulder, constantly rubbing his head with his beak, showing great affection.

During its gestation, Li Ping not only infused it with a vast amount of health-preserving techniques and magical power, but also planted several contracts and restrictions.

After it was born, it naturally regarded Li Ping as its closest person.

Holding the little creature in one hand and lifting it up to his face, Li Ping looked at the foot-tall spirit bird with some uncertainty.

After observing for a while, his experience in the Meng family's library finally came in handy.

Li Ping finally recognized what kind of celestial bird this little guy was, and after recognizing it, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise and joy.

If he wasn't mistaken, what he was holding in his hand was a 'Wildfire Sparrow'!

Although the Wildfire Sparrow is also a kind of spirit bird of heaven and earth, it does not possess the true spirit bloodline that Li Ping previously thought it had.

In reality, it possesses a trace of the bloodline of the true spirit "Vermilion Bird".

As a top-tier fire-elemental true spirit, the Vermilion Bird's bloodline is among the most powerful of all true spirits.

Overall, Li Ping was quite satisfied with the result.

If properly nurtured, once the Wildfire Sparrow reaches adulthood, it will possess the combat strength of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Thinking of this, Li Ping pointed to the broken eggshells on the ground and ordered the Wildfire Sparrow to eat them.

"Hey!"

With a joyful whistle, the Wildfire Sparrow flapped its wings once more, transforming into a streak of fire that streaked across the sky before landing among the eggshells scattered on the ground.

"Crunch! Crunch!"

It quickly began to devour the eggshell.

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