Sure enough, with this old Taoist sitting here, everything going on in Zhenwu Temple cannot be hidden from his eyes.

I only noticed the strangeness in Zhang Yao when I hugged her thigh. My master must have noticed the strangeness in her with all his energy. He had reminded Zhang Xinya before that Zhang Yao was no longer the same person. Look,

When he arrived, he had already gotten a glimpse of Chang Yao's situation.

"It can't be regarded as...reshaping the body!

Her body seems to be standing between reality and reality. Sometimes it can condense the body, and sometimes it is like a ghost. I saw her return to the wind chime with my own eyes. According to your opinion, the wind chime is most likely a very clever horcrux. As a heavenly being,

The soul-suppressing bell, one of the eight official treasures, is a very extraordinary horcrux, but...after all, it is a place where only ghosts can enter and exit freely. She can enter, which shows that it still has the characteristics of ghosts."

I thought about it and said, "But Master, does it have anything to do with the fact that Chang Yao can reshape her body and her deal with the last heavenly official?"

I know my master very well. He is a person who doesn't like to talk nonsense. Since he suddenly mentioned this at this time, it means that the matter of Chang Yao's reincarnation of the body must be inextricably linked to her deal with the last heavenly official.

relation.

"No, she has indeed reshaped her body."

My master sighed softly: "How much do you know about Xuanniao?"

"There are not many records about black birds in ancient books. I only know that this is a creature that looks a bit like a swallow..."

I shook my head and said: "There is a mountain in the North Sea, called the Mountain of Youdu. The black water comes out of it, and there are black birds, black snakes, black leopards, black tigers, and black foxes with tails on them.

This is the earliest record about the black bird in ancient books. It is very general and the description of its abilities is very vague.

However, Qu Yuan said in "Li Sao" that since Emperor Feng had been punished, he was afraid that Gao Xin would precede me.

Because of this sentence, the modern scholar Guo Moruo believed that the black bird was the phoenix.

But this is obviously a misunderstanding. We Taoist people all know that a black bird is a black bird and a phoenix is ​​a phoenix. These two are two different things.

Regarding the black bird... We can roughly conclude from the bits and pieces of Yanshan Longting that the black bird finally went to the North Sea, which is now near Lake Baikal. Ancient books say that the North Sea is also the ancestral land of the black bird. It should be regarded as

Returned to his ancestral land. In fact, as far as we know, most of the creatures who were born and raised ended up in the far north for some unknown reasons. Some like the Mockingjay are considered an outlier.

And what about Phoenix...

When I was invited by the ancestor of the Hu family to enter the demon ruins, I met an old bird who had a blood feud with my Wei family. The old bird claimed that he had seen a phoenix. The phoenix appeared in the monster ruins, and wherever it passed, the sky was burned with flames.

, burning a temple full of demons in the demon ruins to ashes.

This is just what the old bird said. Whether what it saw was a phoenix remains to be verified, but I think it is very likely. And this one, which once burned down the demon ruins and was suspected of being a phoenix, seemed to be seriously injured, fell into nirvana, and entered

Tianmeng is the colorful turtledove beside the empress and Qingzhu.

This news was told by a common man from Wei, and it is very credible. He once stole the essence and blood of Mei Lan. I personally saw him taking the blood, and he did have extraordinary power.

Therefore, the Phoenix is ​​most likely in the Tianmeng, while the Black Bird went to Beihai, and the two are not the same thing."

"Master, there is some news here. Since that day when Zhao Yao walked out of the wind chime, I found that she seemed to have reshaped her body. I was very puzzled, so I went to visit Grandmaster Luo Chenzi. At the same time, I also consulted many people in Xuanmen.

From the ancient inheritance, we have indeed found out some useful information."

My master said: "Xuanniao, it is considered to be a phoenix. It is not unreasonable.

You should know that they are all born and raised creatures, unique beings bred by heaven and earth under special circumstances. It is very likely that the environments in which black birds and phoenixes were born are very similar. They are similar but different. This is why

As a result, they have become two very similar creatures, and can be regarded as close relatives.

And Xuanniao indeed has the ability to achieve nirvana!

It is like a representative of light and darkness. When it is light, it is visible to everyone and is dazzling. When it is dark, it is just a shadow and cannot be seen by the naked eye.

In other words, the real black bird itself is a creature that stands between reality and illusion. It does not have a body. It can freely choose its own state, whether it is true or false, just in a thought!

"

I raised my eyebrows: "Are you saying that Jiang Yao's state... itself is Xuanniao's ability?"

"Yes, based on the characteristics of Xuanniao, I have to guess that Xuanniao's bloodline does not rely on the physical body. Even the soul can awaken Xuanniao's bloodline."

My master said seriously: "So, after Chang Yao swallowed the essence and blood of the Black Bird, she should have awakened her Black Bird bloodline. Of course, with only such a small amount of essence and blood, her bloodline is still mixed and impure.

Strictly speaking, she can no longer be regarded as a ghost, but should be regarded as... a descendant of the black bird... that has been weakened countless times!

A true descendant of the Black Bird bloodline possesses the characteristics of their ancestor!!

As long as she continues to purify her bloodline, one day, the power of her bloodline... will approach that of her ancestors, and she will become a being similar to the legitimate son of Black Bird!

At that time, she was resurrected from the dead. No, because of the special nature of her bloodline, you can understand that she has never died!

Therefore, she doesn’t even need your help to achieve resurrection from the dead, as long as she can continuously purify her bloodline!”

Now Zhang Yao... can no longer be regarded as a ghost...

She walked on another path and became another kind of life form, higher than human beings and higher than all corpses and monsters. She was following the footsteps of her ancestors and embarked on the path of innate nourishment...

My head was buzzing, and this sentence was the only thing left in my ears.

"This is just some speculation by Grandmaster Luo Chenzi and I. It may not be true, but we think it is extremely close to the truth."

It wasn't until my master spoke again that I gradually came back to my senses, and then I heard him ask me: "What do you think about the saying that the destiny black bird descends and creates business?"

"Legend has it that Jian Di, the mother of Shang Qi, the ancestor of the Yin Shang Dynasty, got pregnant by swallowing the egg of a black bird in the countryside and gave birth to Shang Qi. Therefore, Shang Qi is considered to be a descendant of the black bird."

I shook my head slightly and said: "To be honest, if Mao Yao hadn't swallowed the essence and blood of the black bird, awakened the blood of the black bird, and possessed the ability of the black bird, I would be skeptical about this statement...

Because, Xuanniao is a creature born and raised by nature!

A creature born with natural support has too much luck to have children!

Once they give birth to children, it means that Xuanniao will decline.

If the old wolf does not die, how can the wolf cub become the wolf king?

This is the same as when the old fox of the Hu family gives way to a certain extent. Only when it leaves can the little fox grow up.

If Shang Qi is really the ancestor of Xuanniao, then Xuanniao would have died at that time.

But according to what we learned in the Dragon Court of Yanshan, the black bird is not dead. It is still alive in the descendants of Shang Qi during the reign of Shang King Zu Ding. There is its nest under the Dragon Court of Yanshan, but at that time

It seems to have been severely damaged and it cried blood!

This is contradictory."

My master did not refute, but just asked me with a smile: "A creature that is born and raised by nature leaves heirs, and it will die itself. What is the process of this death? Does it die directly, or does it die slowly?"

I shook my head: "I don't know..."

"You see, those creatures are too far away from us. Our understanding is very vague, and we don't know what the process is. In other words, every creature that is born and raised by nature has a different process when it leaves heirs.

"

My master said: "There must be something wrong with that black bird. It must leave an heir. The Yin and Shang royal family... is the bloodline it left behind. However, it did not give them its own power.

, maybe because its luck is too great, or its power is too great, and the children left by it when it combines with humans are not enough to withstand this power. It itself chose to leave and enter a period of slow death. In the Dragon Court of Yanshan

The nest is the nest it left behind during the long period of its demise. At that time, it was in a bad state and often cried blood. Is it possible that it was not an injury at all, but the inevitable weakness during the period of extinction?

Finally, it heads towards the North Sea.

This is our speculation. If this speculation is true, then Beihai, the ancestral land of Black Bird, must have the tomb of Black Bird there, leaving behind the gifts that Black Bird gave to his heirs. These gifts include its essence and blood, its...

…strength!

You just said that for a creature born and raised by nature, leaving heirs means its own demise, but there is another point you forgot to mention. Even if it withstands all kinds of difficulties and dangers and leaves heirs, its heirs will definitely be troubled.

How difficult!

Let’s take a look at the royal family of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Is King Zhou really as cruel and unkind as the legend says? They fought everywhere, but in the end they ended up with the country destroyed and their clan destroyed!

The gift of Xuanniao should be reserved for those descendants of the Yin and Shang royal family who can withstand bad luck. Only such people can withstand its power!"

After saying this, my master looked at me and said: "If the transaction between the last Heavenly Official and Chang Yao really involves you, it means that he knows you very well, and there is very likely to be an extremely powerful life magician beside him.

Revealed many fragments of your destiny!

He...may have seen something related to the black bird from the fragments of your destiny!

Is it possible that this...is the content of their transaction?

Otherwise, for three thousand years, the royal family of Yin and Shang did not find a drop of black bird essence and blood from the founding of the country, to the destruction of the country and the destruction of the clan, and then to the death of Yao Yao. However, after getting to know you, Yao Yao quickly obtained the blood essence.

, Awakening the bloodline, how do you explain this matter?"
Chapter completed!