Chapter 84: Kunpeng Tears

Xu Ziyan stared at the two giant birds with wide eyes before finally landing carefully between them. She timidly glanced around and saw that both birds still showed no reaction. Her heart relaxed a bit.

Slowly, she first approached the Phoenix. Looking up at its huge head, she felt as small and humble as an ant.

“Hey! Brother Phoenix? Sister Phoenix? Are you male, or female?”

The Phoenix showed no response at all. Xu Ziyan excitedly clapped her hands, then jumped on her sword and rose into the air. She flew up slowly to get a closer look at the Phoenix right in front of her.

The Phoenix’s eyes were tightly shut. Xu Ziyan flew right up to its face and poked its head gently with her finger. Then she quickly pulled her hand back and whooshed high up into the sky.

She never took her eyes off the Phoenix. Seeing that it didn’t react at all to her poke, Xu Ziyan felt completely reassured this time.

With another whoosh, she descended very fast this time and landed directly on the Phoenix’s head. Gazing at the Phoenix’s massive body, she couldn’t help but frown with worry.

“These are all such precious things! But I have no way to take them away!”

She plopped down on the Phoenix’s head, squinted her eyes to look at the Kunpeng across from her. She patted the Phoenix head beneath her, then reluctantly jumped off and flew directly over to land on the Kunpeng’s head.

She was just about to take a good look at the legendary Kunpeng when she suddenly felt the Kunpeng’s head move under her feet. Xu Ziyan’s heart jumped. With a whoosh, she flew up into the sky at twice her normal speed.

She didn’t look back, just kept flying straight up until she was sure nothing was chasing her. Then she stopped, panting heavily, and looked back down toward the ground.

In that instant just now, Xu Ziyan flew incredibly fast! Incredibly high! When she looked back toward the ground, the massive Phoenix and Kunpeng had become very small.

Looking down from high above at the tiny Phoenix and Kunpeng, Xu Ziyan’s heart was still pounding violently. She had been really scared just now. Just thinking about how the huge legendary Kunpeng had moved made her whole body tremble.

She hovered in the air for a while, thinking about whether she should leave immediately or go back down for another look. In the end, Xu Ziyan couldn’t resist the temptation. Once again, she slowly descended bit by bit.

Finally, Xu Ziyan was floating in front of the Kunpeng again, staring straight into its eyes. The Kunpeng seemed to sense Xu Ziyan’s presence. Its eyelids trembled slowly and with effort, as if it was trying hard to open its eyes.

The moment the Kunpeng’s eyelids twitched slightly, with a whoosh, Xu Ziyan vanished without a trace again.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Ziyan returned in front of the Kunpeng once more. This time, when the Kunpeng struggled to open its eyes, Xu Ziyan didn’t leave. After this happened several times, Xu Ziyan felt sure in her heart that even if this Kunpeng wasn’t dead yet, it was very close to death and had no strength left to harm her.

Sure enough, apart from its struggle to open its eyes, the Kunpeng made no other moves. Xu Ziyan watched it silently. After all, this was her first time seeing a living Kunpeng. She felt nervous, and her breathing became a bit rapid. She thought to herself:

“This Kunpeng is trying so hard to open its eyes. What is it trying to do?”

As the Kunpeng’s eyes gradually opened, Xu Ziyan’s heart tightened completely. Her face turned pale from tension. She gathered the full power of the 11th Level of Qi Refining Stage, ready to flee the scene at any moment.

After a long while, the Kunpeng finally half-opened its eyes and looked at Xu Ziyan. Xu Ziyan clenched her fists, her palms sweaty. She suppressed the urge to immediately retreat and tried hard to control her expression, making herself look friendly as she gazed gently at the Kunpeng.

The person and the bird just looked at each other like that. Xu Ziyan said nothing, while the Kunpeng’s gaze showed a probing look. Finally, as if it had made up its mind, Xu Ziyan clearly saw deep sorrow in its eyes.

Xu Ziyan was startled, not knowing why the Kunpeng had such a look, but she still tried her best to stay calm and kept looking at the Kunpeng gently.

The Kunpeng suddenly struggled to lift its upper body and raised its right wing with all its might. Xu Ziyan’s first thought was to fly away on her sword. But she saw grief and pleading in the Kunpeng’s eyes, with no trace of killing intent.

So, gritting her teeth, Xu Ziyan didn’t fly away. She just tried her best to make her gaze toward the Kunpeng even more gentle.

Finally, the Kunpeng raised its wing a bit higher and began to vibrate it continuously but softly, as if it were shooing something out.

This completely caught Xu Ziyan’s curiosity. She carefully studied the Kunpeng’s eyes and indeed found no killing intent, only sadness and pleading.

Feeling a bit more at ease, Xu Ziyan descended on her sword, landing on the snowy ground. She stood in front of the Kunpeng’s wing and tried hard to peer underneath it.

After about fifteen minutes, a small, fluffy white bird poked its tiny head out from under the Kunpeng’s wing. It lifted its head, looked at Xu Ziyan with its gem-like eyes, tilted its cute little head adorably, and let out little “cheep cheep” sounds.

Xu Ziyan’s heart instantly melted with affection. The little bird in front of her was just too adorable. Its snow-white fluffy down, gem-like eyes, and cute, clumsy look — everything about it made Xu Ziyan love it so much it hurt.

She bent down, picked up the little bird from the snow, and held it in her arms. She reached out and gently stroked it. But the little bird didn’t seem to like Xu Ziyan; instead, it pecked at her fingers with its small golden beak.

Its strength was too weak to hurt Xu Ziyan, though. It just tickled her, making her giggle uncontrollably.

But then she suddenly remembered that she was holding a Kunpeng, and its mother was right in front of her. She immediately shut her mouth.

Holding the Little Kunpeng with both hands, she flew up on her sword again and returned to the big Kunpeng’s face. She held out the Little Kunpeng, presenting it before the big Kunpeng’s eyes.

The Kunpeng’s eyes were filled with deep sorrow. Tears slowly overflowed from its eyes and fell, drip by drip.