Realms In The Firmament

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

‘Because you are more cunning than me! You have an evil heart!’

“You are not convincing.” Ye Xiao casually said, “I am not going to let you go. Just stay here. You won’t die, and I will be safe. It is good for you, for me, for everybody!”

The bird was upset, sitting on the floor listlessly.

‘Am I going to lose freedom from now on?’

‘This is good for my ass! This is nothing good!’

“I am a cultivator. I want to be invincible. I want to be at the peak of the world. I want to be immortal.” Ye Xiao seriously said, “I want to be strong, powerful… Do you understand?”

The bird twisted its mouth.

‘Who doesn’t?’

‘Isn’t every cultivator the same?’

‘You are just like Fang Wudi. All cultivators are the same!’

“Well, you are a spiritual medicinal plant. Deep down, you know what you are. In fact, I do recognize you as a bird.” Ye Xiao said, “Tell me then. What is it that you want? Let me put it this way… What do you want to get in your life?”

Bab looked at Ye Xiao with surprise and confusion.

‘What is this guy doing? Why is he saying these to me?’

“I need a balance point.” Ye Xiao said, “I must know what your life goal is as a bird.”

‘Life goal?’

The bird finally calmed down and started thinking.

After a long time, it stood up and paced around for two rounds with its two small legs.

The bird actually walked like a man. It paced around and got lost in its thoughts. Ye Xiao had strong self-control. If not, he would have laughed out to death.

‘Life goal as a bird…’

Bab was truly thinking about this question seriously. It was the first time people asked Bab this question. It didn’t know what to answer.

‘I haven’t thought about that ever before. What is my life goal?’

“Think about it. When you were a spiritual medicinal plant, your goal was to become this. Now you have successfully become a living bird, which meant you have fulfilled your goal. What’s next then? Hmmm… You still don’t get it, do you? Okay. When you became a bird, you must have a reason or a plan for it… I guess you have already made the plan work. What is the next step though? Do you have anything else that you want to do? Let’s say… Do you want to be immortal? You have become a living bird now, so you must want to be alive forever, don’t you?”

Ye Xiao kept talking. “For example… Do you want to be free forever? You want to live freely, don’t you? You want freedom. What about power? Do you want invincible power? It always brings you benefits! What about…”

Ye Xiao kept giving the bird many hints, but the little thing kept shaking its head.

Apparently, Ye Xiao didn’t have a clue what the bird truly wanted.

“I want… forever…” The bird thought very hard and said, “Forever… I don’t want to be eaten ever…”

Ye Xiao almost fell off his chair.

That was so simple and honest…

“Why are you so silly? Didn’t I just tell you something much better? When you have invincible power, you will get many benefits, including not being eaten! The stronger you are, the fewer people can eat you!”

Ye Xiao kept explaining. “That’s a simple reason. As long as you can be fast enough, nobody would be able to catch up with you. Who can ever eat you then?”

The bird’s eyes shined for a while, but then it shook its head again.

Apparently, it knew that it was impossible to be the fastest in the world.

“What is it? You don’t have the confidence? You don’t have faith in yourself? You see, maybe you don’t have to improve so much to be as powerful as that!”

You can work with me. We can help each other. You will reach your goal with my help!” Ye Xiao said, “I can protect you. Nobody can hurt you when you are under my protection, and you should help me as much as you can in return.”

“Chirp, chirp?” The bird raised up its head and looked at Ye Xiao with surprise.

‘How… How can I help you? Do you want me to let you eat me? Do you want to eat my legs or wings?’

“The dan bead that I fed you, and those medicinal plants you got, how were they? You can feel it, can’t you?” Ye Xiao tried to lure it.

The bird thought of the dan bead and the medicinal materials. Its eyes shined with strange lights, and then it pretended to be obstinate. It chirped again.

What it meant was… ‘The dan bead and the medicinal materials were good, but they were not enough to convince the bird. I am a great creature in the world… Hmm… Dan beads don’t work so well on me, because I am a natural medicinal plant. Your dan bead must be some top-level dan bead, but for me, it isn’t so good… Well, that thing you gave me was kind of… impressive…’

“You know what? I have a lot of this kind of dan beads.” Ye Xiao turned over his hand and there were seven or eight dan beads with dan clouds on his hand. The dan clouds suddenly rose up and filled up the entire space.

‘You little thing! Nobody in the world can resist my valuable treasures! Hawky caved because of my… Well, cough… I wonder how you can resist this!’

However, Bab was quite surprised but stood straight up. It actually wasn’t really attracted!

Ye Xiao was dumbfounded. ‘What the hell is this? When I showed the supreme dan beads, people always caved no matter how powerful they are! What is this about?’

‘Such a little bird actually resists my great dan beads? How is this possible?’

Ye Xiao was blank, but Erhuo wasn’t. Erhuo talked to him through mind connection. It was a simple instruction. “Unleash your extreme purple energy field!”

Ye Xiao heard it, and he knew how profound and knowledgeable Erhuo was, so he was convinced. He raised his energy up and operated the East-rising Purple Qi. A flow of extremely powerful purple qi was unleashed!

“Chirp chirp…” Bab’s eyes lit up. It rushed over like a bear running to honey. A cat running toward a big fish. A dog running to… a poo… Anyway, it just didn’t pretend to be elegant anymore.

Ye Xiao was confused, but he didn’t hesitate. He knew he must take this chance. He came up with an idea immediately and suddenly stopped the pure purple qi. He humphed and said, “What are you doing? This is not for you!”