Old bear's race remains Feide Shou, this year has not yet pandas kind of life, let God beast team call him "old bear" only because his surname Xiong, specifically called what name, he did not say.
Old Bear, once freed from his troubles, still not satisfied, took out the last heavenly book and asked his clone, "Take a look again, is this really a military text?"
The content is extensive, and the Phoenix clone roughly flipped through it: "...... There are many places in here that mention the name of Huangdi Xuan Yu, it seems to record many of Huangdi's military strategies and tactics. It's strange, how does this book end up with you?"
This is equivalent to the ride of Chi You stole Huang Di's diary, it is very absurd.
Old Bear stammered and hesitated, not wanting to bring up his dark history of being duped by the Celestial Maiden of the Nine Heavens.
Having heard that the three sacred beasts were heading west, he volunteered and proposed to protect them three "chickens," with the condition that the Phoenix clone would teach him Fengzhu. He had fallen into the trap of lacking culture, and this time, no matter what, he had to make up for the lost knowledge!
The Phoenix clone, of course, agreed to this. Old Bear is incredibly strong! With a single stick in hand, he can change the colors of mountains and rivers. In the current stage, she hasn't seen anyone more formidable than this guy.
Teaching Fengzhu to her didn't cost her anything, and she was happily profiting from the heavenly book while teaching it!
......
Old Bear gave up the habit of eating iron for the first half of his life. Whether it's genuine trioxide of iron or not, as long as it oxidizes, some volatile gases will be produced, smelling a bit unpleasant, and it's not actually delicious.
The Feide Shou tribe eats iron, more often to demonstrate their extreme ferocity, to scare their enemies by showing them that they are not to be trifled with. Look at these iron blocks; I can easily bite them to pieces. My "Woong" roar should scare you speechless, shouldn't it? Terrified and still not running away?
Now that he's following the three divine beasts, there's no point in eating those broken iron blocks. He's washed his hands of his old ways and started anew as a bear. Lately, he's become fond of eating bamboo.
Deng Chanyu over here took advantage of the characteristics of the winged tree. With four days of effort, she can send a batch of bamboo to him. Now that Nandu is in hand, the Deng family's domain extends deep into the southern region. As for the purple bamboo, while it may not be endless, it is more than enough to satisfy Old Bear's cravings for snacks.
Just as the team was about to leave the Sichuan basin, with the delivery of a new batch of purple bamboo, there also came along a small portion of spiritual materials, delicacies, and the cold incense pills specially made by Miss Ji.
The rainwater was collected on the way to Nandu, and the snowwater was just in time when he returned to Jizhou. Although the weather was definitely wrong at that time, there's no need to be too strict about it since it's his first attempt.
The remaining white peony, white lotus, and others are all relatively easy to collect. Since "Mr. Deng" mentioned in the letter that he has a vegetarian friend, Miss Ji's side buried them for a month and sent "Mr. Deng" four cold incense pills.
During this time, Deng Chanyu has been arguing with the iron staff, worried that eating it might affect her stomach. Considering that the Phoenix clone has a high tolerance to poisons and Old Bear is not picky about food, able to eat iron, let alone cold incense pills, and there's also Youwu, the semi-vegetarian, she immediately sent the cold incense pills to them.
What is this thing? Holding the small cold incense pill the size of a longan, Old Bear looked at it under sunlight, carefully smelled it twice, and had a hunch that it might not be as delicious as bamboo...
"Here you go, take them all. This is a gift from a friend who went out of their way to send it. It's just a token of goodwill!" The Phoenix clone also took one for herself.
Including Old Bear, each member of the Divine Beasts team held a low-end version of the cold incense pill.
The Phoenix clone led by shouting a slogan: "One golden pill swallowed down, my life is mine, not yours!"
She blurred the last "heaven" and said it in passing elsewhere. In a world where Tian Dao watches everything, she dare not say it.
The taste of the cold incense pill is indescribable.
Youwu: "Okay...sort of..."
Dang: "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
Old Bear's face turned pale, and his red tongue poked out, clearly choked. Youwu hurriedly handed him some water.
The Phoenix clone's face was also not good-looking. Old Bear, with his big head and thick neck, found it difficult to swallow. The birds' throats are very thin, making it hard to swallow such a large pill: "Cough cough cough! There's a strong smell of soil! But the taste is still decent, right? Say, isn't it?"
Regardless of whether it's decent or not, there's no mention of the cold incense pill in the team anymore. While its main body was grinding the staff, it also wrote a long letter to Miss Ji, giving both the quality of goods and logistics speed a five-star review. The cold incense pill is very delicious, patients with serious diseases can eat more, but healthy people should skip it.
In the letter, she detailed a soup called "Yao Yao Shu Nü, Jun Zi Hao Qiu," which is supposed to be good to drink. Have some soup to nourish your stomach, let's not keep pounding on the cold incense pills anymore...
...
Old Bear is a greedy eater and sleeper, often doing foolish things that make people laugh out loud. However, with his vast experience, he leads the way for them, easily defeating a few small monsters along the way.
The team didn't encounter any more Luo Feng slope or Jue Long Ridge, and they returned to the main path smoothly.
As someone who fulfills promises made to others, the first stop was planned to be Qinhe. They intended to ask about how the Dragoness from Dongting was faring after her marriage.
They left Qishan, bypassed Xiqi City, and traveled upstream to reach the Jinghe River.
"Old Bear, how are your water combat abilities? Maybe you could sneak into the Dragon Palace and ask around?" The Phoenix clone asked quietly to the team leader.
Old Bear's round face showed a difficult expression.
I'm already this fat, and you want me to go underwater?
To be honest, his water combat ability is indeed very weak.
From his expression, it's clear he can't handle it. The Phoenix clone sighed internally. Not to fear a million, but to fear a thousand, even if there's only a 1% chance of war, preparation should be made in advance. Now it seems that Old Bear is not skilled in water combat, so let's switch to plan B.
She took out the heavenly book and quickly flipped through it.
"...... I'll look for that spell. Found it! Let's not go to the Dragon Palace, let's consult the divination to see if we can find out where this dragoness is and how she's doing."
The content of the heavenly book is diverse, covering many aspects of Shan, medicine, fate, and divination. It is truly a comprehensive encyclopedia for cultivators.
The book is written in Fengzhu script, and when the Phoenix clone uses it, she can also harness some power. At this moment, she recited the incantation, and as her magical power merged with the heavenly book, the air around her suddenly grew heavy. It was dim and shadowy, and one could see some obscure and difficult-to-understand words that seemed like they would spread their wings to fly off at any moment.
Dang and Youwu looked at it with wide mouths, and Old Bear secretly rolled his eyes. Who knows, you thought you were going to perform some powerful spell... It's just a spell to find the way and locate someone...
The Phoenix clone felt as if she was using a large knife to embroider flowers, with the wrong method of using her magical power, resulting in most of her inner power being drained. She was exhausted and could hardly stand, with a large puff of faint red mist forming above her head. She held the heavenly book and gestured for Old Bear to cooperate with her: "Hurry up, hurry! Give it to me!"
Old Bear was quite attentive and immediately climbed a tree, then snapped off a branch the length of an arm with a "snap, snap," took a few quick steps, and handed it to her.
"Let's see my Immortal Master's Path!" The Phoenix clone loudly announced the name of the spell, then threw the branch high into the sky. With a light "snap" sound, all four divine beasts looked down at the direction indicated by where the branch landed.
