Yun Xiao was slightly embarrassed. She had previously tried to tame the ferrous beast in the Emei Mountain, and then brought one back to raise for fun.
She didn't have the favorite spiritual bamboo of the ferrous beast, but she could snatch it, after all!
As large as the Honghuang era is, it's unlikely that all the spiritual bamboo trees are planted on the land of sages. There must be some outside of it.
She had previously passed by the South Sea and saw a patch of purple bamboo forest. She didn't know whose Daoist field it was, but she was sure it was not that of a sage. She thought it would be possible to find the owner and then buy some for pet care.
She had done a lot of repairs to the three fairy islands, which had been ravaged by Yun Zhongzi's torture. She had used almost half of her quasi-saintly power to restore them.
There's food and space, just lacking pets.
She found wild ferrous beasts in the deep mountains of Emei, but they were fierce. As soon as they saw her, they started howling. They didn't even look at her with their eyes, let alone try to sell cute poses.
She had no choice but to find a ferrous beast expert for guidance.
Deng ChanYu thought this wasn't a big deal. Remembering the old bear's instructions to the phoenix side, she emphasized, "It can be done, but one must not use force."
"Never."
"You can't take them all."
"Just choose one."
"Alright, let me take you to choose a wild one, and you can bring it back to slowly nurture the relationship."
Deng ChanYu took Yun Xiao to the rear mountain of Emei. The ferrous beast ate anything, which was forced by their circumstances. They were not skilled in hunting and also tended to be lazy and fat, often going hungry with their stomachs pressed against their backs. As a result, they naturally developed the habit of eating whatever they saw.
Due to the lack of food, they had developed the habit of solitude, creating a vicious cycle. The more solitary the ferrous beasts became, the less they felt inclined to hunt.
What? It's already past noon? Yay, lunch is saved! Just have dinner with two clay blocks, and then eat something good the next day.
The old bear, this ancestor, has been suppressing things for several thousand years. The bear sons and grandsons have gone hungry one day and full the next, living an extremely difficult life. Later, when they heard that Emei Mountain provided food and drink, it spread from one to ten, then from ten to a hundred, and a vast crowd gathered here.
Deng ChanYu asked Yun Xiao to find a wild ferrous beast to feed, but this statement was not accurate. The ferrous beasts in Emei Mountain are now in semi-wild conditions. She herself acts as a keeper, occasionally feeding them some food. It's better not to overfeed them, or they will cause trouble. After feeding them, she leaves, and the ferrous beasts don't even notice her. The two in the former Southern Capital Princess's mansion were kept for several years before that.
At that moment, Deng ChanYu pointed at the ferrous beasts living separately below to introduce them.
"How about that one climbing the tree?"
Yun Xiao gave it a careful look and asked, "Is it because it's too fat?"
Deng ChanYu explained, "These guys just have a big bottom, right? They are indeed a bit fat. How about that one rolling around over there?"
"It seems not very intelligent."
"The species seems a bit dull, considering your description. How about that one over there, the one colliding with the tree?"
It took some time to pick out a ferrous beast that met Yun Xiao's expectations.
Deng ChanYu took out the three-piece set of bamboo tube, bamboo basket, and bamboo lantern that Chi You had personally woven to deceive the ferrous beast tribe.
The bamboo sets looked a bit rough, but Chi You had put a lot of effort into them in the beginning. The love for these toys had been ingrained in the blood of the ferrous beasts. Even though the old bear said they were childish now, his bamboo hood was still personally woven by Chi You back then. He had a strong attachment to this old master.
Yun Xiao was overjoyed as if she had found a treasure. She took the three sets of bamboo to play with the ferrous beasts in the mountains, saying it was to cultivate feelings.
Deng ChanYu returned to the Taiyuan Cave and found Xiao Qingluan looking despondent. The little fairies were quite sensitive, so she pitifully asked, "Little Master, does the Queen not want me anymore?"
Deng ChanYu smiled and said, "How could that be? You're all one family. Hmm, family..."
Like a stroke of inspiration, she took out the receipt labeled "Very Satisfied" that Deng Xiu had given her, and a corner of the mist in her heart was lifted.
It clicked in her mind. This whole thing has been a big roundabout, and it turns out to be you!
She had a 90% confidence that Deng Xiu was the third candidate for the Purple Emperor's position.
She didn't notice it before, but...
She didn't notice that on one hand, she had "inserted a tube" into Yuan Feng, temporarily blinding her spiritual essence in all aspects. However, she had a Chiàn Tiān Chǐ (measure of the heavens), so this state wouldn't last long.
On the other hand, it's because "only because I'm in this mountain." She is too close to Deng Xiu and has overlooked the life chart of her dear brother.
Xiao Qingluan dazedly looked at her. She handed the big doll a new shovel and said, "Go ahead and work."
After sending away the big doll with a face full of disdain, she began to seriously consider the impact of this matter on herself.
She remembered that when she first stepped onto the path of cultivation, she had looked at Deng Xiu's fate. At that time, it was just prestigious, still far from becoming the Purple Emperor.
"One's fate, two's fortune, three's feng shui," this is for ordinary people. The actual destiny is not fixed.
Is Hongjun's destiny predetermined by something? No, it was something he fought out through life-and-death struggles.
The destiny of the Six Deities' half of their lives were planned by Heaven, but their efforts in the second half cannot be ignored.
Deng Xiu was relatively inconspicuous in the original timeline. Deng Jiugong was at least captured after losing the battle and being executed by being pushed out. Deng Chanyu was blinded by Gaolan Ying's solar needle, and then cut down on her horse with one stroke. There were some textual descriptions of it, but reading the original work might make you feel that "the author is feeding readers shit, give up!"
Deng Xiu had no description at all. He followed Deng Jiugong to surrender to the Zhou camp, and the next time he appeared was when Ji Ziya formally appointed deities. No one knew when he had died.
After his death, he was honored as one of the Five Ghost Stars. Compared to Deng Jiugong's Green Dragon Star and Deng Chanyu's Lihexing Star, his fate was clearly of a different level.
Now that Deng Xiu's fate is high enough to be a candidate for the Purple Emperor, it's definitely not true that he has nothing to do with Deng Chanyu now.
Whether it's the disciples of a sage or the Chiàn Tiān Chǐ, both have greatly elevated his fate on the side.
Deng ChanYu had no psychological burden in seizing the opportunity to take over Deng Xiu. If she hadn't come across, Deng Xiu would have become the Fifth Ghost Star. Letting him become a human emperor and enjoy earthly wealth for generations to come, the karma she has created is already enough.
Deng ChanYu closed her eyes and cultivated her inner spirit. Fenghuang then began to try and absorb the trace of the Ziwei Star's core light.
The method that Yuan Feng initially used to seize the source of this light must not have been particularly graceful or elegant.
When she attempted to control that point of origin with her spiritual consciousness, which had obvious characteristics of the Feng Clan's bloodline, she encountered fierce resistance.
Unwilling, indignant, unyielding, and all sorts of emotions Fenghuang ignored them one by one. She didn't say the words "My destiny is in my own hands, not in the heavens," but that was what she meant in her heart. Fenghuang was originally the king of birds. The king's fate had been consumed through repeated metamorphosis, but the foundation was still there. Even if a beggar was a king, he was still a king. She had the qualification to accommodate the fate of an emperor.
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