I Come to Teach You Cultivation-Chapter 245 - 15: The Way Is Not True, God Is Also Demon (3/3)
"Although I’m arrogant, I’m not so arrogant as to ignore the Celestial Prophet."
Upon hearing this unexpected yet reasonable reply, the Flower Mantis couldn’t help but glance again at Hidden Flight in the water.
Then, the Flower Mantis saw the other party staring into his eyes, with a face full of a teasing smile.
"Haha!"
"Isn’t this the answer you wanted to hear?"
"Unfortunately, that’s the wrong answer!"
Disregarding the bewilderment on the Flower Mantis’s face, Hidden Flight carelessly expressed a completely unexpected answer.
"Actually, my reason for doing this is simple, it’s because you’re very beautiful."
"So beautiful that I couldn’t help but rescue you from a sea of corpses and blood..."
"So beautiful that I think having you by my side is quite nice..."
"I don’t want to share you with any other Guhuo Bird, even if you’re the ’Guhuo Bird’ yourself."
Step by step, Hidden Flight walked onto the shore, casually picking up the feather robe hanging on the treetop in advance.
"Of course, because you’re beautiful, I’m also willing to respect your thoughts."
"If you want to become a Guhuo Bird, I’ll slaughter the Spirit Monsters and Mountain People here for you, even at the risk of being exposed to that prophet."
Still the familiar slick tone, still the familiar teasing temptation.
The Flower Mantis, for a moment, couldn’t even tell if Hidden Flight was joking or really thought this way.
The only thing certain was that the Flower Mantis did not want to become a Guhuo Bird, an avatar of someone else.
"No, I will never become a Guhuo Bird; in that case, I’d rather end my own life."
The Flower Mantis was not joking. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
His eyes told Hidden Flight that he had mentally prepared for this sufficiently.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I like your kind of humorless personality."
As Hidden Flight donned the feather robe, her body gradually grew feathers, and both arms transformed into wings.
In the blink of an eye, Hidden Flight turned from a seductive human female into a magnificent bird.
"Are you planning to leave?"
Seeing Hidden Flight’s body continuously shrink, and finally land on his head, the Flower Mantis couldn’t help but bewilderedly ask.
If he recalled correctly, Hidden Flight’s trip was not purely to bathe in this reservoir.
Besides observing and researching the composition of cement and the dam.
Another purpose of Hidden Flight was to mingle into Flood Control Village, probing the situation further.
After all, Flood Control Village was a place frequented by many Mountain People.
As long as Hidden Flight concealed herself slightly, mingling in to gather intel wasn’t too difficult.
"Plans can’t keep up with changes; an annoying fellow is coming, so I’m forced to leave early."
Human language came from the bird’s mouth; Hidden Flight, while saying this, did not hide the complex emotions in her words.
"Annoying fellow?"
It was the first time Flower Mantis heard "annoying" from Hidden Flight’s mouth.
"Your enemy discovered you?"
Rarely showing some curiosity, the Flower Mantis wanted to know what kind of person Hidden Flight could find annoying.
"Not just an enemy, our relationship is quite complicated..."
"A few years ago, I wouldn’t have minded meeting him."
"But since practicing the ’Perception Technique,’ my understanding of the whole world has changed."
"Sometimes I even question whether I’m really a Guhuo Bird, a Night Traveling Maiden, or something else entirely?"
"Why is my perception so at odds with my own essence?"
"Am I truly alive, or have I really existed?"
"What does dying feel like? What is the essence of immortality?"
"Does the life or death of individual matter to Guhuo Bird?"
"Or does dying mean something different for the Guhuo Bird collective?"
As she said these words, Hidden Flight showed rare confusion, even a hint of madness.
Thankfully, Hidden Flight quickly realized her lapse, adjusted her emotions, and smiled while asking.
"Speaking of which, you’ve been with me for four or five years now..."
"Do you know why I came to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range?"
Seeing this, Flower Mantis, not for the first time witnessing such demeanor, immediately lowered his head.
He knew that Hidden Flight, in this state, was only a step away from losing control, and with a slight mishap could completely transform into madness.
Therefore, the Flower Mantis could only go along with Hidden Flight’s topic, divert her attention, and let her regain calm.
"You came to this Hundred Li Mountain Range, wasn’t it because of the ’Path of Celestial and Human’ taught by the Prophet?"
Since Hidden Flight’s goal had always been clear and undisguised.
Therefore, Flower Mantis knew very well that the reason she remained in this Hundred Lands Mountain Range was to glimpse the continuation of the ’Path of Celestial and Human.’
Unfortunately, aside from the ’Breathing Technique’ and ’Perception Technique’, the other methods of Li Boyang have not been disseminated.
In fact, even for the ’Breathing Technique’ and ’Perception Technique,’ only a few truly grasp their essence.
Most are like Flower Mantis and Hidden Flight, through indirect means and textual descriptions, piecing together some of the key points.
As for those Ghost Gods of Yunmeng Marsh?
Let’s not talk about how many of them have received Li Boyang’s true teachings.
Just by looking at Lord Tingyao’s formidable performance, one can tell that any Ghost God allowed by Li Boyang to leave Yunmeng Marsh wouldn’t be weak.
"Of course not, I didn’t know anything about ’Path of Celestial and Human’ at first."
Decisively shaking her head in denial, Hidden Flight smiled and revealed her true purpose when she first came to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
"It was a rescue; another Guhuo Bird called for help, so I came to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range."
After a slight pause in the tone, Hidden Flight continued to explain.
"Although Guhuo Birds come from the same origin and share a soul, not all individuals can grow to my extent."
"That unfortunate Guhuo Bird was an individual that hadn’t grown yet."
"She was originally a Nine-tailed Descendant, and by chance appeared in the Qingqiu Kingdom..."
"So she hatched a devious plan, seducing the Qingqiu Country Lord to sacrifice infants, attempting to use this as a chance to upgrade to a real Nine-tailed Celestial Fox."
Speaking of this past event, Hidden Flight sighed as if empathetically.
"Unfortunately, she underestimated human nature and overestimated her own abilities..."
"The Qingqiu Country Lord indeed wanted to extend his life and live long, but did not intend to become a Guhuo Bird."
"On the contrary, realizing her aim was to replace the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox’s faith, the Qingqiu Country Lord chose betrayal."
"First, he cut off the sacrifices, then he led Great Xia’s Minister of Justice, who betrayed her at the critical moment of her upgrade to a Nine-tailed Fox."
"To escape alive, the fox first severed one tail, then during the chase, cut off another."
"By the time she escaped to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range, she had transformed from an Eight-tailed Fox to a Six-tailed Fox."
"And due to her identity exposure, she was forced to reincarnate, hoping to rise again."
When Hidden Flight said this, the Flower Mantis had basically grasped the whole sequence of events.
"So, you originally came for the reincarnated form of that Six-tailed Fox?"
With a faint smile, nodding slightly, Hidden Flight murmured regretfully.
"I was late; the unfortunate one encountered the Prophet here, and even her final reincarnated form was sealed by him."
"If it weren’t for the special sensing among Guhuo Birds, I would’ve thought she was completely dead."
Upon these words, the Flower Mantis suddenly gained clarity.
Even understanding why Hidden Flight was so fixated on the Prophet, his mind subtly came to another hypothesis.
"Do you wish to attain the complete ’Path of Celestial and Human’ through your counterpart?"
With an ambiguous flapping of the wings, Hidden Flight just smiled as usual.
"Who knows?"
"You can keep guessing; after all, we have plenty of time."
After speaking, Hidden Flight looked towards the direction outside of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range and said.
"But before that, we must leave here first..."
"Although I’ve gone mad, I don’t want to tangle with a real lunatic."
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