Chapter 478 - Probe (1/2)

It took Ou Yangming some time to comfort the rather agitated Old Craftsman. Although the old man was reasonable, he was selfish because he did not want the young fellow to take risks. He was not affected when the Insects attacked the city, but it was impossible to ignore the deafening battle cries in the city.

Even when Ou Yangming descended from the sky and brought the good news that the Insects were wiped out, the old man did not seem to be happy.

This was because Old Craftsman could tell it was Ou Yangming and Elder Universe that eliminated the Insects. What saddened him more was Elder Universe perished together with a spirit insect, and the thought of it gave him palpitations.

Fortunately, Ou Yangming returned to Old Craftsman alive. The old man slowly relaxed after being worried for the whole day, and he finally fell deep asleep.

Ou Yangming tiptoed out of Old Craftsman’s room, and he immediately spotted a little burnt thing lying lazily on the floor. Big Yellow, which had always been close to him, stayed far away as it seemed to fear the little bird.

The young fellow tilted his head and observed for some time. Even though he could not tell what about the little bird that frightened Big Yellow and the goshawk so much, he collected himself and placed his hand next to the little bird.

Upon seeing this, the little bird blinked several times. According to its plan, it was not going to meet Ou Yangming at all at this time.

Nonetheless, the sudden strike of a thunderbolt left the little bird with no choice. When it was pursued by the thunderbolt and noticed Ou Yangming, it subconsciously regarded him as its comrade, which was why it drew the thunderbolt to him. Once the thunderbolt was gone, the little bird was still afraid. At the end of the day, Ou Yangming might be its comrade, but his cultivation base was too low. If even it could not resist the thunderbolt, how could the young fellow fend it off?

Who knew, the outcome shocked the little bird because Ou Yangming successfully stopped half of the thunderbolt power.

The little bird contributed to half of it but given Ou Yangming’s ability, it was quite unbelievable that he could stop half of the thunderbolt power.

If it was previously proud and felt superior to Ou Yangming, it would consciously lower its head now. Every comrade in its race was important, but they were different in strengths.

After a moment of hesitation, the little bird finally made a move and hopped on to Ou Yangming’s palm.

The goshawk widened its eyes again from a distance away. It was witnessing the scene itself, but it still felt like it was dreaming.

‘Mm, Master is definitely not a human. He must be a part of that race but is in human skin…’

On the other hand, the big yellow dog was envious. It seemed like it wanted to step forward, but it flinched after taking half a step forward because the little bird looked at it half-intentionally. Though the little bird did not seem fierce, Big Yellow felt like it was poured with cold water, and it quickly gave up the unrealistic thought.

Ou Yangming carried the little bird into his bathroom. By then, the servants had prepared a basin of water for him.

The little bird jumped when it saw the basin. A look of disgust could also be seen in its seemingly psychic eyes.

“Knock it off. You’re too dirty, so you should clean up.” Ou Yangming smiled bitterly.

The burnt look was certainly not the little bird’s original appearance. He wanted to see what exactly it looked like if it recovered its true self.

Just as he forcefully tried to put the little bird into the basin, its burnt feathers glowed in intense red light. The red light was striking, and water that contacted it instantly turned into vapor as they were dried up by the light.

What shocked Ou Yangming was the red light only dried the water around the little bird. As for the basin and the items around it, they were perfectly fine. Furthermore, the young fellow sensed a fluctuation from the Military Fire in his sea of consciousness when the red light shone. Unquestionably, the red light was connected to the fire, or they could not have resonated at all.

Ou Yangming’s eyelids twitched. ‘Sure enough, this fella is mystical. No wonder the goshawk and Big Yellow revere and fear it.’

Once the little bird curbed the red light, the black spots on its body disappeared, and they were replaced by a bright red color. Despite that, not only was the red color catching, but it also carried an unspeakable sense of danger.

The little bird looked up and expressed its proudness through its lively eyes.

‘Hmph, trying to soak me in the water? Impossible.’

Ou Yangming forced a smile. He was extremely surprised when he looked at his hands.

He sensed intense heat when the red light glowed, but it was not painful at all because he felt like he was releasing the Military Fire.

This made him more certain that the little bird was related to the Heavenly Phoenix Fire.

He put aside his curiosity and remarked with a smile, “Little fella, you have some tricks up your sleeves.”

The little bird lifted its head high and glanced disdainfully at Ou Yangming as though it was displaying its arrogance. Nevertheless, after a while, it looked half-intentionally at the young fellow.

Ou Yangming grinned and did not bother at all. He stood up and carried the little bird in his hand.

The little bird struggled a little and stared at one of Ou Yangming’s fingers as if it was considering pecking it once. The young fellow was not inferior to spirit beasts anymore after his body was tempered by the Heavenly Thunderbolts, but the little bird was confident that it could make him bleed by pecking his finger once.

It finally gave up after it fell silent for a moment, and it lay quietly on Ou Yangming’s hand without moving anymore.

Ou Yangming, who was clueless about the little bird’s thoughts, brought it into a room. They were in a big courtyard, and this was the most luxurious room other than Old Craftsman’s. It used to be the young fellow’s residence, but he let it out now.