"Stay away from me, once you get a whiff of my scent, they will hunt you down too!"
It then weakly explained to Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping took a cautious step back into the courtyard.
"Xifeng Pavilion... allied with the Peacock King, they almost exterminated my White-Headed Eagle clan. My mother's fate is unknown, and only I managed to escape."
Baiyu adjusted his breathing and continued:
"Taiping, I came here to ask you to inform my father. The Peacock King, to occupy the White-Headed Eagle's blessed land, Fenglai Valley, set a trap with Xifeng Pavilion's Liu Songshan, trapping my mother, and then massacred the White-Headed Eagle clan. Please... please make him avenge me, if... if he... if he is still alive."
After saying this, his head drooped weakly.
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping's confusion was greatly reduced.
Over this period, he had heard Baiyu complain many times about the grievances between the White-Headed Eagles and the Peacock King's clan, but he never expected Xifeng Pavilion to ally with the Peacock King's clan.
"Xu Taiping, don't try to save me, don't get involved, you are no match for the Peacock King."
At this moment, Baiyu, whose head was still on the muddy ground, struggled to remind Xu Taiping again.
Xu Taiping was caught in a dilemma.
Just as he was hesitating, a peacock's cry echoed from the sky, even amidst the heavy rain, the sound still reverberated through the mountains.
"Taiping, you can put Baiyu into my green gourd."
Lingyue Fairy reminded Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded, then unfastened the green gourd from his waist.
If not for Lingyue Fairy's reminder, he would have forgotten about this.
After more than two years of nurturing, the space inside the green gourd had grown to the size of half a courtyard, and it also had the ability to suck in some weaker or non-resistant beasts.
Lingyue Fairy recited a spell, and a suction force emerged from the green gourd, pulling Baiyu in.
assured, the green gourd can shield the aura of the heavens, Baiyu will be safe inside."
After saying this, Lingyue Fairy also entered the gourd.
"The peacock is about to arrive, be careful."
Lingyue Fairy added from inside the gourd.
Xu Taiping nodded, then got up and returned to the courtyard, closing the gate.
Not long after, the gate of Qingzhu Residence was knocked on.
Without a doubt, the one outside the gate was the Peacock King.
Xu Taiping, standing in the rain, did not rush to open the door but asked.
It was a capital offense for a spirit bird to intrude on a cultivator's residence, so he was not afraid that the Peacock King would barge in.
" Fellow Daoist inside, I am the Cloud Ridge Peacock King, here to capture a traitor of the demon race. Have you seen a severely injured White-Headed Eagle?"
The Peacock King outside the gate asked politely.
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping took a step forward and opened the gate.
As soon as he opened the gate, he saw a green peacock, much taller than the gate, standing at the entrance, its cold eyes fixed on him.
However, more than the cold eyes and the towering body, the overwhelming aura it emitted, more intense than the heavy rain outside, truly made Xu Taiping feel uneasy.
Just standing in front of it felt like being pressed down by a few thousand pounds of stone, making him very uncomfortable.
"Indeed, a White-Headed Eagle fell from the sky and landed here just now."
After secretly adjusting his breathing, Xu Taiping calmly pointed to the dent in the courtyard where Baiyu had fallen and continued: "But it soon got up and flew away."
No one else knew about his familiarity with Baiyu, so he was not afraid that the green peacock would see through his lie.
The green peacock quietly looked at Xu Taiping, then glanced around, sniffing the air, seemingly confirming that there was no trace of the White-Headed Eagle in the courtyard, and nodded:
After confirming that there was no trace of the White-Headed Eagle in the courtyard, it seemed unwilling to waste time, and with a flap of its wings, it took off into the rain.
As the Peacock King took off, Xu Taiping carefully observed and found that this peacock, like human cultivators, could use its spiritual energy to repel raindrops.
"Sister Lingyue, what level of cultivation would a spirit bird that can use spiritual energy like a cultivator have?"
Watching the Peacock King fly away, he asked Lingyue Fairy in his mind.
"This requires talent, even a spirit bird at the demon king level may not be able to do this. Baihong, who is close to you, might be able to."
Lingyue Fairy's tone was unusually serious.
"Unless necessary, it's best not to provoke this peacock."
"By the way, Sister Lingyue, how is Baiyu's condition?"
"I need a cup of dragon bile wine."
Xu Taiping nodded without hesitation.
In the past two years, he had not drunk much, only about three jars a year. According to Lingyue Fairy, the true use of dragon bile wine would be during the Tongxuan stage, so he still had a lot left.
Of course, even if it was just one jar, he would not hesitate to take it out, after all, Baiyu was his only friend on this mountain.
In the back courtyard of Qingzhu Residence.
Baiyu, in the courtyard, looked curiously at Xu Taiping, who was practicing boxing.
"Xu Taiping, did you do something?"
"Can you make your body smaller?"
After finishing a set of Qingniu Fist, Xu Taiping put away his stance and turned to look at Baiyu in the courtyard.
Baiyu nodded, and a gray light flashed around him, and his body instantly shrank to the size of a sparrow.
br> "You brought me back, and the Peacock King didn't notice?"
Baiyu jumped onto the stone table and continued to ask.
"I have a gourd that can store spirit beasts."
Xu Taiping patted the green gourd at his waist.
He would not tell Baiyu about Lingyue Fairy, but the gourd was not a problem, after all, who doesn't have a few life-saving treasures?
"Is it a demon-refining pot?"
Baiyu's eyes widened in alarm, and it took a few steps back.
Actually, it was not wrong, because according to Lingyue Fairy, the green gourd could currently store spirit beasts and birds, so calling it a demon-refining pot was not a problem.
But the difference was that a demon-refining pot was used to refine demons, while the green gourd could nurture them, which was fundamentally different.
"If this were a demon-refining pot, you would have turned into a puddle of blood inside the gourd. Would you still be chirping like this now?"
Xu Taiping shook his head.
Baiyu nodded, and its expression relaxed.
"This is my secret, don't tell anyone."
Xu Taiping reminded Baiyu again.
"Am I that kind of person?"
Baiyu resumed its defiant attitude.
At this moment, the little monkey Ping'an came out of the kitchen with a large plate of meat, happily jumping onto the table.
"Baiyu, eat, I cooked it."
The little monkey picked up a piece of meat, eating it while pushing the plate towards Baiyu.
Over the past two years, it had become very familiar with Baiyu, and because they were both spirit beasts, they were very close.
Although Baiyu was not in the mood to eat, it did not want to refuse the little monkey's kindness and still picked up a piece and swallowed it.
"Baiyu, what exactly happened in Fenglai Valley last night?"
Xu Taiping sat down at the table, picked up a piece of meat, and curiously asked Baiyu.
Although he had saved Baiyu, he still needed to understand the current situation, otherwise it would not be good for either of them.