After saying this, Tiger Cuihua suddenly realized he had gotten a bit carried away.
He immediately restrained his previous posture and looked at the young girl uneasily.
He only hoped that this Jinx wouldn't care about such things...
After a long while.
Jiang Yuechu nodded slightly.
What this tiger demon said made sense; it even coincided perfectly with her own calculations.
Putting herself in his shoes.
If she were to enter the Chess Player Realm in the future and condense such a life-saving central palace.
Would she place this thing in the city of Chang'an in the Great Tang?
Absolutely impossible.
It was true that Chang'an City was the place she was most familiar with now.
But the target there was too big; a tall tree catches the wind.
If someone targeted the Great Tang, Chang'an City would always be the target at the center of the storm.
Putting one's lifeblood on the bullseye was just asking for a quick death.
She would likely find a godforsaken place where no one could find her, dig a hole, and bury the central palace deep, ideally so well that even she might occasionally forget where it was.
If even someone like her, who disliked beating around the bush, would do this, then it went double for those old foxes who were the The Main Seats of Dao Lineages.
Thinking this way, much of the frustration in Jiang Yuechu's heart dissipated.
If he escaped, then so be it.
At most, he was just an old turtle who only knew how to hide behind the scenes and play tricks with a few broken chess pieces.
Since she could shatter his dao chess piece and Incarnation with a single punch today, if he dared to show his face in the future, she would just kill him again.
As long as her fists were hard enough, what bullshit central palace lifeblood or Zhiji Perfection? They were all just chickens and dogs.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuechu stopped obsessing over whether the Wuxiang The Main Seat was dead or alive.
"Fine, I guess you're somewhat useful."
She dusted off the slight dust on her black robes and turned to look at the ruins in the distance.
As if granted a grand pardon, Tiger Cuihua let out a long breath of turbid air and collapsed onto the ground.
"Big Sister! Big Sister, where are you!"
In the distance, from deep within the ruins, came Running Ox's pig-slaughtering wails.
The massive black ox was sticking its rear in the air, its thick front hooves digging frantically through the muddy pile of rubble.
Wuxiang Mountain had been leveled; True Person Han Xian, along with those Elders and Disciples, were dead with not even a speck remaining.
Naturally, the Hunyuan Demon Emperor had not escaped this calamity either.
He was likely already mixed into the mud, a pile of mangled flesh.
But if Running Ox's big sister was still imprisoned in Wuxiang Mountain...
Realizing this.
Jiang Yuechu's face reddened slightly, and she turned her head away unnaturally.
Uh...
What a mess.
She had gotten carried away in the fight and accidentally used too much force.
She had forgotten that an important hostage was still imprisoned within Wuxiang Mountain.
But... if what Running Ox said was true, there should still be hope for survival, right?
Jiang Yuechu rubbed her chin.
This black ox had previously vowed that his big sister possessed the Phoenix Bloodline, and her innate Divine Ability was Rebirth through Fire; as long as her Origin wasn't completely obliterated, she basically couldn't die.
If this fool wasn't bragging, this Phoenix variant should have been able to survive the aftershocks of that punch just now.
Even in the worst-case scenario.
Even if she really had been obliterated by her punch, with nothing left.
Then, at worst, she would put in a bit of effort to find the Remnant Soul in the ruins and use the Great Black Heaven Body Forging Scripture to bind it within her body.
When the time came, she could just release the demon soul, and wouldn't she be just as lively?
Though she would be a soul body, at least she could still talk and breathe.
This could be considered a roundabout way of reuniting the siblings.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuechu puffed out her chest righteously, and the awkwardness in her heart instantly vanished.
Just as her mind was wandering.
"Ouch!"
Running Ox, who was frantically digging, suddenly let out a strange cry. His massive body jumped backward, and he landed on his buttocks in the mud.
Jiang Yuechu leaned over to look.
She saw a faint red halo radiating from the bottom of the pit.
Within the halo.
Lying there was a small red bird only the size of a palm, its feathers dull and lackluster, with several bald patches.
The little bird's eyes were closed, and it was shivering.
Its aura was as weak as a flickering candle in the wind.
"Big Sister! Big Sister! How did you end up in such a bird-like state!"
Running Ox's tears fell pit-a-pat; one tear landed next to the little bird, nearly crushing it to death.
He extended a rough hoof, wanting to touch but not daring to, fearing that a bit too much force would poke this quail to death.
Jiang Yuechu twitched her lips at the sight.
"This is your... exotic big sister who is a hundred times more beautiful than a Grotto-Heaven Fairy?"
Exotic, my foot.
Isn't this just a plucked local chicken?
Hearing Jiang Yuechu's teasing, Running Ox turned his head with a face full of grievance: "Your Highness, my big sister doesn't usually look like this! It's just that after encountering such a great calamity, Big Sister was forced to use Rebirth through Fire, and thus... thus she regressed into the form of a fledgling!"
He continued as he spoke.
While looking at Jiang Yuechu gloomily.
The implication was clear.
Who exactly was responsible for her turning into this?!
However, he didn't truly blame Jiang Yuechu.
Although this fool wasn't very bright, he could still figure out the score.
If this young miss hadn't attacked the mountain gate, what chance of survival would his big sister have had?
Now, although Big Sister had turned into this wretched bird-like state with not a single feather left, at least her Divine Soul was not extinguished and her Origin remained.
With the Phoenix Bloodline, Rebirth through Fire and regressing into a fledgling was better than having both body and soul annihilated.
Thinking of this.
Running Ox carefully cupped the bald bird in his palms and said gratefully, "If Big Sister knew it was Your Highness who saved her, there's no telling how grateful she'd be."
Nearby, Tiger Cuihua seized the opportunity to lean in.
This tiger demon, who had a bit of learning, already viewed Jiang Yuechu as an existence comparable to an ancient deity.
Leveling the Dao Lineage of one of the Twenty-Five Lineages with a single punch—what kind of concept was that?
It meant that as long as he clung to this powerful thigh, he could walk tall in this Eastern Region, and who would dare say a word against him?
"Senior's Divine Might is truly unprecedented and world-shaking!"
"For a Phoenix variant like this to personally bathe in Senior's supreme Divine Might and take the opportunity to achieve Nirvana is truly a blessing from eight lifetimes... As the ancient texts say: 'When Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a person, it will first exercise their mind with suffering and their sinews and bones with toil...' Although this big sister looks a bit shabby now, given time, she will surely soar to the heavens!"
Jiang Yuechu glanced sideways at the tiger demon.
"Shut your trap."
Tiger Cuihua quickly covered his mouth and nodded repeatedly, not daring to speak further.
Just then, the bald little bird in Running Ox's hands moved.
The previously closed eyelids trembled slightly, then opened a crack with difficulty.
"Chirp..."
An extremely weak sound came from the bird's beak.
Running Ox was overcome with joy, his large head leaning in: "Big Sister! You're awake! It's me, Running Ox!"
The little bird seemed a bit dazed, looking at the enlarged black face in front of her, then at the surrounding ruins that looked as if they had been struck by a meteorite.
Her memory was still stuck on being offered to the Wuxiang Mountain Elder by that old dog Hunyuan... and then being imprisoned in the Water Dungeon.
How was it that upon opening her eyes, the Water Dungeon was gone?
Wuxiang Mountain was gone.
Even her Phoenix True Body was gone.
She had turned into a fledgling without even a single feather?
Could it be that she was dead...