Translated by Luen Translations

Edited by Siren and Birdie

Chapter 15: Angel Wings

All of her bones defied the laws of science, contracting and twisting, accompanied by acute pain. Her eyes also seemed to be affected, as everything within the palace hall grew larger and larger – the writing table, the chair, the flower vase.

But the real situation was that Tian Zhen was shrinking!

The change had come on too quickly, to the extent that her mental shock had far surpassed her pain. Soon, she had collapsed onto the ground, half in pain and half in shock.

Zhao Huajun, however, clearly understood that it was caused by the rejection produced by the true energy and neidan. He didn’t say anything and quickly went over and guided them for her.

True energy and neidan, akin to water and its container, coexisted. Neidan acted as the vessel; without it, energy would be uncontrollable. Successfully cultivating neidan meant elevating one's cultivation level. However, Tian Zhen's neidan wasn't self-cultivated; she had to forcibly subdue her original true energy, leading to an unavoidable backlash.

Gaining his help, the millennium true energy steadily flowed towards her dantian. As if it had absorbed something, the pain eased. Tian Zhen was beyond grateful and discovered that her huge body had shrunk a lot, which was even more unexpected——As it turned out, this thing was a Bone Shrinking Pellet.

 ‘Could I shrink back into a puny bird if I ate another one?’

“Little phoenix,” Zhao Huajun looked at her, his tone a little strange, “You……where exactly did you come from?”

As a phoenix, it didn’t understand bird speech and it didn’t eat bamboo seeds. This was an unusual situation.

‘Leader is suspicious?’ Tian Zhen was on guard.

Zhao Huajun didn’t continue to question her. Meeting her in the Heavenly Ocean with her having lost her natural instincts and mistakenly entering a chicken flock, she truly didn’t remember. He slowly straightened his body and looked at the empty case on the floor while murmuring to himself, “Like this……was it like this?”

‘It wasn’t me eating on the sly, it went down on its own.’ Tian Zhen crawled up, planning to give leader an explanation, but at that moment, she discovered a far more frightening thing. 

A gray feather had fallen off.

Two, three, four……

It wasn’t till after the dark gray feathers had fallen and scattered all over the floor seemingly in a continuing pattern, that Tian Zhen finally came to her senses. ‘I’m not old and yet I’m suddenly starting to shed feathers!’

‘F***, that pellet had a side effect!’

A smooth and slippery roast chicken appeared in her mind. The feathers on Tian Zhen’s body stood up and she even forgot about crying for help——This problem was extremely serious. Looking a bit ugly is still endurable. If even the feathers on this body are lost, in the future, wouldn’t she have to run around stark naked?

‘No way! I’m willing to be a gray bird. A big, gray bird is also fine!’

Her plumage was still unceasingly falling off and light smoke was unexpectedly rising from her body in spirals.

‘Barbecue!’ Tian Zhen thought of this idea, but after carefully thinking about it, she felt that something was wrong. Her body completely didn’t have the feeling of being set on fire. In contrast, her entire body felt incomparably comfortable and urgently wanted to stretch. 

She subconsciously made a stretching motion; consequently, she saw a hand.

A young woman’s hand. The skin was sparkling and translucent, delicately fine, exquisitely slender, and extremely beautiful.

However, following the series of strange events that had occurred within the palace hall, no matter how Tian Zhen looked at it, she didn’t think that it was beautiful. Instead, she felt her blood run cold.

‘Whose hand is this?! Could there be a woman behind me?’

Zhao Huajun was still standing at the side and calmly watching her. There wasn’t the least bit of worried expression. There was a little of an entranced, pondering appearance. He had a perplexed gaze that carried some conflict within it.

‘I’m probably not dreaming right?’

If she weren’t a bird, Tian Zhen definitely would’ve chosen to give herself a slap in the face to clear her mind to determine whether this was real or a dream……

That thought had just emerged when that hand immediately bent back and slapped her across the face!

That “pa” sound not only succeeded in bringing Zhao Huajun back to his senses, Tian Zhen herself was also confused and stupefied by the hit.

This was……

‘I’m a human again!’

After confirming this, Tian Zhen couldn’t help but burst in ecstasy. She promptly waved her arm to disperse the smoke twining all over her body and urgently examined her new body.

‘Beautiful legs. Check!’

‘Beautiful arms. Check!’

‘Slender waist. Check!’

‘Beautiful chest. Check!’

Everything that she should’ve had, she did. ‘I’m finally an amazing, beautiful woman!’

Her blood pressure madly rising, Tian Zhen used all her strength to control her surging nosebleed. Wanting to smile, her mouth cracked open.

Suddenly, her extended long leg lifted up .

‘I hadn’t planned on moving?’ Tian Zhen felt that something was wrong and hurriedly tried to set things right. Helplessly, there seemed to be a force deep, deep within her that was forcefully controlling her body. Not only could she not bring back her extended leg, but, along with it, her arms began to lift up and her waist also began to swing around. Unexpectedly, she was dancing!

As lithe as a swallow, she danced to a strange pace with rhythmic movements.

Entering Zhao Huajun’s line of sight, Tian Zhen felt a burst of dizziness and almost fainted dead right then and there.

‘Damn it, I’m still not wearing clothes! Dance! What dance?!’

The scene within the palace hall had gotten stranger. A naked woman was dancing lightly and gracefully around the white-clothed heavenly king.

A trace of an awkward expression flitted across those phoenix eyes. Zhao Huajun didn’t avoid her. Rather, he calmly sized her up with several glances and then seemed to find something wrong. It was quite a while before he shifted his line of sight to the side a bit and smiled. “When those of the phoenix race have cultivated in human form, they have to abide the King essence and come here to pay their respects. Only then can they be entered into the Divine Records. The first time they’ve encountered the king essence, male phoenixes sing while female phoenixes dance. Therefore……”

Normally, everyone only rushed over to pay their respects once they transformed. Tian Zhen had just gained a human form and this Phoenix King was right beside her. The king essence was too potent and so she had automatically presented a dance.

Tian Zhen had been provoked into having a head full of cold sweat. She stared at Zhao Huajun for a long time and finally said one sentence, “Can you……make it stop?”

Zhao Huajun shook his head and with a smile on his face, he lifted his hand. “I’ll give little phoenix a present.”

The gray feathers scattered over the floor automatically flew up and spun around Tian Zhen. They changed into dark gray clothing covering her body. They were neither big nor small but were flexible, light, and cozy.

Tian Zhen’s heart somewhat stabilized although it was still a bit unsettled. By the time the final spin had finished, she automatically knelt on the floor and respectfully listened to the Phoenix King’s orders.

Zhao Huajun stretched out one hand to help her up, his eyebrows unconsciously wrinkling during this action. His heart was increasingly confused, but his face was still calm and collected. “Clever little phoenix. You’ve already entered the Divine Records. From now on, you have to keep in mind Heaven’s rules and serve on behalf of the imperial court. Do you understand?”

With regards to the issue of serving on behalf of the imperial court, Tian Zhen planned to take her time in making a decision and so she simply looked around the place.

Simultaneously, a mirror appeared in front of her.

“Little phoenix is still very beautiful.”

Hearing these words, Tian Zhen’s heart swiftly cooled. Having lived together for several months, how could she not be familiar with this leader’s behavior? If she was truly very beautiful, why would he say it out loud? Let alone use this comforting tone. Besides, no matter how plain and simple the Heavenly Palace’s phoenixes dressed, they were white-colored. ‘If there wasn't anything off, then why did you only give me a pair of gray clothes?’

There really was a beauty inside the mirror. There was a nose and there were eyes.

Tian Zhen first smiled and then her complexion paled. Following that, the corners of her mouth dropped and finally, she covered her face and ran out of the palace hall in tears.

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