My Simulated Road to Immortality

Chapter 341: 318: Destiny Descends the Mystic Bird

At this moment, Xu Ke, who was spiritually connected to Li Fan, also responded.

Shielding Li Fan behind him, Xu Ke said anxiously, “Song Yang? What are you trying to do?”

Perhaps it was the chaotic scene in the Beast Taming Sect, which had been rarely seen in hundreds of years, that emboldened him, but Song Yang did not bother with pretense and angrily retorted, “I really don’t understand, why is a fool like you so lucky!”

“What I want to do, of course, is to take back what belongs to me!”

Song Yang revealed a murderous look in his eyes.

And his companion spirit beast, the Two-headed Black Serpent, was also at his command to constantly move on the ground and slowly approach them.

With a horrified expression, Xu Ke kept stepping backwards, uttering, “Brother Song, seems like there’s a misunderstanding! I have never taken anything that belongs to you…”

While saying this, Xu Ke always stood in front of Li Fan, trying to block Song Yang’s line of sight.

Song Yang saw through this little trick, he mocked, “Boy, stop pretending. Hand over the ownership of the Mystic Bird to me, and I might spare your life. Otherwise…”

Song Yang snorted coldly, “Don’t blame me for being ruthless. The pain of forcibly transferring a companion spirit beast by draining the Blood Essence, you know that, don’t you.”

Upon hearing his words, Xu Ke was slightly panicked, “Song Yang! To rob a sect mate’s spirit beast is a grave taboo in our sect! How dare you…”

Song Yang impatiently interrupted Xu Ke, “You are really a fool. At such a critical time, you are still talking about the sect. Can’t you see that this Beast Taming Sect is in a dire state itself?”

It seemed that his patience has ran thin. Without any further nonsense, he commanded directly, “Black Spirit, attack!”

The Double-Headed Black Snake had been ready for a while, and the moment Song Yang gave the order, it stood up slightly.

The open mouth of one of its heads ejected a stream of black venom.

The black venom was about to land on Xu Ke.

Just in time, Xu Ke stepped on the wind and hastily turned his body to evade it.

The black venom dropped onto the ground, making a sizzling noise.

Xu Ke glanced at it and went pale.

Not only was all the grass and trees corroded, but even the stones could not withstand the erosion of the venom.

As he had not yet mastered the spiritual energy of body protection, he knew that if he was hit, he would either die or be left crippled.

At the thought of this, Xu Ke hastily took something from his bosom and hurled it at Song Yang and the Two-headed Snake.

He then took out a white feather from his bosom, intending to summon the crane to escape.

However, Song Yang was prepared for this.

Before Xu Ke’s hidden weapon could explode, it was seized by a Qing light and held in mid-air.

The head of the Black Snake, which had closed its eyes, suddenly opened them.

It emitted a black light, hitting the Immortal Crane Feather.

The white crane feather seemed to ignite, turning into bits of ashes that slowly fell down.

“It’s useless, Xu Ke. To deal with you, I’ve made thorough preparations. I’ve been tracking you secretly for months, I know every trick you have!”

“What do you have to fight with me!” Song Yang looked at Xu Ke like he was looking at a dead man.

The next second, the Black Snake sprayed another stream of venom from its mouth.

It was about to fall on Xu Ke, who couldn’t dodge because of the shock.

At this critical moment of life and death, a beam of white light suddenly shot out from behind, meeting the black venom head-on.

The corrosive venom, which could even corrode solid stone, was no match for the white light.

The moment it made contact, it completely disappeared.

The white radiance did not recede in power, and went straight towards the Two-headed Black Snake.

The closed-eyed head of the snake opened its eyes once more and emitted black light, barely managing to block the white light.

Song Yang was shocked, his eyes showing a hint of greed.

“Heavenly Mandate Xuan Light!”

“The Heavenly Mandate Mystic bird is indeed extraordinary, being able to directly compete with the Black Spirit even at its young age. If it reaches its full form…”

“Most importantly, its companion divine technique,[Destiny is in Me].”

Song Yang looked at the deflated Li Fan, his desire to seize the Mystic Bird intensified.

“Are you okay?” Seizing the moment provided by the enigmatic light, Xu Ke sped away towards the distance.

But he was too weak compared to Song Yang; he didn’t expect it would take long before he’d be caught.

At this moment, Xu Ke was not worried about his own life above all else.

Instead, he looked worriedly at Li Fan, who had overexerted himself to save Xu Ke’s life, using his innate Divine Technique.

“He’s so weak, he can only manage one strike at a time.”

Feeling weary, Li Fan thought helplessly.

He didn’t even have the strength to grab Xu Ke with his claws anymore. Li Fan just let out a soft cry, indicating he was okay–for now.

Just now, as Xu Ke was in life-threatening danger, Li Fan, as his companion creature, had awakened a memory in his bloodline and used the Heavenly Mandate Xuan Light to save him.

As a result, Li Fan had understood the identity of the strange bird he was possessing.

Heavenly Mandate Mystic Bird.

The power of the Mystic Bird itself was not usually very strong, but it had one ability which made all other exotic beasts, and even cultivators, look upon it with unmatched envy and longing.

That was the enhancement of destiny.

The concept of destiny was not illusory, but indeed real.

Some cultivators, although they had excellent talent and character, lacked that little bit of destiny, and thus they died regretfully on their path.

A Mystic Bird, however, could assist the one it recognizes in defying and changing their destiny.

Furthermore, as the Mystic Bird’s power continuously strengthens, this ability to enhance destiny would also strengthen accordingly.

In the end, “changing luck” would evolve into “changing destiny”.

What’s meant by “Destiny is in Me” is exactly this.

The master of the Mystic Bird is the Child of Destiny.

Turning misfortune into luck and encountering continuous fortuitous adventures would become commonplace.

“No wonder that skinny fellow wanted to catch me.”

“Turns out the strange bird I possessed is much coveted.”

“Destiny…”

A weary Li Fan forced his eyes open, trying to use the newly awakened Divine Technique.

Looking towards Xu Ke, he saw a golden purple light rise up from the top of his head.

Although there were one or two black wisps circling around, they couldn’t hide the nobility of the golden purple light.

“Hmm? This lad…”

“Turns out the promising have their own destiny. It seems it was just me overreacting.”

“And I’ve exhausted so much energy.”

Annoyed, Li Fan bit Xu Ke hard.

But because he was too weak, it wasn’t much more than a tickle.

Xu Ke, who was desperately running for his life, didn’t care at all at the moment.

Because Song Yang, who was behind him and watching closely, was about to catch up.

Just as Xu Ke was about to despair from exhaustion, he suddenly saw, not far ahead, an Azure Luan Bird standing in confusion.

At its feet lay what seemed to be the corpse of its original owner.

Seeing this, Xu Ke was overjoyed.

He leapt onto the Azure Luan Bird, wrapped his arms around it, and climbed on.

At the same time, he shouted loudly: “Little Green, let’s go!”

The Azure Luan bird, surprisingly alert, instinctively spread its wings,

With a light flap, it shot into the sky, soaring high among the clouds.