Little Phoenix Is Not An Immortal Chapter 35 & 36
Translated by Luen Translations
Chapter 35: Origins of the God’s Son (1)
Entering Qin Hall, she was met with the sight of the Devil God standing at the center of the hall. Within the completely empty main hall and under the blue luster of the magic lights, the tall back was a little cold and lonely.
Tian Zhen shook her head.
It was lonely at the top. As far as the warlike him was concerned, he was already unequalled so what else could he pursue? No wonder he was bored.
She walked over and gently called: “Your Majesty.”
The Devil God didn’t turn around.
Thus, Tian Zhen took the initiative to circle around to face him: “Your Majesty.”
The Devil God looked at her.
“I absolutely won’t betray Your Majesty.”
“Would you dare to?”
……
She was sincerely expressing her loyalty yet in return was this threatening line. Tian Zhen inwardly smoothed her feathers. The moment he opened his mouth, this god would always choke people to death. Look at how he wasn’t anymore polite towards the Demon Emperor. She couldn’t bother about the particulars.
(T/N: it means that what he says pisses off people so much that they choke on themselves in anger and then die)
Right now, I’m a fugitive in Heaven and need to guarantee my safety. The first thing to do was to guarantee this god’s safety. There was no need to worry about this god’s strength. The important thing was his mentality. She had to make him actively try to improve himself and get rid of that ideology of complying with Heaven’s will and preparing to return to the Taishang Mirror at any time.
“Your Majesty, the two realm alliance doesn’t amount to much, but in the past I personally heard the Heavenly Emperor say that that prophecy was really left by the nameless saint. Your Majesty can’t be unmindful of the Divine Winged race.”
“You are worrying about me?”
“I don’t want Your Majesty to return to the Taishang Mirror,” Tian Zhen frankly said, “If Your Majesty left, what would I do?”
The Devil God said: “Phoenix, what do you like about me?”
Actually, what I meant was that if you left, elder heavenly king Lu wouldn’t protect me and little heavenly king Lu’s strength isn’t enough so my small life would be in great danger. However, it’s also okay if you interpret it as that. Tian Zhen really wanted to reveal her thoughts such as, your moral character is good, your temperament is good, your martial arts are good, I love your everything, and so on. However, after gazing at that face for a long time, in the end, she still just stammered out a few words: “I like……Your Majesty’s face.”
The Devil God moved his line of sight away.
I had never known that you surprisingly had so many merits. For a moment, she didn’t know where to start speaking. Tian Zhen helplessly returned to proper business. Only after repeatedly processing the words that she had thought of did she tactfully begin to convey them: “Could it be that Your Majesty has never thought of how, based on the Devil Realm’s current situation if you were truly to leave, would Jiu Sicang and the others have the strength to survive under the God Realm’s retaliation?”
The long eyelashes fluttered. The Demon God was expressionless.
Tian Zhen said: “The God and Immortal Realms have many experts. Even with the two heavenly kings, it’s far from enough to contend against them. It would be difficult to protect the Devil Realm’s hundreds of thousands of people from being bullied.”
“Your words are justified,” The Devil God nodded his head, “The Devil Realm needs someone who can replace me.”
Look look, who said this god didn’t take the future into consideration? He’s already looking for a successor. Tian Zhen was speechless. After a while, she asked: “Does Your Majesty have a suitable candidate?”
The Devil God said: “Although my sons Binghe and Xiaocan have an abundance of wisdom and strategic planning, sadly, in the end they still don’t have god bodies so it is hard for them to sustain more power.”
You have a high level of understanding towards your sons. Tian Zhen was baffled as she said: “Your Majesty is a primordial god. How is it that, contrarily, they don’t have god bodies?”
The Devil God said, “Two matters without any relation.”
“No relation?” Tian Zhen probed, “Could it be that they’re not Your Majesty’s biological children?”
“They were created by me.”
Tian Zhen finally asked the most crucial question which had been circling around in her thoughts for a long time now: “How come I haven’t seen their mother?”
“Mn?”
“I said, Your Majesty’s wife.”
The Devil God looked at her: “Phoenix, when primordial gods create people, how could we use the method of common gods!”
“How correct you are!” Tian Zhen solemnly nodded.
It’s good that there’s no wife, it’s best that there’s no wife! The great primordial god was that Nuwa. If he wanted a son then he probably just grabbed a lump of mud and kneaded it. If he wanted a higher leveled one, would he pull a rib out……
The Devil God gave a rare sigh: “I can create all living things and yet I cannot create a god that is the same as I am.”
Recalling Lu Xiaocan’s words, Tian Zhen no longer dared to treat them as joke: “What does Your Majesty intend to do?”
As expected, the Devil God said: “My son Lu Xiaocan, can be recasted.”
Recast, you think your son is a weapon! Tian Zhen persuaded with fright: “It’s enough if Your Majesty just creates another one. Keep him.”
“There is no third drop from the Spring of Life,” The Devil God said, “My power should be given to someone outstanding.”
“What about elder heavenly king?”
“He is the Devil Realm’s final hope.”
“This is unfair for Xiaocan.”
“A failed creation already has no meaning in existing,” The Devil God consoled her, “You will see a far more outstanding him.”
“Then that wouldn’t be Xiaocan.”
“It would be a more outstanding Devil Realm little heavenly king.”
“Your Majesty, this is going too far!”
“Phoenix!”
Persuasion was difficult so Tian Zhen turned around in anger and walked to the palace doorway before she stopped and turned around to look.
Upon seeing this, the Devil God turned his face away.
When this god made a decision, it was even harder to deal with than the old leader since he didn’t give in after this angry tantrum. Tian Zhen’s head hurt. Her mind cried that this wasn’t right. If she were to really get mad at him, the little brat would definitely be turned into cannon fodder. As a result, she walked back and quietly said: “I was wrong, Your Majesty forgive me.”
The Devil God gave an “Mn”: “Reformable Phoenix.”
Forgiving this quickly, this god didn’t even argue. Tian Zhen secretly smirked: “In truth, the reason why I don’t approve is because I have an even better method to offer to Your Majesty.“
The Devil God was surprised: “Speak.”
“I’m just afraid that Your Majesty won’t be willing to……” Seeing him frown, Tian Zhen stalled in her response: “The inheritance surpasses the creation so has Your Majesty……that is, have you considered……using the common god’s method?”
The Devil God was stunned.
A son born from that would be very likely to inherit his constitution. Tian Zhen thought it over and then added on: “There’s only 50/50 chance.”
After all, the six realms didn’t have a primordial goddess to match him with anymore.
Quite a while later, the Devil God turned to the side and said: “Let me think it over.”
“Then the little heavenly king……”
“Discuss again later.”
Exiting Qin Hall, Tian Zhen inwardly blushed at her previous words. Whatever the case, this god’s train of thought had been diverted and his attention shifted. Lu Xiaocan could be temporarily considered as safe. It’d be better to go tell the little brat the good news first so that he wouldn’t be scared.
As expected, Lu Xiaocan was still drooping his head while waiting atop the rock hill. Furthermore, there were two additional people beside him. The purple-clothed and silver haired Lu Binghe and the Jiu Sicang who was incessantly shaking his head.
Seeing that Lu Binghe was present, Tuan Zhen didn’t go over. She hid behind a rock and watched.
“Laying out the defense is a big matter and yet you actually overlooked it. Why did fuhuang hand this matter over to you?” Lu Binghe lectured his little brother: “If it weren’t for Jiu Sicang coming to report, I still wouldn’t know.”
Lu Xiaocan turned his small head to the side: “As if I care!”
Lu Binghe coldly said: “Wait until I report to fuhuang and ask him to hit you!”
“Go ahead! You only know how to make fuhuang like you. I’m not afraid!”
“You’re being insensible!”
Lu Xiaocan gave a snort.
Lu Binghe didn’t say anything else. He raised a hand and heavily slapped his little brother’s head. Then, he gracefully jumped down the rock hill and walked away, taking large strides as he did so.
Jiu Sicang moved closer and adopted an advising appearance: “How important is the Devil Realm’s defense? I say, little heavenly king. You’re too insensible……” He had yet to finish his words when he was sent flying by a kick.
Lu Xiaocan’s mood was originally already bad and then he was scolded by his older brother. The belly’s worth of anger had finally found a target to vent on. He jumped over and swing a small fist: “You dare to scold me? I’ll beat you to death!”
“Spare me little heavenly king! It was heavenly king who said so. It has nothing to do with subordinate!” Jiu Sicang was frightened as he begged for forgiveness.
Elder heavenly king Lu scolding his little brother doesn’t mean that you can follow him and scold as well. Tian Zhen watched and thought it was laughable. She promptly went over and stopped Lu Xiaocan. She helped Jiu Sicang get up and then took out a bottle and poured out a healing medicine pill to give to him. Jiu Sicang was very thankful and escaped at lightning speed after receiving the medicine.
Seeing Lu Xiaocan standing to the side in fury while occasionally casting glances at her, Tian Zhen purposefully shifted her line of sight away and pretended to appreciate the scenery.
“Hey.” Lu Xiaocan restlessly tugged her wing.
“I’m not called Hey.” Tian Zhen looked upward, “Call me mother.”
She had just finished speaking when a burst of pain came.
“Hey, hey hey!” Tian Zhen repeatedly swung her arm.
Lu Xiaocan laughed heartily and jumped aside.
Tian Zhen lowered her head to look and saw that sure enough, there was a line of small teeth marks on her wrist. She couldn’t help angrily saying: “What are you doing!”
Lu Xiaocan put a hand behind his back: “If the matter that you had agreed to hadn’t been accomplished, would you have the heart to fool around? It’s definitely because fuhuang agreed that you’re purposely teasing me.”
The little shota was too sharp! Tian Zhen was speechless. Quite a while later, she said: “Ungrateful little demon. I’ll ask your fuhuang to hit you!”
“So petty. I didn’t even drink your blood,” Lu Xiaocan pointed at that line of teeth marks, “This, is the price of you teasing me.”
Tian Zhen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as she glared at him.
Lu Xiaocan had a sinister expression on his face: “Don’t be this fierce. You seem like a stepmother.”
The little brat was probably something like a humanoid mud figurine that Lord Devil God had kneaded and didn’t have a birth mother. Tian Zhen stooped down to hug him: “Then in the future, I’ll be your mother. If there’s something the matter, mother will cover for you. Come, let’s hug first.”
“You’re really disgusting!” Lu Xiaocan turned into red light and ran away, “I have to go and set up the defense.”
Tian Zhen gave a slight smile.
The little brat was actually quite serious in carrying out every matter that his father instructed him to do. The result was that he still couldn’t obtain his father’s approval. It was no wonder he attracted other people’s sympathy.
Chapter 36: Origins of the God’s Son (2)
There wasn’t any sunlight in the imperial court. The cold hues of the palace walls and jade stairs and brought about a feeling of constrainment. Zhao Huajun slowly walked towards the inner area and from time to time, he would greet the passing divine kings and divine generals. When he arrived at the rear hall, there was an attendant already there and waiting outside the door. Seeing him, he immediately approached to welcome him and salute.
“His Majesty is inside,” The attendant looked behind him and quickly lowered his head. He smiled and said, “Please go in Zhao Huajun.”
Inside the hall, the Heavenly Emperor was standing by himself in front of the table. His hand held a report. Seeing only him come inside, his gaze slightly shook before he turned around and sat on the chair.
“I pay my respects to Your Majesty.”
“You’re excused.” The Heavenly Emperor let go of the report and indicated that he sit.
Zhao Huajun had a smile on his face as he said: “Your Majesty already knows everything. Your servant is guilty for returning alone. How could your servant dare to just sit?”
The Heavenly Emperor raised a brow: “She really betrayed us and sought refuge in the Devil Realm?”
“How could she dare to betray us. It was simply your servant’s incapability for failing to bring her back without any issues. This time, we were detected by the Devil Realm so I’m afraid that the person we placed in the Devil Realm has already been……”
“To be capable of stopping you, was it him?”
“Yes.”
“A minor Winged race woman was able to make him to take action?”
“Your Majesty is doubting your servant?”
“I have never doubted biaoxiong’s loyalty to Heaven,” Unexpectedly, the Heavenly Emperor didn’t get angry, “I meant that letting that little phoenix stay in the Devil Palace might not be a bad thing. Perhaps we can use this as a chance to discover his secret.”
Zhao Huajun said: “She’s young. Your servant is concerned……It would be better to look for an opportunity to bring her back.”
“Since she has eaten the neidan, she has answered to the Will of Heaven and it’s unlikely that something will happen to her,” The Heavenly Emperor smiled and changed the topic, “Shouldn't biaoxiong be more worried about someone else? You searched for over 20 years and now that the person has returned, you’re no longer anxious. Aren’t you afraid that by putting off the wedding day, she'll feel wronged and overthink it? Your younger brother and sister are currently keeping her company. Go coax her.”
“Your servant obeys.”
After walking out of the hall, Zhao Huajun slowly walked along. His smiling expression was gradually withdrawn and he inwardly sighed.
Stopping the Devil God and yet coming out unscathed, perhaps she truly had answered the Will of Heaven. All in all, she knew kindness and had planned to return it. Even though she had defected, she definitely wouldn’t incite a war without reason. If the Devil God could be stabilized for the time being, everything else could be slowly planned out. It was just that the Winged race had never produced a traitor before. If the Heavenly Emperor were to find out, a command to chase her down and kill her would definitely be given out. If he could conceal this from him for a while then he would.
In the corridor, Heng Yue-ji was leisurely leading her maids and spoke as she walked.
“Goddess is leaving this quickly?”
“It’s the wrong place to be. It would be wise if I didn’t stay too long.”
The maid was puzzled: “What is wrong with the Heavenly Empress accompanying Dragon Girl?”
Heng Yue-ji said: “Zhao Huajun loves that little phoenix very much and word has it that he was about to accept her. Currently, he’s postponed the day of his and Dragon Girl’s wedding for no reason so how could Dragon Girl not feel jealous? Didn’t you hear what she told the Heavenly Empress just a moment ago? Even if that little phoenix were to truly betray the God Realm, Zhao Huajun would definitely still protect her. If this talk were to reach His Majesty’s ears and cause a ruckus, knowing that we were here, Zhao Huajun would suspect me.”
“Goddess is right. It simply didn’t occur to me.”
“Within the palace halls, one must put their own safety before their principles.”
……
The master and servant walked farther away. Zhao Huajun’s expression wasn’t too good as he stood at his original spot for a moment. He then turned around and briskly walked back to his residence. Bringing along trusted aides, Yu Mo Heavenly Palace’s attendant Yu Xiao had been waiting at the entrance to the garden for a while now. Seeing him, Yu Xiao bowed: “King.”
Zhao Huajun took out the green feather hairpin from within his sleeve and handed it over to him: “I have already retrieved this object. Order someone to deliver it back to the Peacock King and command him to reflect on his past errors.”
Yu Xiao was alarmed and said: “Could it be that Little Phoenix’s betrayal is real?”
Zhao Huajun frowned.
“Subordinate will have someone deliver it right this moment. King can be at ease.” Yu Xiao understood and was about to leave after taking the green feather hairpin.
“Wait a moment,” Zhao Huajun called him to a stop. After thinking it over, he said, “I also need a sealed letter to be sent to the Immortal Emperor. You can send them out together at a later time.”
Yu Xiao agreed and followed him inside.
On this side, how could Tian Zhen know about the things that had occurred in the God Realm? She was only certain that the God Realm would chase her down and kill her so she was wholeheartedly strengthening the Devil Realm. She had forced Lu Xiaocan to train the troops all day long. Thinking of how the Devil Realm didn’t have a strong general, she also specially set up a combat tournament. The numerous subordinates like Jiu Sicang had gotten used to the laziness. Why would they put in the effort? They simply casually dealt with it. Afterwards, the problem was solved by a single sentence from Lu Xiaocan: The one who’s dead last will receive a penalty. The crowd of devils had all suffered at the hands of this little heavenly king before so they hurriedly snapped to attention and gave it their all. From then on, they single-mindedly cultivated. Their lives having something worth striving for again.
Compared to the award, the penalty was more capable of rousing people to action. Tian Zhen sighed. Diligently cultivating magic spells wasn’t a bad thing. In the future, there would be at least some uses for it.Tolerating the actions of the two of them, Lu Binghe would occasionally appear and each time, he would look coldly upon them from the sidelines.
“You’re still doubting me?” Tian Zhen took a chance to ask him.
“Since the Divine Winged race is mentioned in the prophecy, it is necessary to guard against them,” Lu Binghe dryly said, “If there is an opportunity, I will send you away from fuhuang’s side.”
“Heavenly king is truly frank.” Tian Zhen said with a smile as she grinded her teeth. At most, you were made from a rib. There’s no need for me to argue with a rib.
Lu Binghe said: “Many thanks to you for leaving Xiaocan behind.”
She had just been about to deal with him so how could she predict that he would express his thanks? Tian Zhen’s response was late, her expression starting to contort with confusion: “In the end, do you want to thank me or do you want to chase me away?”
“If you could take the initiative to leave fuhuang, that would be best.”
“If I don’t agree?”
“That is your business,” Lu Binghe paused for a beat and then said, “If you pressure them too much, it will only bring about the opposite result. Everything that you have done was meaningless.”
It was like Tian Zhen had woken up from a dream. She secretly regretted it.
Presently, she was too anxious for results. She thought of how the devils had no choice but to earnestly cultivate due to their fear of receiving punishment. There were many complaints. She should switch to another method.
Elder heavenly king Lu was still quite concerned about his little brother. His rude treatment of her was also out of consideration for Lord Devil God. Thinking up to this point, Tian Zhen didn’t dislike him as much now. However, the problem was that when looking at the father-son pair standing together, it was just too strange. After adding herself in……
A slight breeze entered the palace hall. The Devil God was standing alone at the center of the palace hall. The fragmented pieces of gold atop his forehead ornament lightly swayed. On that handsome face was an expression of contemplation.
God, you want to be a thinker? Tian Zhen stood at the hall’s entrance. She looked around from far away for a moment before calmly walking inside and taking the initiative to pull that beautiful hand: “Your Majesty.”
Recently, this woman was getting more and more impudent. The Devil God lowered his brows, his line of sight falling on her hand.
Tian Zhen pretended she didn’t see it. Thinking of how he had observed everything and yet never said anything, she couldn’t help but ask: “I was too impatient in handling matters and it’s caused many complaints. Is Your Majesty angry?”
“You are concerned for them.”
“I’m worried that their abilities aren’t enough to protect themselves, much less protect the Devil Realm. These matters shouldn’t be left to Your Majesty to shoulder alone.”
“I forgive you.”
A fear-inducing status and an aloof tone. If it was someone else, they would definitely be deeply grateful and secretly rejoice, but when Tian Zhen heard it she let out a puff. Actually, from the moment I decided to do this, I was never worried over about your forgiveness.
“I come from the Divine Winged race, won’t Your Majesty be on guard against me?”
The Devil God looked at that hand, and then frowned.
Tian Zhen clutched at it, not letting go. She adopted a gentle stance: “Your Majesty?”
In the end, the Devil God wasn’t fooled and lifted her away: “Rogue Phoenix.”
His voice had just fell when he saw Lu Binghe enter with quick steps, kneel on one knee, and salute: “Fuhuang, there has been an unusual change in You Po Mountain. The cause is unknown.”
“An ancient sacred mountain, yet it has been abandoned by the gods. It is also difficult to blame my return on it and be angry at it. Mn……” The Devil God pondered a bit and then simply said: “I will go investigate. My son, properly guard the Devil Realm.”
Lu Binghe promised.
Tian Zhen hurriedly said: “I’ll also go!”
“You, stay behind.” The Devil God turned around and disappeared.
Too late to chase after him, Tian Zhen was disheartened. She turned around to look at Lu Binghe, her eyelid twitching.
Lu Binghe’s expression didn’t change as he gracefully turned around and exited the palace hall.
The Devil Realm’s recreational activities opened up again. The devils got to relax and the complaints decreased by a lot. Tian Zhen however, passed her time in boredom. Even playing cards weren’t enough to pique her interest. Facing the completely empty hall at night alone, she always felt that there was something missing. Naturally, she wasn’t worried at all. Elder heavenly king Lu wasn’t stupid to the point that he would publicly send her away.
On the third night, Lu Xiaocan stealthily called her from outside the palace entrance.
Tian Zhen was exalted: “So well-behaved. How come you remembered to keep me company?”
Lu Xiaocan dodged her hug and gave an evil laugh: “This heavenly king came to have a serious talk with you. You definitely won’t be able to stay happy after listening.”
“What is it?”
“My big brother wants to send you away.”
Tian Zhen restrained her smile, half-believing and half-doubting: “Really?”
Lu Xiaocan tilted his body and said: “It’ll be tomorrow night. I’m only telling you because you saved me before. It’s up to you whether you believe it or not.”
“Sending me away with no cause or reason, is he unafraid of His Majesty blaming him?”
“Of course he won’t personally take action. Early tomorrow morning, he’s going to take me out to look at the Devil Spring. This way, the matter won’t have anything to do with us. Fuhuang trusts him the most so at most, there’ll be a few sentences of scolding.”
When Tian Zhen heard this, she became fearful and she secretly cursed.
Too evil! Elder heavenly king Lu is too evil!
“In any case, I’ve already told you everything. You think of something on your own, I have to go now. You can’t let big brother find out about this.” Lu Xiaocan tugged her wing and then slipped away.
