Li Sheng looked Han Changming up and down, and said with a smile: "Friend Han is so lucky! He married Fairy Ye as his Taoist partner. Fairy Ye is proficient in the art of making talismans, and she submits more second-level talismans every month than I do."
He only knew that Han Changming was newly transferred to the outer sea, and he didn't know Han Changming's situation.
Han Changming and others have been in the outer sea for more than two years. Ye Xue has been working hard to refine talismans, and Han Changming has been practicing in seclusion. Li Sheng naturally regards Han Changming as a gigolo. He subconsciously thinks that Han Changming relies on Ye Xin and Ye Xue to maintain his practice.
This cannot be blamed on Li Sheng. After all, Tinghai Pavilion and Qingyang Sect are two different sects. The two sides stick together for warmth. The disciples do not know each other, so it is good enough that they know each other's names.
Ye Xue showed an unhappy look on her face. She took out a light green jade pendant and said, "I am where I am today thanks to my husband's guidance and encouragement. My husband is much better than me. Not long ago, he gave me and my sister a jade pendant made of seaweed jade."
Others can say something bad about her, but they cannot say anything bad about Han Changming. Han Changming is her husband, and it is not other people's turn to criticize him.
"Mrs. Han, Fellow Daoist Han, Junior Brother Li didn't mean anything else. Please don't misunderstand. He speaks his mind and if he offended me, please forgive me."
A burly middle-aged man quickly tried to smooth things over. Li Sheng was born into a family of immortal cultivators. He was the only son and had been spoiled since childhood. However, he had a serious shortcoming, which was lust.
When he was in the inner sea, Li Sheng had an affair with a married man. When the affair was exposed, his family arranged for him to go to the outer sea to hide. Unexpectedly, his old problem recurred.
"It's okay. It's okay to speak your mind. I understand."
Han Changming smiled indifferently. He naturally would not take this matter to heart, but he also remembered Li Sheng. He had made friends with many foundation-building cultivators over the years. Even if other cultivators did not like him, they would at least give him face.
"What I said just now was a bit too much, Fellow Daoist Han, I heard that you raised a few spirit insects, and I happen to have raised a second-level Fiery Gull, how about we spar with each other?"
Li Sheng slapped the spirit beast bag, and a clear bird cry sounded. A red seagull about ten feet long appeared. The red seagull had a very small head, extremely long feathers on its tail, and a pair of blood-red claws. It was a second-grade low-grade spirit bird.
A hint of disgust flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes. Li Sheng, this idiot, just likes to show off his financial resources.
If it weren't for the fact that Li Sheng's family was quite powerful and Li Sheng knew how to refine second-level talismans, he wouldn't want to have anything to do with Li Sheng.
"My Fiery Gull has a trace of the bloodline of the Five-Colored Bird. Fairy Yuyao, who ranked first in the Hundred Flowers Chart, raised a third-rank Five-Colored Bird. The Five-Colored Bird is a spiritual bird as famous as the Black Phoenix. I put in a lot of effort to buy this Fiery Gull."
Li Sheng's face was filled with pride. Taiyang Zhenren of Sanxian Island raised a fourth-rank black phoenix, whose strength far exceeded that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. He spent a large sum of money to buy this Fiery Gull, and with the help of this Fiery Gull, he became very famous. He wanted to let Ye Xue see clearly who was the ideal husband for her.
"What kind of man is a man who relies on women for a living?"
Li Sheng thought to himself that there were a lot of monster resources in the outer sea. Some cultivators went out to hunt monsters and never returned, leaving behind orphans and widows.
Not long after he arrived in the outer sea, he met a widowed senior sister. With his strong financial resources and powerful family background, the senior sister soon fell into his arms.
Han Changming shook his head and said indifferently: "I'm sorry, my spirit insect just fell into a deep sleep not long ago, so I can't compete with Fellow Daoist Li."
Li Sheng frowned and was about to say something, but the middle-aged man spoke first and said, "In that case, forget it, Madam Han, we have disturbed you for a long time. We will take our leave now and see you another day."
After saying this, he pulled Li Sheng away with a reluctant look on his face.
"Tinghai Pavilion and our Qingyang Sect have a cooperative relationship. Junior Brother Li, please do not do anything that affects the unity of the two factions, otherwise Uncle Liu will not forgive you."
The middle-aged man said coldly, summoned a flying magic weapon, and flew away.
Li Sheng curled his lips and said nothing. He jumped onto the back of the Fiery Gull. The Fiery Gull spread its wings, creating a gust of wind that carried him high into the sky and soon disappeared.
In the courtyard, Ye Xue looked apologetic and said, "Husband, I will not associate with him anymore. I didn't expect him to be that kind of person."
"Silly girl, this matter has nothing to do with you. Just don't bother with such people in the future."
Han Changming smiled and said that Li Sheng liked to compete and win, but Han Changming was no longer at that age.
"Oh, by the way, my husband, the spirit bird egg you gave me cannot be hatched for more than half a month."
Ye Xue smiled bitterly. Han Changming gave her a spiritual bird egg, but she couldn't hatch it. She felt that she was stupid and couldn't even hatch a spiritual bird egg.
"Can't hatch? Come on, take me to see."
Han Changming and Ye Xue came to a side room where hundreds of spirit stones were piled together and a misty green spirit bird egg was placed on top of the spirit stones. Many of the spirit stones were white, obviously having been drained of their spiritual energy.
Han Changming observed it carefully and frowned. Logically, the spirit bird egg should have hatched long ago after absorbing so much spiritual energy. Why hasn't it hatched yet? Could it be that the spirit bird egg has been stored for too long? Is it weak
The spiritual bird egg was shrouded in a layer of faint green light, and it was obvious at first glance that it was not an ordinary spiritual bird. It was associated with the fact that the spiritual bird egg was placed in a jade box with a talisman attached to it.
Han Changming took out a light green gourd, uncorked it, and poured some spiritual water on the spiritual bird egg.
The spiritual bird egg suddenly shook and absorbed all the spiritual water.
"Do the spirit bird eggs need to absorb spirit water?"
Ye Xue was completely confused and looked like a curious baby.
"Maybe it has been stored for too long, or maybe this spiritual bird egg is special!"
Han Changming guessed, continuing to pour spiritual water on the spiritual bird eggs with a serious look.
The eggs of the Amethyst Flying Scorpion, Thunder Rhinoceros Worm and Void Yuan Worm were all soaked in spiritual water before they hatched. This spiritual bird egg might be from some special spiritual bird, or it might have been stored for a long time.
Half a minute later, the spirit bird egg absorbed hundreds of kilograms of spirit water, emitting strong life fluctuations, and the green light increased greatly.
Han Changming hesitated for a moment, took out a light green jade bottle, and dropped three drops of milky white liquid on the spirit bird egg.
He did an experiment in which he put some spiritual water into the Taiyi Hualing Gourd and stored it for more than a year. The spiritual water would turn into a milky white liquid filled with pure spiritual energy.
With a flash of green light, three drops of milky white liquid sank into the spirit bird egg and disappeared. The spirit bird egg spun in place, and a misty green airflow appeared.
With a "crack", a tiny crack appeared on the surface of the spiritual bird egg. The crack quickly expanded and the egg shattered into pieces. A misty little peacock appeared, with long green feathers, a pair of light blue eyes that shone like gems, and green and red feathers on its head, emitting circles of halos, which was extremely eye-catching.
"This is the Lingxi Peacock!"
Han Changming exclaimed, the Lingxi peacock is a very rare spiritual bird with the blood of the five-color peacock. An adult Lingxi peacock can emit five-color spiritual light and has great magical powers.
He never expected that this spiritual bird egg was actually a spiritual peacock. No wonder it had absorbed hundreds of kilograms of spiritual water but had not hatched yet, considering it was actually this kind of spiritual bird.
His expression was very excited. Li Sheng was very proud of owning a Fiery Gull. The magical power of an adult Lingxi Peacock was not inferior to that of the Five-Colored Bird.
Ye Xue was stunned. She could never imagine that the spiritual bird Han Changming gave her was a peacock.
The peacock spread its wings and flew up, circling in the room, chirping happily.
Han Changming calmed down his excitement and carefully recalled how he obtained the spiritual bird.
There are two possibilities. The first is that the evil cultivator found a spirit bird egg in the cave of an ancient cultivator, but was unable to hatch it, so he carried it with him all the time. The second is that the evil cultivator obtained it by killing people and stealing treasures. If it is the former, it is not bad, but if it is the latter, it is not a good thing.
"Madam, you should take good care of the Lingxi Peacock and don't show it to others easily. I'm worried that it was obtained by an evil cultivator who killed people and stole treasures. If its owner recognizes it, it will be troublesome."
Han Changming warned with a serious look on his face that with the reputation of Lingxi Peacock, high-level cultivators would be tempted by it when they saw it.
Before they have sufficient strength, they cannot easily show the Lingxi Peacock to others, as it would be a crime for an innocent man to possess the treasure.
Ye Xue agreed. She naturally knew the value of the Lingxi Peacock. Even if Han Changming didn't tell her, she would not show it to others easily.
"Husband, why don't you raise the peacock? I'm afraid I won't train it properly."
Ye Xue hesitated for a moment and decided to give the Lingxi Peacock to Han Changming to raise.
Han Changming hugged Ye Xue's slender waist and said with a smile: "Silly girl, what your husband gave you is yours. You just need to feed it with spiritual medicine or elixir. If the Lingxi Peacock is cultivated to the third level, it will definitely provide us with great help."
"Okay, I'll listen to you. I will definitely train it well."
Ye Xue agreed obediently. She always listened to Han Changming. Even if Han Changming didn't say anything, she would work hard to cultivate the Lingxi Peacock.
With the Lingxi Peacock in hand, she can provide more help to Han Changming.
The Lingxi peacock flew around the room for a few times before landing in front of Ye Xue, emitting bursts of clear chirping sounds.
Han Changming took out two mid-grade beast spirit pills and fed them to the Lingxi Peacock. After the Lingxi Peacock took the two beast spirit pills, it made a cheerful chirping sound and circled around the room.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the Lingxi Peacock was tired of playing, and Ye Xue put it back into the spirit beast bag.
Han Changming took out a green communication disk and typed in a spell. Han Changshuo's voice suddenly rang out, "Ninth brother, I have something urgent to ask you. Is it convenient for you now? I'm just outside your cave."
"It's convenient. Come in and talk."
Han Changming put away the communication disk, walked out, and invited Han Changshuo in.
Han Changshuo is still in the middle stage of foundation building. He is currently in charge of alchemy on Jinxia Island. Apart from refining medicine, he practices and leads a relatively leisurely life.
As soon as they sat down, Ye Xue came over with tea and snacks.
"Brother, you haven't been here for a while. My husband and I were planning to go over to see you."
Ye Xue poured tea for Han Changming and Han Changshuo in a warm tone.