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Chapter 626: Chapter 626: A Fortuitous Stroke of Genius Chapter 626: Chapter 626: A Fortuitous Stroke of Genius This bird’s spiritual intelligence was extremely high, barely a foot long, its whole body shimmering with silver light.

So young and already understanding everything, a bit mischievous, its pair of big, black gem-like eyes glistened with lively expressions.

Shi Hao was holding it, turning it over and peering at it from all angles, even tugging on its beautiful, silver-rainbow-like tail feathers.

Momentarily after, all its precious feathers stood on end, sticking straight up as if provoked, ready to fight Shi Hao to the death!

“Why are you so hot-tempered?

Stop moving around,” Shi Hao tapped on its forehead with his finger, which left the pretty young bird glaring at him indignantly, seething with fury.

Shi Hao found it quite entertaining and kept teasing it, tapping on its head, then helping to straighten its brilliantly shining silver wings.

Watching its huffy demeanor, he thought it was very amusing.

Could this actually be a young Silver Phoenix?

Such creatures had been rare since ancient times.

If true, it could trigger a major upheaval, with various schools unable to sit still.

After all, this could involve a supreme precious symbol—the True Phoenix Secret Law!

Such a level of Divine Skills would be considered taboo, coveted by the great heads of the higher realms, capable of inciting chaos and unrest across an entire region.

Shi Hao’s eyes blazed with excitement as he wiped his drooling mouth.

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If this was indeed a Silver Phoenix, for him, it would be a heaven-defying stroke of fortune!

“Let me see what’s so strange about you,” he murmured to himself.

Merely observing its body was not enough to come to a definitive conclusion— he extracted the Dual Pupils, determined to take a closer look at the True Bones inside the young bird.

With a “buzz,” the Dual Pupils vibrated, scattering light.

They were unable to see through the young bird, as a layer of silver flame formed inside of it, burning continuously, warding off everything from the outside.

Shi Hao was puzzled; this young bird seemed more and more extraordinary.

Even the Dual Pupils could not probe it, a testament to its mystery.

“Could it have a natural Divine Treasure within its body that automatically protects it, blocking everything out?” Carrying the little bird, he began to ponder and study.

“Open up!”
Shi Hao invoked the power of his Divine Sense with a soft rebuke, attempting to look into the sea of consciousness of the young bird.

However, unexpectedly, he was blocked again.

A light shone from between its brows; it was a group of character-like flames made of silver, leaping and dancing.

If he were to force his exploration, it might very well lead to the disintegration of this young bird!

Shi Hao rubbed his chin, muttering, “It has powerful characters and potential for passive defense, but can’t actively cast spells yet?”
“Well then, I’ll just have to condescend to keep you by my side,” he chuckled to himself.

If this really was a Silver Phoenix, then that would be something incredible!

The young bird was utterly dejected, sulking there.

“You must be hungry, I’ll get you something to eat.” Shi Hao found a basin, filled it with some fresh meat, and placed it near the young bird.

“Clang!”
Surprisingly, with a graceful and fluid kick, the bird knocked the copper basin over, sending it crashing into Shi Hao’s cheek.

“Rebelling, are you?” Shi Hao caught the basin and tapped it hard on the bird’s head.

The young bird responded with teary eyes, and, grinding its teeth resentfully, glared at him.

“Hey, you’re a bird, what else if not this?

And stop glaring at me.

Besides, you don’t even have teeth, so stop grinding away,” Shi Hao said.

The bird was puffed up angrily, its expressive eyes filled with rage.

It puffed up its cheeks like a fighting rooster, ready to pounce.

“You don’t have a name yet, let me think.” Since he’d decided to keep it, Shi Hao started to exercise his “skills” in naming.

“In the past, I had several auspicious animals and Divine Birds by my side, and I gave them the most pleasing names.

What would you like to be called?” Shi Hao looked at it.

The silver-white young bird sensed the ominous and glared at him fiercely.

“Big Red, Second Baldy, Three Black…

coming to you now, what should your name be?” Shi Hao muttered.

The silver-white young bird felt dizzy; what kind of terrible names were these?

And to think it was actually being grouped in, its dire premonition indeed came true!

“Hmm, how about ‘Four White’?

That lines up well with the others,” Shi Hao murmured, then repeated it, feeling increasingly satisfied.

He laughed heartily, “Not bad, from now on that will be your name.”
The young bird’s eyes widened, and it shivered, overcome by the terrible name…

absolutely unbearable, its body breaking out in metaphorical goosebumps.

“What’s that look in your eye?

Too happy, or have you lost your mind?

Why are your eyes so wide?” Shi Hao grumbled because he realized the bird…

was looking at him with disdain.

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Shi Hao referred to it as ‘Four White,’ but the young bird adamantly refused to comply, completely ignoring him and putting on a very indignant attitude.

Its expressions and behavior shouted that the name was trash.

“Alright, I’ll make an exception for you just this once.

Among the Divine Beasts and auspicious birds I know, there are two very exceptional ones, so I gave them unique names.

I’ll make an exception for you too,” Shi Hao said.

The silver-white young bird looked at him sideways, genuinely doubting his ability to come up with a good name.

“One is named ‘Hairy Ball,’ and the other ‘Little Red’; both names suit them really well,” Shi Hao boasted.

The young bird stumbled; such tremendously pitiful names—they were unbearable!

“From now on, your name will be ‘Silver’.” Shi Hao happily nodded, feeling that this name matched the bird’s shining silver glow quite well.

The fledgling naturally resisted to death; it went crazy at the wretched name, ignoring it completely.

However, in the following days, it was called by Shi Hao with this name every time, which was simply a kind of torment.

In this region, many Cultivators appeared, Yue Chan, Lightning Child, Teng Yi, Zhen Gu, and others had all battled with others, leaving behind terrifying achievements that caused a sensation.

Yet, no matter how they searched, they couldn’t find that silver-haired woman.

For this reason, people invited a very famous diviner to perform a divination and concluded that the silver-haired woman was still in the area and had not fled.

The tension in the air grew with each passing day.

During this time, “Silver” tried to slip away several times, but each attempt resulted in Shi Hao catching and dragging it back, its struggles futile, unable to escape.

The last time, it escaped beyond Zhu Village and happened to encounter Lightning Child in a fierce battle.

Terrifying lightning streaked across the mountainous sky, shaking the earth, and as a result, it lamely returned on its own.

Shi Hao revealed a strange expression, cupping his chin in thought, circling and staring at it, making Silver feel extremely uncomfortable as it glared at him with a pair of beautiful, reluctant eyes.

“You look too extraordinary like this, what if you’re discovered?

Let me help you disguise yourself, so you don’t invite trouble,” Shi Hao murmured to himself.

Initially, Silver blinked its big eyes at these words, feeling that it suited its wishes.

It feigned modesty for a moment, then reluctantly agreed to cooperate.

But what followed was violent resistance because Shi Hao took out a pair of golden bone scissors and began to randomly snip at it.

Feathers flew everywhere, leaving the ground covered in silver and white.

It struggled desperately but to no avail; this was not a disguise but outright devastation.

Silver’s eyes spewed fire, all its feathers flared in extreme fury!

“Pretty good, don’t you think?” Soon after, Shi Hao stopped snipping, took a Bronze Mirror, and placed it in front of it for its own viewing.

Silver looked into the mirror and upon seeing itself, felt the world spin and nearly collapsed.

Then it lunged at Shi Hao, fighting desperately.

Because its shiny plumes had been snipped into disarray, a horrific sight.

In its eyes, it had reached the peak of ugliness!

“I’m going to kill you!”
Vaguely, Shi Hao seemed to hear a pleasant yet exasperated woman’s voice.

He tilted his head, exhibiting even more curiosity, observing Silver.

The young bird’s feathers stood on end in anger, its eyes showed silver flames, and it stared fiercely at him.

“This still isn’t good enough, it’s still a bit noticeable.

Let me help you disguise yourself again,” said Shi Hao, ignoring its state, picking it up, and going to work with the golden bone scissors, snipping away madly.

“Perfect!” At last, he showed a delighted expression, extremely pleased, and cast aside the bone scissors.

Setting Silver down, he placed it once more in front of the Bronze Mirror.

Silver hardly dared to open its eyes, for this time it was worse; it could feel that its shiny tail feathers and the brightest feather on its head had been snipped off.

“Don’t worry, it’s perfect this time, you’ll be pleased.

If anyone sees you now, they definitely won’t recognize you as a Silver Phoenix,” Shi Hao said confidently.

But these words sounded to Silver like a clap of thunder, unbearable, making it feel that life was so miserable.

How could it have encountered such a ferocious freak who was also so narcissistic!

“Take a look now, my handiwork is simply divine.

This disguise is absolutely flawless!” Shi Hao urged.

Silver timidly opened one eye, filled with trepidation, unsure of what horror it had been turned into, but it couldn’t help wanting to take a look.

In an instant, it opened the other eye, wide with shock, and then let out a scream.

It collided headfirst with the Bronze Mirror and fainted from pure anger.

Because its beautiful silver-white feathers were almost all gone, now its body was almost completely bald.

For “it,” which naturally loved beauty, it was as if it had been cast into the eighteenth level of hell.

“You really have no taste, you don’t appreciate art,” Shi Hao shook his head, roused it back awake, and said, “Don’t you see how your appearance has completely changed?

You’ve practically become another species, indistinguishable to anyone.”
Indeed, it had changed from a Silver Phoenix into a pigeon, of course, the kind with ragged, uneven feathers—a drastic transformation.

“The work of a genius, this is simply heaven’s most perfect creation, I must admire my own skill,” Shi Hao chuckled, feigning modesty, “A casual stroke of genius.”
Silver’s eyes shot fire, but unfortunately, it was unable to use its precious symbol, or else it would burn this damned guy screaming, to see how he would swagger then.

“How’s that, not bad, right?” Shi Hao asked.

“A tragedy beyond words!” Indistinctly, a heavenly voice, filled with grief and fury, faintly carried through.

“It’s okay.

In a few days, you’ll grow some silver feathers, and you’ll look just like a pigeon.

Then I’ll take you away from here, and no one will find out,” Shi Hao said confidently and added, “Once bitten, twice shy; the next time I cut, I guarantee it’ll be perfect in one go.”
There’s a next time?!

Silver was distraught, its large black diamond-like eyes blazed with silver flames, and it made a vow: once it restored its True Body, it would definitely shove this brute into a volcano, for a Suppression of five hundred years!

Click, clack, click, the bone scissors wielded by the self-proclaimed skilled Shi Hao sought the monthly votes while wishing everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival!

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