The Golden Ancient Emperor had already started the fire, and with dry firewood.
Gu Changsheng tossed the Heavenly Peng Prince, still deprived of his senses, aside, seemingly not intending to roast him at all.
"Honghong, I appreciate your sentiment, but let's forget about roasting this big bird. His cultivation is too low," Gu Changsheng said with a smile. His special world already housed a Heaven-Swallowing Beast in the Breaking Dao realm, whose meat was delicious and never got old. How could he be interested in a Golden-Winged Peng in the Life and Death realm? Even if the ancestors of the Golden-Winged Peng begged him to eat it, he would still have to consider it.
"Then what about him? Should we just kill him?" Honghong asked, pointing at the Heavenly Peng Prince. Even in his unconscious state, the Heavenly Peng Prince felt a chill and trembled instinctively.
"Actually, this Peng bird has decent talent. Red-clothed girl, you could take him as a mount. Just imagine, if you stood on the Heavenly Peng Prince's back and soared through the sky, how impressive would that be for others to see?"
The Golden Ancient Emperor suggested.
"Master, who is he?"
Honghong was seeing the Golden Ancient Emperor for the first time and couldn't help but ask Gu Changsheng when she saw him speak.
"He's not important, no need to know!" Gu Changsheng said.
"Seriously, Old Bro, do you have to be so heartless?" The Golden Ancient Emperor looked utterly dejected.
"Pfft!" Honghong giggled. Anyone who could joke with her master must be a friend, and a close one at that.
Gu Changsheng stopped teasing the Golden Ancient Emperor and said, "Oh, he was the other protagonist when I attained enlightenment, the Golden Ancient Emperor!"
"The Golden Ancient Emperor? Isn't he the father of the Golden Ancient Prince?" Honghong exclaimed in surprise. She knew that the Golden Ancient Prince now hated her junior brother to the core. And judging by his junior brother's earlier behavior, he clearly knew the relationship between the Golden Ancient Emperor and her master, otherwise he wouldn't have refused the Golden Ancient Prince's challenge.
The Golden Ancient Prince, however, clearly didn't know the ins and outs of it all.
Poor Golden Ancient Prince, another cuckold!
The Golden Ancient Emperor looked embarrassed, clearly seeing through Honghong's thoughts. He said, "Don't worry, I will definitely discipline that rebellious son of mine properly."
Rebellious son? Rebellious disciple?
Honghong's eyes darted around, suddenly realizing the similarities between Li Beifei and the Golden Ancient Prince. She felt that these two would definitely be as close as brothers in the future.
"Master, can I really… can I really take the Heavenly Peng Prince as a mount?" Honghong asked cautiously.
"If you want to, then follow your heart," Gu Changsheng said with a smile.
"Then I'll give it a try!" A smile appeared on Honghong's face. She was now truly imagining the scene the Golden Ancient Emperor had described. In the future, she would stand on the Heavenly Peng Prince's back when she went out, using the son of an Ancient Emperor as a mount. She would probably be the first person in history to do so, wouldn't that be awesome?
Right, what should I call my Daoist title when I become an Emperor in the future? Empress Honghong? Seems not domineering enough. Empress Red-Clad? Sounds quite good…
Gu Changsheng looked at Honghong's ever-changing expression and couldn't help but slap his forehead. He knew that this girl's habit of daydreaming had struck again.
"Old Bro, if we're not roasting this bird, should I still add firewood to the fire?" The Golden Ancient Emperor asked, pointing at the firewood in front of him. To be honest, this was the first time in millions of years that he had started a fire like a mortal, and it felt quite novel.
"Since the fire is already lit, let's not waste it. I'll treat you to something good!"
Gu Changsheng flicked his finger at the fire, and the ordinary fire instantly changed, emitting an aura that seemed capable of burning everything.
Then, Gu Changsheng waved his hand, and a large piece of fresh, bloody meat appeared in his hand. This was the meat of the Heaven-Swallowing Beast. He had refined the Dao, laws, and undying will contained within, leaving only the most primal flesh.
As a Breaking Dao realm expert, if the Dao, laws, and undying will contained within the Heaven-Swallowing Beast's flesh were not completely refined, those who ate its flesh would become its avatar. Gu Changsheng would naturally not allow such a thing to happen.
"Old Bro, what kind of meat is this?"
The Golden Ancient Emperor stared at the meat in Gu Changsheng's hand. Although this piece of meat looked similar to ordinary livestock meat and had no aura fluctuations, it was precisely this that made the Golden Ancient Emperor feel strange. Clearly, this piece of meat had been refined by Old Bro. If it was to take care of Honghong, that would be understandable, but this piece of meat was completely refined, so he was obviously also a target of consideration.
What realm must the original body be in to make even an Ancient Emperor unable to eat the meat?
It had to be said that the Golden Ancient Emperor was still very smart, deducing a rough idea from a single detail.
"Edible meat!"
Gu Changsheng replied!
"…"
Forget it, I won't ask.
Honghong, on the other hand, came to the Heavenly Peng Prince. With a gentle wave of her jade hand, she removed the Seal Immortal Eight Forbidden's consciousness seal from the Heavenly Peng Prince.
As soon as the seal was lifted, the Heavenly Peng Prince "whooshed" open his sharp eyes. He stared fixedly at Honghong, wanting to attack, but found that the spiritual power and divine sea within his body were sealed by a mysterious force. He could only flap his wings a few times, and with his huge body, he blew the surrounding small saplings askew.
"Don't move, I have something to say to you!"
Honghong waved her hand gently, stopping the Heavenly Peng Prince from moving around. At this moment, the Heavenly Peng Prince was still in the form of a Golden-Winged Peng. If he was allowed to toss around like this, the dust raised would disturb her master from roasting the meat.
The Heavenly Peng Prince quickly calmed down. He looked at the surrounding environment. Clearly, he was no longer at the peak of North Mountain. Moreover, he found that many of the injuries on his body had recovered at some unknown time.
"What do you want to say?" The Heavenly Peng Prince looked at Honghong with sharp eyes. At the same time, his eyes were observing the surroundings. He noticed that there were two figures behind Honghong sitting back-to-back in front of a bonfire. Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart. He couldn't help but recall what Honghong had said before, which was to capture him alive and give him to her master as a gift. Could it be that they were going to roast him now?
"Be my mount!"
Honghong said.
"You're daydreaming. Even if I, the Heavenly Peng Prince, die, I will never be your mount!" The Heavenly Peng Prince was furious. Who was he? He was the son of the Heavenly Peng Ancient Emperor. In the era when the Heavenly Peng Ancient Emperor ruled the universe, he was the noble prince above countless living beings, second only to one. Now, Honghong actually wanted him to become a mount. What an absurd joke!
"Is that so!"
A hint of regret flashed across Honghong's face. She turned around and said, "Golden Ancient Emperor Senior, he is unwilling to be my mount!"
"What? Is that Heavenly Peng kid's son so ungrateful?"
Upon hearing this, the Golden Ancient Emperor stood up and came to the Heavenly Peng Prince.
The Heavenly Peng Prince was stunned at this moment.
He had just heard Honghong say the words "Golden Ancient Emperor Senior". He saw a young man in his thirties walking towards him. The man was wearing golden armor and had an extraordinary bearing. Even though he didn't feel any aura from him, the Heavenly Peng Prince could feel an inexplicable pressure in his heart.
That kind of pressure was exactly the same as when his father, the Heavenly Peng Ancient Emperor, was alive.
Moreover, the man's appearance was seventy percent similar to the Golden Ancient Prince.
"You… are you the Golden Ancient Emperor?"
The Heavenly Peng Prince asked in a trembling voice. The Golden Ancient Emperor was an ancient emperor of the ancient race millions of years ago, an existence even older than his father. If he was really him, then wouldn't he have become an immortal?
The Golden Ancient Emperor did not answer his words. He said to Honghong, "If this kid really doesn't agree, your master disdains him for his weak cultivation, but I don't. Just roast him and eat him!"
Upon hearing this, Honghong nodded and said, "That's the only way."
Heavenly Peng Prince: "…"
"Actually… this matter of being a mount is not something that can't be considered…" The Heavenly Peng Prince's weak voice sounded.
Just as his voice fell, Gu Changsheng, who was roasting the meat, sprinkled a little cumin on the roasted meat, brought the meat closer to his nose, smelled it, and exclaimed:
"So fragrant!"
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