"Prove yourself, or I'll stew you!" Jiang Li added fiercely.
If Li Qin knew the spirit beast egg she had chosen was a mere chicken, she'd probably laugh until tears streamed down her face.
As soon as Jiang Li spoke, the chicken panicked. What, prove it's a phoenix?
I am the phoenix, how else can I prove it...
Isn't this ridiculous? How can I prove it, and if I can't, you'll stew me?
The red chicken flapped its wings incessantly, its eyes filled with anxiety. It was too dangerous outside; it wanted to return to its eggshell, but it had already eaten the eggshell...
Jiang Li looked at the constantly flapping chicken before him and shook his head slightly. This kind of phoenix, he didn't want it. It would be an embarrassment to take it out...
The chicken, seeing Jiang Li's eyes flashing with cold light, felt fear reaching its limit.
The chicken's brain whirred to its maximum at this moment, constantly thinking of how to prove it was a phoenix.
"It seems you can't prove it. I'm sorry, promise me, be a good chicken in your next life!" Jiang Li continued, his spiritual energy erupting as he prepared to strike the chicken.
"Wait, wait, I'm almost there, give me some more time!" the red chicken said tremblingly.
Jiang Li raised an eyebrow. Could this foolish bird really prove it? It couldn't even fly, yet it claimed to be a phoenix? What a joke.
"Slap me to death!" the red chicken seemed to have thought of something and said excitedly.
Jiang Li's mouth twitched. Was it afraid he would stew it alive?
"We phoenixes have extremely tenacious vitality. As long as the physical body remains, even if life is lost, as long as spiritual energy is replenished, we will be resurrected with full health!" the red chicken continued.
Wait... that's not right. If I can't die, why am I afraid of this guy...
"Slap!!!"
As soon as the chicken finished speaking, Jiang Li's palm struck.
The red chicken, before it could even react, was directly flattened into a meat patty.
This phoenix is quite something.
With just one slap, he didn't shatter it, just turned it into this shape.
It seems what this chicken said might be true. This really is a phoenix, not a chicken.
Immediately, Jiang Li slowly channeled spiritual energy.
Under the nourishment of spiritual energy, the meat patty began to swell like a balloon.
Before long, the red chicken was resurrected with full health.
"Hahaha, I told you I'm not a chicken, I'm a phoenix, a phoenix with phoenix bloodline!" the red chicken laughed loudly.
At this moment, the chicken had decided it would rebel against this great devil...
It was a phoenix, an immortal being, what was there to fear...
"Alright, alright, stop showing off. Sign the soul contract with me quickly, or I'll stew you later. I wonder if a stewed phoenix can be resurrected after eating it!" Jiang Li said with a curl of his lip.
The red chicken was instantly dumbfounded. Eat it? Could it be resurrected?
The red chicken wasn't sure, because its inherited memories didn't mention whether it could be resurrected after being eaten.
No, who would eat a phoenix in their right mind...
In the end, the phoenix signed a soul contract with Jiang Li and was completely under his control.
After signing the contract, the phoenix looked utterly dejected.
This world was not what it had imagined. There was no endless food and resources, only this devil-like man before it...
After signing the soul contract, Jiang Li also learned about the phoenix's characteristics.
A newly hatched phoenix was unranked and could only advance by devouring vast amounts of resources.
Because it possessed the bloodline of an ancient phoenix, its vitality was extremely tenacious.
Even after death, as long as there was enough spiritual energy, it could still be resurrected.
However, each resurrection would reset its evolution progress to zero.
In other words, if a phoenix reached the late stage of the ninth rank and died once, it would fall back to the early stage of the ninth rank...
Currently, the phoenix was unranked, so death had no significant impact.
Moreover, at higher ranks, its combat power would be extraordinary, and the undying fire it controlled could scorch the heavens and boil the seas.
Looking at it this way, this phoenix was not bad. It was just too slow to develop, a typical late-game hero... Jiang Li shook his head.
Never mind, he had plenty of resources, so he'd raise it first.
Hmm, if it could resurrect infinitely, Jiang Li's eyes lit up...
Eating one phoenix leg and one phoenix wing a day, wouldn't that be an infinite bug exploit?
The phoenix looked at Jiang Li's gaze and felt a chill down its spine. Although it didn't know what Jiang Li was thinking, its heart trembled incessantly.
Why was this guy different from the humans in its inherited memories?
It was a phoenix, shouldn't it be pampered and well-fed? Why was this person so strange? It felt like he wanted to eat it...
No, no, it was a phoenix with phoenix bloodline, it must be his imagination.
Never mind, it was too skinny, not much meat. Let's wait until it's fatter, Jiang Li thought.
"Since you're my pet, I'll give you a name. How about Xiao Hong!" Jiang Li said.
As soon as Jiang Li spoke, the phoenix's heart skipped a beat.
What? Xiao Hong? Such a rustic name. Impossible, it would never be called Xiao Hong in this lifetime.
It was a phoenix, a phoenix with phoenix bloodline, how could it be called such a name?
Even if you were the Jade Emperor, it would never be called Xiao Hong...
The phoenix was indignant. Not only was he not being pampered, but he was also given such a name. Even a chicken wouldn't want the name Xiao Hong.
"What? Do you have an opinion?" Jiang Li frowned, his gaze fixed on the phoenix.
The phoenix felt its feathers stand on end, its heart pounding.
"No, no, Master is truly wise and mighty, unparalleled in the world, with wisdom surpassing ancient and modern times. Xiao Hong is a wonderful name, I love this name, no one can take it away. From now on, I will be called Xiao Hong!" the phoenix said urgently, flapping its wings.
It seemed afraid that Jiang Li would get angry.
Jiang Li looked at the phoenix with a strange expression. Was he really that amazing?
Jiang Li had just casually picked a name. He had originally planned to change it if this chicken was unwilling.
Since it liked it so much, it would be called Xiao Hong.
After finalizing the phoenix's name, Jiang Li gave Xiao Hong some resources and let it go to develop.
...
A moment later, Qing Hua, wearing an even more alluring outfit, her slender waist swaying, walked in slowly.
"Senior Brother Jiang, we have news of Luo Yunxi!"
Qing Hua knelt below the grand hall, looking at Jiang Li with seductive charm. A large expanse of fair, tender skin was fully visible to Jiang Li.
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ps: Thank you everyone for the flowers and for your support.