Ningning followed the map and rushed to the deep forest. As the rising sun gradually tore the remaining dull night, the scene in front of him gradually became clearer and wider.

After passing through the dense forests, I came to the top of a cliff.

The Songyue Peak is at the end of the small mountain. When you look over the rugged rocks around you, you will be a steep cliff like a hanging sky. The sea is boundless at the bottom of the cliff, and the white snow waves sway on the stone wall, like the light of a sword, fleeting in a flash.

Those who enter the secret realm of Xiaozhongshan are all Jindan stage monks. Such cultivation cannot compete with the Xuanniao, and it is even more impossible to come here under its fierce attack and see the real appearance of the Silver Silk Fairy Leaf.

Even the origin of the rumor that "Silver-Silk Fairy Leaves Born in Singyue Peak" was that when a disciple entered the secret realm a few years ago, he happened to be here, and then he saw the legendary immortal grass—

As for how he successfully escaped by crying and calling his parents, it is another rather thrilling story.

Now Ningning is standing at the top of the cliff, squinting her eyes by the whistling wind. After seeing the scene ahead, she slightly curled her mouth.

On the flat ground at the end of the cliff, there is a spiritual plant radiating radiance. Unlike ordinary plants, it has only one long and thin leaves in total, and it is as bright as a starry sky. At this time, it looks even more like a dream and picturesque when bathed in a light morning light.

The wind blows hard on the top of the cliff, and the sand and stones fly, but it always stands quietly in the deepest corner of the entire secret realm without any wavering. The light of the sky and the earth are all gathered here, and it is worthy of being born to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.

Even Ningning could feel the soft spiritual energy emitted by this spiritual plant, which should be the legendary silver silk fairy leaf.

He Zhizhou didn't know how long he could hold the Xuanbird, so she didn't have time to take care of the others and immediately stepped forward to pick the fairy leaves off.

Like Tianxin Grass, this kind of holy-level spiritual plant often takes hundreds of years to condense into a plant, so Ningning takes extra care when picking it, not destroying the location of the vegetation rhizomes, so that they can grow again as soon as possible.

However, after picking up his head, he glanced at him and couldn't help but be stunned.

The vegetation on the cliff is sparse and is surrounded by overlapping rock formations. And in a corner covered by stones, a dazzling redness suddenly appeared.

It turned out to be an oval egg.

It is round and rolling, about one meter high, presenting a bright red scent that is the same as the feathers of the black bird. From a distance, it looks like a burning flame.

Its location is extremely secret, and Ningning is determined to obtain the fairy grass, so he did not notice this shadow before. At this moment, he accidentally saw it and his heart thumped hard.

This is...the egg of the black bird?

So that's it.

The reason why the Xuanniao desperately protects the silver silk fairy leaves is for his own children.

When she was talking to Su Qinghan in the ancient wood forest sea, the two of them had talked about why the Xuanniao guarded the Silver Silk Fairy Leaf to death.

"In fact, the biggest purpose of the silver silk fairy leaf is to detoxify and suppress the demonic energy. However, since the holy-level spiritual plants have the spiritual energy that clears the mind and concentrates the mind, most people believe that the Xuanniao is to absorb the essence of heaven and earth through it and improve its own cultivation."

Su Qinghan said: "But some people think that maybe it was because the black bird lays an egg and wanted to nourish the young birds through it."

Seeing Ningning showing a confused look, she patiently added: "The Xuanniao clan is extremely rare. Although it is extremely strong after adulthood, it is very fragile in childhood. Not only does it take a hundred years to hatch eggs, but the cubs after hatching are also extremely weak. If you do not cherish the spiritual plants and breathe, you may die shortly after birth."

Ning Ning nodded: "Sister, you once said that the function of Tianxin Grass is to nourish the spirits. If the Xuanniao wants to practice or hatch eggs, why not go directly to Tianxin Grass?"

Su Qinghan shook his head and smiled: "Not to mention the traces of Tianxin Grass are hard to find. I heard that someone had seen a plant that wanted to force snatch, but was almost killed by the stone spirit guarding beside him. According to him, the stone spirit has absorbed a lot of spiritual energy from Tianxin Grass, and has long become the strongest half-immortal in this secret realm. I am afraid that even the Xuanniao will find it difficult to snatch Tianxin Grass from her hands."

Ning Ning was so surprised that she opened her mouth slightly round. She never expected that the sister who looked ordinary and even had a bit of a book-like temperament would be a boss-level figure in this secret realm.

The sweeping monk is indeed everywhere.

"The Xuanniao is actually trying to reproduce children."

Outside the mysterious mirror, a monk murmured to himself: "No wonder it tried his best to protect the silver silk fairy leaves... I was puzzled before, with its current strength, it should not need to rely on spiritual plants to improve its cultivation."

Someone said in surprise: "I heard that when the Xuanniao egg is hatched, the color will turn from white to red as the hatching process. Judging from its appearance, it should be almost broken."

The female cultivator of the Wanjian Sect's red skirt was also interested: "However, compared with Tianxin Grass, the hatching ability of the silver silk fairy leaves can only be considered second-best. When the Xuanniao comes back later, even if she meets Ningning, can't she use Tianxin Grass to conduct peaceful transactions with it to avoid harm?"

“This is inappropriate.”

Qu Feiqing, who was beside her, whispered: "If Xuanniao is greedy and kills Ningning and takes away Tianxincao, what can she do? She has no place to complain."

"No wonder when Xuanniao talked to He Zhizhou before, he said, 'I like children and want a new one'."

Tian Xianzi grinned, as if he remembered something, and his eyes were even more smiling: "Don't forget, we have made a bet to see which disciple can take the lead in winning the Silver Wire Immortal Leaf - now the result has been released, remember to pay the money."

"Wait! Look at me!"

The elder of Haoran Sect frowned and stared at the mysterious mirror: "That shadow... is the Xuanniao back?"

As soon as the picture in the mirror turned, I saw a ray of red light in the sky.

The mysterious bird came and went like the wind. When it landed on the ground, it caused stones to roll. Perhaps because its original body was too large, it turned into a woman in red after landing. Before it could walk a few steps, its expression suddenly froze.

——The place where silver-wire fairy leaves should have been born is now empty.

But it never felt that anyone had come close to this place, and there was no breath of a lifeless person around it. Could it be that the silver-wire fairy leaves can still produce legs and run out of thin air?

The more he thought about it, the more irritable it became, and he paced back and forth in place, his eyes became more and more fierce, and a red light like bleeding was faintly oozing from the orange yellow.

"Strange, where did Ningning hide?"

He Xiaochen, outside the mysterious mirror, searched everywhere, but did not see the familiar figure of the little girl. Since they turned the picture to Xuanniao and came back, Ningning disappeared.

Qu Feiqing closed her eyebrows and finally smiled: "This place is flat and open, and the only thing to hide is the pile of stones next to the eggs."

Obviously, Xuanniao and she thought of the same place.

The charming woman in a red dress looked vicious and approached the pile of stone without saying a word.

In order to make this child born, she has been waiting here for a hundred years, if she fails...

It must make the thief live worse than death.

The flame-like red color gradually cut through the dark brown land with a biting murderous intent.

The black bird came to the pile of rugged rocks.

There were many people outside the mirror holding their breath at the same time. The soft-hearted female cultivator even turned aside.

Everyone saw it slowly lowering its head and leaning forward to the stone with a cruel face. A wisp of cold wind blew, teasing the leaves in the distance, like a countdown bell.

Xuanniao's pupils shrank suddenly.

Behind the stone... there was nothing.

"No, no?"

An elder outside the mirror took a breath: "Did she escape?"

The thief must have escaped.

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the woman in red, but when she raised her hand, she turned into a giant bird and flapped her wings and soared into the air.

When it comes to flying, the thief must be unable to beat it.

"Ning Ning cannot be faster than the black bird, and will definitely be caught up by it."

He Xiaochen frowned: "Did she use the visual dead corner of Xuanniao to cleverly deal with the sword and leave?"

Tian Xianzi laughed: "It's not true. Why don't you take a closer look at it? Isn't there an egg besides those stones on the cliff?"

"Egg?"

The female cultivator in the red in Wanjian Sect looked curiously: "But when Xuanniao was investigating before, the egg was clearly marked behind it-ah!"

She said with a look of great surprise, with beautiful eyes smiling: "This egg...had been hatched not long ago."

As soon as the female cultivator finished speaking, the huge round bird eggs in the mysterious mirror shook slowly.

Then the top layer of eggshell was carefully raised, and the one who poked his head out of it was not a cub in the black bird, but a little girl with bright eyes and white teeth.

Ningning shook her head with the round eggshell and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

At that time, she noticed something strange in the sky and understood that the black bird would come back soon. If she hid behind a stone or escaped on the spot, she would definitely be captured by it on the spot. What's more, she had already picked the silver silk fairy leaves, so she couldn't explain it clearly no matter what.

At the critical moment, the bird egg that had been quiet not far away suddenly shook lightly, making a very subtle sound of something cracking.

There is no way out, and the cub of the black bird actually broke its shell.

"She actually hid inside the bird's egg."

He Xiaochen also smiled: "The cracks on the upper and lower sides are tightly covered by her. If you don't observe carefully, you can't tell the trick. The Xuanniao is eager to find people, and you won't find that small crack."

Someone added: "It is only one step short of hatching. Now it is probably affected by the Tianxin Grass on her body and it has broken its shell directly."

He paused, stroked his long beard and chuckled: "It's really a coincidence that I can't have a book. If fellow Taoist Ning Xiao didn't have the Tianxin Grass on his body, he would definitely not have had such a coincidence."

They said one by one, and Qu Feiqing looked at the girl in the mysterious mirror, and her eyes were even thinner.

"Thank you."

Ning Ning lowered her head and glanced at the cub holding the black bird in her hand. It was different from other birds. Not only was it fresh and clean in the eggshell, but it also brought a faint milky fragrance, but it also gave birth to plump wings, which were warm and furry to the touch.

Although the bird egg is big, the newborn cub is only the size of a palm. The little guy seemed to like her very much, rubbing her body on Ningning, and his small wings flapping gently. When he crossed his palm, it brought an electric itch like an electric current.

"I can't stay here for too long, I have to leave first."

She touched the Xuanniao's head, causing the latter to squint his orange eyes and rolled around his palms, like a small red ball.

"But..." Ning Ning swirled the silver silk fairy leaf in her hand, lowered her voice and smiled, "I have a gift for you."

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The Xuanniao couldn't find the culprit for stealing the silver silk fairy leaves. She returned to the top of the cliff with anger and actually saw the broken eggshells all over the ground.

It has been looking forward to the children who have been around for a hundred years and are raising their heads at the bottom of the eggs. When they hear footsteps, their round little eyes are thundering, full of new vitality.

The Xuanniao cub was in poor health. After walking for a few steps, he fell straight and fell. His wings were shaking weakly, so weak that he could not make any sound.
To be continued...