Chapter 2020: Little Yellow Chicken

"Could it not be a self-detonation?"

Zhang Xuan hurriedly looked up.

This guy couldn't be faking a self-detonation to try and escape, could he?

Full of anxiety, his eyes fell on the leading youth. When he saw the other's appearance clearly, his pupils contracted and his eyes bulged.

This fellow who intended to self-detonate had, at some unknown time, a gourd embedded in his forehead, smashing half his head away.

Before his power could accumulate to its peak, he was smashed to death by the gourd.

No wonder he couldn't self-detonate...

"So frustrating..."

Staring at the extra gourd on his forehead, the leading youth was filled with unwillingness.

Plop!

The corpse fell from the air.

He had imagined being killed by this Zhang Xuan, imagined dying by self-detonation, but never in his dreams had he thought he would be smashed to death on the spot by a gourd...

A dignified Temple Knight, a peak Immortal Lord powerhouse, killed by a gourd—no, smashed to death by a gourd...

How disgraceful!

He had thought being rammed by a clone was the most frustrating way to fight; had he known this would be his death, he would rather have been killed by the other party...

If word got out, dying by a gourd... his dignity would be utterly destroyed.

"The seal is broken?"

Seeing the leading youth's manner of death, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly looked toward the gourd in the air.

Then, he saw a golden light, dazzling as flame, and a figure like a bird slowly spread its wings.

Surrounded by flames and radiating light, it was unclear what it was at first, but from the aura it emitted, it felt extremely powerful!

No wonder it could devour peak Immortal Lord weapons and even pseudo-divine weapons; this guy indeed hadn't been boasting. Even if it wasn't a super divine beast that roamed all realms, there probably weren't many in the heavens that could harm it!

"I succeeded! Finally broke this thing..."

An excited laugh rang out, the light flickered, the dazzling brightness dimmed, and the figure in the air became clearer.

The clone also hurriedly looked over, full of curiosity.

He had known about this gourd for a long time, and to be honest, he really wanted to know what was sealed inside.

Whoosh!

The light dissipated, and the figure inside fully revealed itself before the two of them.

"You are... the divine beast that roams heaven and earth?"

Seeing the other's appearance, Zhang Xuan nearly bit his tongue and fell from the air.

"What? Don't I look like one?"

A little yellow chicken, as if just hatched from an egg, walked over slowly, its head held high, proud as a peacock.

Rubbing his eyes vigorously, Zhang Xuan and his clone exchanged glances, both nearly tearing their hair out.

Where's the ancient divine dragon?

Where's the Taotie?

Where's the Pixiu?

A yellow chicken...

Come on, tell me, how the hell do you look like a divine beast?

"A chicken... can become a divine beast?"

Zhang Xuan's teeth were about to shatter.

He had thought it would be something like a divine dragon, which as its master, he could ride to look imposing and beat anyone who disobeyed...

But instead, this thing came out...

Other people's beast pets were all majestic and awe-inspiring, striking fear when summoned, while he tossed out a little chicken... what the hell?

It had talked so big before; how could it turn out like this?

Could it be that the way he opened the gourd was wrong?

"You're the chicken! Your whole family are chickens!"

Trembling with anger, the little chicken raised its head: "I am a divine beast that roams heaven and earth. As for what exactly, my memory hasn't fully recovered, so I'm not sure, but I can confirm... I am definitely not a chicken!"

"Whatever makes you happy..."

Looking at this creature, identical to a little yellow chicken, denying it was a chicken, Zhang Xuan looked up and saw the folded space about to collapse at any moment. With a thought, he collected the clone, the beast pet, the three corpses, and the gourd into his storage ring.

There was no point in continuing the conversation; if he kept talking, he'd be infuriated to death.

"First, go back to my dantian!"

Zhang Xuan called out.

"I've broken the seal; I don't need to go back..." the little chicken said proudly.

"Get back in!"

Zhang Xuan grabbed it: "If you don't, you'll go into the storage ring..."

"Fine!"

Shrinking back, the little chicken re-entered his dantian.

Whoosh!

As soon as he did this, the street outside the Tong Shen Hall reappeared before him, the folded space collapsed, and as before, the people outside noticed nothing unusual.

Letting out a breath, Zhang Xuan hurried to the disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Seeing he was only severely injured, he gave him a bottle of gourd bathwater and told him to rest well, then his expression turned grave.

Disguised like this, with no trace of his former self, the Temple people could still discover and find him...

What was the basis?

And on what grounds were they certain?

If he couldn't confirm this, he would be in danger at any moment.

"You go back to the sect first; don't follow me..."

Seeing the other finish drinking the gourd water and recover, Zhang Xuan instructed, then shook his body and disappeared into the crowd. After a while, he changed into another appearance.

He wanted to test whether the Temple could really see through his disguise.

After wandering for over an hour without encountering danger, Zhang Xuan stopped.

"Probably not."

If they could see through his disguise, they would have acted when he tamed the flood dragon and other beasts, let alone after leaving the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and walking for three days straight!

"Forget it, I can't figure it out..."

After thinking for a long time and still not understanding where he had slipped up, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

He returned to the Tong Shen Hall and found a quiet room.

After setting up various seals, he moved his mind, and the little yellow chicken appeared before him again.

"You... what abilities do you have? How strong are you now?"

Regardless of whether a chicken could become a divine beast, Zhang Xuan decided to ask first.

At least he'd be prepared.

Otherwise, if Temple experts came again and he didn't even know his beast pet's abilities, how could he make good use of it?

"My abilities?"

The little chicken tilted its head, looking at him with one eye: "I'm not too sure either..."

"Can you fly?"

The little chicken fluttered its thumb-sized wings, then "smack!" fell to the ground: "Seems like I can't."

"What about combat power?"

Slap!

A slap sent the little chicken sprawling on the ground, like a broken egg yolk.

"Strength?"

Feeling like he was about to cry, Zhang Xuan tossed out the corpse of an Immortal Lord.

The little chicken again lay on the ground, only one claw sticking out, trembling nonstop...

Ten minutes later, Zhang Xuan was utterly devastated.

"This is what you call roaming heaven and earth?"

Inside the gourd, this guy had been bragging about how powerful it was, but when actually seen, not only was it unimpressive in appearance, but more absurdly... it had no power at all and could be flattened with a slap...

However, its recovery ability seemed strong; crushed under an Immortal Lord's corpse, it didn't die and was still full of vigor.

"I... I am definitely a divine beast that roams heaven and earth, but... I just broke the seal and exhausted my power; I haven't recovered yet. How about this: you get me two hundred top-grade Immortal Origin Pills—no, two hundred supreme-grade Immortal Origin Pills to eat, and I should recover some..."

Seeing his expression, the little chicken was a bit embarrassed and quickly said.

"Two hundred supreme-grade... you might as well die!"

Zhang Xuan was speechless.

Even two hundred top-grade Immortal Origin Pills were hard to come by, let alone supreme-grade... how could he even think of that...

Though frustrated, he knew the guy might be telling the truth, since it could even devour pseudo-divine weapons; it couldn't be just an ordinary chicken.

"Since you've become my beast pet, you naturally need a name. I can't keep calling you 'little chicken,' can I?"

Knowing that worrying was useless, Zhang Xuan said.

"Mm-hmm!" The little chicken quickly nodded: "I think I still have some seals that haven't been lifted; I'm still unclear about what species I am, but I'm definitely not a chicken! I must be a divine beast that roams heaven and earth, a hegemon!"

Although it had broken out of the gourd, it still didn't know what it was, but it was certain it wasn't a chicken.

No matter how powerful a chicken was, it couldn't casually swallow a pseudo-divine weapon!

So, its master constantly calling it "little chicken" was really too unpleasant.

Full of hope, it wanted to see what majestic and domineering name its master would come up with.

"Whether you are or not, you look like a chicken now. You also said you might be a divine beast, a hegemon. How about from now on, I call you..."

Zhang Xuan pondered: "'Ji Ba'!"

"..."

Its claws went weak, and the little yellow chicken fell to the ground.

Are you sure... this is a name for a divine beast?