I Can Record Wonders

Chapter 171: The Understanding Spirit Bird, A Thousand Transformations

Fu Ning calmly pulled up his pants.

But the woman across from him stared straight at him without even blinking.

Awkward~

Damn it, I'm over fifty in both this life and the previous one, and yet I'm feeling shy because of a woman.

Fu Ning lowered his head, feeling his face burning, and was about to turn and leave.

But at that moment, a voice came from behind him.

"Wait~"

Her voice was soft, but it seemed to naturally exude a sense of calmness.

Fu Ning hesitated for a moment, realizing that it would be impolite to leave now that she had asked a question.

"Do you understand formations?"

Although Shen Bijun didn't recognize Fu Ning, she was currently trapped in a maze. If she couldn't find the way out, her only option would be to give up.

So she had to seek help from her fellow disciples.

Fu Ning glanced at the woman's face and couldn't help but be secretly surprised. He felt that she was extremely beautiful, even surpassing Lu Qingchan.

But he didn't immediately answer. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "What about the explosion just now..."

Shen Bijun lightly extended her right hand, and a faint red bubble appeared on her fingertip.

Seeing the bubble, Fu Ning's pupils contracted. He could sense the dangerous fluctuations emanating from it.

But when he looked at the woman's calm expression, it seemed as if the explosion just now had nothing to do with her.

She's a ruthless person.

Just as the two of them were at a standstill, a sound suddenly came from their ears.

Shen Bijun's gaze sharpened, and the little bird suddenly appeared again. This time, she could clearly see that it was carrying the "Crimson Coral" that she had been longing for.

"Where do you think you're going!"

After saying that, she was about to fly towards the little bird with light steps.

"Hold on!"

At this moment, Fu Ning's voice came from behind.

"Hmm?" Shen Bijun's footsteps paused, and she didn't even turn her head. "Do you also want it?"

Hearing the cold tone in her voice, Fu Ning quickly shook his head. "Do you know what that furry creature is carrying in its mouth?"

The main reason he asked this was to confirm his guess.

Shen Bijun didn't understand his meaning, but still replied indifferently, "Crimson Coral, it's not very useful for your Red Mountain's Origin Spirit."

"Crimson Coral?!"

Fu Ning's gaze immediately sharpened upon hearing this. "Just as I suspected."

Hearing his tone, Shen Bijun was also taken aback. She first looked at the little bird perched on the branch, then turned her head to look at Fu Ning. "What do you mean?"

Fu Ning didn't answer directly, but instead asked, "Do you know what I saw?"

Hearing this, a hint of doubt appeared on Shen Bijun's face. "Could it be that what you saw wasn't the 'Crimson Coral'?"

She stared intently at her unfamiliar junior brother. He looked quite pleasing to the eye, but he was also mysterious, making it difficult to gauge his depth.

Fu Ning completely ignored the change in her gaze and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, the 'Crimson Coral' is something that Senior Sister has been searching for recently, right?"

Shen Bijun narrowed her eyes upon hearing this, neither nodding nor shaking her head.

The 'Crimson Coral' was one of the materials she needed to advance her internal cultivation, and she had indeed been searching for it for a long time.

But how did he know?

Seeing her appearance, Fu Ning already knew the answer in his heart. In order to prevent the other party's suspicion, he quickly explained, "Senior sister, don't misunderstand. The bird I saw didn't have 'Crimson Coral' in its beak, but a spiritual herb."

"Spiritual herb?" Shen Bijun subconsciously looked at the bird on the branch again, confirming that it was indeed holding 'Crimson Coral' in its beak.

Crimson Coral? Spiritual herb?

"I speculate that the thing the bird is holding in its beak is intentionally transformed, with the purpose of deliberately luring people in."

"Intentionally transformed..."

Hearing this, a hint of shock appeared on Shen Bijun's face. Thinking again about the bird appearing around her repeatedly, it seemed like it was indeed deliberately enticing her.

"A thousand people... a thousand transformations!"

Shen Bijun seemed to have figured something out and muttered to herself.

After a long time, a trace of disappointment flashed across her face. "So that's how it is."

After speaking, she turned to Fu Ning. "The way you put it does remind me of a kind of Spirit Beast recorded in 'Spirit Beast Chronicles,' the 'Harmony Bird.'"

"Harmony Bird?"

"Yes, it is said that the 'Harmony Bird' feeds on rainbows and clouds in the sky and can produce illusions in its belly."

"Whatever enters its eyes will be transformed into a thousand different things, and it uses this as bait to lure its target into a trap."

"Indeed!"

"In that case, that bird is undoubtedly the legendary 'Harmony Bird.'"

Upon hearing this, Fu Ning couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The Great Thousand World is full of wonders. It turns out there is such a magical Spirit Beast. Unfortunately, his search for the 'Moonshadow Grass' has once again come to nothing.

While he was feeling regretful, Shen Bijun's voice came again. "However, the things transformed by the 'Harmony Bird' have a prerequisite, which is that they must be things it has seen before."

"Things it has seen before?!"

Fu Ning's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Are you saying, Senior sister... it has seen the 'Moonshadow Grass' and 'Crimson Coral' before?"

Shen Bijun didn't speak, she just nodded slightly.

"Then where did it see them? Could it be... right here in this Secret Realm?!"

Both of them instinctively looked at each other, and in that moment of eye contact, they both thought of a possibility.

Red Sun Scenic Master had once said that 'Old White Turtle' was a master of formations and mechanisms, and had likely hidden many treasures in this Secret Realm.

And among those treasures, there was a high probability of finding the 'Moonshadow Grass' and 'Crimson Coral'!

Fu Ning's gaze narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but think to himself: 'Old White Turtle's' treasure!

"Thank you for speaking up in time just now. Otherwise, I would most likely have been led into a trap by this feathered beast."

Shen Bijun's face remained calm, but she felt extremely fortunate in her heart. 'Old White Turtle' was skilled in formations and mechanisms. If she had really been led into a trap, she would probably have to crush the token to escape.

The other party not only saved her life just now, but also preserved her qualification to pass the test.

Thinking of this, she looked at Fu Ning again. "Junior brother looks unfamiliar. When did you come up the mountain...?"

Fu Ning quickly bowed and coughed lightly. "Fu Ning pays respects to Senior sister. I came up the mountain half a year ago, so it's normal that Senior sister hasn't seen me."

"Half a year ago?" Shen Bijun calculated silently in her heart. "Half a year ago, it's about the same time as Junior sister Cheng came up the mountain."

Fu Ning smiled. "Is Senior sister referring to Yun Niang?"

Shen Bijun was taken aback. "Huh, little junior brother knows Junior sister Yun Niang?"

She had been in seclusion on the mountain for a while, and she hadn't even witnessed the spectacle of 'Dragon Breaths, Rivers Form,' let alone Fu Ning. She had only seen Yun Niang a few times.

But she knew that Master White Lotus Scenic Master treated Yun Niang like his own daughter and loved her very much.

She didn't expect this Red Mountain disciple in front of her to actually know Yun Niang.

At the same time, in Fu Ning's eyes, the thing held in the bird's beak was...

(End of this chapter)