Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 433 - The Phoenix’s Embryo

Fu Qingjin concealed his aura and made his way through the mountains slowly. The chilly, snowy wind ruffled his green clothes. The snow had turned the mountain into a vast world of silver. He let out a white, misty breath, and the corner of his mouth curled slightly. He was missing some of his laid backness and gloominess, replaced by peace and calmness.

If he could toss aside everything, with just a single friend beside him to travel through the mountains, wouldn’t that be better than all the conflict in the secular world? Everything would be reduced to ruins anyway, so he might as well have nothing in the first place.

Suddenly, he felt daemon qi draw close. A rat emerged from a snowy den and spotted Fu Qingjin, but it did not attack him. Instead, it yelled out as loudly as it could, “The great rat king has arrived! Oof!”

Subsequently, sixteen rats standing on two feet burst out of the snow with a throne-like carriage on their shoulders, trampling over the messenger rat.

A fatty with a thievish, shrewd appearance and a crown on his head sat on the throne. He pointed at Fu Qingjin and yelled, “You human, who are you? Where are you from? Where are you headed? You better cough up the truth.”

Even with Fu Qingjin’s vast knowledge and experience, he was still taken aback by this sight. He laughed. “I’m Fu Qingjin. I’ve come to ask the great king about something.”

“Please tell me the truth, great king. I may be able to spare your life then.”

When he said the second sentence, a while had already passed. In the Green Ruins Illusion, his crown fell to the ground, and the great rat king knelt on the step below. He pleaded for mercy, “Please spare me, great immortal. I’ll definitely tell you everything I know.”

Fu Qingjin stood on the step with the xiezhi’s horn in his hand. “A few years ago, did a cat daemon pass through your territory?”

The great rat king’s eyes swiveled around. “I- I think there was, but I also don’t think there was.”

The xiezhi’s horn was unable to distinguish the truth behind something so vague. Fu Qing

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