Eternal Life: My Lifespan Increases Daily

"Chang, Changming..."

"Hmm?" Song Changming heard a voice full of childishness, stuttering as it called out to him.

The voice came from the Little Yellow Bird right in front of him.

The Little Yellow Bird, which had always been unable to speak, finally managed to talk after waking from its slumber.

"Xiaohuang, you can talk now." Su Qingqing asked curiously, somewhat wary of the blazing golden flame but still surprised.

The Little Yellow Bird turned to look at Su Qingqing.

"Qingqing..."

This time the call still sounded childish, though with less stuttering.

"Hehe, it’s me, Xiaohuang, you finally grew up." Su Qingqing smiled with relief.

Given the intelligence that the Little Yellow Bird had shown in the past, and having been by Song Changming’s side for so many years, it should have been able to speak long ago.

But it seemed that due to incomplete growth and evolution, it hadn’t been able to make a sound.

"Grow, grown up..." The Little Yellow Bird looked at itself again.

The golden demon fire constantly converged, soon transforming into a cloak of flames, draping over the bird’s feathers, looking quite splendid.

Now, the Little Yellow Bird was very different from its original chick appearance.

Anyone could see how unique this bird is.

The Little Yellow Bird seemed excited about its changes, happily circling around Song Changming and Su Qingqing.

"Xiaohuang, enjoy but first put your flames away, the house can’t take it." Song Changming reminded.

Only then did the Little Yellow Bird realize the place where it had been sleeping had turned into charred ruins, the originally beautiful green plants in the yard had long been ravaged beyond recognition by the heat wave.

Seeing its destruction, the Little Yellow Bird felt somewhat apologetic, quickly withdrew the demon fire resting on its feathers, letting it enter its body.

Once the source of the flames was gone, the heat wave gradually eased.

"Sorry, sorry..." The Little Yellow Bird admitted its fault quite straightforwardly.

It just stuttered slightly with each new word.

"Never mind, be careful next time." Song Changming didn’t reproach the Little Yellow Bird.

After all, it was an unintentional act.

"Changming, hungry..." The Little Yellow Bird landed on the last remaining stone table in the yard, suddenly looked at Song Changming, and said.

Song Changming didn’t care much about the Little Yellow Bird’s form of address, the little creature hadn’t eaten in nearly half a year, so being hungry was normal now.

"Sir!" After Song Changming turned off the protective array in the yard, Song Ping’an quickly rushed in with his men.

"It’s alright." Song Changming stood in the ruined yard and waved.

"This..." Song Ping’an glanced around, implying everything seemed far from alright.

"What happened here, exactly?"

In the yard, besides Song Changming and Su Qingqing, was only the Little Yellow Bird gobbling down its meal on the stone table.

Without the flame cloak, the Little Yellow Bird looked more ordinary, but its feathers were still splendidly golden and quite beautiful.

It now shared similar tastes with humans, preferring cooked foods, especially cooked demon meat, and secondarily, treasures filled with Spiritual Qi, like those growing in the Treasure Sea of the Imperial City.

Ever since Song Changming became the Grand Marshal, he gained a gateway, regularly transporting numerous treasures from the Treasure Sea of the Imperial City monthly, serving as excellent dietary supplements or cultivation resources.

Even ordinary people who overconsume these spiritual treasures can live longer, free from disease and disaster, regarded as treasures among treasures.

Song Changming was always generous with those around him; even the two guard dogs and pet Little Yellow Bird at home received a share of these spiritual treasures without exception.

It seemed as though the Little Yellow Bird harbored a flame within its stomach, quickly digesting the food it swallowed.

Soon, it consumed an amount far exceeding its body size, and the more it ate, the glossier and softer its feathers became, sparkling to an eye-catching degree.

"Comfortable, comfortable..." Once full, the Little Yellow Bird plopped down on the stone table, squinting its eyes and spurting flames from its mouth.

This wave of supplementation was significant for it, replenishing what was lost in its near half-year long slumber.

The only thing it disliked was the current freezing weather, unable to bask in the sunlight.

"Why did you suddenly sleep for so long this time?" Song Changming sat by the stone table and asked.

Now that the Little Yellow Bird could talk, Song Changming’s past doubts were best tackled directly with it.

"Blood, bloodline awakening..." The Little Yellow Bird said.

"Why does the Great Demon Kite serve you?"

"Be-cause of, bloodline..."

"Bloodline?"

"My, bloodline, noble."

The Little Yellow Bird could not speak long sentences, mostly responding concisely, pondering over word choice, appearing unskilled.

"What connection do you have with the Divine Celestial Phoenix?" Song Changming continued questioning.

"Is, is Xiaohuang’s ancestor."

Song Changming raised an eyebrow, and Su Qingqing exclaimed, "Divine Celestial Phoenix is your ancestor! Xiaohuang, I never thought you had such a big background!"

"So, now that your bloodline has awakened, are you considered as Divine Celestial Phoenix?" Song Changming wondered aloud.

"No..." The Little Yellow Bird denied it.

Its bloodline is noble due to being a descendant of the Celestial Phoenix ancestor, but that doesn’t mean it is a Divine Celestial Phoenix.

Its limited language made it unsure how to explain to Song Changming.

Fortunately, Su Qingqing, having stayed on Fox Mountain, was somewhat knowledgeable about demons, helped to explain.

Simply put, while the Celestial Phoenix was an ancient ancestral bird, not all of its descendants are pureblood.

After countless generations, pureblood Celestial Phoenixes may no longer exist nowadays.

If traced, actually the various birds around the world, including ordinary sparrows, hold some bit of Celestial Phoenix bloodline.

However, this bloodline is exceedingly diluted, negligible almost.

The difference of the Little Yellow Bird from other birds lies in that it retained relatively more Celestial Phoenix bloodline.

Compared to other birds, it has a higher chance of awakening this Celestial Phoenix bloodline, achieving transformation.

Such as this instance of slumber, where its Celestial Phoenix bloodline awakened, causing evolution.

After hearing Su Qingqing’s explanation, Song Changming understood.

This so-called evolution closely resembles ancestral regression.

With ongoing evolution, activating ancestral bloodline, the Little Yellow Bird could grow closer to the legendary Divine Celestial Phoenix.

The Hawk Demon, upon obtaining a Celestial Phoenix Feather, unexpectedly took on the responsibility of safeguarding this Little Yellow Bird.

Perhaps, the Hawk Demon knew all along this Little Yellow Bird was destined to awaken its Celestial Phoenix bloodline, thus it cared deeply.

Simply put, if previously the Little Yellow Bird was just an ordinary bird, now having completed a bloodline awakening, Xiaohuang has stepped beyond the ordinary bird category, becoming unique and unmatched!

"Not bad, didn’t raise you in vain." Song Changming chuckled.

Having nurtured it with good food and drink for years certainly produced some returns.

Even possibly raising a divine bird in the future.

"Changming, in the future, I’ll, protect, you." As its digestion seemed complete, Xiaohuang suddenly stood up, extending a wing towards Song Changming.

Now able to speak, the first smooth words were Song Changming’s name.

"Xiaohuang, don’t be so rude, you should call him Young Master." Su Qingqing interrupted.

"No, don’t want to, bloodline, not, as noble as mine." Xiaohuang raised its bird neck, arrogantly.

In their bird world, hierarchical status seemingly relies solely on bloodline quality.

"Since you don’t want to call him Young Master..." Song Changming noticed the bird’s somewhat arrogant nature, took out a top-grade Fire Attribute treasure and teased.

"Call me Master once, and this Fire Spirit Root will be yours."

Xiaohuang stiffened, its reddish eyes fixating on the rare treasure.

The Fire Spirit Root is not commonly seen, even Grandmasters or Great Demons have difficulty acquiring it.

This item was something he had looted from the Heaven and Earth Ring of Elder Grandmaster Su Xiang from the Su Family, with only one.

"So hot, so likable..." Xiaohuang’s pride lasted merely a few seconds.

"Master, master..."

Song Changming was satisfied like a smug goldfish uncle, tossing the Fire Spirit Root to the Little Yellow Bird.

Now that’s much better, a pet bird should behave like a pet bird.