Upon landing!
Chen Nan felt his blood surge and his bones felt like they were about to shatter!
He looked into the distance!
A middle-aged man in a black robe walked over with a grim expression!
The cultivation of a Profound Immortal wasn't considered strong among the avian races, but it was still beyond Chen Nan's current capabilities.
With every step he took, Chen Nan felt his breathing become heavier!
By the time the man stopped less than five meters from Chen Nan, Chen Nan could no longer breathe.
A Profound Immortal was truly not that strong.
Anyone plucked randomly from the Divine Tree could have crushed this opponent with ease!
However, Chen Nan was a cultivator!
Let alone a Profound Immortal, even an Earth Immortal could instantly scatter his soul and spirit.
The middle-aged man spoke in a cold voice, "Who are you? How dare you, in our avian race's territory, capture my duck clan descendants and cook them, do you think our duck clan has no strong individuals?"
The avian race was merely a general term, and within the avian race alone, there were thousands of clans!
The duck clan was one type of avian being!
It was just that the duck clan had very little presence among the avian beings.
Chen Nan endured his discomfort and said, "Senior, it wasn't me who captured your descendants, it was the Peng Emperor!"
"Presumptuous!" The middle-aged man was furious, "The Peng Emperor is a ninth-level Demon Emperor. He is occupied with state affairs, how could he be so idle as to capture my duck clan descendants?"
"Who says I can't capture your duck clan descendants? Do you know it's your duck clan's good fortune that Brother Chen Nan likes to eat duck?"
Yan Guang appeared beside Chen Nan with a strange presence.
His expression was impassive.
The aura he exuded, though invisible, made the middle-aged man's scalp tingle.
The middle-aged man immediately knelt down with a thud, trembling, "Peng Emperor, please calm your anger. This junior did not know this young friend liked to eat duck..."
Yan Guang let out a heavy snort, "Brother Chen Nan is a distinguished guest of our clan, the strategist I just invited. Your disrespect to him is tantamount to defying me, and you should be severely punished!"
Boom!
Yan Guang's words struck the middle-aged man like lightning. He cried out in terror, "Peng Emperor, spare my life! Peng Emperor, spare my life! This junior did not know he was a strategist for our avian race!"
He was truly terrified, never expecting Yan Guang to address Chen Nan so familiarly.
Chen Nan also said, "Brother Yan Guang, as the saying goes, ignorance is not a crime. Please spare his life!"
Despite his injuries, Chen Nan still felt a pang of guilt towards this duck clan expert.
After all, it was he who wanted to eat his kin.
Hmm... yes, this gave him a sense of guilt!
Yan Guang said coldly, "Since my brother pleads for you, I will spare your life!"
"From now on, you will serve Chen Nan here as his subordinate!"
"If he wants to eat duck necks, duck heads, duck wings, or anything else, you must slaughter and prepare it for him immediately!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The middle-aged man dared not refuse.
Afterwards, Yan Guang departed.
The middle-aged man stood nervously beside Chen Nan, like a primary school student who had made a mistake.
"Um, you can go. You don't have to stay here with me!"
Chen Nan looked awkward.
If this duck clan expert stayed with him, how could he possibly bring himself to eat duck?
Seeing the middle-aged man hesitate, Chen Nan added, "Don't worry, if I tell you to leave, the Peng Emperor naturally won't blame you! Conversely, if you disobey me..."
"Quack, quack, quack!"
The middle-aged man transformed into a black spiritual duck and, before Chen Nan could finish speaking, flapped his wings and flew away.
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In the evening!
Three distinguished guests from the Heavenly Demon Cave arrived at Chen Nan's location.
The demon race had a strict hierarchy.
This was why the Peng Emperor resided at the highest point of the Divine Tree.
However, upon seeing the Peng Emperor at Chen Nan's place, they understood Chen Nan's standing in the Peng Emperor's heart.
Otherwise, he would never have come here.
"Come, come, distinguished guests, please sample our avian race's delicacies!" Yan Guang enthusiastically led them to a long table, where several stone platters were already laid out.
Inside were duck heads, duck wings, duck necks, duck feet, duck carcasses, duck intestines...
Everything imaginable from a duck was present!
In addition to this, Yan Guang had also arranged for some fine wine.
Everyone savored Chen Nan's culinary skills and praised them without reservation.
After three rounds of drinks and enjoying the feast.
Fan Qian and the others also rose to leave.
However, before departing, they gave the ancient medicinal formula to Chen Nan.
Although Yan Guang did not explicitly support him, his attitude had revealed everything.
After seeing the three off.
Yan Guang, who had appeared slightly tipsy earlier, regained his cold demeanor and looked at Chen Nan, "Sir, what should we do next?"
"Wait!"
Chen Nan, with a straw in his mouth, said, "If I'm not mistaken, Fan Qian will definitely become arrogant after returning, even suppressing his other seven brothers.
"After all, with the support of our avian race, he will have no fear."
"When that time comes, we will send people to the Heavenly Demon Cave and inform one of the seven, saying that Fan Qian has received the support of our avian race!"
"As the saying goes, there is no resistance without oppression."
"By then, Fan Qian will not be far from death!"
Yan Guang grunted, "Everything is as you say!"
With that, he looked at Tu An, "The plan for the Ten Thousand Demon Cave can be put on hold for now!"
His plan was to cultivate humans to defeat humans!
Or for humans and demons to combine their forces to defeat humans!
However, Chen Nan's appearance had changed his perspective on humans.
He was no longer willing to continue with such endeavors.
"Yes!"
Yan Guang spread open his right hand, and a black light burst forth from his palm.
The black light converged.
It formed a rusty iron rod, about two meters long and as thick as a wrist.
Although this iron rod was covered in rust, it emanated a sacred glow.
Yan Guang said, "I mentioned before that if you could resolve the crisis of the avian turmoil, I would reward you handsomely!"
Tu An looked confused, "Boss, what is this thing?"
Yan Guang looked up at the sky and said, "This is a treasure my grandfather's grandfather found. That was after the avian turmoil! Legend has it that he was cultivating one day when suddenly the sky roared with thunder and raged with wind!"
"For some reason, many treasures descended from the sky, even large sections of city walls, bricks, and tiles!"
"This black rod was one of them!"
"It's a pity that no one knows the origin of this black rod!"
"But one thing is obvious: this black rod is incredibly heavy!"
"It weighs about a hundred thousand jin!"
Tu An gasped.
Chen Nan, despite his shock, forced a bitter smile, "Brother Yan, even if this black rod is an ultimate divine weapon, I am currently just an ordinary person and cannot use this weapon at all!"
"Everyone's destiny is different. How can you know you can't use this black rod without trying?" Yan Guang casually waved his hand, and the black rod landed on the ground, instantly cracking the earth with deep fissures.
Chen Nan bit his finger and dripped a drop of his blood onto it.
However, the black rod remained unresponsive.
This ruled out the possibility of it being an immortal artifact or a divine artifact.
Because whether it was an immortal artifact or a divine artifact, if it was masterless, a drop of blood would allow it to recognize its owner. Of course, it was also possible that the owner of this divine weapon was still alive.
However, that was tens of thousands of years ago. The possibility of the black rod's owner still being alive was virtually zero.
After all, even a ninth-level Demon Emperor's lifespan was only a hundred thousand years!