Despite the parrot’s inner anguish, he didn’t dare to continue with any more cursing. In a weeping voice, he continued, “Sect Uncle, I really can’t handle this. I can’t do any more. Please, let me off the hook....”0

Xu Qing looked at the parrot.1

“Sect Uncle,” the parrot wept, “I-I-I... I can only teleport by using feathers. Look at how young I am! I haven’t even gotten married yet! See, I hardly have any feathers left. If other birds see me they’ll laugh to death!”23

The parrot wasn’t lying. His teleportation powers did rely on his feathers, and he had long been very proud of his multicolored look. In fact, whenever he had run into other birds, he had always sneered derisively at their drab coats. As far as he was concerned, he was the most beautiful bird in heaven and earth. One of a kind! But now... he looked naked and bald, which filled his heart with sorrow and indignation.32

Xu Qing, meanwhile, was paying attention to the distant fluctuations. Then he checked to see how many feathers the parrot still had left.0

“You have a few more, don’t you?” he said, squeezing the parrot.2

“Drop dead!” the parrot screamed as he initiated another teleportation. Xu Qing and the parrot vanished, leaving behind a single feather crumbling to ash in the wind.3

A moment later, they materialized a few hundred kilometers away. Before the parrot could say anything, Xu Qing squeezed him hard.2

Another scream echoed out across...0