Upon hearing ‘reduce your sentence,’ the dozens of chickens flapped their wings and started clucking loudly, their eyes shining with unbounded hope. In fact, they nearly went mad. They immediately started fighting each other in the hopes of being first in line to get this opportunity. Feathers flew everywhere.12

Xu Qing frowned slightly.1

The chickens quickly went quiet. It didn’t matter what cultivation base they had before becoming chickens, they knew the situation they were in. They were dealing with four Smoldering Gods, and given that, they could guess how important Xu Qing was. As a result, they didn’t dare to do anything out of line. Though they still felt deep grief and indignation, they also wanted to stay alive, so they had no choice but to be submissive.0

After the chickens settled down, Xu Qing started pointing at individual chickens. Of the group of over a hundred, he selected thirty.0

“Which of you is fastest?” he asked.0

One of the chickens jumped up, clucking longingly.5

Xu Qing nodded and took out the jade slip the Heir Apparent had given him that let him control the chickens. He quickly performed an incantation gesture and pointed...0