Chapter 299: Viewers: This Chicken Can Really Fly?

During the Spring Festival, Ning Fei rested at Bai Yuanche's house for a few days.

When the time was about right, he planned to return to Qingfeng Temple.

Lin Chu was reluctant to see him go and offered a few warm, caring words.

"Brother, I'll go visit you at Qingfeng Temple in a few days," Bai Yi said before his departure.

"Then I'll be waiting for you," Ning Fei replied with a smile.

After that, Ning Fei drove his new car straight toward Qinshan Village.

By the afternoon, he had arrived at Qinshan.

The Qinshan Mountain range had just endured a winter snow, leaving it draped in a silvery-white coat.

Every place had its own unique characteristics. The Qinshan Mountain range, for example, wasn't as holy or expansive as the Kunlun Mountains, but it was brimming with far more vitality.

Right now, a layer of rime ice clung to the branches across the mountain range. The trees looked like they were carved from crystal, exceptionally beautiful.

Having been away from Qinshan for a long time, Ning Fei realized he had missed this place quite a bit.

Seeing such gorgeous scenery, Ning Fei turned on his live stream.

Viewers quickly flooded the stream. The moment they saw that familiar mountain road, they knew Ning Fei had returned to Qinshan Village.

Then, the drone's camera panned around, revealing the spectacular rime ice coating the deep mountains.

As far as the eye could see, the world was filled with shimmering ice crystals.

It felt like stepping straight into Elsa's kingdom in Frozen.

"That's way too beautiful!"

"Finally, Temple Master Ning is live again!"

"The scenery is so gorgeous."

"I'm genuinely jealous!"

Still in the car, Ning Fei explained, "Happy New Year, everyone. I just got back to Qinshan, and to my surprise, I ran right into a rime ice freeze."

"Rime ice, commonly known as tree frost, is a very rare natural wonder."

"When the temperature drops, the water vapor in the air undergoes direct deposition, freezing onto objects to form milky-white ice crystal deposits. That's rime ice."

"It's usually most spectacular when formed on tree branches. It makes the trees across the entire mountain look like they've been decorated with ice crystals."

The scenery was utterly breathtaking.

As Ning Fei's black car drove through this environment, it felt like traveling into another world.

He continued up the mountain. The moment he arrived at Qingfeng Temple and opened the car door, the little ones eagerly dashed out.

It was obvious they missed Qingfeng Temple too.

Little Dog ran off to find Dahuang the moment it returned. However, Dahuang had always relied on eating from a hundred families, so there was no telling whose house he was visiting right now.

The other little guys trailed behind Ning Fei, waiting for the doors to open before happily bounding into the temple.

At that moment, some veteran viewers noticed something amiss.

"Temple Master, where's Little Fei?"

"Yeah, Little Fox, Little Dog, and Heijiu are all here. The little falcon is definitely flying in the sky, and I just saw Xiao Feng too. Only Little Fei is missing."

"Could it be that during the New Year, the Temple Master took Little Fei and..."

"No way. That's Little Dog's best buddy. Temple Master Ning wouldn't have the heart to eat him, right?"

"Hard to say. Little Fei is leaner but far more muscular than an ordinary rooster. Chicken meat like that would definitely taste amazing."

"Let's hear how Temple Master Ning explains it."

Everyone chatted away in the comments.

When the car door opened earlier, all the little animals had run out, but Little Fei was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing the barrage of comments, Ning Fei smiled and said, "Little Fei? He's flying in the sky."

"I had the little falcon keep an eye on him. He should fly back in a moment."

Hearing Ning Fei's explanation, many viewers expressed absolute disbelief.

"Flying in the sky? Are you kidding? If you ate him, just admit it."

"Little Fei actually flew? Isn't the highest he can go just the height of a roof?"

"The Temple Master must be spouting nonsense. If Little Fei can really fly, I'll live stream myself taking a crap while doing a handstand. I'm leaving this statement right here."

"Honestly, anything can happen with the animals at Qingfeng Temple, so it's completely understandable."

"I still don't believe it, not unless I see it with my own eyes."

The viewers chattered relentlessly, with most refusing to believe him.

Right at that moment, the drone's camera slowly tilted toward the sky.

The viewers saw two dark silhouettes high in the sky, flying toward Qingfeng Temple.

The two figures were flying incredibly high. One of them looked a bit wobbly, while the other was much more stable.

Before the viewers could say anything else, they saw Little Fei descend from the sky.

That dark silhouette soaring hundreds of meters in the air was actually Little Fei.

The viewers were dumbfounded.

A rooster had actually taken to the sky?

"Holy crap!"

The comments section exploded.

"Little Fei took one trip to Kunlun and now he knows how to fly?"

"Where's the guy who said he'd crap doing a handstand? When are you going live?"

"This chicken is seriously divine."

"Good lord, I'm just straight-up speechless."

"Goodness, isn't this a bit too exaggerated?!"

The viewers were all utterly astounded.

They knew Little Fei had always wanted to fly, but they figured it was just a running joke.

After all, just how high could a rooster possibly fly?

But looking at Little Fei now, he was actually soaring through the sky?

This chicken looked like he was barely reaching adulthood, yet he was already this fierce?

At this point, Ning Fei glanced at Little Fei and said, "Little Fei can indeed fly now. On one hand, his body is relatively light. On the other hand, his wings are quite large, and his stamina is far better than other roosters of his kind."

"However, he still suffers from the inherent disadvantages of his species, so he can't fly too far."

"Everyone can see how he looks right now."

Following Ning Fei's words, the viewers took another look and noticed that Little Fei was sprawled flat on the ground. His chest was heaving violently, showing that he was visibly exhausted.

In contrast, the little falcon, who had flown down alongside him, looked completely relaxed, as if it were no big deal at all.

Still, the very fact that Little Fei could take to the skies was enough to leave the viewers exceptionally amazed.

Back inside the temple, Ning Fei went about his routine cleaning.

He also fired up the heating. The rooms in Qingfeng Temple used a modern combination of a wall-mounted boiler and underfloor heating. During the winter, the warmth radiating from the floors felt far more comfortable than an air conditioner.

Before long, the room gradually warmed up.

Qingfeng Temple also began to feel more lively.

By the time Ning Fei had everything neatly arranged, it was almost evening.

After dinner, feeling inspired, Ning Fei put on his Taichi Sun and Moon robe and practiced his swordplay in the snow to temper his body and mind.

Having not seen Ning Fei practice his sword arts in a long time, many viewers grew extremely excited.

Ning Fei's swordplay was practically his trademark. His movements were elegant yet steady, carrying an indescribable, profound charm in every gesture.

What Ning Fei didn't know was that many institutions teaching the Taiji Sword actually used his videos as instructional material.

Everyone scrambled to imitate his movements.

When Ning Fei practiced the Taiji Sword, his movements flowed between slow and urgent. The difficulty didn't seem particularly high at a glance.

Yet, it was only when people actually tried it themselves that they realized it wasn't that simple at all.

The gap between a master wielding a sword and an ordinary person was not something that could be bridged so easily.

After finishing his sword practice, Ning Fei chatted with his viewers for a bit before turning off the live stream.

Tomorrow, he planned to visit the South Lake and then check on the construction progress of the Wenyan Deer Enclosure.

After returning to his room, Ning Fei looked at Xiao Feng.

"Xiao Feng, come here," Ning Fei called out.

Xiao Feng studied him. This canary had always been rather solitary, but he still obeyed Ning Fei's commands.

Xiao Feng landed on his finger.

Ning Fei took out the Muchen Bead he had obtained from the Kunlun Heavenly Palace.

The system had said that the Muchen Bead came from another world. While useless to humans, it could stimulate the phoenix bloodline within the Red Phoenix Canary.

Back at Bai Yuanche's house, Ning Fei had worried that something unexpected might happen and cause trouble, so he had held off on using it.

Now that he was back at the Daoist temple, there was no need for such caution.

"This thing is delicious!" Ning Fei said, holding the Muchen Bead up right in front of Xiao Feng's eyes.

Xiao Feng tilted his head, inspected the Muchen Bead for a few seconds, and then swallowed it in one gulp.

Ning Fei kept his eyes glued to Xiao Feng, anticipating something magical to happen.

However, under his intense gaze, Xiao Feng merely chirped twice:

"Tastes awful! Tastes awful!"