"Nan Ming, this might be crucial for the survival of the entire beast clan. I hope you can put aside your past grievances and help us just this once. We're all brothers..." Feng Jing stepped forward and pleaded kindly.
"Pfft! Who's your brother!" Nan Ming rolled his eyes immediately.
"Back then..."
Before Feng Jing could explain, he was interrupted.
"How dare you bring that up! Feng Jing, we used to be friends! Three years, five months, and seven days ago, you fought with me over a wild rabbit. You might have forgotten, but I sure haven't!"
The angrier Nan Ming got as he thought about it. He put his hands on his hips and said, "Why didn't you remember we were brothers back then?!"
"Nan Ming, there was really a hidden reason back then. Please listen to me..." to defend himself.
"I won't listen! Humph, what hidden reason? It's just an excuse! I'll make it clear today! I, Nan Ming, will never plow the fields for your Phoenix Clan!"
"Can this young immortal still help us?"
"What if he refuses to help?"
Whispers rose one after another. Yan Ling nudged Feng Jing with his elbow. "Second brother, explain quickly!"
"I'm not deaf! Stop talking nonsense as if I'm the bad guy!"
Nan Ming crossed his arms and raised his head proudly. "No matter what the reason was, it was Feng Jing who broke his promise and destroyed our friendship first!"
"I'm sorry." Feng Jing said guiltily. "My younger sister, Yaohua, has been weak since childhood. She had a high - fever back then and urgently needed to replenish her strength. The clan's supplies were insufficient, so I had no choice but to fight with you. I don't expect you to forgive me. I just hope you can put aside your past grievances and help our Phoenix Clan just this once, even for the sake of our past friendship?"
Yaohua fluttered over to Feng Jing's side with her feathers ruffled and spread her wings in front of him.
"Humph, what sister could be more important than a friend of ten thousand years? I think you're just... a cabbage!"
Following Feng Jing's gaze, Nan Ming looked at Yaohua and his eyes suddenly lit up.
What caught his eye wasn't Yaohua, but the big cabbage in her hands!
"It's really a cabbage!"
It was a plump, fresh - looking cabbage!
Nan Ming trotted up to Yaohua, his eyes fixed on the cabbage, drooling.
He leaned in and took a deep sniff, then sighed in ecstasy. "It smells so good!"
Since the great apocalyptic calamity, he hadn't smelled such a fragrant scent for a long time!
While sizing up the cabbage, Nan Ming took a closer look at Yaohua.
This bald little chick, what's so cute about her? Was it really worth Feng Jing spoiling her like that?
Humph, Yaohua was less attractive to him than the cabbage in her arms!
Yan Ling also looked over at this moment and asked curiously, "Yaoyao, where did you get this cabbage?"
Yaohua had been staying by their side and hadn't gone anywhere. The cabbage couldn't have appeared out of thin air, could it?
"Yeah, where did it come from?" Nan Ming was so envious that he wished he could gobble up the cabbage in one bite. "What other treasures are you Phoenix Clan hiding?"
If this cabbage were to be taken to the Dragon Clan, it would surely stir up a bloodbath!
"Yaoyao, how did this cabbage suddenly appear in your arms?"
"I thought I was just seeing things. What on earth is going on?"
Yaohua became the focus of the crowd again. She kicked the soil with her phoenix claws, indicating that she was under a lot of pressure.
"Um... actually, this cabbage was given to me by my elder brothers before. I was reluctant to eat it, so I hid it in my golden - feather bag. I just took it out." Yaohua pretended to be calm. "I just retrieved it."
As soon as Yaohua finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent.
The looks from the clan members were filled with pity and heartache. Someone sighed.
She was the little princess of the Phoenix Clan, yet now she had to hide a single cabbage like a precious treasure.
Qing Cang was filled with mixed emotions. "Yaoyao, from now on, just eat whatever delicious food you have. There's no need to save it."
"Yeah." Feng Jing ruffled Yaohua's little head gently. "After you finish eating, your second elder brother will go find more for you. I'll never let Yaoyao go hungry."
Everyone chimed in one after another. The overwhelming love almost made Yaohua unable to handle it.
Well, she lied again. The cabbage had actually just suddenly appeared.
When Nan Ming was blaming Feng Jing, she didn't want her second elder brother to lose a friend because of her. In a moment of desperation, she thought, if only there could be a green cabbage right now.
Who would have thought that the next second, there was a heavy weight in her arms.
Thud! The cabbage really appeared out of thin air!
Yaohua gradually figured it out. It seemed that the planting system would only work when she had a certain thought and it was a critical moment.
Nan Ming was drooling. "Little sister, can you tear off a small piece of the leaf for brother? Just a tiny bit."
"Brother, I can give you the whole cabbage."
Yaohua's big eyes blinked. She pitifully held out the cabbage in front of Nan Ming. "I don't have a wild rabbit. All I have is this. Can Brother Nan Ming calm down and stop blaming Second Elder Brother? Second Elder Brother has been very self - reproachful. Can you two be good friends again?"
Nan Ming didn't respond for a long time. Yaohua simply stuffed the cabbage into his arms. "Brother Nan Ming has accepted my cabbage. I'll take it as you agreeing to my request!"
Saying that, she poked Feng Jing. "Second Elder Brother! Great! Brother Nan Ming is willing to forgive you!"
Nan Ming was so charmed that he could hardly hold back. He stubbornly retorted with a cold face, "Who said that?! I didn't agree!"
"Brother Nan Ming~" Yaohua coquettishly pleaded in a milk - like voice.
Someone on the side spoke up. "If you didn't agree, why are you still holding Yaoyao's cabbage?"
"Exactly! Yaoyao is so cute. How could you bear to refuse her?"
"Just agree to her! You're not trying to get the cabbage for free, are you?"
"I'm not! I don't even care about it!" The moment he threw the cabbage out, Nan Ming's heart ached.
Everyone clenched their fists.
"How could you be so heartless!"
"Don't be so fierce! The cabbage is so heavy. What if it accidentally hits Yaoyao?"
"Damn it! Such a cute and pitiful little phoenix. Anyone who refuses is not a decent person!"
"I'm not a person in the first place! I'm a dragon!"
Unable to withstand the pressure, Nan Ming transformed into his dragon form and was about to fly away. Suddenly, Yaohua rushed over and hugged his dragon claw tightly. She used her milk - voice skill. "Please, Brother Nan Ming! Don't leave! Stay and help us!"
There was a tiny, fiery - red phoenix cub hanging on Nan Ming's dragon claw. He couldn't take off and didn't dare to kick forcefully.
Everyone stared at him menacingly. If he made the slightest move, he would immediately be scolded.
"Don't move! What if you hurt Yaoyao?!"
"If you hurt our Yaoyao, our Phoenix Clan will surely wipe out your Dragon Clan!"
"Yaoyao, it's too dangerous. Come here quickly!"
Yaohua clung tightly to Nan Ming's dragon claw. "Brother Nan Ming, I'll treat you to the cabbage. Please agree to stay!"
Nan Ming was in a dilemma. Yaohua then placed the cabbage on his dragon claw.
"Fine! I agree!"
In the end, Nan Ming couldn't resist the temptation. He gently placed Yaohua back on the ground with his claw tip and took off into the air.
A moment later, a brown dragon appeared in the sky above the wasteland, plowing the fields while holding the cabbage in its mouth with a huffing sound.