55 Finding Elder Phoenix 3

"They have the same effect?" Wang Li Tian frowned slightly after hearing Elder Phoenix's question.

"You understand what that means right?" Elder Phoenix asked back.

"Uh…" Li Tian scratched his head, "It means they have the same effect?"

Elder Phoenix facepalmed himself. It looks like the boy cannot perceive simple notions too. I will have to train him in this aspect. The thought was only for a second and the Phoenix recovered from his stupor. He explained to Wang Li Tian patiently. "The notion I was trying to get you to understand is that less is more and more is less. The complexity of Human artificer products could be simplified into a one liner sentence."

Wang Li Tian's eyes widened. The explanation was clear enough and he understood what the Elder was saying.

"Sadly, the human race's lack of understanding of the demonic beast language could only be made up with their superior intellect to a certain extent. If they want to use the runic symbols to progress further in artificing, they will be going down a very slippery slope. You saw your senior sister's Snare Scroll. You realised how complex it was, correct?"

Wang Li Tian nodded as he listened to Elder Phoenix's lecture. His words of wisdom was being processed in Li Tian's head. Elder Phoenix continued to explain at a slow pace.

"The complexity will only get worse as the level of the scroll increases. Your senior sister's scroll is only a level 5 scroll. Sometimes I wonder what humans would be able to achieve if they figured out how the Demonic Beast Language works. However, that thought would disappear away when I recall the millions of years of war between our two races. At this point, it would not be wise to ever share this knowledge with the human race."

Wang Li Tian realised something from what Elder Phoenix had said. He asked curiously, "Then why do you and Mr. Dragon teach me the Demonic Beast Language?"

"Hahaha! Why did we teach you the language indeed?" Elder Phoenix laughed critically. His lecture contradicted his actions, but there was a looming feeling in his heart. Ever since he was a little fowl, all the way till he had become one of the five origin beasts, he had a notion imprinted deep in his heart. No matter how impossible and how utopian that idea was, him and his four other origin beast brothers had played around with this idea for a very long time.

"I would say the reason why my senior brother Dragon and I taught you the language is because we still held onto our ideal world in our heads. We believe that there is hope in creating a world where both the Human race and Demonic Beast race are able to coexist and live in peace. It will be a world where there would be no pointless interracial wars." Elder Phoenix gazed at the pure hearted youth in front of him. Wang Li Tian looked straight into the Phoenix's burning eyes. He could tell the Elder Phoenix was not joking around when he spoke about his ideals.

"Anyways, let me take a look at your Cultivation book. There must be some things in it that convinced Senior brother Dragon to teach you the language." Wang Li Tian took out the book from his robes and passed it to Elder Phoenix. The elder started to flip through the book. Immediately, from the first page, his eyebrows were raised. The longer he read, the more intrigued he got. Just like Mr. Dragon, he gave the book a skim read first to get an idea of what was happening. The detailed reading could be done later on.

When he was done with the first reading, he done to saw the diligent Li Tian copying the words that he learnt recently. Elder Phoenix beckoned for his attention, "Little one, the ideal world that I was talking about before, do you still remember what it was?"

"You were talking about a world where both the Demonic Beast race and the Human Beast race would live happily together." Elder Phoenix nodded to Li Tian's answer.

"The utopian world that I believe in, could be said the same for the creators of this martial cultivation book." Elder Phoenix pointed at the book, "The Demonic Beast that wrote this cultivation book with the human cultivator must've the same thoughts as me."

"Mmm." Wang Li Tian understood where the Elder in white was coming from.

"This Braveheart Manual was created together by two very talented individuals. Although the reason was not stated in the manual, the reason for doing that was clear cut for me. Working with a demonic beast is definitely a taboo in the Great World, the same went for the Demonic Beast working with humans."

After Wang Li Tian heard everything that Elder Phoenix was saying, the boy's heart was once again filled with vigour. He spoke to the Origin beast with a determined tone, "Elder Phoenix, I want to become strong enough to unite both races."

Elder Phoenix looked into Wang Li Tian's eyes. There was not a single trace of hesitation in them. He followed up with a question, "You do realise that the route you will be walking on is unorthodox? You will be against not only the Demonic Beast race, but also your own human race. The previous cultivator of this art must've passed on for it to be in your hands now. From the looks of it, she was a very powerful cultivator in the Martial Continent and yet, she still died going down this road."

"I understand, but I still want to try." Wang Li Tian said resolutely. The two exchanged looks for several seconds, neither wanted to give way to the other.

"Hahahaha!!!" Elder Phoenix laughed loudly. "Alright! Since you are so adamant on going down this road, let this elder accompany you down this unorthodox path!"

"Okay!" Wang Li Tian wrapped his left hand around his right fist. "I am forever grateful to you, Elder Phoenix!"