The many Ferals that were approaching in a circle around Jiang He promptly scattered, fleeing across every direction once they saw that the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle King was dead.
Not bothered to give chase, Jiang He retrieved the corpse of the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and used Royal Sword to fly atop the mountain.
The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s nest was not on the peak, but over a cliff.
A huge boulder protrudes from that cliff, atop of which was an extra-large bird nest, with two car-sized bird eggs inside.
“The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s eggs?”
Jiang He’s gaze twitched in slight surprise.
After so long, the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle turned out to be female?
Fair enough…
Jiang He was not good at identifying the gender of birds, but he knows that the eggs of a powerful Feral King would definitely fetch a hefty price. When cooked, a little salt would be enough to make it exquisite.
After putting away the eggs, Jiang He walked around the peak, where he found three tufts of white snow lotus growing between the cracks of several snow boulders.
“Is that the legendary Mount Tian Snow Lotus? Still, these look like ordinary Mount Tian Snow Lotus that had not evolved into Floral Spirits…” Jiang He simply plucked off the three tufts of Mount Tian Snow Lotus, before leaping into the air and darted down the mountain.”
“Mount Tian is the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s territory and there are hordes of Ferals living atop it. If a Floral Spirit was really born, it would have been eaten by those Ferals—would I even have gotten any?”
***
Approximately 180 km away from Mount Tian, a blade light was shooting away from Lake Kanas.
“Where is Jiang He?”
“Where the heck is Jiang He?”
Three Blades Lin felt like his heart was being strung up.
He was about to reach Mount Tian.
His spirit had been scanning the mountain forests below all along, but he never caught a glimpse of Jiang He at all.
“Could that black panther had fooled me?”
“Jiang He was not actually heading to Mount Tian?”
Three Blades Lin kept thinking, and only come up with one possibility—since his flight speed was twice the speed of sound, he would be catching up soon if Jiang He really came to Mount Tian.
But just in case, Three Blades Lin was still going ahead to check.
He had no idea that the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle was already gone!
Still, since it was almost 200km away from Mount Tian, not even divine-tier elites could sense that far. In addition, the whole process in which Jiang He slay the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle took less than 20 seconds. It would only be weird if he sensed that instakill, and complete lack of a world-ending battle.
Whoosh!
His blade light cut through the air and shot rapidly towards Mount Tian.
In his vision, Mount Tian, which was covered in white snow halfway was getting closer…
“Less than twenty miles away from Mount Tian… it seems Jiang He definitely did not come.”
Three Blades Lin slowed down and was ready to turn back, when…
Boom!
A loud eruption resounded from eight miles up front, and even Three Blades Lin could see the flame erupting into the air.
“Jiang He?”
What the hell!
Three Blades Lin was stunned.
That kid had already got here?
Was he really that quick?
But that was fine—at least he managed to catch up.
***
A stream beneath Mount Tian.
Jiang He was staring at a fat, gorgeous fish floating on the surface and could not resist chuckling, “Pea bombs are really amazing when it comes to blast fishing.”
He made a grabbing gesture, and True Qi billowed, levitating the meter-long fish from the stream.
Suddenly, Jiang He’s eyes shifted to the horizon to find a blade light streaking towards him.
“Hmm?”
“Three Blades Lin?”
Frowning and slightly surprised, Jiang He watched as Three Blades Lin landed before him and asked in surprise, “Old Lin, why did you come here?”
“Oh, perfect timing. This stream is water melted from the snow of Mount Tian, so the fish living here must taste extraordinary. I’m just done blasting, so you could take a few home for a taste.”
“…”
Three Blades Lin couldn’t decide if he wanted to laugh or cry.
Blast fishing?
Didn’t you just blow up Lake Kanas?
Still, he breathed a sigh of relief inwardly…
This spot was still ten miles away from Mount Tian—he finally caught up to the brat.
He then looked down to find that there were about fifty fish spread out on the floor. He picked five since he had the Spatial Ring anyway and carrying it was easy, whereas Jiang He retrieved the rest of the fish.
After the fish were all put away, Three Blades Lin finally said, “Let’s go back, Jiang He.”
“Go back?”
“Go back here?”
Back to Lingzhou City?
Could something have happened at Lingzhou City, which was why Three Blades Lin was looking for him in such a hurry?
Puzzled, Jiang He asked, “What happened, Old Lin?”
“Nothing, Jiang He.”
Three Blades Lin replied. “I’m taking you back, do not resist.”
He extended his hand and grabbed, and a shroud of power reached out and covered Jiang He. Jiang He then felt his body lighten up and float into the air, before flying towards Lake Kanas with Three Blades Lin.
Nothing beats being carried in flight.
Even so, Jiang He became even more puzzled when he saw Three Blades Lin scowling, and could not help pressing, “Old Lin, what actually happened?”
In response, Three Blades Lin turned to look back at Mount Tian.
Unable to decide if he should laugh or cry, he said, “Jiang He, you mustn’t go to Mount Tian… we’re not supposed to attack the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle for now. Having stood guard over Mount Kunlun before, I know that the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle were close. Those two Feral Eagles were also very close to the Golden-Winged Roc of Bukadaban Peak.”
“The Golden-Winged Roc, the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle?”
Jiang He blinked, recalling the two eggs of the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and muttered, “Old Lin… is that Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle male or female?”
“Female. Why would you ask that?”
Three Blades Lin looked at Jiang He in confusion, adding, “I was stationed at Mount Kunlun to keep an eye on the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle. I know that well after having fought it many times… in fact, the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle of Mount Tian is female too.”
But I know that already.
“I’ve got it!”
Jiang He said thoughtfully, “It seems that the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle are good sisters… does that mean the Golden-Winged Roc is their mate?”
“How did you know that? A hunch?”
Three Blades Lin did a double take.
Though both the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle did fly to the Golden-Winged Roc every other day…
No one thought about that.
After all, since those three birds’ nests were not far from each other and they were all Feral Eagles, was it not common sense that they move around a lot?
“Does that even take a hunch?”
Jiang He gave Three Blades Lin a look of concern he would otherwise give a fool, saying, “The truth is right out there—do I still need to guess with those eggs laid?”
“Eggs?”
Three Blades Lin’s brow twitched, a foreboding feeling suddenly arising inside him as he asked, “What eggs?”
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“The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s eggs. It had two, and each are the size of my sports car. They probably would last a lot of meals.”
Three Blades Lin suddenly paused mid-flight as his eyes widened at Jiang He, unable to hold back from yelling, “You’ve stolen the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s eggs?”
“Stole?”
Jiang He was at a loss for words. “Old Lin, you are a divine-tier elite for goodness’s sake, and even a man glorified as Blade King. Why is your wording that inappropriate? Stealing? I took them justly and honorably, alright?”
“…”
Three Blades Lin stared at Jiang He for a while, before turning around and flew back towards Mount Tian, growling, “Put those back! Put the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s eggs back in its necks! If those eggs belonged to the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and the Golden-Winged Roc, it wouldn’t just be the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle going amok if it found that the eggs were gone—even the Golden-Winged Roc would start rampaging!”
From Three Blades Lin’s perspective, the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle must have been away from its nest, allowing Jiang He to sneak in and steal its eggs.
“Hehe.”
“Don’t worry, Old Lin. The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle would never notice.”
Jiang He chuckled in amusement.
“How could it notice after I killed it?”
Three Blades Lin: “…”
His form stiffened as if struck by thunder, his voice shaking and raspy as he pointed at Jiang He and asked in disbelief, “You… you… you killed the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle?”
“Uh-huh!”
Jiang He nodded.
Three Blades Lin’s whole body shuddered, his aura becoming erratic.
Since he was carrying Jiang He in flight, once his aura stirred, Jiang He promptly dropped from the sky.
Bang!
The several-hundred meters fall and the acceleration of gravity, Jiang He crashed into the mountain forest below, kicking up a big clump of dust.
Dusting his backside and leaping out of the human-shaped crater, Jiang He cursed while pointing at the sky, “What the hell are you doing, Three Blades Lin? Are you trying to kill me?”
Whoosh!
It was only after a dozen seconds that Three Blades Lin descended from the skies, laughing out loud, “I’m such an idiot, to think I’d believe your nonsense…”
“After counting the time, I’ve caught you just as you reached the foot of Mount Tian?”
“Killing the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle…”
“The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle is just a notch beneath me in power. Could you even have killed it?”
“Jiang He, don’t make a joke like this again… eh?”
Three Blades Lin froze even before he finished—with one wave from Jiang He, the massive corpse of the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle dropped to the ground.
Beside it, Jiang He rubbed his temples, suddenly realizing a solemn problem.
“The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle is the eggs of the Golden-Winged Roc… doesn’t that mean those two eggs are the Golden-Winged Roc’s kids?”
“I killed its mate and intends to eat its children… wouldn’t it come for me?”
Jiang He pondered.
A Feral Emperor, coming to him with a bone to pick?
Wouldn’t that be too dangerous?
Or perhaps… he should strike first before the Golden-Winged Roc realized what happened, and think of some way to kill it?
Jiang He promptly put his hands together.
That plan… was perfect!
He shall strike preemptively and kill the Golden-Winged Roc, and it would never know that he killed its consort and stole its egg.
And if it was dead, how could it seek revenge on him?
Otherwise, Lingzhou city might be caught in the crossfire when the Golden-Winged Roc come for him, and there was no telling how many would die then!
The only bother was… how was he actually supposed to kill a Feral Emperor?
“A Feral Emperor is equal to a Void-tier human, which Minister Wang is. I could ask him about it…”
Looking up at the dumbstruck Three Blades Lin, Jiang He said, “Old Lin, help me a bit out here. Don’t spread word that I’ve killed the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle—everything can wait until after I returned from the Tantra Secret Realm.”
The many Ferals that were approaching in a circle around Jiang He promptly scattered, fleeing across every direction once they saw that the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle King was dead.
Not bothered to give chase, Jiang He retrieved the corpse of the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and used Royal Sword to fly atop the mountain.
The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s nest was not on the peak, but over a cliff.
A huge boulder protrudes from that cliff, atop of which was an extra-large bird nest, with two car-sized bird eggs inside.
“The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s eggs?”
Jiang He’s gaze twitched in slight surprise.
After so long, the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle turned out to be female?
Fair enough…
Jiang He was not good at identifying the gender of birds, but he knows that the eggs of a powerful Feral King would definitely fetch a hefty price. When cooked, a little salt would be enough to make it exquisite.
After putting away the eggs, Jiang He walked around the peak, where he found three tufts of white snow lotus growing between the cracks of several snow boulders.
“Is that the legendary Mount Tian Snow Lotus? Still, these look like ordinary Mount Tian Snow Lotus that had not evolved into Floral Spirits…” Jiang He simply plucked off the three tufts of Mount Tian Snow Lotus, before leaping into the air and darted down the mountain.”
“Mount Tian is the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s territory and there are hordes of Ferals living atop it. If a Floral Spirit was really born, it would have been eaten by those Ferals—would I even have gotten any?”
***
Approximately 180 km away from Mount Tian, a blade light was shooting away from Lake Kanas.
“Where is Jiang He?”
“Where the heck is Jiang He?”
Three Blades Lin felt like his heart was being strung up.
He was about to reach Mount Tian.
His spirit had been scanning the mountain forests below all along, but he never caught a glimpse of Jiang He at all.
“Could that black panther had fooled me?”
“Jiang He was not actually heading to Mount Tian?”
Three Blades Lin kept thinking, and only come up with one possibility—since his flight speed was twice the speed of sound, he would be catching up soon if Jiang He really came to Mount Tian.
But just in case, Three Blades Lin was still going ahead to check.
He had no idea that the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle was already gone!
Still, since it was almost 200km away from Mount Tian, not even divine-tier elites could sense that far. In addition, the whole process in which Jiang He slay the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle took less than 20 seconds. It would only be weird if he sensed that instakill, and complete lack of a world-ending battle.
Whoosh!
His blade light cut through the air and shot rapidly towards Mount Tian.
In his vision, Mount Tian, which was covered in white snow halfway was getting closer…
“Less than twenty miles away from Mount Tian… it seems Jiang He definitely did not come.”
Three Blades Lin slowed down and was ready to turn back, when…
Boom!
A loud eruption resounded from eight miles up front, and even Three Blades Lin could see the flame erupting into the air.
“Jiang He?”
What the hell!
Three Blades Lin was stunned.
That kid had already got here?
Was he really that quick?
But that was fine—at least he managed to catch up.
***
A stream beneath Mount Tian.
Jiang He was staring at a fat, gorgeous fish floating on the surface and could not resist chuckling, “Pea bombs are really amazing when it comes to blast fishing.”
He made a grabbing gesture, and True Qi billowed, levitating the meter-long fish from the stream.
Suddenly, Jiang He’s eyes shifted to the horizon to find a blade light streaking towards him.
“Hmm?”
“Three Blades Lin?”
Frowning and slightly surprised, Jiang He watched as Three Blades Lin landed before him and asked in surprise, “Old Lin, why did you come here?”
“Oh, perfect timing. This stream is water melted from the snow of Mount Tian, so the fish living here must taste extraordinary. I’m just done blasting, so you could take a few home for a taste.”
“…”
Three Blades Lin couldn’t decide if he wanted to laugh or cry.
Blast fishing?
Didn’t you just blow up Lake Kanas?
Still, he breathed a sigh of relief inwardly…
This spot was still ten miles away from Mount Tian—he finally caught up to the brat.
He then looked down to find that there were about fifty fish spread out on the floor. He picked five since he had the Spatial Ring anyway and carrying it was easy, whereas Jiang He retrieved the rest of the fish.
After the fish were all put away, Three Blades Lin finally said, “Let’s go back, Jiang He.”
“Go back?”
“Go back here?”
Back to Lingzhou City?
Could something have happened at Lingzhou City, which was why Three Blades Lin was looking for him in such a hurry?
Puzzled, Jiang He asked, “What happened, Old Lin?”
“Nothing, Jiang He.”
Three Blades Lin replied. “I’m taking you back, do not resist.”
He extended his hand and grabbed, and a shroud of power reached out and covered Jiang He. Jiang He then felt his body lighten up and float into the air, before flying towards Lake Kanas with Three Blades Lin.
Nothing beats being carried in flight.
Even so, Jiang He became even more puzzled when he saw Three Blades Lin scowling, and could not help pressing, “Old Lin, what actually happened?”
In response, Three Blades Lin turned to look back at Mount Tian.
Unable to decide if he should laugh or cry, he said, “Jiang He, you mustn’t go to Mount Tian… we’re not supposed to attack the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle for now. Having stood guard over Mount Kunlun before, I know that the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle were close. Those two Feral Eagles were also very close to the Golden-Winged Roc of Bukadaban Peak.”
“The Golden-Winged Roc, the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle?”
Jiang He blinked, recalling the two eggs of the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and muttered, “Old Lin… is that Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle male or female?”
“Female. Why would you ask that?”
Three Blades Lin looked at Jiang He in confusion, adding, “I was stationed at Mount Kunlun to keep an eye on the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle. I know that well after having fought it many times… in fact, the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle of Mount Tian is female too.”
But I know that already.
“I’ve got it!”
Jiang He said thoughtfully, “It seems that the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle are good sisters… does that mean the Golden-Winged Roc is their mate?”
“How did you know that? A hunch?”
Three Blades Lin did a double take.
Though both the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and the Violet-Crowned Golden Eagle did fly to the Golden-Winged Roc every other day…
No one thought about that.
After all, since those three birds’ nests were not far from each other and they were all Feral Eagles, was it not common sense that they move around a lot?
“Does that even take a hunch?”
Jiang He gave Three Blades Lin a look of concern he would otherwise give a fool, saying, “The truth is right out there—do I still need to guess with those eggs laid?”
“Eggs?”
Three Blades Lin’s brow twitched, a foreboding feeling suddenly arising inside him as he asked, “What eggs?”
1
“The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s eggs. It had two, and each are the size of my sports car. They probably would last a lot of meals.”
Three Blades Lin suddenly paused mid-flight as his eyes widened at Jiang He, unable to hold back from yelling, “You’ve stolen the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s eggs?”
“Stole?”
Jiang He was at a loss for words. “Old Lin, you are a divine-tier elite for goodness’s sake, and even a man glorified as Blade King. Why is your wording that inappropriate? Stealing? I took them justly and honorably, alright?”
“…”
Three Blades Lin stared at Jiang He for a while, before turning around and flew back towards Mount Tian, growling, “Put those back! Put the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle’s eggs back in its necks! If those eggs belonged to the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle and the Golden-Winged Roc, it wouldn’t just be the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle going amok if it found that the eggs were gone—even the Golden-Winged Roc would start rampaging!”
From Three Blades Lin’s perspective, the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle must have been away from its nest, allowing Jiang He to sneak in and steal its eggs.
“Hehe.”
“Don’t worry, Old Lin. The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle would never notice.”
Jiang He chuckled in amusement.
“How could it notice after I killed it?”
Three Blades Lin: “…”
His form stiffened as if struck by thunder, his voice shaking and raspy as he pointed at Jiang He and asked in disbelief, “You… you… you killed the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle?”
“Uh-huh!”
Jiang He nodded.
Three Blades Lin’s whole body shuddered, his aura becoming erratic.
Since he was carrying Jiang He in flight, once his aura stirred, Jiang He promptly dropped from the sky.
Bang!
The several-hundred meters fall and the acceleration of gravity, Jiang He crashed into the mountain forest below, kicking up a big clump of dust.
Dusting his backside and leaping out of the human-shaped crater, Jiang He cursed while pointing at the sky, “What the hell are you doing, Three Blades Lin? Are you trying to kill me?”
Whoosh!
It was only after a dozen seconds that Three Blades Lin descended from the skies, laughing out loud, “I’m such an idiot, to think I’d believe your nonsense…”
“After counting the time, I’ve caught you just as you reached the foot of Mount Tian?”
“Killing the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle…”
“The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle is just a notch beneath me in power. Could you even have killed it?”
“Jiang He, don’t make a joke like this again… eh?”
Three Blades Lin froze even before he finished—with one wave from Jiang He, the massive corpse of the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle dropped to the ground.
Beside it, Jiang He rubbed his temples, suddenly realizing a solemn problem.
“The Golden-Crowned Black Eagle is the eggs of the Golden-Winged Roc… doesn’t that mean those two eggs are the Golden-Winged Roc’s kids?”
“I killed its mate and intends to eat its children… wouldn’t it come for me?”
Jiang He pondered.
A Feral Emperor, coming to him with a bone to pick?
Wouldn’t that be too dangerous?
Or perhaps… he should strike first before the Golden-Winged Roc realized what happened, and think of some way to kill it?
Jiang He promptly put his hands together.
That plan… was perfect!
He shall strike preemptively and kill the Golden-Winged Roc, and it would never know that he killed its consort and stole its egg.
And if it was dead, how could it seek revenge on him?
Otherwise, Lingzhou city might be caught in the crossfire when the Golden-Winged Roc come for him, and there was no telling how many would die then!
The only bother was… how was he actually supposed to kill a Feral Emperor?
“A Feral Emperor is equal to a Void-tier human, which Minister Wang is. I could ask him about it…”
Looking up at the dumbstruck Three Blades Lin, Jiang He said, “Old Lin, help me a bit out here. Don’t spread word that I’ve killed the Golden-Crowned Black Eagle—everything can wait until after I returned from the Tantra Secret Realm.”
