Mu Yao and the rest walked for another seven days before they saw a mountain range that looked like a wall blocking the sky. Not only was it long, they could not see the end, it was also very tall. Looking up, they could only see that the top of the mountain range was covered by clouds, as if the mountain range had reached into the clouds.
Below the swirling clouds, one could see large areas of the mountain covered in white. The white was ice and snow.
Long, steep, high, dangerous!
This was what everyone thought when they saw this mountain range.
In the past, they had climbed quite a few mountains, but this time, the impact on them was even greater.
"This is the first time I've seen a mountain range like this!" Mu Yao exclaimed.
This was clearly not an ordinary place. It made sense that the Star Butterfly Larva was here. It was only logical for an extraordinary creature to live in an extraordinary place. Thinking of this, Mu Yao felt that the Yi family really did find the larvae.
"This is it?" Mu Yao turned to ask Yi Qi.
"Mm." Yi Qi was still trying to figure out who was following them. He did not believe Yi Cong's words. He had been thinking about this for the past seven days. Now that they were at their destination, he was not interested. He gave a perfunctory 'mm'.
Mu Yao looked at Yi Zong. When Yi Zong nodded, he was overjoyed. "What about the larvae?"
"It's not time yet," said Yi Zong.
"Do you mean the larvae will come out on their own?" Mu Yao was curious.
"Probably, we just have to wait." Yi Zong had his slaves clear a spot and sat on the rubbed rock. He took out his tray and began to ponder over his doubts like Yi Qi.
Seeing the Yi family like this, Mu Yao did not force them to look for the larvae. The Yi family was always like this, especially the main branch of the Yi family.
"Let's see what's around us," Mu Yao said to the rest.
Mu Yao was wondering where the larvae were and how big they were when Gongjia Yue closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He looked like he was enjoying himself and sighed. "Do you smell it?"
Mu Yao sniffed carefully. "The stench of bird poop?" Bird poop was not a rare smell in the forest, he had smelled it all the way here.
Gongjia Yue opened his eyes and looked at Mu Yao like he was an idiot. "The larvae must be here!"
"Why can't I smell it?" Mu Yao sniffed again but could not smell anything else other than bird poop. He turned to look at the rest of them, who shared his confusion.
"You don't understand!" Gongjia Yue looked proud. "I can sense excellent forging materials around here, it must be the larvae!"
Gongjia Yue, Gongjia Yue Gongjia Yue, Gongjia Yue, yue, Gongjia Yue, Gongjia Yue, Gongjia Yue, Gongjia Yue, Gongjia Gongjia Yue, Gongjia Yue, yue, Gongjia Yue. This was one of the reasons why the Gongjia ancestors discovered that beast blood could improve forging quality.
As he spoke, Mu Yao felt a gust of wind above his head. He looked up to see a black shadow falling towards him. He quickly dodged.
Thud!
The sound of something heavy falling alerted everyone who was searching for the larvae. They looked towards the source of the commotion warily.
There was a huge eagle, several times taller than them when it laid on the ground. It was like a small mountain, the trees around it had been knocked down. However, it looked heavily injured.
Mu Yao looked from the eagle's beak to its feathers to its claws. He concluded, "An old eagle."
It was an old eagle. Although its eyes still had the sharpness of an eagle, its sharp beak and claws, which were supposed to be its powerful weapons, were no longer the same as they were in their glory days. It was as if they were rusty, inferior metal weapons that could no longer be used.
Knowing that it was an old and heavily injured giant eagle that couldn't even fly, the threat it posed to them was limited. After seeing the situation clearly, everyone's tense nerves relaxed a little. But then they thought, "This is also a good opportunity!"
An old eagle that was about to die was still a Ferocious Beast Giant Eagle. It was good food. They had never hunted such a big eagle before.
Mu Yao understood everyone's thoughts when they looked at him. He had the same idea but to be safe, he asked the Yi family.
"Will killing the eagle affect the larvae?" asked Mu Yao.
Yi Qi looked impatiently at Eagle, who was not far away. "Kill him if you want to!"
Yi Zong fiddled with the jade in his plate. "I think it's best not to do that."
"Why? What did you find? "asked Mu Yao.
Yi Zong shook his head. "Nothing."
Afraid that the others would misunderstand that they couldn't perform the divination because of what happened, Yi Qi explained, "There's something strange about this place. We can't perform the divination. You should be able to feel it too."
"Indeed." Mu Yao knew the Yi family wasn't looking for an excuse. He could feel the pressure from above, like a giant hand was pressing down on him.
Since he couldn't perform the divination, Mu Yao didn't want to let go of the meat that was right in front of his mouth. He drew his sword and prepared to kill the eagle. This was where the larvae lived. Eagles and insects didn't seem to coexist peacefully. Killing the eagle might be beneficial to the larvae.
The eagle seemed to have sensed Mu Yao's murderous aura. It flapped its wings and looked over, its gaze so sharp that it was hard to look straight at it. A giant eagle of this size had to have been through a lot. Just its gaze was different from the other birds Mu Yao had met on his journey.
But the more it was like this, the more Mu Yao wanted to kill it.
"Old man!"
The sword light flashed, carrying a cold murderous aura, and without any pause, it slashed out.
Clang!
The giant eagle blocked Mu Yao's attack with its claws. But one of its toes was cut off, pieces of the claw falling off.
Just as Mu Yao thought, the eagle's claw was a rusty metal that was about to be obsolete. It couldn't take a single hit! Perhaps, when the eagle was at its peak, the sword might not have been able to cut off the eagle's toes so easily. It might have only been able to cut through the hard scales on the outer layer of the toes. But wasn't the eagle already old? Could an eagle that was about to die of old age return to its youth?!
The others gathered around. The giant eagle realized that it couldn't stay here any longer. It raised its claw to block Mu Yao's sword and flapped its wings.
Crack crack crack crack —
The sound of branches snapping could be heard everywhere, as if a rainstorm was falling on the ground.
The wind created by the eagle's wings was like a hurricane, slowing Mu Yao's steps.
"Screech —"
With a long screech, the giant eagle flapped its wings and took off from the ground. Perhaps due to its old age or its injuries, it seemed much clumsier. Mu Yao thought it would crash down again but it only flew up, then stopped at a spot on the mountain. Its claws clawed at the steep cliff but because of its injuries, its claws were no longer sharp and slid down a long distance.
Mu Yao considered climbing up the mountain to continue killing it. The eagle didn't look like it had much time left. Just as he was thinking, Gongjia Yue roared, "The star butterfly larvae are out!"
Now, Mu Yao couldn't care less about the giant eagle. He had more important things to do. He would kill the old eagle after he got the worm blood.
"Where are they?!" Mu Yao looked around.
"I can feel them, they're out!" Gongjia Yue breathed heavily, his face flushed. Blood rushed to his face uncontrollably, steam rising from his skin. He held a sword in his hand, his eyes fixed on the ground at the foot of the mountain.
In this aspect, he was more sensitive than the Yi family. The Yi family had to perform divination for information but he did not need to do that. This was the Xia's natural instinct!
"They're here!"
As soon as Gongjia Yue finished, Mu Yao heard a rustling sound that seemed to come from underground. Everyone held their breaths, afraid of disturbing the movement. The sound grew louder and louder. Gongjia Yue was looking at the ground near the foot of the mountain. The ground beneath the grass loosened and the ground protruded. A white round head poked out of the ground and crawled out. Its body was three to four metres long and as thick as an adult's thigh.
"There's more than one!" Gongjia Yue grew excited.
After the first white worm emerged, other long, snow-white worms emerged one after another near the foot of the mountain.
"It's them!"
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