Some of the larger birds also landed on the ground. They puffed out their chests and stood in two rows, gazing at the ferocious bird holding Ye Zichen. Their eyes were filled with reverence and fear.
"Screech!"
The ferocious bird circled twice in the sky, then let out a resonant cry. The birds on the ground followed suit and cried out in a language Ye Zichen couldn't understand at all.
Afterwards, the ferocious bird descended from the sky, then tossed Ye Zichen to the ground.
Thud.
Ye Zichen smashed a huge crater into the thick snow. His spiritual energy was already somewhat depleted, so when he was tossed to the ground, his body was practically defenseless.
It was a solid fall. Ye Zichen stared blankly for a long while before coming to his senses.
"Screech!"
As he lay in the snow, Ye Zichen could hear the cries of birds all around him. These cries weren't as loud as the ones from before, so he guessed that they belonged to the clansmen of the birds from before.
It was as if Ye Zichen had become a ginseng on their plate, and the birds were all scrambling to get a bite of him.
"F * ck, I'm not going to get eaten by these birds, are I?"
Ye Zichen's entire body ached from the fall, so he struggled to his feet. He didn't want to be eaten by these birds for no apparent reason.
He stuffed pills into his mouth, but he knew this was most likely the birds' main base of operations.
The possibility of him killing his way out of this place was very low, but he couldn't just sit here and wait for these strange birds to eat him!
The birds screeched and flew towards him. Ye Zichen took a pill and did his best to recover his divine power.
At that moment ….
"Screech!"
A resonant cry sounded out in front of Ye Zichen. Ye Zichen sensed a shadow looming over him. He looked up and saw the ferocious bird that'd brought him here. It stood in front of him and screeched angrily at the smaller birds.
The birds really did retreat. Ye Zichen seized the moment to recover his divine power. At the same time, he wondered if the giant bird wanted to enjoy him alone.
If it was just the smaller birds, Ye Zichen might be able to hold them off for a while, but if it was the giant bird ….
"Screech!"
Suddenly, Ye Zichen heard a short but powerful cry.
When he raised his head, he saw a pair of spirited eyes staring at him. This pair of eyes belonged to the flying beast.
"Tsk!"
The flying beast shouted again. It seemed to be communicating with Ye Zichen.
"What do you mean?" Ye Zichen looked at the huge bird in confusion. No matter how knowledgeable he was, it was impossible for him to know the language of beasts.
"Tsk!" There was another brief caw, then the bird looked up, took a few steps forward, then turned back to look at Ye Zichen.
"You want me to follow you?"
Through its movements, Ye Zichen could roughly guess what it was trying to say.
The flying beast nodded like a human. From the looks of it, Ye Zichen didn't want to eat him, but he still kept an eye on it and carefully recovered his divine power. At the same time, he patted the snow off his body and walked out of the snow.
The instant he appeared, it was as if the surrounding birds wanted to devour him.
The flying beast screeched once, and the other beasts instantly stopped. However, when they looked at Ye Zichen, their eyes flashed with greed. It was as if Ye Zichen had some sort of treasure on him that they couldn't ignore.
Could it be Sorrow Relief Grass?
Ye Zichen gently rubbed the Sorrow Relief Grass in his pocket. The Venerable of Numinous Treasure had said it was poison. It existed to refine poisons and cure the Thousand Lotus Poison. However, after spending so much time in the snowy mountains, he got the feeling that its uses weren't limited to that.
The vicious beasts of the snowy mountains seemed to be very interested in the Sorrow Relief Grass!
"Screech!"
The flying beast shouted at Ye Zichen, then continued on its own. It was obvious that only this flying beast could control the other birds. It was like an umbrella protecting Ye Zichen.
Who knew if the birds would try anything after it left? Ye Zichen didn't dare think too much about it. He hurried after the flying beast.
The flying beast's territory was vast. It seemed the entire snowy mountains were its territory.
On the way, Ye Zichen saw quite a few ferocious beasts from other clans. When they saw Ye Zichen, their eyes flashed with fervent light. However, the giant bird merely shot them a glance, and they all fell to the ground, trembling.
"You're the gang leader here, aren't you?" Ye Zichen sensed that the flying beast truly had no ill intentions, so he relaxed and started chatting with it.
The flying beast could understand the human language, but it couldn't speak the human language.
It tilted its head and glanced at Ye Zichen, then screeched, its eyes flashing with bewilderment and confusion.
"Gang leader means boss, boss, leader, or king. It seems to me that the vicious beasts here are all quite afraid of you. You should be the fiercest here, right?" said Ye Zichen.
This time, the flying beast completely understood. It nodded proudly, as if confirming Ye Zichen's explanation.
"You really aren't modest at all."
Ye Zichen chuckled. This beast was clearly different from what he'd imagined. The way he'd seen it, vicious beasts were bloodthirsty, but this one seemed a bit like a tsundere.
In particular, when it mentioned its status, it held its head high, like a primary school student who'd just scored a hundred points.
However, Ye Zichen was more concerned about the fact that he'd yet to encounter anyone else who'd entered the snowy mountains. Neither the Ocean Emperor nor the Demon Emperor had sensed it.
He didn't see any treasures, either. Aside from the Thousand Lotus Flowers, which could be considered a treasure trove, the rest ….
All he saw were packs of vicious beasts!
The only good thing about being captured by the flying beasts was that they were much closer to the palace at the top of the snowy mountains. This snowy mountain could be considered to be made up of countless cones. The snowy mountain palace was located at the peak of the snowy mountain range in the center. There were countless other mountain ranges around this mountain range that were connected to it. The mountain range occupied by the flying beasts belonged to the second ring of the mountain range, the one closest to the palace.
It was very close to the palace.
There was no way he could outrun the bird. There was no way to fly here, and no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't outrun it. Ye Zichen just didn't know why the bird was looking for him!
It was still bleeding from the wounds Yang Jian had left on its body, but it didn't bother to tend to them. Instead, it just continued on its way.
After walking for more than an hour, Ye Zichen noticed that the path they were taking wasn't quite right. They weren't walking along the main path of the mountain range at all. Instead, they were at the edge of the mountain range, and if they walked a few more steps, they would reach a cliff.
"Hey, Brother Eagle!"
When they were about to reach the edge, Ye Zichen stopped.
The bird looked a bit like an eagle. Ye Zichen had chatted with it quite a bit on the way, so he might as well just call it that.
The eagle glanced back at him. Ye Zichen said, "There's no more path ahead.
"There's no path ahead. Are we still going to keep going forward?"
"Screech!"
The eagle called out briefly again and nodded in a very human-like manner.
"Stop messing around. There's already a path ahead, and I can't fly. Do you want me to fall to my death?"
Ye Zichen was speechless. The eagle blinked as if in thought, then put on a look of disdain, but it still squatted down.
"You want me to sit on it?" Ye Zichen asked.
The eagle nodded, then flapped its wings. From the looks of it, it seemed to be saying …
Hurry up, I'm not going to help you if you keep dawdling.
Ye Zichen didn't expect the eagle to be so friendly and let Ye Zichen sit on its back. To be honest, although Ye Zichen hadn't had a mount after entering the cultivation circle for so long, sitting on the eagle's back was quite a novelty for him.
Ye Zichen stepped on the eagle's wings and sat on its back, then looked at his empty left arm in confusion.
Isn't this Yang Guo and his eagle!?
This scene could be used to film a new version of The Return of the Condor Heroes. I wonder where Auntie is!?
The eagle soared into the sky, and when it flapped its wings, a demonic wind blew in all directions. Ye Zichen clutched the eagle's feathers tightly, then lay on its back and watched as it circled the mountain range. He never would have guessed that the back of the mountain range would be a whole new world. There was a cave in the cliffs.
Only a bird like the eagle could find this kind of cave. Below the cave was a cliff shrouded in clouds and mist. Beasts of the land couldn't possibly find this place.
The eagle slowed down its flapping of wings. The cave seemed to be its home, and the opening was just big enough for it to enter.
"Screech!"
As soon as they entered, the eagle flapped its wings and tossed Ye Zichen down.
Fortunately, there was some dry grass on the ground, so Ye Zichen had recovered quite a bit of his divine power. He didn't fall too hard. With his back to the eagle, he raised his middle finger, but before Ye Zichen could complain, he saw that there was a human girl lying in the cave.
Ye Zichen was absolutely certain that this was a human girl!
She looked to be in her teens, but Ye Zichen had no recollection of her at all.
Based on the way she was curled up, he could tell that she was very cold.
She'd already lost consciousness, so she couldn't use any spiritual energy. Or rather, he couldn't sense any spiritual energy from her at all. However, the sickly red on her face made Ye Zichen think of Pu Jingwan and the others.
She'd been poisoned by Thousand Lotus!
The girl's aura was weak. She lay curled up on the grass, trembling uncontrollably and sweating profusely.
Ye Zichen looked into the cave. Although it was a cave with its back facing the wind, the temperature inside the snowy mountains was still very low. For the girl, it was unbearably cold.
With a wave of his hand, he placed a seal around the cave, then lit a ball of heavenly fire on his palm.
"Screech!"
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