Ya Sheng's words caused a commotion.
The winged cavalry warriors in the team were all recruited from the Sixty Thousand Mountains. Many of them had heard of the xiong yan when they were in the village.
The aboriginals who visited the village mentioned it as a legend.
It was said that 1,300 kilometers south of the Ya Family Village, there was a red mountain called Tu Mountain.
Some people said that a long time ago, there was a group of ferocious beasts on the mountain that were even more powerful than Cardinal Heaven experts. They wreaked havoc everywhere and destroyed many villages.
Later on, an aboriginal expert gathered the troops of many villages to attack and exterminate the group of beasts.
The expert died on the spot, and many villages also suffered heavy casualties.
That mountain was dyed red by the blood of the aboriginals and ferocious beasts that perished.
Ever since that battle, not even a blade of grass grew on Tu Mountain.
In the past 100 years, Tu Mountain was occupied by another ferocious beast. It was a xiong yan.
It was more than 20 meters tall, had a human-like face, and was covered in short black hair. There was a silver line on its back, and it had no tail. It could walk upright.
This ferocious beast destroyed a nearby village as soon as it appeared. However, it stayed within 50 kilometers of Tu Mountain and didn't cause any more casualties. Furthermore, it was very powerful, so no one went to attack it.
However, it was rumored that this ferocious beast was bloodthirsty. Unlike other ferocious beasts that killed for food, this ferocious beast killed for pleasure. Hence, it was called xiong yan.
"Are you sure it's a xiong yan?" Gong Zheng frowned as he looked at the dense forest in front of them.
"I should be right. I went to the vicinity of Tu Mountain and saw a xiong yan once. However, it was quite a distance away and it was hunting a ferocious beast that trespassed into its territory. That's why I ran away when it wasn't paying attention," Ya Sheng said with an ugly expression. Ya Sheng said with an ugly expression. When he recalled the ferocious might of the huge ferocious beast, he felt perturbed in his heart.
"Is there any other way?" Gong Zheng asked again.
"If we take a detour, we will have to walk for at least a week and pass through the Venomous Worm Valley."
Gong Zheng's expression became even uglier.
Venomous worms were palm-sized insects that weren't powerful. The problem was that they appeared in groups, and many ferocious beasts avoided them.
Furthermore, it was rumored that venomous worms were everywhere in the Venomous Worm Valley. For this team, it was a greater threat than the xiong yan.
"Come with me to see His Majesty."
After listening to their conversation, the empress pondered for a while and asked, "How powerful is that xiong yan?"
"Your Majesty, there was a Cardinal Heaven expert in the village that was destroyed. He disappeared with the destruction of the village, so he probably didn't manage to escape!" Ya Sheng recalled the rumors from back then, and a trace of fear appeared in his eyes.
One had to know that Cardinal Heaven experts were like gods in the eyes of the aboriginals. They could be said to be the top experts.
However, such an expert had perished before the Xiong Yan. He hadn't even been able to escape. It was clear how terrifying the Xiong Yan was.
As Ren Baqian listened, he had some other ideas. That Cardinal Heaven expert probably died to protect the village or to buy time for the ordinary people in the village.
Although that xiong yan was powerful, it shouldn't be so powerful that it was far more powerful than a Cardinal Heaven expert, to the point where it couldn't even run away.
After all, this was only the middle layer of the Sixty Thousand Mountains, and they were still very far away from the deeper layers.
There weren't many Cardinal Heaven beasts in this area, let alone such a powerful one.
However, just in case, Ren Baqian said, "Your Majesty, why don't we go back and not go to the spiritual spring? If we were to encounter danger and lose manpower because of this matter, it would be a great loss. "
The empress glanced at him and said, "I'm going to take a look. I want to see how powerful that xiong yan is! "
"Your Majesty!" Gong Zheng hurriedly stopped her.
"Don't try to persuade me. I'm just going to take a look." The empress waved her hand.
"Your Majesty, I'll go with you!" Ren Baqian immediately said.
Gong Zheng squinted at Ren Baqian. Are you going to be a burden?
"If Her Majesty and I don't come back in two hours, you can go back a day's journey and wait for three days. We will definitely come back," Ren Baqian said to Gong Zheng.
The empress immediately understood what Ren Baqian meant.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment!" Ren Baqian thought that it was better to bring Lin Qiaole along.
At least she could be used as a meat shield.
The beasts were still roaring in the distance, which made Gong Zheng even more worried.
Beasts wouldn't keep roaring like this.
Usually, they would only roar like this when they encountered a strong enemy that was even stronger than them.
Could it be that there was a beast that was as strong as the xiong yan?
When did the middle area of the Sixty Thousand Mountains become so dangerous?
Ren Baqian followed the group and found Lin Qiaole, who was lying on the back of the jumping goat.
Then, he kicked her in the small buttocks.
Lin Qiaole jumped up and gave him a claw.
Although Ren Baqian sensed that something was wrong and tried his best to shrink back, he still felt a chill on his face. Then, he felt a tingling sensation and warm liquid flowing on his face.
Lin Qiaole's nails were about an inch long as she glared at Ren Baqian.
"I woke you up to eat sweets!" Ren Baqian said calmly.
He was already used to the wounds on his face and just needed to apply some ointment.
"Oh!" Lin Qiaole was furious a second ago, but she calmed down a second later.
Although she didn't know when she would receive such benefits, it was always good to have sweets. Even if she was kicked in her sleep, she wouldn't be so angry.
Ren Baqian grabbed a handful of White Rabbit Creamy Candies and threw them to her.
"I have something to do. Follow me!"
He brought Lin Qiaole to meet the empress and asked everyone to stay where they were while the three of them entered the dense forest ahead.
The trees in the forest were dozens of meters tall, and the various plants on the ground were as tall as a person. It would be difficult for an ordinary person to move an inch here, but it didn't affect the three of them much.
The empress and Lin Qiaole's figures flashed on the tree branches.
Ren Baqian had to pull the vines on the tree from time to time and had to slow down the two people in front of him to barely keep up.
A distance of more than 1,000 meters wasn't considered far for the three of them, and they closed the distance in just a few minutes. The beast's roar was getting louder, and it was so deafening that it hurt their eardrums.
Ren Baqian leaped toward a tree branch in front of him. When he was about three to four meters away, he stretched out his hand to grab a hanging vine. However, when he grabbed it, he felt a slippery feeling that was different from the vine. That vine actually fell along with him.
This gave him a fright. When he looked up again, it wasn't a vine, but a slender snake that was about six to seven meters long. It was waving in his hand and trying to bite him.
Swoosh!
The shadow of a claw slashed across, and the snake was immediately divided into six parts.
Lin Qiaole carried Ren Baqian and kicked off the tree trunk before landing on a branch.
"That gave me a fright!" Ren Baqian patted his chest with lingering fear.
Using a snake as a vine to pull was indeed frightening.
Fortunately, he wasn't bitten.
One had to know that there were many venomous snakes in this mountain.
Ren Baqian spoke very softly for fear that the beast in front of him would hear him. However, he also knew that he probably wouldn't be able to hide from the other party at this distance.
Beasts were much more sensitive than humans.
Fortunately, the other party didn't know what kind of opponent it was facing and probably didn't have the opportunity to pay attention to them.
After jumping two more branches, Ren Baqian began to feel a little strange.
This was because there wasn't any open space around them. There were tall trees, various vines, and all kinds of vegetation covering the ground.
According to the sound, the other party should be on the ground in front of the three of them.
However, that xiong yan was said to be more than 20 meters tall and had a huge body. How could it possibly be squeezed in such a forest?
However, the sound came from the underbrush diagonally below them! The three of them looked around but didn't see the huge beast that they had expected.
Instead, they saw a familiar figure — the bichi.
The bichi stood on a branch and stared blankly in a certain direction with its small eyes full of doubt.
Following the bichi's gaze, the three of them finally found the so-called "xiong yan."
A one-meter-tall gopher with a gray head and brown other parts of its body was standing there, waving its small claws and roaring at the bichi.
As it opened its mouth, it let out a sound that didn't match its size at all. It was loud like thunder and full of ferocity.
However, its body and face didn't match the sound at all.
It was like a rabbit letting out the roar of a Tyrannosaurus rex, which was full of dissonance.
Its playful face was now full of anger and a little puzzlement.
In the past, I only needed to roar like this to make all the surrounding animals run away!
Why aren't you running away?
Aren't I tired of roaring?
The bichi was also dumbfounded. Why is this thing roaring at me? It's neither fighting nor running away. Why is it just standing there and roaring?
Furthermore, how can this body make such a loud sound?
"Is this a xiong yan?" Ren Baqian pointed at the thing that looked like a gopher and couldn't believe it.
It was different from what he had described!
The empress was also puzzled. In a flash, she landed behind the gopher that was roaring at the bichi, reached out, grabbed the back of its neck, and lifted it up.
The gopher panicked at first, then turned its head and roared at the empress.
The empress's expression became even weirder.
This roar really made her feel like she was facing some kind of powerful ferocious beast. She even subconsciously felt vigilant.
However, the thing in her hand … was at most at the Man Wheel level … It couldn't struggle at all when the empress grabbed it.
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