Chapter 716 Snow Mountain
e, about two minutes. After completing the examination of one side, he let go and got up to check the other side.After a minute, Xiao Yu released the woman's wrist and closed his eyes in deep thought....Chapter 716: Snow Mountain
In the sky, a golden eagle was soaring, and its anxious calls echoed from its beak.
Suddenly, it spotted them. When it saw Xiao Yu, it chirped anxiously and flew towards him in tight circles.
Soon enough, the golden eagle landed not far from Xiao Yu's group. It looked at Xiao Yu with a worried expression and let out several urgent chirps while nodding its head repeatedly.
'Could there be something wrong' Xiao Yu thought to himself upon seeing this.
The rest of the elders also observed the eagle warily, remembering its ferocity when they went up the mountain yesterday. Although it was now on their way down and this route seemed easier, it was still treacherous compared to what they faced while climbing. They couldn't afford to be careless, as even professional mountaineers would use ropes and other tools to descend such routes.
Xiao Yu looked at the golden eagle thoughtfully before darting towards its location like a flash of lightning.
Compared to these elders who had high cultivation levels but average physical strength, Xiao Yu was different. His internal energy level was at the Transformation stage, making him incredibly formidable. This mountain path posed no challenge for him.
When Xiao Yu reached the golden eagle's side, it didn't back away but kept nodding its head at him.
"Do you need something" An invisible ripple entered the eagle's mind as Xiao Yu asked.
The moment he finished speaking, the eagle chirped and nodded at him several times.
"Ssh..." After nodding to Xiao Yu, it extended a claw toward his pants. The sound of fabric tearing was heard just when its claws touched Xiao Yu's pant leg.
Xiao Yu's clothes, though not the absolute finest, were from top-tier brands with high quality materials. Yet, as soon as the eagle's claws brushed against them, they tore apart, revealing how sharp those talons were.
Seeing this, Dai Yuxin and Wang Xiong felt alarmed and started drawing mysterious talismans in the air. However, as soon as they began to draw, Xiao Yu waved his hand to stop them.
"Do you want me to go with you" Without looking at the torn pants, Xiao Yu stared at the golden eagle, noticing its anxious eyes and hurried calls. He then recalled an intangible wave that had previously entered its mind.
"G咕..." Upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, the golden eagle happily nodded in response.
“Yuxin, you go with Daoist Friend Wang and others to wait for me at the main camp. I'll be back shortly!” Seeing the eagles' reaction confirmed his thoughts, so after a brief hesitation, he turned to Dai Yuxin and said this, then addressed Wang Xiong and others: "Daoist Friends, please take care of my disciple! I’ll be right back!"
"Master, take me with you!" Upon seeing the golden eagle's behavior, Dai Yuxin understood its intentions. Hearing Xiao Yu's words, she hurriedly said.
“No way! You go to the main camp first!” Hearing Dai Yuxin’s request, Xiao Yu firmly shook his head and refused.
He had no idea what business the golden eagle wanted with him; naturally, he wouldn't let Dai Yuxin follow. Although her cultivation was rapidly advancing, she still lacked solid foundations, so it would be impossible for him to allow her to go along.
"Please take care of my disciple!" After speaking to Dai Yuxin, Xiao Yu bowed slightly to Wang Xiong and others.
“Xiao Daoist, you can rest assured!” Though they didn’t know where Xiao Yu was going, considering his cultivation level, they did not attempt to dissuade him.
Dai Yuxin saw the determination in Xiao Yu’s eyes, so she looked at him with a pitiful expression but remained silent. She turned around and followed Wang Xiong and others down the mountain.
Xiao Yu watched them leave before leaping onto the golden eagle's back and patting it gently.
When they saw Xiao Yu leap onto the golden eagle’s back, everyone, including Wang Xiong, was startled into a cold sweat. After all, their cultivation levels were high, but this was several thousand meters up a steep mountain; if one fell down, even with high cultivation level, one would still be reduced to dust.
However, when they saw Xiao Yu standing steadily on the eagle’s back, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
The golden eagle, after seeing Xiao Yu steady himself, let out a long cry and with a slight exertion of its sharp claws, flew towards the sky. The rock beneath its claws left several deep claw marks as it did so.
"Wow..."
“What a celestial being!”
Dai Yuxin looked up and saw Xiao Yu standing on the golden eagle's back, immediately exclaiming in surprise. Upon hearing Dai Yuxin’s cry of amazement, Wang Xiong and others also turned to look; after seeing Xiao Yu’s appearance, they couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.
At that moment, Xiao Yu stood with his hands behind his back on the golden eagle's back, looking like a celestial being about to ascend to heaven. The visual impact was extremely strong. Everyone knew flying was also their dream. Of course, according to clan records, long ago, even Qi Refinement Realm cultivators could ride spiritual birds and soar through the clouds; however, this had not happened in recent centuries. Seeing Xiao Yu standing on a golden eagle’s back as if he were an immortal stirred up many emotions within them.
This made them feel envious from the bottom of their hearts. However, such spiritual creatures are rare, and even they couldn’t catch one. Furthermore, these spiritual creatures have some intelligence; it was unlikely they would let themselves be caught, no matter what! Thinking this way, they felt somewhat jealous of Xiao Yu since, judging from how the golden eagle behaved around him, their relationship must be special.
But as the hope for the future hundred years in cultivation circles, all they could do was suppress these feelings of envy and jealousy deep within themselves.
When Xiao Yu came up earlier, even though he sat on the golden eagle's back, there was Dai Yuxin then, and Xiao Yu had to keep an eye on her too. Thus, his movements were stiff and didn't make such a big impact on everyone else at that time.
Only when Xiao Yu flew further away until they couldn’t see him did everyone withdraw their gaze and head down the mountain.
After flying for about twenty minutes with Xiao Yu, the golden eagle dived into a range of undulating snow-capped mountains. As Xiao Yu knew little about Tibet, he had no idea where exactly this place was.
In fact, this is one of the four great snowy peaks in Tibet – Daguo Snow Mountain, said to be a gathering place for gods and immortals.
Xiao Yu stood on the golden eagle’s back as it carried him deeper into the snow mountain. The closer they flew towards the heart of the mountain range, the more urgent the golden eagle's calls became, even carrying hints of anxiety.
Suddenly, after letting out a long cry, the golden eagle dove downwards without any regard for whether Xiao Yu would fall off. Back when they were at the Sky Burial site, its actions had been far fiercer than now; yet then it couldn’t shake him off. So now it needn't worry about that.
When Xiao Yu saw the golden eagle dive down, he also focused his gaze downward and realized that the eagle was heading toward a cliff. At this location, Xiao Yu had heard mournful cries coming from the cliff.
A moment later, the golden eagle brought Xiao Yu to the edge of the cliff. Before the eagle could land, Xiao Yu jumped down agilely and landed on the cliff.
After standing steadily on the cliff, Xiao Yu began observing his surroundings. The entire cliff was covered in ice and snow, and the mournful cries were coming from a place not far away. Following the direction of the cries, he saw another golden eagle that resembled the one that had brought him here. This eagle was the source of the earlier cries.
Seeing the eagle that had carried him, Xiao Yu approached this injured eagle after it made several calls to him, apparently urging him closer. Thus, Xiao Yu quickly walked over.
This crying golden eagle was about one-third smaller than the one that brought Xiao Yu, but even so, it appeared enormous. Compared to the one that had carried Xiao Yu, however, this injured eagle looked relatively small.
In reality, this golden eagle wasn’t small; rather, it should be considered a full-grown king of golden eagles. The other eagle must have undergone some mutation to become so large.
Only after approaching did Xiao Yu notice that beneath the injured eagle was a dark brown stain that had turned the cliff’s ice and snow into a murky color.
"Blood" When Xiao Yu approached them, he caught a faint scent of blood in the air. Upon catching this smell, his eyebrows slightly furrowed as he realized it.
Only after detecting this scent did he look at the golden eagle, which seemed more to be half-laying than standing on the cliff’s edge. Its eyes were dull and lifeless, its mournful cries weak and lacking vigor compared to when Xiao Yu first arrived.
Upon coming closer, Xiao Yu found that the left wing of this injured eagle was drooping on the ground, seemingly unable to exert any strength at all, indicating it had been crippled. Moreover, a patch of its chest feathers was missing, with bloody flesh underneath. Blood drops were trickling down from the wound, clearly showing where they originated.
Xiao Yu observed both eagles and realized that the larger one must be a male eagle while the injured one was female. This could be discerned from their head plumage: the male's resembled a crown, whereas the female’s looked like a floral headdress!
The male eagle called to the female after seeing Xiao Yu approach. The female eagle, hearing her mate’s call, cautiously observed approaching Xiao Yu and then turned to look at the male eagle. After seeing her mate, she struggled to move aside.trength. However, this lift by Xiao Yu had no effect; the child still firmly held onto the brush, and his expression remained calm without any signs of panic or change, continuing to write steadily on...