Chapter 15 (1/2)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Zhang Tianjian’s fear allowed Zhou Xuanji to escape. Fleeing, he and Little Jiang Xue did not meet another pursuer the entire way.
Night soon arrived.
The pair elected to hide in a cave. The cave was not huge, and their flame could light it up in its entirety.
Zhou Xuanji sat on the floor while Little Jiang Xue applied medicine to his body.
Beside them lay the corpse of a bear, who was the owner of the cave.
As the medicinal powder sprinkled on his arms, he winced in pain. He respected Little Jiang Xue deeply all of a sudden, as she did not whimper once when he was applying the medicine to her.
“Xuanji, maybe we should find a village and settle down? It is too dangerous in the wilderness,” said Little Jiang Xue, her eyes red. The encounter with the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends left her with deep psychological trauma.
It was the first time that she felt that human beings were even more horrifying than demons.
Zhou Xuanji thought about it and said, “Let’s wait for two more years. We are not strong enough to protect ourselves now, even if we go to small towns or villages. We would be bullied there, as orphans like us do not end up well.”
The Northern Wasteland was not like Earth. There weren’t any orphanages.
Little Jiang Xue nodded her head, binding his arms with a strip of linen.
As Zhou Xuanji saw her pitiful expression, he sighed in his heart.
Although he saved Little Jiang Xue, he also placed her in a more dangerous situation.
He already took Little Jiang Xue as his family member, so naturally, he could not leave her.
It had to be acknowledged that without Little Jiang Xue, he would likely live like a savage.
Although the little girl was young, she was able to maintain a civilized life in the wilderness.
Not long after, the medicine took effect.
His arms suddenly felt refreshed and cool. It was pleasant.
He immediately took out Madam Night Seven’s storage bag and storage ring.
Now that its master was dead, the two enchanted artifacts were without a master. Zhou Xuanji could use his mental power to probe inside.
He almost drooled.
There were so many medicines, spirit stones, enchanted artifacts…
Indeed, robbers are the richest!
Hold on!
What is this?
Two huge white eggs that were the size of his head appeared in his arms.
Little Jiang Xue’s eyes glowed as she moved closer, “These eggs are so huge. They will taste good if we roast them,” said Little Jiang Xue.
He was speechless. “Whatever these two eggs are, they can’t be simple. How can we just roast them like that?” he said in an unpleasant tone.
He thought of a possibility all of a sudden, and his heart began pumping rapidly.
He remembered that the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends said that the dragon eagle was the weakest during the season it lay eggs. Could it be…?
He picked up one of the white eggs and began to examine it carefully.
Little Jiang Xue sucked her finger and said, “Why not roast one of them and keep the other?”
“You are so desperate to eat it?” Zhou Xuanji said helplessly, poking her forehead.
It was as though the egg knew that its life was in danger, as the dragon eagle egg in his arms began shaking.
“It moved!” Little Jiang Xue shouted.
She quickly pulled Zhou Xuanji away from the egg.
She still had a fresh memory of how terrifying the dragon eagle was.
Although it was a newborn dragon eagle, she was still somewhat afraid.
Kaaaaa!
The dragon eagle egg cracked open, a pink, sparkling and translucent dragon horn slowly emerging.
The dragon horn kept knocking against the shell, creating more and more cracks. The egg then began rolling on the ground. Soon, a featherless eaglet came out.
An eagle’s body, dragon horns, and a dragon tail, it was indeed a dragon eagle.
He looked at it and asked, “You still want to roast it?”
Little Jiang Xue nodded, and then shook her head, saying, “It looks so cute. Let’s not eat it.”
After she spoke, she walked toward the dragon eagle.