1721 The Grand Ceremony of the Wind Beasts, Part One (2/2)
”That's right, I almost forgot about him. Is he alright?” Mo Fan only realized Zhang Xiaohou was not back yet.
”And you call yourself his bro?” Lingling rolled her eyes at Mo Fan. He had completely forgotten about Zhang Xiaohou, who was risking his life for them after seeing Jiang Shaoxu.
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A mountain covered in dense vines and ancient trees poked through the clouds. The Wind of Sorrow swept fiercely, but the mountain remained firm!
A man in a gray-blue military outfit sprinted across the leaves, spreading them like a ripple on the surface of the ocean and leaving a strong gust of wind behind.
A huge beast with an icy transparent appearance circled in the air, scanning the leaves below with a sharp gaze.
The leader of the Skyice Beasts was trying to track down Zhang Xiaohou by observing the movement of the leaves. However, Zhang Xiaohou had used his Wind Element to stir up the leaves and scatter them across the place, blocking the Skyice Beasts' view.
The leaves fell to the ground after some time. A strong flow of air was heading toward the woods of the Moon Mulberry Trees in the distance.
The leader of the Skyice Beasts eventually noticed the trail left by the human. It immediately led the flock of Skyice Beasts and followed the trail.
Their icy-white wings beat rapidly, leaving a trail of frost behind them. The Skyice Beasts, bringing a disastrous storm with them, soon headed to the woods of the Moon Mulberry Trees.
Somewhere below the area where the leaves were scattering, a head silently poked out from under a pile of leaves. It was none other than Zhang Xiaohou, who was on the run.
Zhang Xiaohou glanced in the direction the Skyice Winged Beasts were flying towards, and let out a relieved sigh.
”These creatures are indeed picking up the trail of their prey by following the flow of air. No wonder they were able to track me down when I was so far away,” Zhang Xiaohou mumbled to himself.
It was easy to shake off the Skyice Beasts after figuring out how they were tracking him down. Li Dexin and his men ended up being surrounded because they had no idea how the Skyice Beasts stayed constantly on their trail. The harder they ran, the more obvious the trail was, hence the Skyice Winged Beasts could pursue them effortlessly.
”Frosty birds, see you later. Time for me to go back,” Zhang Xiaohou climbed to his feet and waved at the Skyice Winged Beasts to bid them farewell.
Zhang Xiaohou was rather mischievous. He had plucked all the feathers off the leader of the Skyice Winged Beasts' crown while it was resting alone.
The crown feathers were useless to many winged beasts, but they were the pride of the male birds, since the colorful feathers symbolized their manliness to the crowd, and attracted the female birds!
If Zhang Xiaohou had not taken such a step, he could not guarantee the Skyice Winged Beasts would chase him!
”Mm, these feathers are quite pretty. I should use them as decorations,” Zhang Xiaohou casually attached the feathers to his peaked cap. He looked slightly taller with the feathers on. ”I think this is the way back...”
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It was a lot easier to find the way back after shaking off the Skyice Winged Beasts. He had been leaving marks along the trail. Many Wind Mages would make the careless mistake of not blazing their trail to help them identify the way back. They would end up being separated from the team and lose their way in the wild.
Zhang Xiaohou had lost his way once, and almost died in the wild. He did not repeat the mistake.
He heard a noise not long after he began to make his way back.
Zhang Xiaohou had developed the habit of concealing his presence right away. He immediately jumped into a shrub nearby to avoid exposing himself to some powerful creatures. To his surprise, the bottom of the shrub was actually hollow. Zhang Xiaohou almost fell into a hole!
If it was somewhere else, Zhang Xiaohou could easily recover from the fall by using his Wind Wings, but it would be suicide to use the Wind Wings in the winged beasts' paradise. He quickly grabbed onto a thick vine nearby, hoping that it was firm enough to hold his weight.
Zhang Xiaohou started falling as he grabbed onto the vine tightly. It was wrapped around a tree, and barely held his weight.
”Lucky...” Zhang Xiaohou hung onto the dangling vine and let out a relieved sigh.
Every moment was a great thrill in a place like this!
More noises began to approach. Zhang Xiaohou quickly scanned his surroundings in a panic.
Feathers!
Feathers as dense as the stars in the night sky! Zhang Xiaohou noticed the sky was full of colorful feathers when he looked around him. More precisely, he was looking at the wings of different winged beasts soaring into the sky!
They had filled up the sky before he realized it, stretching from the Qinling Mountains to the Vine Canopy Layer Zhang Xiaohou was currently at. He was dumbfounded by the breathtaking sight. He remained hanging onto the vine as he totally forgot to climb back up!