Chapter 60 (1/2)
The white crane flew extre on a horse While Fang Xing was riding on the back of the crane, he could feel a cool breeze of Qi brushi+ng lightly against his cheeks as the crane flew in and out of the mystical clouds that covered the valley When he looked down, beneath thereen that formed into sheets of land, occasionally hidden by the thick clouds of Qi while at other times displayed openly to the eye
It was peerlessly beautiful At the end of it, Fang Xing was still a child; he could not help but be mesmerized and awed by such a view
Upon hearing Fang Xing's exclamation of cheer, however, the white crane had other plans
SWOOSH
As Fang Xing cheered, he suddenly felt the white crane accelerate like a ht ahead and tilted its body towards the left Unprepared, Fang Xing violently jolted headfirst and nearly fell frohted itself With a loud cry, the crane increased its speed onceitself and Fang Xing down in a nosedive towards the ground
'Sht, does Xu Linyun want this crane to kill ht to himself in surprise
It was, however, aXu Linyun hadfrom the valley entrance, yet the crane had already cultivated a shts After witnessing what had happened earlier at the Yunyin Summit and the reactions of its master afterwards, the crane had becoood lesson Of course, the white crane did not dare to truly kill the young boy; it just wanted to see the boy cry out in fear
But Fang Xing did not care about the real reason and purpose behind all of this After the initial surprise, he grew angry and yelled out, ”Are you trying to killflipped his body around and activated [Dragon Catching] to keep his body balanced on the crane with one hand, then pulled his dagger out froht towards the crane's back
The dagger may have been made from ordinary steel, but it was still considered a rare find of its kind, as it had been refined nu's Uncle Sanshu for self-protection When attacking with the aid of Qi, it was even sharper, and even though the feathers of the white crane were slippery and tough, the dagger still ed to make a clean stab into its back Once the crane felt the sudden attack, it let out a pained cry and began flapping its wings in a disordered
With the dagger in one hand lodged in the crane's body, Fang Xing hastily turned to his left as the beak of the crane landed on its own back Fang Xing then took a leap using the dagger as a support and landed on the white crane's neck before locking his legs tightly around it This was the crane's blind spot, and no matter how hard it tried, it could not reach its neck whether it tried to use its steel-like beak or its sharp claws
”Land, you bastard!” Fang Xing shouted as he plunged the dagger into the white crane's neck
The crane released another pained cry and see disordered Itsthat the crane did not do as it was told, he believed it had not given up on the idea of killing him Another stab went into the left side of its neck before Fang Xing twisted the dagger, causing the crane to give another sharp shriek and subconsciously turn towards the right, though its wounds caused it to fly unsteadily
Fang Xing clung tightly onto the crane's neck and was now no longer afraid of being thrown off Soon he realized that if he stabbed its neck on the left, the crane would fly to the right, and—with a loud laughter of satisfaction—he pulled his dagger free froht side, causing the crane to turn left
”Haha soproudly at his new discovery He'd found out how to control the white crane's flight path with such an obscure er in a hurry to have it landed It er wounds were each about ten inches deep, the crane's enormous size meant that even such deep wounds on its neck caused it no serious harm
The proud white crane was now co as it flew on in despair Suddenly, its wings gave a strong flutter and it dived towards none other than Xu Linyun's personal valley after spotting it down below; even with Fang Xing's stabs, the crane was determined to make it down at once
After falling a thousand feet, the white crane crash-landed into a flower garden while Fang Xing was thrown off at the same time
”What happened?”
It was a small valley of around thirty square yards, co flora and fauna At its center was a small lake ater so clear that the bottom could even be seen, and next to the lake was a three-storied wooden cottage that was painted and carved with the design of purple flohile vibrant green vines crawled up fro out of her —had been the source of that surprised question after she had heard the loud disturbance fro
”He'er[1]” Xu Linyun called out in concern as she flew out of herIt didn't take long for her to land next to the white crane to check on its wounds
At this moment, the white crane looked extremely miserable Its back had been stabbed and blood froht red, and its neck had been stabbed no fewer than four ti fresh blood The crane did not even have the energy toive a feeak, mournful sounds; sadness and pain was all it had left
”Did you hurthad been thrown soarden Just as he had ed to speak even a single word—Xu Linyun furiously sent hi into the distance with her palm
”I asked my He'er to pick you up from the entrance out of the kindness of s to it!” Xu Linyun was not satisfied even after her sla Sword before ai