Chapter 101 Two Silly Birds (1/2)
While Zhou Donghuang was still gathering his strength, the golden-crowned eagle suddenly accelerated to a higher altitude but was still unable to dodge. The stone thrown by Zhou Donghuang smashed into its skull.
The golden-crowned eagle plummeted in a daze, and if not for the other golden-crowned eagle that managed to grab it in support, it would have been the first golden-crowned eagle of the species to fall to its death.
”Many thanks for your mercy.”
After recovering from its daze, the older golden-crowned eagle finally came to and thanked Zhou Donghuang profusely.
At that moment, they looked at Zhou Donghuang with a gaze full of dread.
Earlier, they had already witnessed the power of the youth when he had grabbed their wings and flung them away, and they could easily tell that the youth had been holding back when he had flung the stone at them.
If not, they would be dead.
”This qi-gathering elixir that I have should be able to help you attain Great Consummation of the Qi-gathering.”
With a flick of his arm, Zhou Donghuang tossed a bottle of qi-gathering elixir to the older golden-crowned eagle.
Suspicion and surprise glittered in its eyes, but it nevertheless reached out a talon to catch it and opened the seal on the bottle, pouring the contents into its mouth and draining it to the last drop.
It was not worried that the youth would harm it because if the youth had intended to, he was entirely capable of killing it mercilessly earlier on.
After consuming the qi-gathering elixir, the older golden-crowned eagle closed its eyes and roosted on its younger brother's broad back and began to practice. When it opened its eyes again shortly after, they were glittering with excitement.
This qi-gathering elixir... can actually increase the sensitivity to qi by a thousand percent!
When the older golden-crowned eagle spoke again, it was with barely contained excitement. ”Compared to this qi-gathering elixir, the qi-gathering elixir that increases sensitivity to qi by a hundred percent that we stole from several adepts that year are nothing but rubbish!”
That year, the imperial court of Yunyang country had sent a Great Consummation adept of the Qi-gathering into the Lost Forest to hunt the two golden-crowned eagles, and not only had he returned empty-handed, but several members of the party had also been robbed of their qi-gathering elixirs.
”Increases the sensitivity to qi by a thousand percent? Big Brother, are you joking?”
The younger golden-crowned eagle's eyes showed disbelief.
Almost as soon as it had finished speaking, its older brother curled its right talon into a fist and gave it a savage knock on its skull. ”You dare doubt what your older brother says?”
The younger golden-crowned eagle laughed in embarrassment. ”No, of course not.”
Zhou Donghuang swept a casual gaze over the two golden-crowned eagles and turned to leave for the second time.
”Young man, wait!”
Just as Zhou Donghuang turned around, the older golden-crowned eagle spoke up again, making Zhou Donghuang pause in mid-step and turned to look at it, his eyes narrowing slightly. ”What is it? You want another round?”
”No, no, no...”
The older golden-crowned eagle shook its head hurriedly. ”We are no match for you, we admit defeat.”
”I asked you to wait because I wanted to ask for a few more bottles of that qi-gathering elixir that you gave me... just that one bottle is not enough for me to attain Great Consummation of the Qi-gathering.”
”Eight to ten bottles more should allow me to barely attain Great Consummation of the Qi-gathering,” the older golden-crowned eagle said.
”You want a qi-gathering elixir?”
A smile at his successful ploy pulled at the corners of Zhou Donghuang's mouth, and he casually said, ”You and I are neither relatives nor enemies; why would I give you a qi-gathering elixir?”
”This...”
The golden-crowned eagle was stunned. What this youth before him was saying made sense.
Previously, it had always been robbing adepts who entered the Lost Forest of their qi-gathering elixirs, and this had become a habit. This made it think that all the adepts who entered the Lost Forest had to surrender their qi-gathering elixirs to it.
Now, it had just realized that this youth's ability was stronger than its own, and it could do nothing if he refused to give it a qi-gathering elixir.
Seeing the golden-crowned eagle sink into silence, Zhou Donghuang knew the time was ripe and said to it, ”Actually, it's not that you can't have more of the qi-gathering elixir I gave you earlier. Leave the Lost Forest and follow me, and as long as you obey me, I can provide a steady supply of that kind of qi-gathering elixir for you. With the qi-gathering elixir that I can give you, in just a short period of time, not just Great Consummation of the Qi-gathering but even if you want to advance to the Connate stage and become Connate stage demons, it will not be difficult.”
Zhou Donghuang revealed his ”motive.”
And this was also the reason that he had not killed the golden-crowned eagles earlier because he wanted to bring the two golden-crowned eagles out of the Lost Forest and bind them into his service.
These two golden-crowned eagles were not only of uncommon ability, but they were also incredibly fast as mounts, far faster in comparison to ferghana horses.
”Younger Brother, what do you think?”
The older golden-crowned eagle asked the other golden-crowned eagle discreetly, but it did not know that even though it had lowered its voice, Zhou Donghuang's could still hear it clearly.
”Big Brother, if he can really provide us with an uninterrupted supply of qi-gathering elixirs that increases the sensitivity to qi by a thousand percent, I feel that we should follow him.”
The younger golden-crowned eagle continued softly, ”At our current standard, Great Consummation of the Qi-gathering is our limit. If we follow him as he asks, we have a chance to become Connate demons!”
”After we become Connate demons we will no longer need qi-gathering elixir... and we will be entirely capable of leaving him, could he still manage to bind us and prevent us from leaving?”