Chapter 122 - : Great Power Arrives (1/2)
Chapter 122: Great Power Arrives
The morning of March 31, 1229 of the Ziyun Era.
Swoosh!!
A huge creature flew through the air above the Chu royal mansion, swift as thunder, and before long arrived at Chuxiu Inn, circling in the air and surveying the courtyards and guest rooms below.
“Commander Xiao has arrived.”
The commander of the city guard stationed outside Chuxiu Inn, Xue Meng, saw the large Cloud Condor high above Chuxiu Inn flying into Chuxiu Inn, and his eyes lit up.
“We’ll enter.”
The Chu king, Xiang Xiong, was standing beside Xue Meng and saw the Cloud Condor fly into Chuxiu Inn at the same time as Xue Meng. He gave the order and led the way into Chuxiu Inn.
Two old men followed closely behind Xiang Xiong.
One of the old men was the second elder of the Chu royal family, Xiang Donghua, who had personally made the trip to the imperial court of Yunyang to invite Commander Xiao Jiancheng of the imperial guard over.
The other old man was the head elder of the Chu royal family, Xiang Chong.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Xue Meng acknowledged and turned to give the order to his lieutenants. “Let everyone withdraw, those who should rest may go, and those on patrol duty in the city may carry on!”
At Xue Meng’s order, the city guards who were sealing off the streets and alleys around Chuxiu Inn dispersed.
The presence of these city guards was only to prevent anyone from approaching Chuxiu Inn to bring word to that youth.
Now that the commander of the imperial guard and the Cloud Condor from the imperial court of Yunyang had arrived, there was no need to be concerned that someone would bring news to that youth.
It would be tempting death for someone to dare bring news to that youth now, and even if he were successful, that youth had lost the opportunity to flee.
Under these circumstances, there was no purpose for the group of city guards to maintain their presence here.
…
As the Cloud Condor carrying Xiao Jiancheng flew into the air over Chuxiu Inn, no less than twenty flying demons took off into the air surrounding Chuxiu Inn and approached Chuxiu Inn.
One or two people stood on the backs of each of these flying demons.
However, only two of these flying demons flew into the airspace bordering Chuxiu Inn, and the other flying demons could only fly around the surrounding area.
“This Cloud Condor is a Petty Consummation flying demon… the golden flame eagle, the level-seven flying demon raised by our Ouyang family, dares not go any further.”
An eagle covered with feathers like golden flames circled in the air around Chuxiu Inn. It was obviously a size smaller than the golden-crowned eagles, and two people were standing on it.
One was a middle-aged man, and the other was a young man.
The one who had sighed was the middle-aged man. He was of average build, wore a green robe and had long hair that was black as ink hanging over his shoulder. He stared at the Cloud Condor circling in the air above Chuxiu Inn with his sharp and far-sighted gaze.
“Patriarch Ouyang, that applies not only to the golden flame eagle of your Ouyang family… isn’t it the same for the level-seven white-headed vulture flying demon raised by our Lu family?” a cheerful voice piped up from nearby.
The speaker was another thin middle-aged man in a long grey robe with salt-and-pepper hair, looking at the middle-aged man standing on the back of the golden flame eagle with a slight smile.
This middle-aged man had also arrived standing on the back of a flying demon.
This flying demon was a vulture completely covered in black feathers, and only the feathers around its bare head were white. While circling in the air, it had caught the gaze of the Cloud Condor and also gave off waves of fear.
“I acknowledge Uncle Lu.”
Just then, the young man on the back of the golden flame eagle bowed respectfully to the middle-aged man in the grey robe on the back of the white-headed eagle.
“Haha… Qiuping has grown up so quickly. How is it? Any intention to take a wife yet? If not, Uncle Lu will choose a beautiful one from the Lu family, and just as well the Lu family can be related to your Ouyang family by marriage.”
The middle-aged man laughed heartily at the young man’s bow, an amicable expression on his face.
The three of them were from two of the three elite tycoon families of the Chu royal city. They were Patriarch Ouyang Ye and First Young Master Ouyang Qiuping of the Ouyang family, and Patriarch Lu Yuanshan of the Lu family.
“Patriarch Lu, actually we should be content… in the Chu royal city, other than the Chu royal family which raises a level-eight flying demon, only the flying demons raised by our two families have that level of ability.”
At Lu Yuanshan’s words, Ouyang Ye glanced towards the east as he said with a smile, “Didn’t you see the patriarch of the Liu family standing on the back of the level-six flying demon gale bird, looking at Chuxiu Inn from such a distance?”
“What can he see at such a distance? I don’t know what excitement he can catch.”
Flying demons were notoriously difficult to rear.
Only the Chu royal family had managed to rear a level-eight flying demon in the entire Chu royal city or even the entire Western Ridge of the Chu king.
In any case, the Chu king had not ridden that flying demon because he knew that it would not dare approach the Cloud Condor or the golden-crowned eagles.