Chapter 142 - Acknowledging Master (1/2)

Farewells always made one sad.

Therefore, Zhou Donghuang bid only Lin Lan farewell as he was leaving this time, leaving it to Lin to Lan inform the others in turn.

On the morning of January 8, 1230 of the Ziyun Era, Zhou Donghuang rode the golden-crowned eagle, Big Gold, and they both departed Qingshan town, preparing to travel to the Valley of the Medicine Masters.

As for the golden-crowned eagle Little Gold, he was ordered by Zhou Donghuang to stay at Qingshan town to protect his mother Lin Lan and little sister Yun Lu as well as the others. “Little Gold, keep a close eye on them. If anything happens to my mother or Xiao Lu, I will hold you solely responsible!”

Little Gold had a thousand objections to being instructed to remain in Qingshan town. After all, if he left the youth, he would have no way to enjoy the glow of the Buddhist light from the Buddhist essence, and his rate of practice would drop.

However, in the end, he had no choice but to stay behind, being constrained by the youth’s power.

Moreover, the youth had already told him that when his big brother attained the Connate stage and became a Connate stage demon, he would order his big brother to return to Qingshan town and take over, allowing him to travel to the Valley of the Medicine Masters and practice with him.

Several days later, Zhou Donghuang and Big Gold returned once more to the Chu royal city, appearing in the air directly over the Chu royal mansion.

As Big Gold landed in the Chu royal mansion carrying Zhou Donghuang, they naturally caused a commotion and a large amount of movement. A group of palace guards who had arrived at the sound of the commotion scattered, not daring to approach.

“It’s the golden-crowned eagle!”

“That youth in white on the golden-crowned eagle’s back… could that be that Connate-stage youth?”

“In the territory of our country of Yunyang, there is no one other than he who can use a golden-crowned eagle as a mount.”

As the group of palace guards whispered to each other, the second elder of the Chu royal family Xiang Donghua presented himself, leading several other elders of the Chu royal family. They all bowed respectfully to the youth. “We acknowledge Young Master Donghuang!”

At that moment, the group of palace guards watching at a distance were completely certain of the youth’s identity when they heard the words of the second elder of the Chu royal family. This was the Connate-stage youth, Zhou Donghuang!

Although the Ziyun Era had entered the year 1230 and Zhou Donghuang was considered to be almost nineteen years of age, his face still bore some traces of youth, such that a casual observer would still naturally assume that he was still only a youth.

Going strictly by age, one was considered a young man on the planet of Ziyun after turning eighteen.

“Who is currently in charge of the Chu royal family?” Zhou Donghuang stood on the back of the golden-crowned eagle with his hands clasped behind his back as he surveyed Xiang Donghua and the elders of the Chu royal family as he addressed them calmly.

“Young Master Donghuang, Head Elder and I are in charge at the moment,” Xiang Donghua answered respectfully.

Although the youth before them had killed the king and the royal consort of the Chu royal family, he was a Connate-stage adept, and this meant that the Chu royal family could do nothing more than swallow this bitter pill.

“Let the Chu royal family send men to find the herbs written on this paper, and no matter how much they find, send them at once to Qingshan town in Yunfeng prefecture and hand them over personally to my mother, Lin Lan.”

With a flourish of his arm, Zhou Donghuang sent a piece of paper fluttering out and flying in Xiang Donghua’s direction.

“As you command.”

Xiang Donghua received the piece of paper and acknowledged respectfully without even so much as a glance at it.

“This is a second-grade offensive technique. Consider it a gift to the Chu royal family for their labors. In the future, when I return to Qingshan town, and if I see that you have been productive, I will give the Chu royal family a second-grade swiftness technique.”

With another flourish of his arm, Zhou Donghuang sent another piece of paper crammed with writing fluttering and flying towards Xiang Donghua.

This time, when Xiang Donghua heard Zhou Donghuang’s words, his eyes widened and his face began to flush with excitement as he hurriedly reached out to receive the second piece of paper that Zhou Donghuang had thrown over.

As the second elder of the Chu royal family, Xiang Donghua was a Petty Consummation adept, and with a single glance, he could tell that what was recorded on the paper in his hand was indeed a second-grade technique!

Before this, the Chu royal family only had several third-grade techniques and did not possess any second-grade techniques.

Even in the imperial court of Yunyang, second-grade techniques were extremely rare, such that the imperial court of Yunyang was unwilling to share them with the various royal families under them.

“Big Gold, let’s go!” Zhou Donghuang commanded.

With a flap of his wings, Big Gold shot into the sky like a flash of black lightning and vanished into the clouds, leaving Xiang Donghua and the other elders of the Chu royal family with expressions of excitement on their faces.

Although Zhou Donghuang was not worried that the Chu royal family would not do work for him if he did not reward them, they would not be efficient in their work if they were forced into it by the threat of his power.

And now, by giving the Chu royal family a second-grade offensive technique and promising to give them a second-grade swiftness technique if they were efficient in their work…

Under these circumstances, the Chu royal family would definitely go all out to work for him as efficiently as they could.

Swoosh!!

After Zhou Donghuang rode Big Gold and departed the Chu royal city, they flew in the direction of the Valley of the Medicine Masters.

Previously, before they had left the Chu royal city, he had obtained a map on which was indicated the location of the Valley of the Medicine Masters, and he had already shown it to Big Gold before they had set out.

So Big Gold already knew the route from the Chu royal city to the Valley of the Medicine Masters.

Although Big Gold had not yet attained the Connate stage and become a Connate-stage demon, few Great Consummation flying demons could match his speed in his current state. In less than ten days, Big Gold had already left the borders of the country of Yunyang.