Chapter 140 – The ice layer at the mountaintop (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

After staying two days at the edge of the cliff, Shao Xuan has almost recovered, and his injuries on the arm also healed up. But Chacha’s ability to recover was lower than Shao Xuan’s, so it had taken him a dozen days to recover to full health.

What surprised Shao Xuan the most was that the giant eagle had stayed here for more than 10 days, and he did not have a nest here, he was also just passing by. Every day after catching prey to fill his stomach, it stood on a high rock to rest, instead of leaving immediately. In addition, it also gave some of its food to Chacha every day.

These days, Chacha’s fatigue had decreased and he had restored to a good state of mind. And he had enough food, so he just focused on patiently healing his wounds.

Shao Xuan would climb down the mountain to hunt, but without Chacha’s help, he had some trouble, because that giant eagle did not help him go down the mountain.

Besides food, Shao Xuan also found some herbs to apply on Chacha’s wounds. He had intended to see if the giant eagle needed his help, but only to find it stay away from him on purpose. Shao Xuan temporarily gave up this idea.

As soon as Chacha could fly again, the giant eagle did not intend to stay.

It would go with Chacha in that direction, and Shao Xuan did not know whether he should follow them or just return. Together with this giant eagle, Chacha should be much safer.

However, after Chacha flew up, it screamed towards Shao Xuan to tell him to hurry and catch up with them.

Shao Xuan smiled, and decided to follow them to see the legendary Eagle Mountain. He put away the tooth sword, ran for a distance, and then leaped to catch Chacha’s legs, who was flying towards him.

The giant eagle in the sky seemed to be very impatient, hovering several times, which marked it was urging them to leave.

“Let’s go!” Said Shao Xuan.

A scream was heard.

After screaming with joy, Chacha flapped his wings, and followed after the giant eagle.

This time, Chacha would not keep close to the trees in the woods, but maintain a certain distance to avoid being attacked again.

The giant eagle’s flying posture seemed even more unstable than ten days ago. It was more and more obvious that it had difficulty flying. But even so, for Chacha and Shao Xuan, it flew plenty fast, so Chacha could barely keep up with it.

During the day, they kept flying. In the evening, they found a place to rest. They brought their prey to a high cliff, and quietly ate it. In this area, there were many high mountains. Sometimes they encountered other creatures living in the high mountains. Usually the giant eagle fought with the prey while Shao Xuan and Chacha cheered for him nearby. If they tried helping him, it would just cause some trouble to him.

Under the escort of the giant eagle, they avoided a lot of trouble, for the flying birds did not dare to provoke them on their way.

They had left the third holdout for about thirty days now, but they still did not see the destination.

However, judging from Chacha’s and that giant eagle’s behavior, Shao Xuan could perceive the changes in their minds. They were excited, and had sparkling eyes. Even the weather-beaten giant eagle showed his strong desire to arrive there without any more delay.

The destination was around the corner.

This day, these two eagles hurriedly continued on with their journey, and Shao Xuan observed the surrounding scene. In front of them, there was a long dragon-like mountain. This mountain was very high, which reminded Shao Xuan of the mountain in the second location. Most of the birds were obstructed by the high mountain.

Whenever they encountered such a mountain and they went over it, they would see a different scenery.

The top of the mountain was obstructed by clouds, so they could only see the vast land below the clouds that was covered by snow.

The giant eagle began to fly higher, followed by Chacha.

They planned to go over the mountain.

On their way over, they had climbed many mountains, this time though, it was much more difficult for them.

The higher they flew, the more difficult it became. It seemed that there was a force that pushed back any creature trying to fly higher.

After flying for a distance, Chacha felt tired and rested on a protruding rock.

“Chacha, you go on and follow him up, I’ll stop here.” Said Shao Xuan as he touched the feathers on Chacha’s head.

“Jiao~~~!”

Chacha avoided his hand, fluttered his wingsm and scratched the rock near him with his claws.

“Why are you so stubborn? I will wait here…” Said Shao Xuan. Thinking about it, he asked, “You will come back, won’t you?”

Chacha made a cry and continued to scratch the rock.

“But if it takes too long I will return by myself.” Shao Xuan planned to stay in this area, where the species were strange to him. He thought that perhaps he could discover some precious herbs from in the ancient volumes.

He had always stayed in the tribe, and it had been boring for him to follow the same route. He could seize this chance to visit this foreign place. He’d like to see the so-called Eagle Mountain, but Chacha was still too small to fly higher with him in this place.

The giant eagle above began to urge him.

Chacha still hesitated, and screamed to the eagle.

“Catch up with him!” Said Shao Xuan. It’s so rare to find such a thick thigh to latch onto, if he lost it, where would he find another one?

While Shao Xuan was talking to him, he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him. Then he turned around, and found a big eagle claw coming at him.

Shao Xuan did not take out his tooth sword because it did not pose any threat to him.

Standing on the ground, the giant eagle was nearly ten meters high, so its claws were naturally much larger than those Chacha. It was easy for it to grab Shao Xuan.

After clutching Shao Xuan, the giant eagle flew up immediately. Chacha glanced at it, and quickly kept up with them.

The giant eagle was used to hold prey, so it didn’t reduce its strength, which made Shao Xuan feel like his internal organs were being squeezed out and his bones being broken. If he had not been a strong totem warrior, but an ordinary man, this hold would have killed him.