Chapter 608 (2/2)

The fields were painted green with the grass waves adding texture to the painting.

On a hill far away, a group of patrolling warriors on horses passed by.

Not only did they need to beware of people trying to steal their livestock, they had to look out for beasts in the sky. When they said Chacha, they were on high alert.

“It’s an eagle!” shouted someone.

“Careful! Archers!!”

“Shoot when it gets lower!”

The patrolling officer, Yi Bei, signalled for the people to shoot at the eagle. Even if they couldn’t kill it, it would be enough to scare it away.

However, the eagle was too high up and whenever they looked up the sun shined directly into their eyes. They weren’t able to see anything clearly.

“It’s headed towards our tribe!” someone shouted.

They were patrolling the border of the Feng tribe. If they walked a bit more there would be herds of cows and sheep and the herdsmen. They might not make it in time to stop the predator in the sky.

“Send the signal!” Yi Bei ordered his people to warn the tribe about the intruder.

However, just as they took their whistle out, a sound came from the sky.

“Is that… a wooden whistle?” Yi Bei stopped the person about to send the signal. He looked up into the sky with his hand blocking the sun. The figure was landing itself. This wasn’t any eagle that lived in the forest, it belonged to a tribe.

After observing for a while, Yi Bei said, “Keep the bows.”

Although he wasn’t sure who was in the sky, the person didn’t seem to have any plans to attack or hide.

If that was the case, aiming arrows at them wouldn’t be too good. Yi Bei didn’t want to offend anyone he hadn’t met. The tribes in the grasslands frequently came in contact with expedition teams so they had better foreign policies than other tribes.

Of course, they were still on high alert, without the bows, the warriors were still holding on to their swords.

As the eagle descended, Yi Bei got even more shocked.

“That… big? It’s gigantic!”

They didn’t notice it when it was far but now they could clearly see the size of the eagle. This was much larger than the ones they saw before.

He knew that the Hui tribe and the Tianshan tribe at the edge of the fields had eagles but he didn’t know much about them so he wasn’t sure which tribe this one belonged to.

As the eagle zoomed past them, a figure jumped off its back and landed in front of them perfectly balanced.

Yi Bei looked over with the hands hovering over their swords, carefully eyeing the young man that carried a sack.

“Long time to see.” Shao Xuan greeted them with a smile.

“Huh?” Yi Bei felt that the man before him was quite familiar but he wasn’t sure who it was.

“Ah! It’s you, Shao Xuan!”

A few of the warriors jumped off their horses and ran towards Shao Xuan. Gua Er was the only that reached him first. When Old He was still a wanderer, he was the one that took care of the sheep at Gua Er’s house. Shao Xuan even saved Gua Er’s life before.

Gua Er was a child when it happened and now he was a young man. The children he met then were all grown too. They were all warriors now.

Yi Bei suddenly remembered who Shao Xuan was with Gua Er’s help, his defenses dropped into a friendly smile. The Flaming Horn tribe was much larger than their tribe- they were much friendlier to people more powerful than them, and they knew Shao Xuan. Yi Bei didn’t know they had such a large eagle, the eagle they saw last time was much smaller. Did they get another one?

“Are you here on business?” asked Yi Bei.

“I need to go to the Hui tribe.” Shao Xuan didn’t hide it.

“The Hui tribe?”

“To invite the tribesmen to the banquet my tribe is having at the Flaming River Trading Point.”

A banquet?!

Non-powerful tribes were never able to hold a banquet, especially one that invited other tribes.

“Ah, right, this is for you.” Shao Xuan took out something from his sack and tossed two large fangs to them.