Chapter 609 (2/2)

When he was near the border of the Hui tribe, Shao Xuan had noticed some eagles flying around guarding the area. An eagle screeched at Chacha without recognising him. They knew each other from the trip to the eagle mountain but Chacha had changed so much that the eagle hadn’t recognised him.

Chacha ignored the warning and replied with a loud and sharp cry.

However, Shao Xuan knew this wasn’t a place where he could just fly in, so he took out a stone badge to show to the guard. He got it as a gift from a Hui tribe eagle when he went to the eagle mountain.

“Please help inform them that Shao Xuan from the Flaming Horn tribe is here for a visit,” shouted Shao Xuan.

The warrior standing guard was rather young. He thought that Shao Xuan was an enemy but upon seeing the stone badge, he was confused. If Shao Xuan had walked or rode any other kind of animal here, the guard wouldn’t have believed the badge was real.

“Flaming Horn tribe?”

The guard knew that his tribe had worked together with Flaming Horn before but he always thought that the latter tribe was unqualified to work with them. However, seeing this huge eagle before him made him question himself. That eagle was much larger than “Shan Dao”, who went to the eagle mountain once.

“Wait a moment.” The warrior didn’t reach for a whistle but shook his head twice and a white bone whistle appeared in his mouth.

The produced a sound not unlike an eagle’s screech with a certain rhythm to it.

The previous screech by the eagle had attracted some other guards in the area but they couldn’t make any decisions because they couldn’t verify Shao Xuan’s identity.

As they waited for orders, the rift between the guards and Shao Xuan was obvious as they hovered in the sky.

“You’re Shao Xuan?” asked a Hui tribe warrior.

Shao Xuan was a well known name in the Hui tribe. Many expedition teams brought back a story and the most frequently mentioned name was Shao Xuan from the Flaming Horn tribe.

The eagles flew back to increase the distance between them and the other eagle as if they didn’t feel safe around Chacha.

This wasn’t a common sight for the eagles here. Great mountain eagles got into fights easily when they were in a good mood but even more when they were in a bad mood. The eagle before them didn’t seem to be having a good time.

No wonder the eagles kept their distance. The few here hadn’t been to the eagle mountain and it was obvious the one in front of them was out of their league. Even though they had the advantage in numbers, the one eagle might still beat them all.

Luckily, the eagle didn’t seem interested in picking a fight. It was just in a bad mood.

The warriors didn’t know that the reason why Chacha hadn’t picked a fight was because Shao Xuan had tapped Chacha with his feet to tell him that this wasn’t the time to pick a fight, especially since the eagles here were rather young.

An eagle’s caw came from afar, followed by a few more coming from different directions.

They were people from other areas that heard the commotion and came to check it out. Two of the eagles didn’t have people riding them, they probably heard the screech and came without being told.

The first caw was from Shan Dao and the person on top was Gu La.

“Haha, Shao Xuan, I didn’t expect it to be you!”

Gu La didn’t recognise Chacha at first, he only knew that the person riding it was Shao Xuan.

“I’m here to pass you an invitation.” Shao Xuan let Chacha fly closer and passed the scroll to Gu La.

Gu La dragged his attention to the scroll instead of Chacha and quickly skimmed through it. The smile on his face stiffened as if he didn’t understand. He re-read it a few times to make sure he didn’t get it wrong.

Didn't the Flaming Horn tribe move away because of the disaster?

Shouldn't a tribe that was chased away from their land be having a hard time now? How did they build a trading point and plan to hold a banquet? If this didn’t mean that they were doing good, what else could it mean?

It didn’t matter how things ended up like this, now wasn’t the time to get into details.

“You must be tired from your journey, do you want to take a rest first?” asked Gu La.

“Yes please,” said Shao Xuan.

Gu La patted Shan Dao, “Let’s go home.”