Chapter 144
Chapter 144
None of that was the most important part. The most important part was that at the very end of the cave, there was a large platform jutting out from the rock.
And a tree was growing there.
Right now, between the broad platform and the tree, sat an especially large bird’s nest.
Inside the nest, two bald little chicks were pecking at each other, back and forth.
The moment Jiang Yunsui appeared, both of them turned their eyes on her.
Jiang Yunsui raised her little hand and greeted them.
“Uh… hello.”
Were these baby eagles?
Just as Jiang Yunsui was thinking that, she heard a piercing eagle cry.
Then two golden eagles, both much larger than ordinary eagles, descended from above.
The instant they landed, their gazes locked onto Jiang Yunsui.
Jiang Yunsui: …
Sorry for intruding.
She turned and tried to run. Two birds that big? She couldn’t beat them. Absolutely couldn’t beat them.
But she didn’t get away. One of the golden eagles hooked its talons into her clothes and dragged her back.
When she tumbled into the nest, Jiang Yunsui panicked.
“Don’t eat me! My meat doesn’t taste good!”
Something cold and icy was pressed beneath her hand. She looked down and sucked in a sharp breath.
What a huge snake!
Fortunately, it was already dead.
It was even thicker than her chubby little arm.
One of the golden eagles was tearing meat from the snake’s body and feeding it to the two little ones.
The two adult golden eagles didn’t hurt her. They merely tilted their heads and studied her curiously.
As if wondering what sort of thing she was.
For the sake of her precious little life, Jiang Yunsui quickly produced a bit of Imperial Flowing Essence in her palm.
In that instant, both adult golden eagles and the two chicks in the nest all fixed their eyes on her hand.
“Coo, coo…”
A golden eagle’s head leaned closer. At such a close distance, Jiang Yunsui got a very clear look at its sharp beak, still stained with blood and flesh.
One peck from that thing would definitely punch straight through her arm.
“Here, you can have it. Eat this… and then you can’t eat me, okay?”
Little Mushroom was online and fighting for survival QAQ.
Thankfully, compared with all the meat on Jiang Yunsui’s body, they seemed far more interested in the Imperial Flowing Essence.
And since they already had food, they were even less likely to eat her.
One golden eagle pecked up the lump of Imperial Flowing Essence, but it didn’t eat it itself. Instead, it fed it to its two children with its beak.
There was only one lump, so it fed it to the chick that looked sturdier.
The other one grew anxious, opening its beak and chirping nonstop.
It wanted some too.
So the two adult golden eagles continued staring at Jiang Yunsui.
Jiang Yunsui produced another lump.
This time, the smaller chick got to eat as well.
But those two little things still had their mouths open, crying loudly. Clearly, they wanted more.
Jiang Yunsui sensed the reserves inside her body. She could still spare a little.
So small lumps of Imperial Flowing Essence kept appearing in her palm, while the golden eagles took charge of feeding them.
After three or four lumps, they stopped feeding the chicks. The adults ate two lumps themselves.
“There’s none left. There really isn’t any left.”
She hugged her little knees and protested weakly.
Then, gathering her courage, she pushed away the golden eagle head that had leaned close again.
The two golden eagles circled around her once. After confirming there really was no more, they didn’t force her.
One golden eagle even tore off a piece of snake meat from the nest, held it in its beak, and offered it to her mouth.
Jiang Yunsui looked at it. “This… is for me to eat?”
A cooing sound rumbled from the golden eagle’s throat. Still holding the snake meat, it nudged it a little closer to her mouth.
“I don’t want it. I’m not hungry. I’m not eating it.”
A three-part refusal.
The two golden eagles watched her for quite a while. Seeing that she truly wouldn’t eat, they went back to feeding their chicks.
After a while, the two little ones were full and no longer opened their mouths begging for food. Only then did the adult golden eagles viciously tear into the snake meat and eat it themselves.
Once they were full, they crouched in the nest to shield the chicks from the wind, even covering them with the warm feathers of their bellies. When Jiang Yunsui looked over, she also discovered a large white egg in the middle of the nest.
Had it not hatched yet?
The golden eagle lowered its head and rubbed it against the egg, a very human sorrow showing in its eyes.
Jiang Yunsui watched and muttered inwardly, Was this egg… never going to hatch?
After all, judging by the two little ones, they hadn’t just hatched yesterday.
The two golden eagles glanced at Jiang Yunsui, then dragged her over too.
Jiang Yunsui crouched beside the golden eagle’s belly, completely dumbfounded.
Huh? Is this right?
What she didn’t know was that the golden eagle was staring at her in confusion too.
It looked at its own tiny chicks, then at Jiang Yunsui, and fell into thought.
Wasn’t this chick a little too big?
At this size, shouldn’t she be learning to fly?
Jiang Yunsui: Why does the back of my neck suddenly feel cold?
Seeing that the two massive golden eagles really weren’t going to hurt her, Jiang Yunsui grew a little bolder and started looking around curiously.
She even clung to the nest and peered down.
Her eyesight was excellent, and she soon discovered, to her shock, that there were sheep on the cliff below!
Actual sheep.
Sheep leaping across the cliffside!
Below was an enormous canyon. Jiang Yunsui rarely saw mountains around here.
But the canyon was surrounded by them.
There weren’t many trees on the mountains, though. The peaks were white with snow, while farther down, vegetation became more plentiful.
Especially inside the valley. The temperature there was probably a bit warmer, and as far as the eye could see, it was all green.
It was early spring now, and outside, the tender new leaves had only just begun to sprout, barely noticeable.
But inside the valley, there was already a great deal of green, vast stretches of it at a glance.
Most importantly, she saw quite a few herds of deer, sheep, and cattle.
That’s right, cattle. But they weren’t the yellow cattle or water buffalo Jiang Yunsui had seen before. These were a kind of long-haired cattle, and they were huge.
From where this cave was located, it was probably more than three hundred meters above the canyon floor.
Jiang Yunsui was looking intently when she suddenly heard voices coming from inside the cave.
The two golden eagles, who had been resting with their eyes closed, instantly opened them.
Their sharp gazes turned toward the cave.
“Jiang Yunsui…”
They had come looking for her.
Jiang Yunsui grew anxious and quickly activated Stealth Mode.
The golden eagles’ attention was currently all on the cave, so it was easy for them to overlook her presence.
Taking the chance, Jiang Yunsui slipped away and ran into the cave.
The two golden eagles were itching to go in and deal with the intruders.
Fortunately, the opening on this side wasn’t too large. If the golden eagles flew in, it would restrict them a lot, so they had yet to flap their wings.
“I’m here.”
Jiang Yunsui hurriedly stopped Nanmo, Song Jin, and the others, who were about to keep moving forward.
“For someone with such short little legs, you sure can run.”
Song Jin pinched her cheek.
Jiang Yunsui said, “Lemme go!”
“What’s making all that noise on the other side?”
Jiang Yunsui rubbed her cheek. “Golden eagles. Huge ones.”
She gestured. “When they stand up, they’re even a little taller than me.”
The hawk from before couldn’t compare to those two golden eagles at all. Whether it was a matter of species or something else, the two golden eagles were even a little larger than vultures.
“Look, their feathers have some gold in them.”
The golden eagles most people knew didn’t actually have golden feathers. They were closer to brown.
It was just that under sunlight, they would reflect a bit of golden light.
But the feathers of those two golden eagles truly carried gold, especially near the roots.
One-third of each feather was golden, then gradually became pale gold, and only after that faded into light brown.
Jiang Yunsui guessed that these two golden eagles might truly have some special bloodline.
Just like demons. Some demons that could cultivate intelligence, whether animal or plant, either had stumbled upon incredible luck and found some treasure, or they were born with a trace of an extraordinary bloodline.
Even if it was very thin, it would still make them smarter than ordinary animals, or set them apart in size in some way.