Chapter 146
Chapter 146
They were discovered roughly an incense stick and a half after leaving the camp.
There were too many wolfhounds this time. Even though they had masked their scent, the swift and numerous hounds still picked up their trail.
“Quick, this way.”
Ji Yan’an and Jiang Yunsui rode together on White Horse.
Once it started running, it was no slower than the others using lightness skills. It could also see in the dark, accurately avoiding the obstacles scattered through the forest.
“Woof, woof, woof…”
Zuozuo Youyou and Heiwa’s aura bore down on the wolfhounds charging at them from every side, intimidating them into hesitation.
Whoosh.
An arrow shot over. Zuozuo dodged with lightning speed.
“Good dogs!”
Aguduo stared at Zuozuo and Youyou with burning eyes, wishing those two dogs belonged to her.
She had seen Heiwa before too, so of course she wanted him as well.
Unfortunately, dogs this loyal to their masters could never be made to acknowledge a new owner, even if captured.
So these three dogs could only be killed.
A flash of regret crossed Aguduo’s eyes as she nocked another arrow.
Whoosh.
But their arrows were quickly intercepted.
Standing in a tree, Ji Lu gave a whistle.
“You’ve got plenty of men around you already. Why do you have to keep chasing after us?”
Aguduo snapped, “Kill them!”
Ji Lu clicked his tongue twice. So she could not even stand to hear the truth.
Ji Si said, “Go.”
Zuozuo Youyou and Heiwa had already run far ahead.
The hidden guard were best at moving under cover of night, and several of them held Aguduo’s group back.
Ji Yan’an and the others reached the cave as quickly as possible.
“This is it?”
“Yes.”
It was nighttime, and the inside of the cave was pitch black.
Those with lightness skills carried those without and descended.
“Neigh!”
White Horse rubbed against Ji Yan’an.
Jiang Yunsui stroked it and the two dogs. “Hurry and go. Come back early, all right?”
Ji Si said, “The people to the south have already been lured away.”
White Horse and the three dogs bolted southward.
This had all been discussed beforehand.
Under the cover of night, the eagles raised by the Quanrong Tribe could discover them, but human eyes could not see eagles in the sky after dark.
And once White Horse and the three dogs ran at full speed, the people of the Quanrong Tribe could not catch up at all.
Even riders would not be able to withstand that pace for long.
So tonight, while escaping, they had also opened a gap in one side of the Quanrong Tribe’s encirclement to make it easier for the animals to flee.
Even if the tribe discovered it later, they would no longer be able to catch up.
“We should go too.”
After everyone jumped into the cave entrance, Ji Yi and the others used their internal force to blast down the rocks around the opening.
With a thunderous crash, the entrance was sealed, and the cave was plunged into darkness.
By the time Aguduo led her people in pursuit, the dust around the cave entrance had not yet fully settled.
Her expression darkened.
“Move these rocks for me!”
Unfortunately, after they worked at it for a while, they discovered that the entrance was completely blocked. There was no way to move the rocks aside.
“Damn Central Plains people. Go find it. Figure out where this cave leads. I refuse to believe they sealed themselves in to die. There must be a passage inside.”
“Leave a few people here to guard this place.”
Meanwhile, inside the cave, everyone did not rush toward the other end.
After all, the golden eagles were still over there.
They had sealed the cave entrance for the sake of the golden eagles too.
Otherwise, after they left, if the Quanrong Tribe discovered this place one day and followed the cave to the golden eagle pair, they would definitely think of a way to capture them and take them back.
Perhaps they could not capture the adult golden eagles, but what about the two young ones?
There was no sound from the golden eagles’ nest. While everyone rested in the cave, Jiang Yunsui went over to take a look.
The distance was still a little far. Even at a light jog, it took her the time it took an incense stick to burn to reach the other end of the cave.
In the nest over there, there were only two little golden eagles huddled together and trembling, along with that round, white egg.
“So the grown-ups aren’t here.”
She climbed into the nest and squatted inside.
The nest was enormous, built entirely out of branches.
Three Jiang Yunsuis could have stood inside with room to spare.
“Come here. I’ll give you something tasty.”
She had come prepared this time and had even brought strips of meat.
A clump of Imperial Flowing Essence gathered in her hand.
Drawn by that familiar aura, as well as the lure of a natural treasure, the two little ones couldn’t help shuffling over to her side.
Jiang Yunsui took out the meat strips. This time, she had cut them into very small pieces, just right for feeding the two young birds.
Once there was food, the two little ones opened their beaks and chirped nonstop.
Little Mushroom was very patient. In her previous life, she had helped raise baby animals whose parents were away too.
Sitting cross-legged in the nest, Little Mushroom brought the big white egg over as well.
Actually, it wasn’t that big. About the size of a goose egg.
For a bird, though, an egg like this counted as quite large.
She held it in both hands and tilted her head to listen.
It was quiet. There was no sound at all. It couldn’t be a dead egg, could it?
Closing her eyes, Jiang Yunsui assumed a cultivation posture and began to sense it.
The stars and moon seemed to feel the pull, and the radiance they shed gradually gathered toward this spot.
Little Mushroom sensed the faint life within the bird egg.
It wasn’t a dead egg, but it was almost no different from one.
No matter how much the golden eagle couple incubated it, this little golden eagle would never be able to break out of its shell, because it simply didn’t have the strength.
Before long, that faint trace of life inside the egg would vanish, and then it really would become a dead egg.
What a pity.
She opened her eyes, only to find two heads shoved right in front of her face.
The sudden fright nearly made Jiang Yunsui smash the egg in her hands at them.
Fortunately, she suppressed the impulse. Otherwise, she would have died here today.
No, seriously, when did these two get here?
“Coo, coo…”
One of the golden eagles looked thoughtfully at the egg Jiang Yunsui was holding.
Thinking the golden eagle was angry, she quickly and carefully put the egg back.
“I didn’t mean to!”
She immediately tried to distance herself from the situation.
Even though she had been caught red-handed, please allow her to argue her case a little.
Thankfully, the two golden eagles did not get angry over it.
Instead, they treated her like one of their own chicks and tried to feed her again.
Jiang Yunsui refused with every fiber of her being. “No, I don’t eat that.”
Jiang Yunsui watched as the golden eagle couple fed their two children. But because she had already fed them earlier, the two little ones were full after eating only a little.
Seeing that they wouldn’t eat, one of the golden eagles pecked at its child, then seized the moment when it opened its beak wide to forcefully stuff food inside.
Jiang Yunsui covered her mouth and met the gaze of the other golden eagle.
Her: …………
What a sin!
“I can’t eat anymore. I already ate.”
She picked up the bowl she had used to feed the two little ones. “I fed them too.”
She had better explain. Otherwise, if they were stuffed to death, that would really be a sin.
After Jiang Yunsui explained twice, they seemed to understand and stopped force-feeding meat to their two children.
Jiang Yunsui finally let out a breath of relief. Thank goodness. They were smart.
One golden eagle rubbed its head against the egg, then nudged Jiang Yunsui, then rubbed the egg again.
Little Mushroom blinked. “You mean you want me to hold it?”
They must have seen the Moonlight Essence drawn over while she was cultivating with the egg in her arms earlier.
So… did they want her to help hatch the egg?