Volume 1 Chapter 18: No Worries

  In just a moment, Feng Ruo rode the white crane to the sky above Dongfeng, this speed was several times faster than walking, especially being able to freely appreciate the scenery near and far, not to mention how comfortable it was.

  And this was also Fang Ruo's first time observing the entire East Peak with a broad field of vision, so he didn't forget to memorize the terrain and topography of the entire East Peak in his mind, of course, it was purely out of habit.

  The entire East Peak is vast, and in the past period of time, Fang Ruo has only explored a small part of it, not to mention the valley below the canyon, where the real danger lies. Even third-level spiritual beasts are commonly seen there, like the place where Qu Yun and others hunted last season, which is the West Peak Valley.

  Apart from Xifeng Valley, there are also Beifeng Valley, Dongfeng Valley and Nanfeng Valley. These four major valleys are already considered the periphery of the 72 peaks and are currently the favorite hunting grounds for the third generation disciples of Qingyun Sect.

  He circled around the East Peak, but didn't dare to go down into the valley of the East Peak, because there might be flying spiritual beasts there, and if he encountered one, he would basically be a dead man.

  As for other places, Fang Ruo can only see the main peak and north peak of Qingyun Mountain. The remaining directions are completely a vast sea of clouds in sight.

  After the initial freshness wore off, Feng Ru began to consciously manipulate Bai Yuhe into performing more complex flight actions. Previously, he had always kept Bai Yuhe in the most stable flight mode, but this was completely insufficient because going out hunting would encounter all sorts of unexpected situations, and Bai Yuhe wasn't a combat mount after all, so he must master flexible riding skills.

  Feng Ruo had once seen Kong Fei and a few others manipulating white cranes to perform various extremely dangerous high-difficulty movements, but they all had more than ten years of driving experience, especially the snow silkworm cloak on their bodies, which allowed them to maintain balance better.

  So don't expect the White Crane to perform perfectly; everything depends on the rider's own efforts.

  Just as Feng Ru was happily manipulating the white crane to rise and fall, several black shadows suddenly rushed out of the distant cloud layer and flew towards the main peak of Qingyun Mountain, which happened to be in Feng Ru's direction.

  These several black shadows flew at a very fast speed, at least one notch faster than the White Crane, and in just an instant they had flown to a distance of over a thousand feet.

  "Huh? It's actually people from the Tianzhui Institute!" At this time, Feng Ruo could already see clearly that the several black shadows were three vultures, a type of flying mount that belonged to the lowest level of combat mounts. Although it was the lowest level, it wasn't something that the White Crane could compare to, especially since the people on those three vultures were actually some of Chu Tian's notorious subordinates. With the thought of "it's better to have fewer troubles", Feng Ruo immediately controlled the White Crane to dodge to the side and avoid them.

  "Hey! Who is this kid? Looks a bit unfamiliar! Is he from the Tianji Institute?" At this time, one of the black-clad men on the three vultures burst out laughing. As for this person, Feng Ruo happened to recognize him as Ma Yuan, Chu Tian's top subordinate. It was said that he had innate divine power and could contend with third-level spiritual beasts despite being only in the middle stage of Qi refinement.

  And beside Ma Yuan stood two men, one named Xi Yuqiao and the other named Liang Shi, both of whom were also under Chu Tian's command, but it was unclear why the three of them had appeared here.

  "It shouldn't be Tianji Institute's, if I'm not mistaken, it was that miscellaneous servant who was taken in by the master of Tianji Institute half a year ago!" Qi Yuqiao suddenly spoke up.

  "Hah! A lowly servant, how can he have a White Crane? That little brat, catch him!" Ma Yuan let out a strange laugh and immediately urged his bald eagle mount to quickly chase after Feng Ruo, while Xi Yuqiao and Liang Shi also rode their own bald eagles to encircle from both sides!

  The sudden change made Feng Ruo feel a sense of foreboding, but at this time he was already unable to get angry, and hastily manipulated the White Feathered Crane to escape forward. If he were on the ground, he might still be able to resist a bit, but in the high air, without a combat mount, he was fundamentally unable to confront Ma Yuan and his three companions. Even if those three vultures just gave a fright, they could scare the White Feathered Crane, and at that time, Feng Ruo would be finished.

  Although Feng Yu struggled to manipulate the White Crane to fly forward, due to the fact that the distance between them was not far to begin with, and the Bald Eagle being a second-grade combat spirit beast, its flying speed was originally much faster than the White Crane's. As a result, in just an instant, the distance between them was shortened to only several hundred zhang.

  Seeing this situation, Feng Ruofei hurriedly controlled the White Crane to fly directly downwards. For now, he could only escape to the ground first and then think of a plan. With the dense forest blocking their view, Ma Yuan's trio lost their aerial advantage.

  Unfortunately, Feng Ruo was after all a novice at riding the White Crane, and in many ways he couldn't compare to Ma Yuan and others who had over a decade of experience. He had only descended twenty-odd zhang when Qi Yuqiao and Liang Shi, controlling their vultures, swooped down fifty or sixty zhang behind him before flying towards him at incredible speed!

  There's no doubt that if things go on like this, Feng Ruofei will definitely be caught by them! However, at this moment, Feng Ruofei is still more than 50 zhang away from the ground. Even if you subtract the height of the tall forest, there are still more than 20 zhang to go.

  Under the sudden change of mind, Feng Ruofei gritted his teeth and directly sealed the white crane with a fierce bite, because he really couldn't bear the consequences of this white crane being frightened, which was basically equivalent to this flying mount being scrapped! Moreover, he was just a miscellaneous servant, and no one would stand up for him!

  At the moment when Bai Yuhe was sealed, Fang Ruo's body fell like a stone! Then in the blink of an eye, it smashed onto the dense treetops, and after "crashing" and breaking countless branches, it finally landed on the ground with a "thud".

  Fortunately, the dense branches had dissipated a lot of the falling force, otherwise, the height of over fifty zhang would have been enough to smash him into a meat paste. But even so, Feng Ru was still dazed and his blood was rushing up, and this was because his current cultivation base had greatly increased, making his body stronger than before by more than two times.

  With great difficulty, Feng Yu got up from the ground and quickly took out two packets of hemostatic powder from his Qiankun bag and swallowed them. Now he really had to thank his past preparations, otherwise things would have been a bit troublesome.

  As the two warm currents rose in his abdomen and then spread rapidly throughout his body, the symptoms of dizziness and blurred vision eased a lot within just a few breaths, and even the pain on his body disappeared by more than half.

  "Despicable! That little brat must be around here somewhere, search for me! A small servant also dares to escape!" At this time, Ma Yuan's frantic voice came from above the treetops.

  Upon hearing this voice, Feng Ruo merely let out a cold and ruthless laugh, with a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes. A few arrogant guys, really don't know the meaning of death? It's one thing to be reckless in the sky, but actually daring to come to the ground to seek death?

  With hardly any thought, Feng Ruo immediately picked up a stone from the ground and threw it far away in one direction. With a "pa" sound, it pierced through the dense foliage and fell to the ground. After doing all this, he slipped away in the opposite direction and disappeared into the forest in the blink of an eye.