"Great, you are still alive!"
Jun Aoyan quickened his pace, making a crunching sound on the ice that made people nervous.
"Yes, we are lucky." Bai Ya stood up, rubbed his frozen hands, and shrugged, "It's not far from death."
"How did you get down?"
Before Bai Ya could ask, Qi Huan interrupted first. Besides Liu Shenghan, there seemed to be another person behind Aoyan. Judging from the current situation, that person will not be harmful to them. Otherwise, Bai Ya might have stabbed someone long ago.
"We are also very lucky." Shenghan said, taking a step to the side to get out of sight of the unidentified shadow, "There is a kind person who is willing to help us."
Bai Ya looked sideways and muttered: "A kindhearted person?"
The "good Samaritan" mentioned by Sheng Han clearly made him detect a hint of evil. This aura was something he had never discovered before. Or, the owner of this breath was far away from them before, but why did they happen to meet him this time? Or, this "person" had hidden the demonic energy before, and now he deliberately released it as a test. It seems that this monster is very smart.
In the very shallow light, they saw each other's silhouette. She is a woman, tall and tall, between an arrogant face and a cold voice. She wore her black hair in a bun, with the longer part hanging loose. The hairpin in her hair didn't look luxurious or cheap, and her long maroon dress didn't look like a bargain at first glance. This dress does not look like a monster that has been living in the mountains for a long time, maybe it comes from somewhere else.
"Hello."
She bowed slightly. Qi Huan responded with some confusion, but Bai Ya and Shuang Yuejun were the only ones who remained indifferent.
"who are you?"
"Can you be polite?" Aoyan was a little angry, "If it weren't for her, we wouldn't even be able to collect your body in time."
Bai Ya opened his mouth to say something again, but was too lazy to defend himself, so he shut up. Lord Shuangyue took two steps forward, walked to the banshee, and looked her up and down.
"Why are you here?"
Several people suddenly fell silent. Apparently, Lord Shuangyue had met her before. Somehow this was more reassuring. Although Shuoyue Lord himself is often difficult for them to understand, the people he knows are ultimately much more reliable than him.
"Did you hear about the death of the divine bird?"
"Really?" Mr. Shuangyue's reaction was not very big, "I don't think I have heard of it."
After saying that, he turned to look at the others. I don't know if it was because of "a guilty conscience", but the two girls who were helped did not dare to speak. Regardless of whether Mr. Shuangyue knew who did it or not, he wouldn't have identified it on the spot, right? Isn't this woman...a demon bird? If Bai Ya's judgment is correct, she should be a bird demon like Hongyan.
"The matter has come to this, I have to go back there. As far as human beings are concerned... Lord Garuda's men can be regarded as doing many evil things. There should be no reaction at the moment, but once they realize that they are no longer bound by the laws, I am innocent My compatriots will be implicated. I have to go back quickly."
It seems that she cares more about the safety of her own kind than the life and death of the bird god. This is much easier to handle.
"I see." Lord Shuangyue nodded, "But... Shiyue Mountain is not your only path, right?"
"Indeed." The demon bird smiled, "But I know there are many useful herbs here. I called my friends to come and bring some back. They may be useful."
She pointed to the sky. Several people raised their heads and could hardly see anything. The sky is too far away, like a cracked white hole, with only color and no light. Maybe if they were more sharp-eyed, they could still see a few birds circling.
"Well, I didn't mean to disturb your reminiscence." Qi Huan clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention to him, "It's just... why don't you take a look at what we found first?"
The demon bird girl leaned down and stared at the white bones carefully for a while.
"It's so pitiful," she said. "He's still a child."
"Could it be the young prince of Gechen Kingdom?" Aoyan asked, "Don't we have that..."
"Don't think about it." Bai Ya knew that she was going to talk about the soul-returning incense, "Of course the mission takes priority. Besides, many people have disappeared on Shiyue Mountain. How can we guarantee that this is the child? Don't lose the money to Madam They lost their troops again."
"Young Master Bai is right."
Even Liu Shenghan also agreed, and Aoyan shook his head helplessly. I don't know when the light became much darker, and those fireflies were gone. It seems that she has left since the girl arrived. Could it be that she is a natural enemy of birds?
"It's better not to waste time here. Go in the morning and go to the other side of the mountain."
"But……"
"They didn't let us go find the young prince, they just said he was the consort, didn't they?"
Qi Huan wanted to say something else, but was interrupted mercilessly by Bai Ya. gourmet food
"But it's so pitiful that he's here."
"Then dig him out, take him up, and bury him properly. There are countless remains of missing people in this mountain, and you also did a good deed."
"Uh, I'll just tell you."
The wild goose demon bird tilted its head, seeming to be somewhat interested in this topic.
"You mean Shenyin?"
"Ah, exactly."
"Humans should all think that they were all eaten by tengu, right?"
"Maybe. If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that there is a Tengu here." Qi Huan looked around subconsciously.
"A long time ago, there was no such undercurrent at the foot of this mountain. I have been here many times. It wasn't until Lord Kinnara put this evil dog into a deep sleep that this undercurrent was introduced. The Tengu was suppressed deeper than here. The place is under the river. But this river is said to be connected to the Yellow Spring, do you believe it?"
"No, I don't believe it..."
"Hahaha, I think it's a joke too. But it's not a good thing to continue to stay here. The mountain stream will steal people's spiritual power. Maybe there are more corpses under the ice. You'd better leave as soon as possible. I can let you My partner will help you.”
Qi Huan sighed: "Oh, you are really a kind-hearted person." After saying that, Bai Ya glanced at him contemptuously for some reason.
"It's okay. Just think that my motives are not pure. Only by doing more good deeds and forming more good relationships will it be helpful to your cultivation."
"Huh? What are you practicing?"
"Adult's spell." Lord Shuangyue said casually.
The others suddenly moved their eyes from the bones to Miss Yan's body. It is indeed strange that most monsters are pursuing more powerful magic power, and for this reason they are willing to kill each other, hunt and devour their own kind and humans. A monster that wants to become a human? First time heard of it.
"Huh? How could you..."
"Everyone has his own ambitions."
In the darkness, she smiled softly and said nothing more.
There was one more important thing before she and the other geese helped them return. Using Liu Shenghan's compass, they also want to try to find the lost wood carving. Returning to the place where Bai Ya and Qi Huan "landed", the compass responded. There are still a few wild geese guarding here, maybe they are the ones that sent Aoyan and the others down.
They looked everywhere but couldn't find it. This leaves only one possibility: the wooden sculpture has been frozen in the water.
They lowered their heads and looked at the turbid ice, not knowing what to do. If all the ice is broken, not only will there be no place to stand, but there is no telling where the wood sculpture will go. Furthermore, if something sleeping under the dark river is awakened...
"Alas, isn't it just because of this thing that we ended up in such an embarrassing situation." Qi Huan shook his head reluctantly.
"That's why we don't make the same mistake again and again. It's not worthwhile to risk your life here for a thing that no one wants. We have done enough."
What Bai Ya said is true. You can't be too demanding on things you really can't do, not to mention that this is indeed an exceptional category. If they meet a noble person to help them, they are lucky.
There are more people, and a few geese are naturally not enough. They raised their necks one after another and made small calls to the sky in the gap. The sound was neither loud nor harsh, and it rushed straight up as if it had a sense of direction. It did not collide with the cliff, so no echo was heard. Not long after, the geese above seemed to sense the call of their kind. In less than a quarter of an hour, the ice was covered with densely packed geese.
"we should……"
As soon as Jun Aoyan asked, Miss Yan whistled. All the geese flapped their wings together, making them feel an irregular wind. Immediately afterwards, there was a special airflow surrounding them, gently lifting them up. Aoyan spent a lot of effort because her weapons were too heavy.
Several people rose higher and higher. When their feet left the ground, some geese flew below them, as if they were afraid that someone would not notice and fall. Both Shuang Yuejun and Liu Shenghan were calm and relaxed. Even Bai Ya, the bodies of the other three people felt stiff to varying degrees. They tensed up the muscles all over their bodies and were very nervous. After all, any terrestrial creature would feel uneasy with this posture where its feet cannot touch the ground.
Where did that banshee bird go?
Qi Huan was looking around when he suddenly saw a figure breaking through the "clouds" in front of the wild geese. At some point, Miss Yan's arms turned into a pair of huge wings and flew upward flexibly, seemingly leading the way for the geese.
This must be a very spectacular sight: first, a winged man flies straight up from the mountain stream, unstoppable. Immediately afterwards, a flock of wild geese filed out of the valley in a mighty manner, their chirping and flapping of wings intertwined, bringing a special kind of vitality to this barren mountain range. Among them, a few humans seemed to have grown wings, following the geese out of the darkness and swooping down the other side of the mountain like a waterfall. The speed of the geese was so fast that all the scenery on the ground was mixed together and blurred.
When they returned to the ground, everyone felt that their feet were soft, as if they were standing on cotton. The first thing everyone did when they landed was to tidy up their hair, which was as messy as a bird's nest.
Miss Yan laughed for a long time. Then, she said goodbye to a few people briskly and left in a hurry. It was as if this important matter of saving a life was just a matter of effort for her.
Facing the setting sun, the black flock of geese disappeared and never returned.
