Lu Jing and the others still had some doubts as to whether the maddening and unpleasant chirping from earlier really came from the mouth of this gray little nightingale.
As a result, the next moment, the latter opened his mouth again and made a weird noise that was comparable to chalk scratching a blackboard.
Upon hearing this noise, not only did Hongdou next to the bird's nest lower his body, but even the chicken legs began to struggle violently in Xia Huai's hands. He stuck his head out, flapped his wings, and wanted to fly to the owner of the sound.
The girl was worried about hurting her messenger, so she had no choice but to loosen her palm when she saw this.
The freed chicken legs immediately flapped their wings and pounced on the bird's nest without hesitation.
The three of them were surprised to see this scene.
I don’t know what the origin of that gray little nightingale is, but it can actually make the extremely proud Hongdou and the lawless chicken legs so submissive.
But now is not the time to think about such things, the top priority is to call back the two birds as soon as possible.
It's just that both Yang Tao and Xia Huai had couriers for the first time, and they had little experience with couriers losing control and being abducted. Now they were standing in front of the cave, calling for red beans and chicken drumsticks for a long time. They already had a tacit understanding of each other's minds. The two birds showed no reaction at all.
So Lu Jing suggested, "Let me go up and take a look. That bird has two hostages on it. It probably wants us to pass."
"Can a nightingale have so many thoughts?" Xia Huai's eyes widened, as if he didn't believe it, and then worried, "But there is a whole other world ahead."
"Since that bird can make a nest at the entrance of the cave, I think there is another cave that will affect that place. As long as it doesn't go deeper inside, there shouldn't be any danger." Lu Jing analyzed calmly.
"Then let's go together." Yang Tao said.
"No, although I speculate that it is safe to go ten feet inside, but speculation is still speculation after all. I should go there first. You two are waiting outside the cave. If something happens, someone can ask the professors of the academy for help in time."
"Then let me go. My Qinggong is more suitable for walking on the rock walls." Xia Huai volunteered.
"No, it's all because I didn't pay attention to my messenger and it flew to the top, which is why everyone came here," Yang Tao said hurriedly, "So it's up to me to come and go."
Lu Jing shook his head, "Don't argue. I have the best martial arts, so it's naturally the best time for me to go. And don't forget the purpose of our coming to this valley."
Xia Huai was stunned when he heard this, "Do you want the gray nightingale above to be your messenger?"
"I've fed a lot of nightingales along the way, but no nightingale is willing to take my pill. And now I have very few dried scarab beetles left. It's just a matter of luck anyway. Instead of wasting it on the way back, Why not try it here." Lu Jing said.
Hearing what he said, Xia Huai and Yang Tao couldn't refute, they could only tell him to be careful.
Lu Jing walked into the cave cautiously. He first tried to take a half step in, and saw that there was nothing unusual in the dark cave, and everything around him was as usual.
After calming down for a while, he took another half step, waited for a moment, and saw that there was still no change, then he quickened his pace slightly and came to the bird's nest.
Then he threw the meteorite Zen staff in his hand to Yang Tao outside the cave for safekeeping, found the most uneven rock wall, and climbed up.
He transferred the small diamond energy into the palm of his hand to form a suction force. Coupled with the third level of Fire Lin Armor, his fingers were as strong as steel and could be easily inserted into the soil.
Lu Jing climbed steadily to the bird's nest which was forty feet above the ground without much effort.
When the gray nightingale saw Lu Jing starting to crawl toward him, it immediately stopped chirping as if it was afraid of disturbing Lu Jing.
On the contrary, Lu Jing became more and more certain that this bird was just to attract them.
Then Lu Jing raised his head and took a look at its nest. In addition to chicken legs and red beans, he also saw two baby birds, both of which were just hatched. This is probably the reason why the gray nightingale never left the nest. .
However, when Lu Jing looked carefully, he found that there were actually three broken eggshells in the nest, which meant that one young bird was missing, and another male bird was also missing.
I don’t know whether it went out to hunt for food, or flew into the cave to find the lost baby bird.
The female nightingale who stayed in the nest waited for Lu Jing to approach and chirped twice more, her voice quite urgent.
Lu Jing could understand its anxiety. After all, newly hatched baby birds usually have weak legs and don't have many feathers on their bodies. They have no ability to live independently. As long as they leave the nest, their lives will begin to count down and they will not survive for long. .
So every minute that passes now diminishes the hope that its child will come back.
Lu Jing originally thought about whether to go back to find a teacher to solve the problem, but now it seems that it may be too late.
With his current skills, he can already walk sideways in the martial arts world and has almost no natural enemies.
However, facing the eight scenes of the academy that could not be guessed by common sense, and it was the most mysterious and ancient scene among the eight scenes, Lu Jing felt a little unsure.
At this moment, the gray nightingale suddenly spread its wings, flew out of its nest, and then used its beak to peck open the small cloth bag tied around Lu Jing's waist.
He poured the contents of the small cloth bag into Lu Jing's free hand, stretched out his feet to push aside the remaining two scarab beetles, picked out the pill, and then faced the darkness at the other end of the cave. He shouted, seeming to urge Lu Jing to move.
"Are you saying that as long as I help you find the lost child, you will let it be my messenger?" Although Lu Jing didn't think the gray nightingale in front of him could understand his words, he couldn't help but ask.
But then the gray nightingale actually nodded, and then raised its tail.
Lu Jing suddenly saw a red blood mark on its butt!
The blood mark looked very faint and was about to disappear, but someone's fingerprints could still be distinguished from the outline.
Lu Jing was startled when he saw this, "Are you...also a messenger?"
Gray Nightingale nodded again after hearing this, with a humane look of nostalgia in its eyes, as if it was remembering the time it spent with that person.
But this does explain why it is so understanding of human nature, and it seems to know what is in the bag on Lu Jing's waist.
Because a long time ago, a young man came into the valley with such a bag and asked it to be his messenger.
"That senior... must also be a strange person in the game world."
Lu Jing looked at the nasty fingerprint on Gray Nightingale's butt and could only say this after a while.
