Above the clouds, the wind howled, and a giant bird fluttered its wings and broke through the clouds, its sound shaking the sky.
"唳~"
The white wings are stretched out, and there is a person on the back of the giant bird, standing in the wind. With sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, a handsome face, a slender body, his hands folded across his chest, his posture is steady, as if the thousands of miles of sky are just an inch of soil under his feet.
Bai Feng, successfully gained a partner, the King of Birds. Now, the two of them are quickly heading to explore the place where the King Bird was infected with the mutation.
"Hey!"
The king bird, which had fully recovered, was in high spirits. It raised its head and cried, its speed increased again, and its wings were as feathery as arrows.
The traces of its full-speed travel were briefly left in the high altitude. Within a few breaths, these traces were blown away by the wind like cloud smoke.
After a while, the king bird chirped to remind Bai Feng that he was going to lower his height.
Bai Feng didn't react at all. He lowered his head and kept his gaze fixed below, as if he had discovered something.
"Is this the place where you encountered the mutation?"
As the height gradually decreased, Bai Feng had a panoramic view of the surrounding terrain. Below was an ordinary forest and a large inland lake with flat water like a mirror. This was also a place that the king bird once loved very much, and it often came here to drink water.
"It seems that there is nothing abnormal, let's lower it a little more."
Huh? That is!
Bai Feng knelt down on one knee on King Bird's back, his blue pupils tightened, and he saw the footprints.
"I'll go down and take a look. Don't fly too far, let alone drink water or hunt."
He stroked the kingbird's neck, gave instructions, and jumped down.
This lake, viewed from the sky, stretches out in all directions and is covered with ancient trees and forests. It does not look like there will be any human activity at all.
If there is an indigenous tribe and king birds often come here to drink water, they should never encounter them. Or the footprints are not left by humans, but just look similar.
Bai Feng dropped to the ground with countless questions, stood on the shore of the lake, and scanned everything in detail.
As a result, he really found something that could not possibly appear here - a sharp bronze dagger.
The blade of the dagger was stuck in the soil, with only the handle exposed. Bai Feng tore off a piece of cloth, wrapped it around the handle, and pulled the dagger out of the soil.
The blade was stained with mud and still had a dazzling edge, shining coldly in the sun.
This dagger must have appeared not long ago. It seems that humans have really been here.
Bai Feng put away the dagger and his expression became more solemn. He continued to search along the lake again. After searching for a long time, he found nothing of value.
Let's do this for now. Perhaps this dagger can help the high priest get some information.
He was thinking this in his mind, but he was still searching in action. He had to at least conduct a complete search around the lake, so that he could call the king bird to take off from where he was.
Time gradually passed. Bai Feng walked and found that part of the lake protruded out. There was a tree growing diagonally over there. The big tree's fluffy branches and leaves were covering something.
This place was the four corners of the sky that could not be observed, so he naturally wanted to go and see it for himself.
"Huh? Corpse!"
Pulled by the branches near the water, a rotten corpse was stuck in this corner. The corpse smelled bad, and the nearby water was full of insects and flies.
Bai Feng frowned. He searched with his eyes and set off to find a long branch in the forest.
"Whoosh~"
The branches were thrown out, and with a crash the body was rolled out of the water and thrown aside.
The first thing he wanted to do was check the body for any wounds scratched by the dagger. But the skin of this thing had long been ulcerated, so it was impossible to find traces of trauma.
A dagger and a corpse appeared in this place where it was almost impossible for anyone to be alive. And the time was not too far ago. Even ghosts would not believe it if there was nothing strange about it.
"Hoo~"
Bai Feng exhaled and shook his head helplessly at the corpse.
…
After a while, Bai Feng wrapped the body with countless broad leaves like a rice dumpling, and then tied it to death with vines.
Finally, he took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and carried the packed corpse in his hands.
…
"Hey~"
On the way back, King Bird was obviously very dissatisfied. There was something extra on his back. Don’t think that because it was wrapped like that, you couldn’t smell it, you bastard~
"Well, just bear with it for now, I'm not the same."
Bai Feng stroked its neck again, trying to comfort it, but the guy's neck shook, raised its head and screamed, refusing to let him touch it at all.
"Oh, that's true~" He could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
Just when one person and one bird were having a little quarrel, a different scream suddenly came from the air.
"Be careful, that's~"
No need for Bai Feng to remind him, King Bird knew very well that ahead was a bunch of mutated flat-haired beasts.
It suddenly flapped its wings violently, and the white phoenix on its back fell from its standing position, grabbing its fur with one hand.
"Bah!"
The King of Birds showed his power, a tornado rolled across the sky like a madman, his wings flapped, and the turbulent flow blew the flock of birds into pieces and they were defeated.
The leader of the mutated birds, a black hawk, was so pitiful that it took the lead in charging, but the storm had already rolled in front of it. A pair of sharp claws locked its wings, and in an instant, two wings were torn off, and the black hawk
It fell down into three pieces.
When they met each other, the king bird broke out of the formation and easily captured the enemy leader without being hurt.
"唳~~"
It called out a long sound, fluttered its feathers, flew up, and then swooped down again, as if to celebrate its military exploits.
After it finished celebrating, this guy started to fly restlessly, bumping the white phoenix on its back while making dissatisfied calls.
You, please don't scratch my neck.
Bai Feng's eyebrows were straightened down, and the smile on his face was hidden. He stood on the back of the king bird, released the hand holding his neck, threw it away, and let out a soft hum.
"Heh~"
…
Back in Shushan, Bai Feng handed over the packed body and the dagger to the high priest.
"Hmm~what~"
A young man in charge of unpacking only opened one corner, and his face suddenly changed. He covered his mouth and wanted to vomit.
"Step aside."
Xing Wu took action himself, peeling off the wrapped leaves three times, and a stinky corpse was completely revealed in front of everyone.
He was used to the experience of life and death, and he had never seen any kind of tragic corpses in wild fights. Xing Wu was not moved, nor did he hesitate because of the stench, and he directly started the autopsy.
"This unlucky guy didn't fall into the water and drowned."
"What?"
Xing Wu stared at the faceless head of the corpse, his thick eyebrows twisted into a ball, "The blood in his body should have dried up first, and then he was thrown into the water. This kind of technique is really vicious."
When the high priest heard Xing Wu's judgment, the ancient wooden staff in his hand suddenly fell to the ground, and he let out a scream: "I'll go check the ancient books of the clan first."
After speaking, he left in a hurry without waiting for anyone's response.
Xing Wuze picked up the dagger and looked at it carefully.