Another day had passed. When Ye Qiu emerged from the Divine Might Space this morning, he found that Blue Silver Emperor seemed to have fully recovered.
It chattered incessantly along the way, calling "Brother, Brother" without stop.
However, when Ye Qiu questioned it, it answered every question with a blank stare, truly acting like a little child.
Fortunately, with its company, the journey wasn't boring.
...
The gradually sinking sun, the majestic Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger;
The constantly receding trees, the whistling wind in his ears;
Ye Qiu holding the grass in his arms, the silly grass swaying in the pot.
To make progress, Ye Qiu made the Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger run until dark every day. Only when the sun set would he enter the Divine Might Space to rest for the night.
Ahead was a cliff. If it were any other mount, they would certainly have to take a detour, but for the Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger beneath Ye Qiu, jumping straight down was merely a basic maneuver.
Its cloud wings spread out in advance. It reached the edge of the cliff, leaped high, and then swooped down. The strong wind slapped Ye Qiu's face, making it sting. The Blue Silver Emperor was pressed tightly against Ye Qiu's body by the wind pressure, unable to sway.
"Brother~"
Bang!
As soon as the Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger landed, the Blue Silver Emperor's tender voice came from Ye Qiu's mind again.
Ye Qiu already understood that it was using its mental force to communicate.
"What is it again? Little fellow."
Now, he no longer spoke aloud to communicate with the Blue Silver Emperor, but rather conveyed his thoughts mentally. After all, talking to a blade of grass was too strange; anyone who saw him would think he had a problem.
"Stop~ Stop for a moment." Its voice was clear with a hint of sweetness, very pleasant to hear.
At this moment, the Blue Silver Emperor was emanating blue light all over its body, interspersed with golden particles, as if countless stars had fallen into a blue ocean.
All of its leaves pointed in the same direction.
"Hmm?" Ye Qiu frowned, patted the tiger's back beneath him, and stopped where he was, as it had indicated.
"Brother, brother, over there~ I feel... feel..."
Ye Qiu covered his face. Faced with the child's stuttering, he was helpless. If he waited for it to finish, the sun would have already set!
Feeling a bit impatient, he said, "Don't speak anymore. Just directly transmit what you want to express to me!"
"Oh, I understand." The Blue Silver Emperor seemed to sense Ye Qiu's mood, and its voice was a little low.
Ye Qiu closed his eyes and processed the message it transmitted.
He looked at the Blue Silver Emperor in his arms with surprise. It actually said it felt something calling to them, something that made it feel very familiar.
But he clearly didn't feel anything?
After a moment of thought, looking at the setting sun in the west, Ye Qiu decided to investigate.
'The only place that could make it feel familiar is probably that place!'
A glint flashed in his eyes. He patted the tiger, and the tiger immediately changed direction, running towards the direction indicated by the Blue Silver Emperor.
Perhaps he could even ruin Tang San's fortuitous encounter!
This time, Ye Qiu didn't use his Sharingan to scout the way, because it was no longer necessary.
In this area, there weren't many thousand-year Spirit Beasts, so to save time, he followed the Blue Silver Emperor's guidance, trying to go in a straight line.
...
As Ye Qiu advanced, a notorious mercenary team was also on the move.
In the middle of the dozen-person team was a carriage with an iron cage, in which three approximately seven-hundred-year-old Wind Demon Wolves were imprisoned.
"Everyone! Hurry up! If we don't find a place to stay before dark, you'll be fed to the Spirit Beasts!" Wang Hu sat on top of the iron cage, teasing the trapped beasts in the cage with a bloody severed arm, while yelling orders to the others!
"Understood, Boss!" The others responded in unison.
"Work hard, finish this job, and I'll take my brothers to the pleasure house! Haha."
"Brother Hu! Look! There's someone riding a Spirit Beast over there!" In the team, a thin man with a hooked nose noticed Ye Qiu, who was about to cross in front of them.
"Riding a Spirit Beast? Pfft, haha~ Yin Yan, are your eyes playing tricks on you?" A companion next to him mocked him. "I've never seen anyone tame a Spirit Beast as a mount before."
"Playing tricks? Heh, you know how good my Black Eagle Spirit's vision is!" Yin Yan sneered, no longer bothering with them, and shouted to Wang Hu on the iron cage.
"Brother Hu, I absolutely didn't see wrong! And that kid is riding a just-thousand-year-old Emerald Cloud Winged Tiger!"
Crack! Wang Hu slapped his thigh and stood up, looking into the distance, but could only see a blurry shadow.
Yin Yan naturally knew what his boss was worried about. "Brother Hu, don't worry. That kid is at most ten years old. Could he possibly be your opponent?"
Hearing this, Wang Hu's eyes lit up. He threw the severed arm in his hand to the giant wolf in the cage. "Brothers! We have a job! Follow Yin Yan's direction and charge! Yin Yan, you take the lead!"
"Understood, Boss!" An eagle's cry sounded, and a pair of wings extended from behind Yin Yan, flying towards Ye Qiu's direction.
...
Ye Qiu, who was on his way, suddenly noticed a black dot appearing in the distant sky to his front right.
Not long after, it appeared above Ye Qiu. "Kid, stop! Third Spirit Ability, Arrow Feathers!"
His three spirit rings, white, yellow, and purple, enveloped him, and the purple ring lit up.
From those wings, dozens of arrow-like feathers were violently thrown out, shooting towards Ye Qiu.
Thud, thud, thud!
Ye Qiu promptly urged the tiger to stop, and the feathers embedded themselves in the ground.
He looked coldly. Yin Yan hovered in the air, and in the distance, dust billowed. Soon, the Black Tiger Mercenary Group surrounded Ye Qiu.
"What do you want?" This was Ye Qiu's first time encountering a bandit. Under the scrutiny of his Sharingan, the highest spirit power among these people was only Spirit Ancestor, not worth fearing!
A dark, burly man stretched his wrists. With each step he took, a spirit ring rose beneath his feet.
He took a total of four steps, his muscles bulging, and several tiger-like stripes appeared on his face.
"Kid! Hand over what's between your legs! And I'll spare your life!"
Yin Yan in the sky added, "And the secret to how you control Spirit Beasts!"
"Right, right, I almost forgot. Also truthfully explain how you control Spirit Beasts!" Wang Hu narrowed his eyes, filled with greed.
"..." A few black lines appeared on Ye Qiu's forehead. If one didn't know, they'd think he was the one with the tiger Spirit.
What the hell is "what's between your legs"?
As Ye Qiu was momentarily stunned, the Blue Silver Emperor's voice urged, "Brother~ Hurry, that feeling... it's going to disappear..."
"Hmm! Right away!" He also responded in his mind.
"Kid! Have you thought it through? Our boss is a Spirit Ancestor, and he's losing his patience!"
"Pfft! Haha." Hearing Yin Yan's words, Ye Qiu let out a sneer. "Just a useless Spirit Ancestor with only one purple ring!"
His Mangekyo Sharingan was already activated, and he spoke with a hint of nonchalance, "Hurry up, I'm in a rush!"
"Kid! You're courting death! Watch me capture you and feed you to the wolves!"
"Feed to the wolves?" Ye Qiu saw the bloodstains on the wolf's mouth in the iron cage, and his expression turned cold. "You have chosen the path to your own demise!"
The people around watched Wang Hu charge towards Ye Qiu, a cruel smile on their faces.
However, Wang Hu, who had just rushed out, felt something was very wrong.
Looking at the blood-colored space around him, he remembered he was supposed to be in the Star Dou Great Forest!
Tied to a cross, he looked terrified.
The young man who should have been riding a Spirit Beast was standing in front of him, his voice cold and emotionless, "I'll just stab you for a day and a night..."
"Ah!" Wang Hu's screams were endless.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Swords pierced through his body.
Outside, the smiles on the others' faces froze. Wang Hu, who had just been about to run out, suddenly knelt down instantly!
What was going on?