freenovelworld Chapter 26 Good boy
Chapter 26 Good boy
Xie Yan opened her collar, pulled out a bamboo whistle from her neck, and blew it a long whistle.
A moment later, two gyrfalcons came fighting each other.
The two eagles were one white and one black.
The white eagle harassed the black eagle the whole way, but the black eagle ignored it and focused only on flying.
In no time, the two eagles flew above the group, circled a few times, and then flew over with their target in mind.
The white eagle was the one raised by Chu Ling, while the black eagle, after shaking off the white eagle, swooped straight down towards Xie Yan.
It gently landed on Xie Yan's outstretched arm and nuzzled her face affectionately.
"Good boy."
Xie Yan stroked it hard several times, until the eagle's feathers were all ruffled.
Chu Ling's gyrfalcon tried to pounce on it, but its owner grabbed its claws and pulled it back.
Enraged, the eagle snapped back and bit the eagle, but Chu Ling grabbed its beak, leaving it only able to move its wings. So it frantically flapped its wings in protest.
Xie Yan withdrew his hand. He not only tied the letter tube to the gyrfalcon, but also hung a token around the gyrfalcon's neck.
Xuanfeng, with his sharp eyes, immediately recognized it as an urgent summons token from Fengyun Tower.
"Why is it a token from Fengyun Tower?"
"Because this Gu Master is a member of the Fengyun Tower."
Xie Yan released his eagle and glanced back at Xuan Feng.
Xuanfeng asked in confusion, "How come I've never heard of such a person in this building?"
Xie Yan walked over and patted him on the shoulder, saying earnestly, "You old man, you must have a bad memory. Have you forgotten that you betrayed the building six years ago?"
"Over the years, many new people have naturally joined the building."
Xie Yan glanced meaningfully at Xuan Feng's head, as if implying that he wasn't quite right in the head.
Xuanfeng felt like he had swallowed a fly. He couldn't tell Xie Yan that the Prince's Mansion had been secretly collecting information about Fengyun Tower, so he could only silently suffer this injustice.
Moreover, they indeed had no information about any people from the Southern Frontier joining the Fengyun Tower.
However, Xuanfeng still vaguely sensed something was wrong and asked back, "Didn't you also leave Fengyun Tower? I heard that even the number one in the Heavenly Rank has been replaced. Are you sure this token is still useful?"
Before he could finish asking, Xie Yan walked away.
He walked to Chu Ling's side, looked up and watched as his eagle chased after him.
He casually remarked, "I never imagined that not only is Your Highness handsome and dashing, but even your bird is so majestic!"
Chu Ling humbly replied, "Your bird is just as good."
Xie Yan: "Not at all, Your Highness's bird is much better."
Tao Xian, who was passing by, looked at them with an incredulous expression and couldn't help but glance at their groin.
Two people: "..."
The two of them silently realized what was going on and tacitly changed the subject.
"I wonder what the name of Your Highness's bird... the eagle?"
Xie Yan paused strangely for a moment, then asked again as if nothing had happened.
Chu Ling glanced at him with amusement, then gracefully fanned himself with a paper fan and said, "Danqing."
Xie Yan: "..."
He was unsure whether to complain about the fact that a white bird was named Danqing, or to criticize Chu Ling's poor taste in naming things.
With all these colors—black, white, blue, pink, and cyan—you could practically make a rainbow team.
So he chose to offer a false compliment: "What a good name."
Chu Ling didn't expose him, and politely asked, "What about yours?"
"Good boy."
"?"
Chu Ling wondered if he had misheard, but Xie Yan repeated it again with certainty: "My eagle is called Good Child."
Chu Ling remained silent for a long time before reluctantly praising, "...A good name."
Xie Yan proudly replied, "You flatter me."
At that moment, someone finally came over and interrupted the two's pointless chatter.
"Your Highness! They...they're all dead!"
"Who?"
The guard, drenched in sweat, didn't even have time to bow to Chu Ling, his face filled with anxiety: "It's the First Boss, the Second Boss, and that group of Holy Sun Cult members!"
When the two rushed over, Tao Xian was standing up from beside the corpse lying on the ground with a serious expression.
Tao Xian shook her head at them, meaning there was no hope at all.
When the poisonous creature attacked, Wu Li managed to escape by chance, but he was unable to take everyone with him. Therefore, the other leader and his group of followers were still firmly guarded by the guards.
Xie Yan and Chu Ling went closer to take a look, and sure enough, the group of thieves were lying haphazardly on the ground.
They all died with their faces contorted, their lips blackened, blood flowing from their seven orifices, and their hands still in a scratching position on their necks, as if there was something inside their necks.
When Peach Fairy saw them approaching, she raised her hand to show them.
"It's a Gu."
What she held in the silver tweezers was a small, fingernail-sized, bluish-purple insect that resembled a spider.
The insect remained motionless, having been dead for some time. Its venom was so potent that even the silver tweezers were half-stained black.
“I cut them open at the neck. I don’t know if they were planted long ago or if they were planted during the chaos today.”
Tao Xian observed the insect with great interest and put it into her empty medicine bottle.
"It was planted a long time ago."
Two different voices rang out at the same time, and Tao Xian looked at them with curiosity.
Xie Yan and Chu Ling exchanged a glance, both understanding each other's thoughts.
"If the poison was cast today, then Zheng Zhiping and the second-in-command, who have never appeared here before, would not have died."
But right now, Zheng Zhiping's imposing body and the second-in-command's were lying right next to him.
Furthermore, the second-in-command had previously shown signs of being poisoned. However, Zheng Zhiping did not, which is enough to show that he had been secretly poisoned long ago without his knowledge.
After escaping, Wu Li's first act was to exterminate all those who might leak information about the sect.
After deducing the course of events, Chu Ling closed his fan, clapped his hands, and exclaimed, "Truly, the righteous are one foot high, but the evil are ten feet high."
Then his expression turned serious, and he asked Tao Xian, "Are Meng Lan's Gu poisonous?"
Tao Xian shook her head again, but this time it wasn't a denial; rather, it was that even she wasn't sure how effective the Gu was.
But she still comforted him, saying, "Previously, Wu Li ordered Meng Lan to commit suicide in public instead of using poison, and now that he is still alive and shows no signs of poisoning, it is unlikely that their Gu contains poison."
Xuanfeng became increasingly worried: "...I hope so."
Seeing the gloomy atmosphere, Xie Yan spoke up promptly: "Good child, you should receive a reply in less than two days. Just wait patiently."
A cloud of sorrow turned into a cloud of doubt.
Everyone looked confused: "What is a good child?"
Xie Yan: "My eagle! Didn't you just see it?"
Everyone: ...What a terrible name!
Since Xie Yan had said so, Chu Ling immediately agreed to rest and recuperate in the mountain stronghold for a few days and make further plans after Xie Yan's reply arrived.