Chapter 36 The Bird-Stealing Child

A small town inn at the edge of the ancient forest.

Jiang Shuwen and Jiang Caihong, two disciples of the ancient Jiang family, rested in the inn for a night and then set off directly to the ancient forest.

However, just as they flew Changhong out of the town for dozens of miles, they suddenly disappeared from the sky.

Then, seven or eight long rainbows of different colors instantly accelerated from low altitude, reached high altitude, and stopped at the place where they disappeared.

"What about people?"

An old monk with white hair and beard scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense, but still found no trace of the two people.

"Oh no, they have discovered us, let's go." A middle-aged monk suddenly felt something was wrong and immediately shouted to everyone.

At this moment, Jiang Shuwen and Jiang Caihong suddenly appeared in front of them and said lightly: "Isn't it a little late to leave now?"

When those monks saw the powerful aura emanating from Jiang Shuwen and Jiang Caihong, they realized that running away would not solve the problem, but might instead bring about fatal disaster.

The old cultivator with white hair and beard immediately apologized with a smile, "My two fellow Taoists, you may have misunderstood. The eight of us are all casual cultivators from the Yan State living on the edge of the Ancient Forest. We are not here to monitor you two on purpose."

"Haha, do you think I will believe your nonsense?" Jiang Caihong sneered, and there was a faint surge of divine power in the palm of his hand, as if if the other party did not give them a reasonable explanation, he would let them taste the power of the Jiang family's magic.

"My two fellow Taoists, you should also be here for the things in the ancient forbidden land. In fact, everyone has the same purpose, so there is no need to hurt the harmony because of some trivial matters. I believe you should all know how dangerous the ancient forbidden land is without us telling you. Why don't we join forces? Perhaps the chance of climbing the holy mountain to pick the magical medicine will be greater." A middle-aged monk next to the old monk spoke up.

Jiang Shuwen and Jiang Caihong's eyes flashed with surprise. They looked at the cultivators in front of them in disbelief and said, "You actually plan to enter the life restricted zone to pick the divine medicine?"

It’s not that they look down on each other, but this action is no different from committing suicide.

As descendants of an ancient family, they understood the horror of the life forbidden zone better than these casual cultivators.

Not to mention that the two of them were merely cultivators from the Dao Palace Secret Realm. Even if they were powerful beings from the Xiantai Secret Realm, they would have no way out when facing the Life Forbidden Zone.

But after secretly observing for a while, Jiang Shuwen felt a little strange, as if these casual cultivators on the opposite side were a little too confident.

It was as if they had seen with their own eyes someone pick the magical medicine from the forbidden zone of life and come out alive.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the independent cultivators who are known for cherishing their lives to be so confident.

So Jiang Shuwen asked, "Fellow Daoists, has anyone recently picked a magical medicine from the ancient forbidden land?"

The middle-aged monk replied, "A year ago, a group of people did come out alive from the ancient forbidden land, and four of them had picked divine medicine on the nine sacred mountains in the forbidden land. After taking the divine medicine, not only were they not deprived of their lives by the power of the wilderness, but they were reborn. Now they have been accepted by the people of the six major cave paradises of our Yan country and are being cultivated as immortal seedlings. Perhaps it won't be long before they walk out of the mountain gate and become famous in Yan country."

"Are you sure you are right, that not just one, but a group of people walked out of the ancient forbidden land alive, and also picked the legendary holy medicine?" Jiang Caihong said in great surprise.

"It's absolutely true. We have confirmed it again and again. We saw them being picked up by the monks from Lingxu Cave Heaven that day. Although we don't know what happened in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land recently, we once put a spirit beast in to test it, and it seems that the power of the wilderness has weakened a lot. It no longer dies of old age instantly after entering the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. Our spirit beast almost ran to the halfway point of the nine holy mountains. If we are well prepared and enter quickly enough, we will definitely be able to climb the nine holy mountains and pick the legendary magic medicine."

As the old monk with white hair and beard was telling these stories, an inexplicable excitement appeared on his face.

It seemed as if I saw myself climbing the holy mountain, picking the legendary holy medicine, and thus ascending to heaven in one step.

"My fellow Taoists, I am truly sorry. My brother and I have important matters to attend to, so we will not hinder your opportunities." After listening to this, Jiang Shuwen clasped his fists towards those cultivators, and then directly pulled Jiang Caihong away.

On the way, Jiang Caihong asked, "Brother Shu Wen, why are you dragging me away? I want to ask them more about the news of the ancient forbidden land. If the power of the wilderness inside is really weakened, with the strength of our Jiang family, we will definitely be able to obtain the holy medicine."

Pulling Jiang Caihong down to a big tree in the deep forest below, Jiang Shuwen stared at Jiang Caihong with a serious face and said, "Caihong, forget about the ancient forbidden land immediately, otherwise don't blame me for suppressing you now."

Jiang Caihong looked at Jiang Shuwen in disbelief and said, "Brother Shuwen, you actually want to suppress me? What did I do wrong?"

Jiang Shuwen said sternly: "In order to prevent uncle and aunt from being sad because of your decline, if you don't listen to my advice, I have to resort to this desperate measure."

"Why?" Jiang Caihong had never seen Jiang Shuwen so domineering, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

Neither she nor Jiang Shuwen are direct descendants of the Jiang family, and the imperial blood in their bodies has become so diluted that it is almost non-existent.

Moreover, the two are of similar age and grew up together. They have cultivated to their current level through their own efforts. Because the two families are close, Jiang Shuwen often indulges her and always remembers to share any opportunity with her.

As far as Jiang Caihong could remember, Jiang Shuwen had never scolded her so seriously before.

Suddenly, Jiang Caihong felt very uncomfortable when she heard that Jiang Shuwen was going to suppress her because of such a small matter.

Jiang Shuwen was unwilling to explain too much, and said: "If you still want to continue to follow me, you can't go anywhere without my permission. Otherwise, I will send you to the ancestor now and let you act together with Jiang Yifei, Jiang Caixuan and others."

"I'd better follow you." Jiang Caihong felt uncomfortable when Jiang Caixuan was mentioned. The other party was the real pearl of the ancient family, and although she was also a disciple of the Jiang family, standing next to Jiang Caixuan, she looked like a maid following the pearl.

Rather than being sent back, it is better to stay with Jiang Shuwen and give him an explanation.

Sure enough, after seeing Jiang Caihong surrender, Jiang Shuwen said, "This is a forbidden area for life, a forsaken area of ​​ancient times. No matter how tempting the words are, don't believe them. Once you have a little expectation in your heart, you will most likely die because of it. Have you forgotten the ending of the Tianxuan Holy Land six thousand years ago? As powerful as the Tianxuan Holy Land was, it could not escape destruction in the end even with the ancient sages paving the way."

Jiang Caihong nodded silently.

Afterwards, Jiang Shuwen left another mark on Jiang Caihong, and the two continued to fly towards the depths of the ancient forest.

Jiang Shuwen, who has already opened all five sacred treasures of the Taoist Palace, is now only one step away from entering the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

In the ancient forest, there are very few ferocious beasts that can pose a threat to him.

Jiang Caihong's Taoist palace secret realm also opened up four sacred treasures, and her strength should not be underestimated.

The two flew over the ancient forest and did not choose to take a detour.

On the way, Jiang Caihong asked, "Brother Shu Wen, after we catch the golden-winged Roc, should we tell the elders about the ancient forbidden land?"

Jiang Shuwen's eyes flashed with reluctance, and he shook his head and said, "It's better not to tell the elders. If the elders knew that there was a change in the ancient forbidden land, who knows how many knights of the Jiang family would have lost their lives in vain." Jiang Caihong nodded and said, "Then I'll listen to you."

Afterwards, the two of them began to search for the trace of the golden-winged Roc in the ancient forest.

Soon, they saw the golden-winged Roc's nest on a cliff.

What surprised them even more was that on the cliff, they saw a bald child wearing animal skins. Like a clever ape, he climbed quickly and lightly towards the nest of the golden-winged Roc on the cliff.

High in the sky, the two people standing on the rainbow light were extremely surprised.

"Brother Shu Wen, look at that kid. He has an amazing physique." After observing for a while, Jiang Caihong pointed at Li Zhi who was climbing up quickly and said.

The golden-winged Roc soaring above the ancient forest actually gave birth to a nest of little golden Rocs. This was something Li Zhi had not expected before.

Originally he planned to observe the adult golden roc.

But now he changed his mind and planned to sneak into its nest and steal a little golden roc to raise by his side.

Only in this way can one more fully comprehend the Golden Roc's claw skills and the mysterious method of rapid flight.

After several days of observation by Li Zhi, he found that the adult golden-winged Roc would go out to look for food every day and would often leave the nest for about an hour.

As long as he was fast enough, he would be able to take away a baby bird before the golden-winged Roc came back from foraging.

Moreover, Li Zhi has already confirmed that the adult golden-winged Roc has a very high level of cultivation and is far from an object he can observe up close now.

Therefore, it is safer and more cost-effective to raise a young bird.

Under the watchful eyes of Jiang Shuwen and Jiang Caihong, Li Zhi quickly climbed up to the nest of the golden-winged Roc on the cliff.

Three rooster-sized rocs covered with gray fluff were sleeping there.

Li Zhi didn't hesitate at all. He took out a hide bag and put one of them away.

In order to prevent the young birds from making any sound, he also prepared fresh meat soaked in drugs in animal hide bags.

As long as the little roc eats a bite, it can sleep soundly for two days.

Sure enough, the little peng bird in the bag smelled the fresh meat before it screamed, and then started eating the meat directly.

After just a few seconds, the little roc in the bag fell asleep.

At this moment, Li Zhi heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the sky far away.

The golden-winged Roc actually came back half an hour earlier.

Jiang Shuwen and Jiang Caihong, who were observing Li Zhi's every move in the air, changed their expressions drastically after hearing the sound of horse hooves.

The two of them turned into a long rainbow and flew towards Li Zhi who was going down the mountain.

Before Li Zhi could react, he felt someone grabbing his shoulder and then flying rapidly towards the outside of the ancient forest.

The speed was so fast that it almost blew away the animal skin bag containing the little Peng bird on Li Zhi's back.

Only Jiang Shuwen knew how terrifying that adult golden-winged Roc was.

Just the cry coming from afar made him feel an aura more terrifying than that of the Golden Winged Little King, at least equivalent to that of a cultivator in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

As disciples from an ancient family, Jiang Shuwen and Jiang Caihong's flying speed is naturally very fast. Especially at such a critical moment, their flying speed is extremely astonishing.

In a blink of an eye, they carried Li Zhi and flew hundreds of miles away.

It was obvious that he had used the life-saving talisman on him.

The moment the golden-winged Roc landed at the nest, they had already disappeared outside the ancient forest with Li Zhi.

The golden-winged Roc, seeing that one of its children was missing from its nest, cackled its hooves in anger.

Then it flapped its wings and flew high, transforming into a stream of golden light that hovered over the ancient forest.

When she saw the group of cultivators who had followed Jiang Shuwen and the others looking at the forbidden area at the edge of the ancient forbidden area, the golden-winged Roc instantly flapped its wings and released thousands of golden lights towards those cultivators.

The seven or eight monks didn't even have time to react before they were shot like sieves by the thousands of golden lights that fell from the sky.

I'm afraid they themselves didn't expect that they would die on the edge of the ancient forbidden area before they even tried to enter the forbidden area to pick the magical medicine.

After flying around the ancient forest on the edge of the ancient forbidden land for several times at its rapid speed, the golden-winged Roc still could not find the whereabouts of its child. Finally, it let out a loud and mournful cry and flew back to its nest.

The loss of a cub did not sadden her for long.

In the nest, there were two cubs waiting for her to feed.

Although its cultivation level is comparable to that of a human cultivator in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, this golden-winged Roc, which has been living on the edge of the ancient forbidden area, still retains its wildness as a fierce predator and obeys the natural law of the jungle.

They won't clamor for revenge for the death of their cubs like humans would.

Originally, three cubs were hatched in one nest, and it was a very difficult task to raise all of them.

Now that one chick has been lost, the remaining two chicks can receive more care, which actually increases their survival rate.

(End of this chapter)