Chapter 12

Zhou Xuanlong, the second prince of Great Zhou, was extremely gifted . He started cultivating at six years old, reached Foundation Building at nine, and achieved Inner Pellet at twenty .

Before he was fifty years old, he was already the first on the Hero Ranking Board . However, as his age exceeded the limit of the ranking, his name disappeared from the Hero Ranking Board .

Zhou Xuanji snorted in disregard . One day, he would surpass Zhou Xuanlong!

He had never seen this elder brother of his, but precisely because of Zhou Xuanlong’s presence, the Empress was so arrogant .

The Empress would speak of Zhou Xuanlong once in every ten sentences so that others were aware she had such a heaven-sent son .

“Ohh? This little brat was listening to us quite seriously . Do you know what we are talking about? Do you want some milk?”

A fat man with a bare upper body pointed at him and laughed . He had a shiny face, and he looked like a mountain of meat . The few hundred grams of flesh on his chest shook as he spoke .

The edge of Zhou Xuanji’s mouth twitched . He had a sudden urge to kill .

This fat pig needs a spanking!

Little Jiang Xue stood in front of Zhou Xuanji and covered him, like a hen protecting her chicks .

Madam Night Seven snorted coldly, “Fierce Tiger, he is mine . Don’t even think about taking him . ”

Fierce Tiger?

He is Zhu Bajie! (TL: A very plump character who had a pig head and a human body, in Journey to the West . )

Zhou Xuanji rolled his eyes . Meanwhile, he started to think of ways to escape from the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends .

First, he needed to lower the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends’ guard .

A four-year-old’s appearance was quite deceptive .

He had yet to expose how powerful he was .

Based on his understanding of Little Jiang Xue, she definitely would not have exposed his true capability to them . If she had told them, they would be tied up .

The Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends continued their conversations .

Zhou Xuanji pulled Little Jiang Xue aside and sat down beside a giant boulder .

Little Jiang Xue looked at him with eyes wide open and asked with her eyes, what it is they should do .

Zhou Xuanji had a great understanding of dangerous situations, as he had almost died once after all .

In these two years, he had simulated dangerous scenarios with Little Jiang Xue every night . The two kids had a great rapport, as well as countless secret signals .

His eyeballs rolled inward and he crossed his eyes .

Yes, this expression is called Crossed Eyes .

The meaning of it was to stay calm, observe, and wait for opportunities to arise .

Little Jiang Xue blinked, which meant okay .

Madam Night Seven noticed their small actions, and although she did not turn her head toward them, she was contemplating .

“The two kids have spiritual energy inside their body, and they were not in the company of adults . Their background might not be simple . ” Madam Night Seven thought in her head . Indeed, the older, the wiser .

Although he lived two lives, he was still younger than Madam Night Seven even if he put his age in both lives together . Of course, he could not predict what Madam Night Seven’s thoughts were .

Not only Madam Night Seven, but the other sixteen fiends were also curious about Zhou Xuanji and Little Jiang Xue’s background too . This was why the two of them were not dead yet .

They did not closely observe him and Little Jiang Xue because of the absolute difference in power .

As they continued to chat, he finally got to know the goal of their trip .

Dragon eagle!

This was a kind of demonic eagle that had in its veins the blood of a True Dragon . It was powerful and had already attained Demonic Pellet, which was equivalent to the Inner Pellet stage for human cultivators . However, within the same stage, demons were usually more powerful, let alone a dragon eagle that had the blood of True Dragons in its veins .

Dragon eagles were secretive, and they were extremely rare . Their bodies, from head to toe, were full of treasures of immense value .

Recently, the appearance of a dragon eagle at the edge of the Southern Snow Kingdom had caused a great commotion . Many wanted to possess the dragon eagle, and the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends were among them .

He thought to himself, “It seems like if we want to escape, we will have to wait until they are rounding up the dragon eagle . ”

However, he was also worried that before that, he would already be boiled in soup .

Just the thought of it made him shudder .

After chatting for two hours, the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends finally stopped . Some slept, and others started training . The cliff fell into silence .

Zhou Xuanji laid in the arms of Little Jiang Xue and pretended to sleep . He could feel that Little Jiang Xue was very nervous . Her body was stiff, and she was quivering slightly .

To her, the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends were even more horrifying than demons .

Earlier, the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends talked about how to torture a person, and her little face became pale in terror .

Zhou Xuanji did not comfort her, because he did not want to appear too mature .

Throughout the night, there was no conversation .

Early in the morning, when the first rays of light shone across from the ends of the horizon, the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends moved out .

Madam Night Seven carried him like a chick . She threw him onto her mount, followed by Little Jiang Xue right after .

The Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends did not seem harmonious, and Madam Night Seven was seemingly worried that her partners would snatch the pair of children away .

She sat behind Little Jiang Xue, and Zhou Xuanji sat in front of Little Jiang Xue .

Little Jiang Xue wrapped one of her arms around his waist, while she held onto Madam Night Seven’s thigh with her other hand . She was afraid that Zhou Xuanji might fall .

Zhou Xuanji noticed the direction that the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends were heading in, and surprisingly, it was Sword Emperor Slope, the place they used to live .

Could it be that the roar, which frightened them so much that they ran away, was from the dragon eagle?

He felt complicated .

After wandering about for so long, they were going to return to the same place?

When it was near noon, they finally reached the dragon eagle’s territory .

In front of them was a mountain that reached into the clouds . Beneath the mountain was a forest that seemed without a border . There were many cultivators dispersed within the forest, some were training beneath the trees, while others stood on branches and looked at the mountain .

Just Zhou Xuanji alone could count more than ten people in their vicinity . They were all drawn here by the dragon eagle .

The Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends landed in the forest .

Madam Night Seven carried him with her left hand, and held Little Jiang Xue’s with her right, and brought them in front of a huge tree .

She took out a red rope that was as thick as an infant’s arm, and tied Zhou Xuanji and Little Jiang Xue to the tree .

After they were bound by this rope, he felt that he could not control his spiritual energy at all!

Enchanted artifacts!

Zhou Xuanji looked at Madam Night Seven with a pitiful, doe-eyed look, hoping that she would show him some sympathy .

“Sister, it’s painful, can you loosen it a little?” He asked with a sob . Little Jiang Xue heard him, and also appeared like she was about to cry .

Madam Night Seven pinched his little cheek and said with a flirtatious laugh, “Little brother, don’t cry, it will be more painful later . ”

The red rope constricted suddenly and became tighter than before .

Zhou Xuanji groaned in pain .

Madam Night Seven checked around, and then turned and left to return to her the rest of the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends .

They leaped up to the canopy of the forest and stared up at the peak .

“Roooaarrrr —”

The roar of the dragon eagle came from above the clouds . It was deafening and sounded like a dragon’s roar .

Zhou Xuanji had already confirmed it, the sound that scared them away was from the dragon eagle .

Little Jiang Xue touched his palm with her thumb and asked with her eyes what to do next .

Although she was afraid, she could stay calm and did not cause trouble for him .

Zhou Xuanji sent her the Crossed Eye signal again .

Stay calm and observe!

With the Crimson Dragon Sword’s sharpness, it would not be difficult to cut the red rope .

Now they had to wait until the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends start battling with the dragon eagle . If not, any of the fiends could stop them from escaping .

Time passed by the minutes and seconds .

The dragon eagle’s roars were getting more frequent . The number of cultivators that were above the forest had already exceeded thirty .

Cultivators were conversing with one another in groups of twos and threes .

“It’s laying eggs?”

“Such a strong dragon might . Its tendons and flesh will be a great supplement!”

“Be careful, the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends are here . ”

“The Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends are nothing . The most threatening person is him, Zhang Tianjian!”

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