Riding on a spirit beast was tough. As majestic as it may sound, it was anything but. No one told me anything about how much I had to do to just hold on.
There was nothing comfortable about this. I had to put my concentration into holding on. Cai Lien had it even worse. She was at the edge of being flung over by the wind.
Maybe the spirit beast noticed it, but maybe it didn't.
We were above the black ring that circled the sect, the Black Swamp Forest. It loomed over me. I just couldn't let go now. Even if I could fly, even the skies were dangerous.
"You are new meat, I can see that." this deep voice rumbled in my ears.
My eyes widened and I looked at Cai Lien. She also looked surprised. This person was addressing both of us.
"Who are you?" I shouted, trying to overcome the sound of the whistling wind.
"Who do you think I am? You are in the air, and there is no one else around you." the voice continued.
I looked down at the spirit beast that we were on.
"Could it be? The spirit beast?" I muttered.
The sound of the wind faded away, and I could feel the force that was trying to tear me away from the beast die down. There was this protective barrier around us, stopping everything around us.
"Now then, why would the sect be so stupid as to send two green horns to the Pill Tower? The girl is more interesting. Why would they send someone so weak to this task?" the beast said.
I had nothing to say. I just couldn't tell anyone the true circumstances because even I did not understand them fully. At best, all that I could say was that the reason that Cai Lien was on this mission was because master wanted a little fun and drama.
"Well then, if you don't know, then talking to you has become quite boring." the beast snorted.
I understood what he meant. He would remove the barrier. And this barrier was good for me and for Cai Lien. For one, it saved us from the fear of dying!
"Wait! It is because of my father. I am Liu Feng. A few people are paying some special attention to me because of my lineage." I said hastily, trying to think of a way to deal with this.
"Your father? Now that I think of it, there was another Liu back in the day, Liu Qian. Oh, the glory days. Are you related to him, by any chance?"
"Yes, he is my father." I nodded vehemently.
"You are the son of Liu Qian? I see absolutely no similarities. You are not even half the genius that he was. When he was your age, he was already entering the Nascent Soul Realm, a whole major realm above you."
Cai Lien looked at me with shock.
"Impossible! You are in the Core Formation Stage? I thought that at best you were above me by one or two minor realms, but you are a whole Major Realm away? How were you able to cross eight minor realms in just one month?!" Cai Lien shrieked with shock.
"This was not how I wanted to show off my strength." I shook my head.
"Oh! You were able to increase your cultivation by eight minor realms in just one month? Now I believe you. You are interesting. No wonder the sect elder wants to keep an eye on you." the beast chuckled.
"The sect elder?" my ears perked up. "What sect elder? Which one? The second elder?" I asked, my breath getting haggard.
"The second elder? What do you know about it boy? No one raises the topic of the second elder anymore. It is taboo. Of course I am not speaking to the second elder. I was talking to the first elder about this." the spirit beast said.
"Thank god." I sighed with relief as I slumped onto the back of his luxurious mane.
"Well then, now that I am no longer interested in what goes on with your life, hold on to your dear life, because I am releasing the protective barrier." the spirit beast said.
"Please wait, senior. Is there any way that you can keep it? I can give you a few pills to supplement the Qi that you are using." I asked, trying my best to keep him occupied and to change his mind.
"Do you think that magical beasts actually care about spirit pills? It is the last thing that we want. We can directly consume any spirit fruit that we want. Why would we want to have a spirit pill? You are barking up the wrong tree." the spirit beast disagreeed.
I could feel the barrier around us getting thinner and thinner. I held on to the mane once more and looked at Cai Lien. She was also in the same situation as I was.
"How much longer do we have? I suck at geography!" I shouted as the sound of the wind deafened us.
"You suck at what? I did not understand the word you said!" she shouted back.
"I don't know where we are! We passed the sect, but we are somewhere else. Where is that somewhere?" I shouted back.
"I think that by the speed we are going, we still have about twenty minutes to get to Yunir City!" she said.
"Twenty minutes? Wow, that is fast! Flying mounts are the best form of transportation for sure. If I have one of these for myself, then I can go anywhere I want without any trouble. But pity, I can't get one so easily. Beasts with intelligence like this one will easily go upwards of a hundred million spirit coins in auctions." I sighed.
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