"Woo, stunned"

With a chirp, a gray-brown bird shaped like a parrot folded its wings half a meter long and landed steadily on the rockery of the ancient compound.

"Little Gray" stopped abruptly with the sound of the dingdong, the door of the west chamber squeaked open, and Mu Qiurou pushed the door out in a pale cyan long skirt.

looked at the big bird on the rockery lovingly, as if he saw the child coming home. "Sure enough, it's you, homesick. Hehe. ”

The big gray bird suddenly looked at the west chamber, and there was a "cooing" sound in its throat twice, and the next moment, its wings fluttered and swooped down on Mu Qiurou's fragrant shoulders. He poked his head out and rubbed the soft feathers on his neck against his creamy cheeks. Like an intimate child.

"Naughty!" Mu Qiurou raised her hand and stroked the back feathers of the big bird, hugged them to her chest, and said with a smile.

This big bird, known as "Little Gray", is the letter eagle of the ancient clan, don't look at its unsightly appearance, but in terms of rank, it is several levels higher than the golden feather horse, because it has a trace of the blood of the ancient demon bird in its body. It's just that this bloodline is not pure and extremely rare, so it is not included in the demon category. But it is also a high-level existence among the few beasts and birds that humans can domesticate. Demon beasts are no less than human races in this realm, and even the lowest-level demon beasts are not domesticated by humans. Once their bloodline awakens, they either break out and hurt people or flee the mountains and forests, and there is never anything that can be driven by people, which may be a kind of racial dignity. That said, this is not to say that man should not serve beasts. On the contrary, among the high-level cultivators, there are not a few who can fight or protect themselves from demon beasts, and that is because they can only be conquered as demon beasts and cannot be domesticated.

The original name of the letter eagle was "lion-faced eagle", which is said to have evolved from a branch of the Peng tribe, and later because its body shape was indeed too different from the eagle, and after being domesticated by the human race, it was generally more responsible for transmitting news, and people replaced it with the letter eagle. Although it is no longer a demon bird, it has a sharp beak and steel claws that it has inherited from nature, as well as the extreme speed of the general wind attribute of demon birds. In particular, the near-demonic intellect makes this eagle the perfect choice for the Messenger.

A small family like the Gu Clan is not qualified to conquer demon beasts. The spiritual intelligence of the low-level demon beasts is too low, and it is almost impossible to conquer, so they can only be killed. High-level demon beasts will not succumb to the drive of low-level humans, and even the cost of support is not something that a small family can afford. In this way, this small lion sculpture has also become a symbol of strength in areas like the town of Yingyang. Even though the ancient people don't even have a few decent golden feather horses, there are three pairs of such lion-faced sculptures.

Looking at the fiery red pill that appeared in the palm of Mu Qiurou's hand, "Little Ash" stretched her neck excitedly, and the next moment it was already in her mouth, and she almost wanted to express her wings, but she was held down by the other palm.

"Okay, I got it. Mu Qiurou patted its head and smiled, as if it could really understand. Then untie a finger-thin bamboo tube-like thing from under its wings. With both hands raised, he let him spread his wings and go. Little Gray's companion is near the ancient village, and he will find it.

The ancient village is built on the back of the mountain, although it is the weather in June and July, the sun is still earlier than elsewhere, at this time it is already gray, and a few stars can be faintly seen in the east sky.

In the east chamber, Gu Mo sat quietly on the low floor, as the head of the clan, he felt that his body had been in a state of decline in recent years, and although he was in a posture of cultivation, he couldn't really calm down in his heart. For some reason, since sending away those test disciples, I have inexplicably felt a little uneasy. Gu Mo was also once a genius disciple, cultivating to the level of a warrior at the age of twenty-three, and his patriarchal position was inherited from his grandfather. After a long conversation between the two ancestors and grandson for half a day, Gu Mo finally chose the latter among the two choices of whether to concentrate on cultivating the Venerable Breakthrough or maintaining the continuous inheritance of the ancient clan. Two years later, he became the patriarch, just to maintain the family's continued decline, and he has already worked hard. Naturally, the matter of cultivation missed the golden time, so that it was only now that it could be upgraded by one level. Fortunately, with the decades of hard work of the whole clan, the two uncles finally had a glimmer of hope to impact the Venerable, and if it was successful, he could smile. If it doesn't work out and falls, Gu Mo doesn't know what the Gu clan can do in the future. Without the ultimate warrior, the ancient clan has no capital at all, and can no longer stand in the triangular power of Xingyang Town. There is little chance of a miserable retreat, and the biggest possibility is to become a subsidiary family.

At this time, the mountain rain is coming, and all kinds of tentative actions are also showing signs, and some people will not watch the ancient clan have a chance to dig up. Cumo had to be thoughtful at every step, walking on thin ice.

"Father, it's the letter of the chief steward. Mu Qiurou's voice sounded outside the door.

"Come in, the door is not closed. "The movement of the letter eagle coming back has long been heard by Gu Mo. It's just that the domestication of the letter eagle has always been Mu Qiurou's business, so he didn't get up. A mysterious aura swung out from his hand, and the pale blue luminous stone embedded in the roof shimmered with brilliance.

"Dad, did Yu'er have an accident with them?" Mu Qiurou had already lost the joy she felt when she saw "Little Ash", and after entering the house, she hurriedly handed the bamboo tube to Gu Mo and asked eagerly.

The "red" Gu Mo stared at the silk thread tied to the bamboo tube at first glance. It seems that the color of the thread has some other meaning. His face suddenly became solemn, and he stood up all the time, and reached out to take the bamboo tube. The thumb swiped over the tip of the middle finger, and a drop of blood the size of a grain of rice bounced onto one end of the bamboo tube. I didn't see how he did it, and a translucent animal skin more than a foot long was stacked in his hand.

Mu Qiurou stood a foot away, sometimes frowning, sometimes rubbing her hands, and looking at Gu Mo's expression nervously. The family has family rules, even if Mu Qiurou realizes that the matter is very serious, but she can't see the content on the animal skin first, and the small bamboo tube is not a simple thing, except for the limited person, if you want to forcibly break it, you can only see a pile of ashes.

There was not much content in the letter, and Gu Mo just understood it at a few glances. Holding the letter and pondering for a moment, as if he had a plan, he raised his hand to wipe the animal skin as if to erase something. When he looked up, he saw Mu Qiurou was very worried, so he stopped. "Don't worry, it's not Yu'er and Gu Lei's business. You might as well take a look. As he spoke, he handed over the hide.

"Then I'm relieved, and I don't need to look at it anymore. Having said that, he still took it in his hand, glanced at it a few times in a hurry, and then handed it back to Gu Mo, erasing the traces with a wave of his hand.

"There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, Xu Zhengqing will not be without a target. Gu Mo said half in thought, half in self.

"Dad, could it be that Elder Gan really went to the town. ”

"No, otherwise I wouldn't have any news. The two elders were not such casual people. ”

"Well, this ......"

Immediately replied to Jiucheng, the two elders had just retreated, and they had never been to the town at all, and as for how to take care of this matter, everything was up to him. In addition, he should be told to absolutely guarantee the safety of the test disciples. But don't make it too obvious and be taken advantage of. This was so obvious that it didn't take much thought for Cumo to write the palindrome. Mu Qiurou even saw a hint of relief on her face, but a little doubt disappeared in a flash, and she wanted to turn around after saying this.

"Also," Gu Mo said, looking up at himself and looking out the window. "The two teams of people in the fourth and fifth caves of Nanling were sent to temporarily close the entrance of the cave and return to the ancient village to recuperate for a period of time. ”

Mu Qiurou paused when she heard this, looked at Gu Mo and opened her mouth but didn't say anything, just replied, "Yes, Dad." She hurried out the door, for there were some things that she could not mix.

Gu Mo believed that his judgment could not be wrong, and this morning, as soon as the convoy set off, Elder Gan informed him that he was going to find a secluded place to retreat for a while. It seemed that nine times out of ten they went to the town, but Gu Mo was not worried, but much more relaxed. With the power of this town, he didn't think it would be possible for him to perceive the existence of a Venerable One.

In order to be sure, he still has to transfer back some manpower, although there were no elders before, but the ancient clan with two ultimate warriors is not afraid of the other two families have any small moves. But now the two clan elders are in retreat, but it is difficult to say.

"The fourth prince came to Jingyang again, but it was a coincidence. Could it be that they found something?" said a sentence attached to the vellum paper, which made Gu Mo fall into deep thought again.

"Fourth Prince, who is that?" In a room on the third floor of the Juxian Building, Gu Lei and the other disciples looked at the middle-aged man beside Gu Jiucheng with wide eyes. The man was about forty, with sword eyebrows, a tall nose, a beard on his lips, and a pair of eagle eyes shining with a divine light. is also dressed in a blue robe, more than half a head taller than Gu Jiucheng, especially the aura emanating from his body, which makes Lang Yu feel a kind of depression. In the introduction just now, this person is the current shopkeeper of this restaurant, Gu Yunyi, Gu Lei's cousin, and a first-order warrior. There was also an ancient warrior who was pressing the scene in the Guji Pizatang, who had something to do temporarily and did not come. In the town of Xingyang, the ancient clan has stationed two warriors for a long time. These two people have also been seen by Lang Yu before. Gu Yunyi originally lived in Baicaotang for a long time, but a year ago, Baicaotang had an accident and moved to the pawnshop that Gu Jiucheng was in charge of. Two months ago, under the operation of Gu Jiucheng, he bought the Juxian Restaurant on Changyuan Street, and Gu Yunyi naturally became the shopkeeper here.

As soon as the disciples of the ancient clan entered the city, this was the inevitable place to stay, and after Gu Jiucheng made a simple arrangement, the following should be the responsibility of this Yi shopkeeper. Lang Yu finally secretly admired this big shopkeeper who was only a third-order warrior, since he had his own restaurant, it would be much more practical to live in, would it be because of his own reasons to have such treatment, Lang Yu didn't care.