Chapter 229: The Demon of the Eagle Owl
Ling Yu had long heard that Sanmu had spies in various places, and he was very well-informed, so as soon as he returned to Dongyao with Qianqi, he began to ask Sanmu if there were any masters among the birds and monsters similar to himself.
And the demon of the eagle owl that Sanmu helped him find, although there are all kinds of rumors about his extraordinary strength, no one has ever really seen his true face of Lushan. It is said that his situation is similar to that of the Koto Demon Ruri, and he practiced in seclusion in order to control his demonic nature, and no one can say when and for what reason he became a demon. Therefore, Ling Yu had just left Dongyao, and Sanmu regretted it a little.
After leaving Dongyao City, Ling Yu drove Xiao Ash all the way to follow the directions marked on the map, and he had already arrived at the foot of Lonely Eagle Mountain early the next morning. He rested a little at the foot of the mountain, rubbed his eyes, which were slightly dry from the night's sleeplessness, and then began to ride Ash up the winding mountain road, but the road was broken halfway through his lap, and further on there was no road, but also a pile of large rocks.
He had no choice but to jump off his horse and call Ash away, choosing to fly towards the top of the mountain. The air pressure around this mountain is very peculiar, the more you fly to the top of the mountain, the more difficult it feels, before you can fly to the destination, Ling Yu has felt tightness in his chest and shortness of breath, his heart is also painful because of lack of oxygen, and from time to time he is accompanied by vomiting, but he has to grit his teeth and hold on, insisting on going up.
Later, he simply turned into a peacock, relying on the impetus formed by the downward flapping of his wings to barely fly to the top of the mountain, if it were not for the fact that he was a peacock demon and was naturally good at the direction of the wind, it was not easy to climb this lonely mountain.
The scenery on the top of the mountain was also very different from what he had imagined, it didn't look like a place for the cultivation of the world's masters, but just a platform for landing, and except for the flat, it was bare everywhere, not only was there no grass, but there was no place to hide.
Ling Yu couldn't help but wonder if the information obtained by Sanmu was wrong, that the Demon of the Eagle Owl did not actually live on this mountain, or that the Demon of the legendary Eagle Owl did not exist at all. He thought as he walked on the platform, the air was still thin, but he didn't have to fly or he would be completely overwhelmed.
When he reached the center of the platform, he suddenly found a stone round turntable, and he studied it several times around it, and although he still couldn't figure out what it was used for, he subconsciously pushed the edge of the turntable with force. At first, the turntable didn't move, but when he exerted all his strength, it finally clicked and then slid to the side with a creak.
A square entrance slowly appeared under the turntable, and it happened to be connected to a stone staircase that extended downward, and Ling Yu walked down the staircase without thinking. The staircase was flanked by a bottomless abyss without any guardrails, and although the light inside the cave was not very dim, he could barely see what was going on around him, and he had no idea where the staircase led.
He walked cautiously down the stairs, the air in the cave was much more abundant than on the platform just now, and after his breathing became smoother, his whole body quickly regained his strength. There was silence all around, and when he looked up, he noticed that the round turntable above his head had spun back at some point.
Suddenly, there was a sound similar to the landing of a needle not far below, which made him stop and listen, and his heart also rose to his throat. But he waited for a long time, but the cave was quiet, and no other sound sounded, so he had to continue walking.
He only knew that he was in the interior of the Lonely Mountain, but was this huge cave naturally formed or made the day after tomorrow? And where is the demon of the eagle owl? But he didn't know anything. couldn't help laughing at himself: This is really a trance journey, and I also have the strength to go on a rampage with blood like that stupid dragon.
After walking for a while, he casually looked around, but a brown-yellow pupil the size of a pot lid was staring at him, and he was so frightened that he almost fell down the stairs.
With a bang, countless demon fires suddenly ignited in the cave, and the entire space was also illuminated, and he could see the owner of the pupil clearly. It was a gigantic eagle owl, perched on a thick stake that was held by two chains, the other end of which hung on either side of the rock wall.
The eagle owl squinted at his right eye and continued to stare at him for a while, and then began to speak.
"There's a stupid bird, it's a rarity, I haven't seen any decent food in fifty years, did you send it to my door to taste?"
"No......" Ling Yu was shocked by the other party's figure for a while, and denied it loudly when he was overly nervous.
"Today's young people are really becoming less and less polite, they don't report their names first, and they run to other people's houses empty-handed!" The eagle owl shook its head, then squinted at him with its left eye and complained.
"My name is Lingyu. I'm sorry, but I didn't really bring any gifts for you. Lingyu couldn't tell if the big eagle owl was really angry, he looked at its dumb bird face carefully, and felt that it was not as terrifying as when he looked at it just now.
"Nonsense, I smell the fragrance on you, hurry up and hand over all the delicious food you brought to me, or I'll eat you right away!" The eagle owl suddenly opened both eyes and glared at Lingyu and said.
Only then did Ling Yu remember the dry food that Sanmu had asked him to bring before leaving, when the demon servant in the Amber Dragon Palace gave him the dry food, he wrapped it directly, and he directly put the package into the bag he was carrying, without even looking at what he was carrying. Now that he remembered it, he quickly took off the bag on his shoulder, took out the package containing the dry food, and opened it to see that it was actually a meat filling, which was much thicker than the ordinary snack skin, presumably so that he would not be crushed when he was in a hurry, but even so, he still could not hide the fragrance of the meat filling.
As soon as the package was opened, the aroma of the dim sum was completely diffused, and the eagle owl drooled greedily, its eyes widened bigger and rounder than before, and roared, "What are you waiting for?!" Hurry up and give it to me! ”
Ling Yu looked at its greedy appearance, and said boldly, "This is my only dry food, and if I give it to you, I will starve!" Well, if you promise to be my teacher, I'll give you the rations! ”
The eagle owl was hooked by the gluttonous insect at this moment, and the three souls and seven spirits were out of the body, and he replied without thinking: "Okay, good! Don't say it's a teacher, let me be a student for you, get it quickly! ”
Lingyu took out a piece of the snack and threw it towards the eagle owl, its head stretched forward to hold it, and swallowed it directly before it even bothered to taste the taste. After eating one piece, it was not enough, and he continued to shout: "Keep going!" ”
Lingyu fed it the rest of the snacks piece by piece, although the three-eyed demon servant brought him a lot of snacks, but for such a large eagle owl, it was only enough to stuff its teeth. After swallowing the last piece of snack, it sighed.
"Well, the more I eat, the hungrier I get! Anyway, for so long I had only the bark and rats that had come out of this cave to satisfy my hunger, and today I finally ate what my mouth could call food. Well, it's not just food, it's superb, and it's not something that can be made in ordinary places. It seems that the little brother is by no means an idle person, where did the little brother come from? ”
"I've been homeless for a long time...... Before, I heard from the people in the Amber Dragon Palace in Dongyao that there was a demon of eagle owls living on the top of this lonely mountain, and his power was very strong, because he was also a bird demon, and his weapons were similar to mine, so he wanted to come to him to learn art! ”
"What do you want to do after you finish your studies? Did he know that although this eagle owl demon was powerful, he had killed the person he had always wanted to protect due to the loss of control of his demonic nature? That's why I hid here, and I didn't want to come into contact with anyone. As the eagle owl said this, its pupils became moist.
"After I finish my studies, I'm going to save a friend of mine, who is very important to me, probably the most important person alive to me. Now her body is occupied by the former Four Divine Judgments, and if she is not rescued within a certain period of time, she will completely lose her body. It's a pity that I can't deal with these four divine judgments with my current strength, so I have to make myself stronger! ”
Lingyu felt that the eagle owl was deeply grieved by the memory, and it seemed to be touched by Lingyu's words, and suddenly bounced up from the stake and said to him, "Come down with me, don't make me wait too long!" ”
After speaking, he swooped down in the direction of the bottom of the cave, and Lingyu also turned into a peacock and flew down with him. At the bottom of the cave there was a set of stone tables and chairs, a simple stove, and even a stone bed. The eagle owl turned into its human posture after landing on the ground, and it was a middle-aged man with short stubble on his chin, and his figure was also very tall, Lingyu visually measured that he was about two meters, and he was wearing a brown and black feather cloak that draped straight to the ground.
The man turned back to Ling Yu and asked, "How is it?" It's shabby, isn't it? ”
"It's fine!" Although Ling Yu answered with his mouth, he couldn't help but guess in his heart why he had to live in such a place.
"Hehe, I know you must be wondering why I live in a place like this." Seeing Ling Yu nodding silently, the man continued, "This can be regarded as a kind of self-punishment, after killing the person who is very important to me, I also thought about killing him. But I knew that death was the easiest thing to do, because when I died, I didn't have to think about the mistakes I had made, and I didn't want to forget, so I had to live alone in this kind of place, and punish myself for it. ”
"How long have you been living here?"
"It's been a thousand years!"
"No wonder everyone only knows that there is an eagle owl demon, but they can't say too much about you."
"Little brother, just call me an owl."
"What the hell is going on?"
"Would you like to hear from me?"
"Hmm!"
Ling Yu could feel that the Eagle Owl Demon, who had been alone here for thousands of years, was very eager to find someone to talk to, and he was also very curious about why such a powerful Eagle Owl Demon wanted to live in such a place, so he thought that he might as well be a listener first, and when he vomited his troubles, he might be in the mood to teach himself the stunt.