Chapter 4

Chu Chen stood at the entrance of the classroom, took a deep breath, and firmly gripped the letter containing secrets that his mother had given him.

In the midst of cherry blossoms dancing in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of promise written there.

Chu Chen, in a state of wild excitement, let out a long, exultant cry to the sky. His young, shrill eagle cry soared into the heavens, lingering for a long time. This discovery was so thrilling that he couldn't help but flap his small wings, dancing and shouting loudly. However, in the next moment, Chu Chen, in the midst of extreme excitement, felt his feet trip, and he stumbled, losing his balance and falling with a loud thud.

It turned out that, being at the edge of the eagle's nest, he had become so excited that he didn't notice and fell off the nest. A strong sense of weightlessness suddenly overwhelmed him, making the world spin.

Oh no! A newly hatched eagle, if it falls on the rocks, will surely be smashed into a pulp! This is truly a case of joy turning to sorrow! Could it be that I am forever cut off from that treasure mountain?

Just as this thought flashed through Chu Chen's mind, he felt a sharp pain in his small head as he hit a green stone. This fall left him dazed and disoriented, with a throbbing headache.

The immense impact even sent his body flying off the green stone, rolling down the steep tomb wall in mid-air.

Woo... Woo...

His head was spinning. To Chu Chen's surprise, after falling from a height of several dozen feet, he only felt some pain but was not smashed into a pulp as he had imagined! As he staggered to his feet and flapped his wings a few times, he found that his body was unharmed.

What kind of eagle is this? Just born and it can fall from the sky like a meteor without any harm. If it grows up, wouldn't it really become as tough as copper and iron?

After a false alarm, Chu Chen felt a slight relief. However, just after landing, he instinctively sensed a great danger, a chill that made all the fine hairs on his body stand up!

Danger! Extreme danger!

A cold, unmasked aura filled with intense killing intent enveloped him, making his body stiffen for a moment.

Slowly turning his head, Chu Chen's pupils constricted sharply.

In front of him, a pitch-black snake with blood-red eyes and a triangular head was staring at him coldly. There was a crescent-shaped silver pattern on its forehead.

Zzz...

The black snake's blood-red eyes radiated naked killing intent.

It stared at Chu Chen for a moment, then its head swayed slightly, and it lunged forward like a black sword, creating a fierce, pungent wind in the air. The intense feeling of death was so strong that Chu Chen almost suffocated!

Oh no!

Chu Chen was utterly terrified. He was just a newly hatched chick, barely able to stand, and faced with such a black snake, he had no way to defend himself and could only wait to die, with no ability to resist.

The only thing Chu Chen could do was to suddenly emit a sharp, piercing light from his young, innocent eyes!

I can't fight you, but my eyes won't lose to you. I'm not afraid of you!

The silver moon black snake's eyes also glowed with cold and ferocious light. It raised its head high, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Chu Chen.

Swoosh!

A sharp, bright sword light flashed, and a black snake head, spewing large amounts of blood, spun and fell to the ground with a thud.

In the next moment, a slender, long, and tender white hand grabbed Chu Chen.

As the world spun, when Chu Chen came to his senses, he saw a beautiful, exquisite face right in front of him, less than three inches away. This was too close, was she going to kiss him?

A pair of eyes, cold yet admiring, looked at Chu Chen.

"You're quite brave, little one."

This black-clad girl was perfect like a fairy, but her cold expression was like that of a demon from hell.

"Is she going to take me as a pet?"

This was the only thought in Chu Chen's mind.

The girl's expression was cold, and her black robe fluttered in the wind. She looked like a death goddess ready to destroy and harvest life, but her hands were carefully holding Chu Chen.

She was observing Chu Chen, and Chu Chen was also "boldly" letting his eyes wander over her body.

She was cold, but her chest... was so big!

Chu Chen's face turned red, but he quickly realized he was just a chick, and no one could see his blushing. So he continued to "calmly" admire the beauty, noting her long legs. Unfortunately, he couldn't see her buttocks, but they must be very elastic.

Wait? I'm not usually like this. Why, after turning into a bird, do I become so bold in "peeping" at a beauty? Could it be that by becoming an animal, my thoughts have also become animalistic?

Finding a reason, Chu Chen felt at ease again. Since he was now a bird, these were the perks of being a bird.

Chu Chen suddenly noticed a skull-shaped hair clip on the left side of the girl's head. The small skull's eyes were adorned with two shiny green gems, emitting a faint, ominous aura.

Chu Chen's heart sank slightly.

In the world of cultivators, no orthodox female disciples would use skull-shaped hair accessories that naturally carried ominous energy. Cultivators valued lightness and transcendence.

Therefore, many female disciples preferred hair accessories shaped like auspicious creatures such as qilins, phoenixes, green cranes, and fire crows.

Only the female disciples of the legendary evil and demonic sects, who enjoyed killing, bloodshed, and death, would use such skull-shaped accessories to aid their cultivation of evil and demonic arts.

This girl... is she an evil and demonic woman?

But what if she is? She is, after all, his savior, and he owes her a life.

The black-clad girl was unaware of Chu Chen's thoughts.

She touched Chu Chen, and her ice-cold eyes revealed a hint of surprise. This newly hatched chick had very unique bones. Beneath its young appearance, there was a hidden trait of being impervious to weapons.

This little thing, when grown, might achieve great things.

This unusual chick, just born, had even startled the ferocious "Silver Moon Black Snake." In half a month, that "Silver Moon Black Snake" would probably be no match for it.

Such a small eagle, its nest must be nearby.

Thinking this, the girl lifted her head and quickly scanned the surroundings. She soon locked onto the tomb where Chu Chen had fallen.

Her cold eyes brightened, and she instantly took off, flying swiftly towards it.

Soaring through the air, riding the wind!

Chu Chen was stunned. The girl carried him as if they were flying through the clouds. Suddenly, a strong wind pressure hit them. Chu Chen felt his body tighten, and a suffocating wind pressure almost blew him away.

But in the next moment, a slender, tender white hand blocked the intense wind pressure in front of him.

Chu Chen couldn't see the girl's cultivation level, but she was clearly a super-strong cultivator above the "Spirit Water Realm."

"I'm saved."

When the black-clad demonic girl gently placed Chu Chen back in the eagle's nest, she saw the little chick's eyes slightly closed, with a relaxed expression.

This cute posture made the demonic girl's cold eyes reveal a rare hint of gentleness.

"Little one, remember, the only one who can save you is yourself."

A hint of melancholy flashed in the demonic girl's clear eyes, but it quickly disappeared. She sighed lightly and looked towards the distant Black Mist Valley, her long eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"The aura of my master ends here. Did he... really enter the 'Black Mist Valley'?"

The Black Mist Valley, with its deadly mist, is notorious. No one has ever broken its curse of certain death. Clearly, this cold, evil girl was also wary of the Black Mist Valley's reputation.

"The elder of the Green Cloud Sect, whom I captured and threw in, withered all over after entering the valley entrance by three feet. Is there really no way to resist this demonic mist?"

She murmured softly, her eyes filled with increasing confusion.

"Perhaps the spiritual herbs growing in the Black Mist Valley can resist it, but if one can't even enter the valley, how can one gather the herbs?"

"Whatever it takes, I must find my master." The black-clad girl's gaze suddenly turned to Chu Chen, "Little one, you must survive on your own."

Under the black-clad girl's gaze, Chu Chen couldn't help but nod slightly. She stroked his head and then, in a flash, shot into the sky, disappearing into the void as a streak of black light.

Sigh...

He couldn't help but worry about the safety of this demonic girl. She wasn't like him; if she couldn't control herself and rashly entered the Black Mist Valley, it would be a dead end.

Don't be impulsive, impulsiveness is the devil!

But if he hadn't been impulsive and come here to gather herbs, this situation wouldn't have happened.

Speaking of gathering herbs, Chu Chen suddenly remembered that the green spiritual herbs under his nest were gone!

He didn't know who had taken them, and his supply of herbs was now completely depleted?

But he remembered what the black-clad girl had said about the spiritual herbs in the Black Mist Valley. He was currently immobile, but in a couple of days, he might be able to explore the Black Mist Valley. He didn't expect to get the ring of the founding ancestor, but getting some spiritual herbs to complete his task was urgent.

Suddenly, a loud "gurgle" sound reached his ears, and Chu Chen was taken aback, unable to help but smile bitterly.

He was hungry. Since hatching from the egg, he hadn't eaten anything. After all the commotion, a strong sense of hunger surged in his stomach, filling his mind.

Oh no! I can't even stand, where can I find food?

Chu Chen's heart sank. He hadn't seen any adult eagles fly by since hatching, so he couldn't rely on his parents for food. How could he solve the food problem?

When Chu Chen's gaze occasionally swept over the broken eggshells scattered throughout the nest, his eyes suddenly brightened. The grayish-white eggshells, which looked like ordinary bird eggs, were covered with mysterious dark golden patterns, and the edges glowed with a faint golden light. At this moment, they emitted a sweet, tempting aroma.

Can I eat this?

The intense hunger made his brain slightly dizzy, and Chu Chen couldn't care less. He stumbled to the nearest piece of eggshell, about the size of a bean, and pecked it with his tender yellow beak, precisely picking it up.

Strangely, the hard, metal-like eggshell fragment, once in his mouth, turned into a warm, warm flow that poured into his stomach, as if it were specially prepared for him. The hunger was greatly relieved. Just a small piece of eggshell, the size of a bean, made him feel about 70-80% full.

And these eggshell fragments, of various sizes, were scattered throughout most of the nest...

It seems I won't have to worry about food for a while.

Chu Chen let out a long sigh of relief. After all the commotion, he was already exhausted. Now that he was full, a deep sense of fatigue overwhelmed him, and he couldn't help but lie down, using his small wings to cover his head, and fell into a deep sleep.

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