Chapter 1438: Great Wind

The group was startled, then realized the description truly resembled the foxes nearby. Could it be that the legendary Da Feng was actually a fox from Qingqiu?

Zu'an was also somewhat bewildered. If that were true, what about the depiction of Da Feng in the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra?

Just then, the foxes that had been observing them seemed startled and suddenly began scattering in all directions.

The group felt the sky darken. Yu Yanluo instinctively remarked, "Is it going to rain? Why are there so many dark clouds?"

Zu'an, however, felt a sudden surge of alarm. "Watch out!" he warned.

As he spoke, he moved directly to the three women, embracing their waists and pulling them aside to dodge.

Yu Yanluo, as his lover, naturally didn't mind. Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen likewise showed no shyness or displeasure; having spent so much time together, they had already formed a tacit understanding and knew he wouldn't act inappropriately. They all focused their attention, preparing for the unknown danger.

As expected, a dark shadow swept past the spot where the group had just been.

Its speed was so great that if one wasn't intently staring, it would be impossible to even detect its presence.

Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen were inexplicably horrified. What kind of being was this, with such incredible speed?

If Zu'an hadn't warned them, they would likely have suffered a major loss from this creature's sneak attack.

It was strange, too, that Zu'an's cultivation was clearly not as high as theirs, and his spiritual power couldn't compare. Yet, his perception of danger was more acute.

Zu'an secretly thanked the Record of Books and fixed his gaze forward.

They had dodged, but the foxes had not been so lucky.

By now, they had literally "gone to heaven."

Their spines had been pierced by sharp claws, and their bodies dangled limply, clearly without a trace of life.

The owner of the sharp claws was, surprisingly, a strange bird with white feathers all over its body, a reddish tail, and a very bizarre head that seemed to be smiling at them.

"Da Feng!"

The group immediately recognized it; it was exactly as described in legends.

Zu'an secretly grumbled, "Did this fellow eat too many foxes? It even started to look somewhat like one."

The strange bird opened its large mouth, and a gust of fierce wind swept past. All the foxes still trying to escape, including those it held in its talons, were sucked into its mouth, and a hint of satisfaction appeared on its face.

"If Tu Shan Yu were here, she'd probably faint from anger," Yun Jianyue remarked.

"In ancient times, was this Da Feng the mortal enemy of the Qingqiu fox tribe?" Yan Xuehen pondered a different question.

Yu Yanluo frowned as she looked at the strange bird; as serpent-kind and aerial raptors were natural enemies, she naturally disliked it.

Just then, the strange bird Da Feng suddenly turned its head and stared intently at Zu'an and the others.

"Oh no, it's preparing to attack," Zu'an exclaimed, his heart skipping a beat as he noticed its expression.

No sooner had he spoken than Da Feng vanished.

Having learned from their previous encounter, Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen had already been secretly on guard. Upon seeing this, they promptly activated their respective domains.

It was then that they finally saw Da Feng. It hadn't truly disappeared; its speed was simply too fast for human eyes to react in time.

However, influenced by the domains of the two Grandmasters, its speed finally slowed slightly, and its form was quickly discovered.

At that moment, the Flying Snow Sword and the Star-Moon Wheel also moved. Yan and Yun were not the type to passively endure attacks.

Although they often bickered, they were seamlessly in sync once they cooperated.

Almost instantly, they sealed off all of Da Feng's escape routes.

Just as it seemed about to meet its demise, it suddenly vanished again.

Zu'an understood this perfectly, as he often used such teleportation techniques himself.

As expected, the next second they noticed Da Feng had flown into the sky.

Seeming to sense that these humans were not to be trifled with, it did not recklessly attack again. Instead, its entire body rapidly expanded, soon covering the sky and sun, with a single wing resembling a vast cloud.

At the same time, the pressure emanating from its body became increasingly terrifying.

Yun Jianyue frowned. This creature had actually hidden its strength; it would be difficult to deal with now.

Just then, Da Feng suddenly flapped its wings, and a terrifying, visible hurricane swept toward the group.

Within the eye of the storm, countless trees and rocks were instantly pulverized. One could imagine that if a person entered it, they would likely suffer a fate akin to being shredded into a thousand pieces.

The group instinctively tried to move away, but immediately felt a powerful suction pulling them towards the eye of the storm.

There was no need to worry about Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen's cultivation; they naturally had ways to protect themselves.

Zu'an hurried to Yu Yanluo's side, embraced her waist, and used the Da Feng technique to move them a hundred zhang away, temporarily evading the terrifying hurricane.

"Eh?" Just then, the giant strange bird in the sky suddenly spoke in human language. Immediately after, it flapped its wings, and the terrifying hurricane from before suddenly vanished. Only the devastation all around them testified to what had just occurred.

"Why do you possess the legacy of our clan?" Da Feng asked, lowering its head to look at Zu'an. Its originally ferocious gaze had softened considerably.

The group wasn't surprised by its ability to speak human language; fierce beasts of its rank naturally developed intelligence no less than that of humans.

Seeing that it had given up attacking, Yan Xuehen and Yun Jianyue also temporarily ceased their actions, waiting for the situation to unfold.

"By a stroke of luck, I obtained the legacy of Da Feng..." Zu'an explained, while summoning forth the Da Feng image, unsure if the other party could see the pattern.

As a result, Da Feng in the sky trembled all over and exclaimed in disbelief, "It's the aura of the ancestor!"

"Ancestor?" Zu'an wondered if his Da Feng mark truly originated from its ancestor.

At this moment, Da Feng flapped its wings, its entire body rapidly shrinking back to the size of a golden eagle from its previous life. It descended from the sky and said, "Since you possess the ancestor's legacy, we are not enemies, and there's no need to fight further."

Yan Xuehen breathed a sigh of relief; it was better to resolve it this way, as the strange bird before them was indeed powerful.

Yun Jianyue, however, felt somewhat unfulfilled; she had originally intended to have a good fight.

Yu Yanluo looked at Zu'an with a strange expression, thinking that he actually possessed the legacy of the serpent tribe's natural enemy. No wonder she was completely subdued by him in daily life.

"Thank you, esteemed one!" Zu'an said, thinking it was always best to resolve matters peacefully. The previous encounter with the Xiu Snake had already proven that a direct pass was the simplest way to proceed.

"What are you going to do?" Da Feng asked, "Ahead is the territory of the Golden Crows. They aren't as easy to talk to as I am." As it spoke, it deliberately glanced at the women beside Zu'an, thinking that the long-haired one and the two cold women were quite powerful; he himself had almost been defeated unexpectedly.

"We are undergoing a trial..." Zu'an explained subtly, naturally unable to say he was there to slay all the fierce beasts causing trouble in the human world.

"So that's how it is," Da Feng suddenly said. "However, you probably won't be able to pass through Tanggu, where the Golden Crows reside."