"What did you call me?"
Lin Feng was riding on the back of Fierce Vulture. He looked down at Iron Eagle who was kneeling on the ground. He turned his head three times and couldn't figure it out.
Iron Eagle's knees were pressed against the gravel ground, and his head was so low that it almost touched the back of his hands.
"Alliance Leader."
He said it again.
There was an indescribable tremor in his voice.
It's not fear, it's more like something that has been suppressed for decades has suddenly found its way out.
Zhou Che was standing more than ten meters away, leaning on Heavy Blade, with his mouth open and unable to close.
He has lived for more than fifty years and has seen all kinds of ruthless people and weirdos, but this is the first time he has encountered such a scene when an Beast Taming Alliance Four Great Elders comes to kneel down an eighteen-year-old boy.
"Did you get the wrong person?" Lin Feng rolled off Fierce Vulture's back and patted the dust on his trouser legs.
Iron Eagle raised his head.
His pupils were still trembling slightly, and he stared into Lin Feng's eyes for five seconds.
"Eye of Ten Thousand Beasts, dark gold vertical pattern, Spirit Pact direct control, no contract medium required."
He jumped out one by one.
"It is clearly recorded in the classics that the ultimate inheritance of the ancient Beast Tamer family is Eye of Ten Thousand Beasts. All of our Beast Taming Alliance's secret beast-taming techniques can be traced back to the incomplete branches of Eye of Ten Thousand Beasts."
Iron Eagle's voice is getting faster and faster.
"The first ancestral precept of the Alliance: Anyone who holds Eye of Ten Thousand Beasts is the master of the Alliance, and Four Great Elders obeys orders. This rule has been engraved on Ancestral Stele from the day the alliance was established."
Lin Feng blinked twice.
Has it been there since the beginning of the alliance?
He looked down at his hands.
Eye of Ten Thousand Beasts was found in Ancient Ruins last time.
Is it really such a coincidence?
"I am a member of the military and have nothing to do with you Alliance."
Iron Eagle didn't get up.
"Wherever Alliance Leader is, there is Alliance. You are a member of the military, Alliance can lean towards the military, there is no conflict."
"I don't want the title Alliance Leader."
"You don't want it, the ancestral teachings are still there." Iron Eagle's tone was as stubborn as a stone, "Alliance has been waiting for many years for Eye of Ten Thousand Beasts to reappear. Wherever you go, Four Great Elders will follow you."
Lin Feng lifted his forehead.
"You get up first, your knees don't hurt?"
Iron Eagle is motionless.
Zhou Che pushed Heavy Blade to the ground, crushing two stone slabs with a click.
He strode up to Lin Feng, grabbed his arm, and dragged him more than ten meters away.
"You kid, don't refuse in a hurry." Zhou Che's voice was very low.
"Beast Taming Alliance has remained neutral over the years, and the military has tried to pull it off countless times without any action. They have four Martial Saint-level Exotic Beasts under their control. This kind of combat power ranks among the best in the entire dragon Capital City."
Lin Feng folded his arms and did not answer.
"If you can drag Alliance over as Alliance Leader, let them stand on the same line as the military."
Zhou Che raised a finger and waved it in front of Lin Feng.
"It's equivalent to the military having an extra Martial Saint force out of thin air. It's up to you to calculate the account yourself."
Lin Feng glanced over to Iron Eagle.
The skinny middle-aged man in gray robe was still kneeling there, Silver-Feathered Sky Eagle was lying behind him, blood was still oozing from the wound on his left wing, and his whine echoed in the wasteland.
"He just came to me with a Martial Saint Exotic Beast. I almost thought he was here to kill someone."
"I'm here to recognize my master." Zhou Che rolled his eyes, "It's good for you, you even chopped him Sky Eagle."
"You cut it."
"I'm fucking blocking the knife for you!"
The two looked at each other for two seconds and then looked away.
Lin Feng was silent for a while, then turned and walked back to Iron Eagle.
"Fuck you General Headquarters."
Iron Eagle looked up suddenly.
"But I have two conditions." Lin Feng raised two fingers.
"First, Alliance cannot restrict my freedom of movement in any form. Where I go, what I do, and who I kill, Alliance has no control over it."
Iron Eagle nodded. "It should be."
"Second, after the Alliance forms an alliance with the military, I have the final say on how the interests are divided. It's not you Four Great Elders who discuss it, I make the decision alone."
Iron Eagle hesitated for half a second.
"Over there with the great elder..."
"Do you think the Great Elder agrees?"
Iron Eagle opened his mouth and swallowed the rest of the words.
"My subordinate, Four Great Elders, all agree."
He finally stood up, brushed the gravel off his knees, and waved to Silver-Feathered Sky Eagle behind him.
Sky Eagle struggled to stand up. His left wing was still bleeding, but he could barely close it.
Zhou Che came over.
"I'll give you three days' leave. After you go there, you'll have to figure out Alliance's background. If you can, take it. If you can't, don't force it."
He paused.
"Those old guys probably won't be easy to talk to, so don't be timid after they go there."
Lin Feng turned over and jumped on the back of Fierce Vulture.
"When have you ever seen me faint?"
Zhou Che opened his mouth and thought about it, but he really didn't.
Thunder Abyss Vulture spreads its wings and soars into the sky.
Iron Eagle also rode on Silver-Feathered Sky Eagle, leading the way despite being injured.
One Martial Venerable and one Martial Saint fly side by side, cutting through clouds and fog.
The guards at the outpost below were all stunned.
A lookout soldier held up his binoculars and looked for a long time, then turned back and muttered to the people around him.
"Two big birds flew past the sky just now, and a man was sitting on one of them, holding a shining knife in his hand."
The person next to him snapped his telescope shut.
"You drank too much."
"I'm on fucking duty, why should I drink too much!"