Flying into the Sky with a Beauty, Camp in Uproar!

"With Mu Li's scheming, there must be Wolf Head Mercenary Group mercenaries guarding the top of the cliff," Xiao Yi Xian warned with a grave expression.

"We can't climb up with a rope. Otherwise, all they have to do is cut it, and we'll be buried at the bottom of the cliff—certain death!"

"Then what should we do? We can't just stay in this cave forever, can we?" Xiao Lei shrugged helplessly.

In fact, Xiao Lei had already noticed that quite a few figures were patrolling above the cliff with torches in hand.

Xiao Yi Xian bit her red lips. After a long pause, she said, "I can get you out of here."

"Oh? What good idea do you have?" Xiao Lei raised an eyebrow.

"I have a Blue Eagle companion," Xiao Yi Xian said.

Xiao Lei looked surprised. "A first-tier flying magical beast, a Blue Eagle?"

"Mhm." Xiao Yi Xian nodded lightly, then took a short bamboo flute from her robes, placed it to her lips, and began to play softly.

At once, a somewhat strange sound wave rapidly traveled from the flute, circling through the night sky outside the cave.

"Screee!"

Not long after the strange sound wave spread out, a sharp cry resounded through the night sky.

By the light of the moon, Xiao Lei could see a massive eagle, azure all over, swiftly sweeping out from the depths of the mountains. In only a few moments, it began circling before the cliff outside the cave entrance.

"Let's go." Seeing the Blue Eagle arrive, Xiao Yi Xian immediately sighed in relief. She put away the flute and spoke to Xiao Lei.

Xiao Lei smiled. "Then I'll be entrusting my life to you from here on out."

"I'm not someone who repays kindness with enmity. You helped me just now, so I won't harm you." Xiao Yi Xian shot Xiao Lei a glare.

"Of course I trust you." Xiao Lei smiled faintly, wrapped an arm around Xiao Yi Xian's slender waist, and leaped onto the back of the enormous Blue Eagle.

"Xiao Lan, go!"

After sitting steadily on the Blue Eagle's back, Xiao Yi Xian patted its neck and spoke softly.

Hearing Xiao Yi Xian's voice, the Blue Eagle immediately spread its wings. A powerful gale swept outward as it carried the two people on its back into the sky.

The mercenaries above the cliff soon spotted Xiao Lei and Xiao Yi Xian on the Blue Eagle's back.

"Shoot it down!"

Suddenly, the leading mercenary let out a harsh shout.

At once, the dozen or so mercenaries atop the cliff drew their bows and nocked their arrows in unison.

A rain of arrows tore through the air, shooting toward the Blue Eagle in the sky!

Watching the incoming arrow rain, Xiao Lei frowned slightly and was about to knock it away.

"Screee!"

Just then, the Blue Eagle beneath them suddenly released a piercing cry. At the same time, it fiercely beat its wings, sending forth a pale green gale that immediately swept the wave of arrows into the cliff.

The Blue Eagle was extremely fast, and before long, it had flown beyond the mercenaries' range.

Xiao Yi Xian gently stroked the Blue Eagle's back, then turned to Xiao Lei with a smile. "We're safe now."

"Your Blue Eagle is quite impressive," Xiao Lei praised with a smile, casually running a hand over the feathers on its back.

At the same time, the sound of the system reward arrived in Xiao Lei's mind as expected.

Ding! You touched the Blue Eagle and obtained one Red Ginseng!

A Grade-One spiritual medicine, Red Ginseng? Better than nothing.

Xiao Lei's heart stirred slightly, but nothing showed on his face.

"If it were on land, it wouldn't be your match." Xiao Yi Xian shook her head slightly. Thinking of Xiao Lei's feat just now, she was still rather shaken.

Xiao Lei smiled and did not continue the topic. Looking at the forest rapidly receding below them, he turned his head toward Xiao Yi Xian. "Where are you planning to go?"

Slender jade fingers brushed through the dark hair that had been blown messy by the fierce wind. Xiao Yi Xian smiled faintly. "I'm returning to the herb-gathering party. What about you?"

"Since you're returning to the herb-gathering party, I'll go back with you," Xiao Lei said after pondering for a moment.

"You went treasure hunting with me, and Mu Li led people to follow us. Now that I've killed him, if I don't return, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group probably won't let you off easily."

Hearing Xiao Lei's words, Xiao Yi Xian felt a faint warmth in her heart. She smiled. "Besides the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, there are other mercenaries in the herb-gathering party. They probably won't dare make a move."

"Once we return to Green Mountain Town, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group will be even less likely to do anything to me. The Ten Thousand Medicines Hall is no weaker than the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and the leaders of the other two major mercenary groups have both owed me favors."

After a pause, Xiao Yi Xian added somewhat worriedly, "But as for you, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group will probably retaliate madly. If you aren't confident, why not lie low for a while first?"

"Do you know the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's strength?" Xiao Lei asked.

"Mhm. The Wolf Head Mercenary Group has been established in Green Mountain Town for over ten years. They have roughly seventy to eighty core members, and most of them are between 2-Star and 5-Star Dou Zhe."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded. "Besides that, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group has three leaders. The third leader, He Meng, is an 8-Star Dou Zhe; the second leader, Gan Mu, is a 9-Star Dou Zhe; and their chief, Mu She, is a 2-Star Dou Shi."

"The strongest is only a 2-Star Dou Shi? Then there's no problem." Xiao Lei rubbed his chin and spoke calmly.

"If they dare make a move, I won't mind wiping out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group outright."

"If you're confident, then let's return directly to the herb-gathering party." A flash of surprise passed through Xiao Yi Xian's eyes when she heard Xiao Lei say that.

"Mhm." Xiao Lei nodded slightly, naturally having no objection.

Xiao Yi Xian said nothing more. Turning her head, she directed Blue Eagle back toward the herb-gathering team's camp.

Under the night sky, the enormous Blue Eagle slowly circled downward before finally landing in an open area not far from the camp.

"Go on." After the two jumped down from Blue Eagle's back, Xiao Yi Xian stroked its neck and said.

Blue Eagle rubbed against Xiao Yi Xian with its wing, then beat its wings and flew back into the sky.

"Let's go back." Watching Blue Eagle soar into the night, Xiao Yi Xian slightly raised her snow-white chin.

Xiao Lei nodded slightly and, together with Xiao Yi Xian, quickly returned to their respective tents under cover of night.

After returning to his tent, Xiao Lei did not sleep, nor did he hurry to take the Qi Enhancing Pill. He merely entered a shallow state of cultivation.

After all, he did not know whether those people from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would make a move against him.

An hour later, Xiao Lei suddenly heard a commotion rise from the camp. He ended his cultivation and walked out of his tent.

He saw that the group of Wolf Head Mercenary Group members who had been at the cliff's edge not long ago were carrying Mu Li and the others' corpses back to camp, their expressions ugly.

The mercenaries in the camp erupted into an uproar at the sight.

"What... happened?"

"How could Young Master Mu Li be dead? We didn't hear any sounds of fighting at all!"

"I saw Young Master Mu Li lead a group of mercenaries out of camp earlier. I don't know what they went to do, but who would've thought..."

"..."

Looking at the corpses of Mu Li and more than a dozen Wolf Head Mercenary Group mercenaries, everyone's expressions shifted. While secretly taking pleasure in their misfortune, they also became vigilant.

For a time, the atmosphere in the camp grew somewhat tense.

Xiao Yi Xian also emerged from her tent. She silently exchanged a glance with Xiao Lei, then feigned ignorance. "What happened? How did Young Master Mu Li and these mercenaries die?"

The other mercenaries in the camp also looked toward the remaining Wolf Head Mercenary Group members, wanting to know how Mu Li and the others had died.

More importantly, they needed to know whether a powerful enemy was lurking in the shadows.