Then Four-Legged Black Snake raised his head and shouted, "Hundred Wings, my brother and I are going to the tribe. Give us a lift."
Four-Legged Black Snake beckoned to Fang Yun with his right foreclaw, then crouched and sprang up, leaping several hundred zhang into the air.
Fang Yun flew up after him and looked around curiously. There was nothing here, and the Hundred-Winged Tortoise-Dragon's tail was still hundreds of li away.
Suddenly, Fang Yun saw the Hundred-Winged Tortoise-Dragon's tail flick lightly, sweeping across hundreds of li in an instant. With another flick, its tip appeared beneath them and lifted them up, all in less than half a breath.
"Hold steady!" Four-Legged Black Snake shouted. At that moment, he brimmed with confidence, as high-spirited as a captain standing at the bow of his ship.
Once Fang Yun had steadied himself, before he could ask anything, he felt his body shoot upward. His heart nearly leaped out of his chest.
He looked down. In a mere instant, he was already more than a hundred li from where he had started.
Viewed from afar, a man and a beast stood on the Hundred-Winged Tortoise-Dragon's tail. The tail rose high and curved back toward her shell like a scorpion's, flickering continuously as it crossed through space.
Just one breath later, the tail tip arrived above the shell that had originally been a thousand li away. With a gentle shake, it tossed Fang Yun and Four-Legged Black Snake down.
As they fell, Four-Legged Black Snake shouted, "Thanks, Hundred Wings!"
Fang Yun also said politely, "Many thanks, Senior."
The Hundred-Winged Tortoise-Dragon gave no response and continued onward.
But the surrounding scenery suddenly changed. Fang Yun immediately recalled what he had seen from high above and realized that a nearby mountain peak had previously been more