"Hoo!"
Xie Hongdao let out the breath he had been holding all at once. This escape from death—something he had not even dared to imagine—truly made him feel as though he had survived a calamity and lived on as Yu!
He immediately looked up, seeing the fog disperse. A giant eagle was a mere few meters above his head, gliding past at a low altitude.
Furthermore, this giant eagle was not riderless; someone was actually standing atop it.
Sleeves fluttering in the wind, raven hair and snow-white skin, she was a beautiful young maiden. There was a spiritual and ethereal quality to her, making her look less like a mortal being and more like a celestial fairy descending to the mortal dust!
Her form is as startled as a wild goose, as graceful as a startled dragon. Radiant like autumn chrysanthemums, flourishing like spring pines. Seemingly like light clouds veiling the moon, fluttering like swirling wind driving returning snow.
Xie Hongdao was stunned at just a single glance, his heart pounding heavily. Yet right as he stood there in a daze, the maiden's gaze locked onto a certain spot, as though she were issuing a command to the giant eagle. Hearing another sharp cry, the giant eagle instantly sped off in a certain direction.
Xie Hongdao had no intention of chasing after them to take a look. He still had a clear grasp of his own abilities; with his current strength, even if he gave chase, he would merely be holding her back.
That level of "person" or "monster" was not something he could handle.
Just who is this woman?
This sense of breathtaking beauty, perhaps deepened by the instant of salvation, engraved itself into his heart. Though Xie Hongdao obediently stayed put in his tracks, he could not forget