After learning all the details about the Ascension Conference, Naruto took Hinata and Karin into an empty room upstairs.
The sight left several male cultivators in the hall green with envy.
Wu Jiuzhi stared at Hinata and Karin's retreating figures, then glanced at Daoist Qingwen, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes.
Daoist Qingwen acted as though he had seen nothing. He waved his fly whisk again and chuckled.
"Our young friend Feng certainly is a man who follows his passions!"
Early the next morning, Naruto got out of bed feeling refreshed and finished washing up.
Then he took the two women out for another leisurely stroll, releasing his Wood Release Clone in a deserted corner.
Still wearing his mask, the Wood Release Clone strode brazenly into the center of the square and set up a stall.
For the moment, however, his stall was empty. The show could only begin once Han Li arrived.
Naruto and the women had not gone far when they saw a huge black shadow sweep across the sky above the valley.
Naruto looked up and saw that the shadow was an enormous two-headed bird the size of a calf.
The bird resembled an eagle, yet was not quite one. Gray feathers covered its body, its outstretched wings spanned several yards, and beneath it hung a pair of talons as sharp as scythes.
Atop its necks were two vicious, bald heads, their four small eyes glowing faintly green.
"It's so ugly!"
"It's huge!"
"Catch it! It would make a perfect mount."
The surrounding cultivators stopped in their tracks and looked up, discussing the creature. A few reckless souls even seemed eager to try their luck.
"Have you lost your minds? That's a Two-Headed Vulture, a spirit bird raised by the Yan family, the foremost cultivation family!