At the sight ahead, Xiao Yan did not linger. Following Yao Lao's directions, he rode the Griffin swiftly over the ridge. Soon, broad roads crisscrossing the mountains came into view.
He could see crowds traveling back and forth along those roads. Even from such a distance, he could faintly hear the clamor rising from the ground.
Xiao Yan's Griffin was not the only flying beast in the skies above the mountains. Shortly after he entered the mountain region, he heard the whistle of air being sliced in the distance around him. Then he saw numerous flying beasts of all strange shapes beating their wings as they sped into the mountains.
The entire mountain range gave Xiao Yan an immediate impression of bustling prosperity unlike anything he had ever seen.
Around Tianya City, flying beasts seemed to be a fairly ordinary means of transportation. Still, most of those he had seen along the way were only common Tier 1 or Tier 2 Magical Beasts.
He had rarely seen any above Tier 3, so his Tier 4 Griffin drew quite a few startled looks from the others in the sky.
I wonder what it would look like if Father's hundred Fifth-Rank Griffins took flight together! Xiao Yan marveled inwardly. He had also heard that his father possessed many Griffins.
When the riders on some of the nearby flying beasts discovered that Xiao Yan was the only person aboard such an enormous mount, a measure of envy crept into their startled gazes.
"It certainly deserves its reputation as the most prosperous city within a thousand miles!"
Xiao Yan paid no mind to those envious looks. With a soft sigh, he lightly stamped his foot. The Griffin let out a piercing eagle's cry, then beat its enormous wings and sped toward the depths of