"Hiss~ Why was it flying so fast?" Seeing that the black shadow had already far surpassed his own speed, Xiao Hua narrowed his eyes, shock surging through his heart.
When the black shadow landed beneath the ancestral shrine's steps, Xiao Hua finally saw it clearly. It was a bird beast with four fleshy wings growing from its back. Not only did it have four wings, but three claws grew from beneath its belly and chest as well. Atop its proudly raised bird head stood a fleshy crest resembling a phoenix crown!
"Damn it, I'm late again!" Before the bizarre bird beast had even steadied itself, an old man no sturdier than a bamboo pole leaped off its back. His body swayed slightly, and he flashed through the gale to land beside the Witch Elder of Houtu Village.
"You are the Witch Elder of Dijiang Village. Speed is naturally your strong suit! Even if you are late, you ought to fly a little faster, no?" the unusually towering old man mocked. "That is why... you are late every single time!"
"Minghua! I had business to attend to this time!" the Witch Elder of Dijiang Village argued. "With Million Meng Mountain in such peril today, of course I had to rack my brains and exhaust my efforts to find a solution!"
"Minghua?" Although these Witch Elders spoke in the language of Meng Mountain, which Xiao Hua could not understand, the word "Minghua" spoken by that Witch Elder sounded extraordinarily similar to the name Qie Qi he had heard before. Xiao Hua's heart jolted!
"Could this old man be the... Minghua that the Empress of the Myriad Monster Realm was searching for?" Xiao Hua looked at the abnormally tall Witch Elder on the distant steps, then at his head of snowy white hair.