The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 2116 The Hunting Time Arrives
Pang Shiwu and his three companions soon arrived in the suburbs. He asked, "Why is it called Eagle House?"

Han Yuan said, "There are three origins to the name. The first is 'morphological resemblance to an eagle,' which refers to the fact that the tortured person was stretched like an eagle with outstretched wings! This is the most obvious reason!"

Pang Shiwu cursed, "You beast!"

"The second is the 'purpose of the ritual implement': a bone flute made from the bones of the condemned to summon a flock of eagles! It is said that the bone flute, made from the third to fifth ribs of a young boy, produces a sound that shatters the heavens when played! Golden eagles will swoop down from the sky and peck out the eyes of their enemies upon hearing the flute!"

Pang Shiwu's face was gloomy and he didn't speak, while Chang Zijin said, "How amazing! And how cruel!" She had recently become accustomed to the various bloody and cruel events in Tibet and no longer felt the same excitement and indignation as before.

Han Yuan continued, "The third is 'witchcraft symbolism,' which involves certain supernatural beliefs, saying that the soul of the condemned can transform into a war eagle to protect its master. It is said that there is a special ritual for this; the fragment of the *Peng Niao Duan Hou Jing* records, 'Using the bones and sinews of the enemy as feathers, transforming compassion into sharp claws, the soul returns to the belly of the Qiong Niao (the ancestral eagle).'"

Pang Shiwu asked, "Approximately how many demons are in the Eagle House?"

Han Yuan said, "I don't know about that! But I guess there won't be too many! Because the common people keep their distance from this place, and no one dares to come close, so they don't need to send anyone to guard it. I estimate there are only twenty or thirty people."

Pang Shiwu snorted coldly and said, "Respect them from a distance? It's more like fear them from a distance! Anyone who knows their cruel methods will only feel fear!"

Han Yuan immediately replied with a forced smile, "Yes! There is only fear, not respect."

Seeing that he was obviously a little nervous, Pang Shiwu immediately said, "Don't be shy, I wasn't talking about you."

Han Yuan laughed, "I know, I know." But in his heart he thought: That scared me to death! I thought I had offended him with something! This kid has a really bad temper, he gets angry at the drop of a hat!
A vulture swept across the sky, its gaze piercing through the leaden clouds to the canyon floor, its claw marks resembling those of a giant eagle. It swooped down, skimming the canyon floor. Below lay a frozen riverbed, its banks littered with countless skeletons—human and animal. On either side were sheer, bare cliffs, almost as tall as its own head.

The vulture continued its flight, its gaze fixed on a rock formation on the distant cliff face—its favorite spot. Countless bronze racks, like a honeycomb, stood there!
Four humans were standing atop the cliff in that place.

One of the men in black actually glanced at it.

It immediately sensed the intense killing intent, which frightened it so much that it immediately turned in the air and moved far away from the boy!

Pang Shiwu said, "It seems that corpses are often thrown out here, otherwise these vultures wouldn't be flying this way!"

Chang Zijin said, "Yes, this place is sparsely populated, with no water or grass. Vultures shouldn't be here. But they linger here, which means there must be something they like down there!"

Vultures' fondness for carrion indicates something is amiss below.

Bigwolf said, "I can smell blood too, and it's coming from down below."

Han Yuan said, "The Eagle House is on the cliff below."

Chang Zijin looked down, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "There are no ropes here, how do we get up and down?"

Han Yuan walked over and walked back and forth along the edge of the cliff several times, occasionally rubbing his feet on the ground as if trying to dig something out of the soil.

Bigwolf asked, "Are you looking for a rope?"

Han Yuan said, "That's right! There must be hidden ropes buried in the ground here. They used these ropes to climb up and down."

Bigwolf said, "Watch me!"

He walked from one side to the other, taking a normal step with his left foot while his right foot dug several inches into the ground. He took a step forward with his left foot and a step forward with his right foot, and in this way, a deep ditch quickly appeared!
Suddenly, Bigwolf tripped over a thick iron chain, as thick as a thumb, and pulled it out!

"here!"

Hanyuan was overjoyed!

Pang Shiwu said, "I'll go first!"

Bigwolf said, "I'll go down first, just in case there are crossbows or hidden weapons that won't work on me."

Pang Shiwu said, "It won't work on me either."

Bigwolf had already slid down the iron chain: "Stop arguing, it's just a matter of one after the other."

Pang Shiwu said helplessly, "Fine, I can't beat you." He looked at Chang Zijin and said, "Sister Zijin, you follow behind Brother Wolf, I'll cover the rear."

Chang Zijin said, "Okay!" She grabbed the iron chain and slid down.

Then Han Yuan slid down, with Pang Shiwu being the last. As they slid down, they glanced around; within a hundred feet, not a blade of grass grew, and there was no living creature.

Big Wolf put on the Red Devil Gauntlets before he even reached the cave entrance!

He knew the cave entrance must be very narrow, usually only allowing one person to pass at a time. If he transformed, he would definitely be restricted. In order to kill in one blow, he simply put on the Red Demon Gauntlets!
Two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) inward from the cave entrance are two symmetrical doorways on the left and right, made of countless white bones!
Each of the bone doors was embedded with a skull! Deep-set eye sockets, staring blankly ahead! When Bigwolf looked into the skull's eye sockets, he noticed a faint green light flickering within them!

Bigwolf felt his mind go completely haywire, and all he could see was a vast sea of ​​clouds! He immediately realized something was wrong and pinched his left leg hard. The intense pain instantly brought him back to his senses!

Damn it! These two skulls are strange! He suddenly swung his right hand, and the two bone doors instantly turned into dust with a loud bang!
Chang Zijin appeared at that moment and found two skulls rolling on the ground, one of which had its eye sockets staring right at her!
Upon seeing this, Bigwolf immediately stomped twice, and with two loud thuds, the two skulls were crushed to pieces!
"This skull is really eerie; looking at it can cause hallucinations!"

Chang Zijing's eyes flashed. "Luckily, Brother Wolf discovered it early, otherwise I would have had a hard time controlling myself!" She was telling the truth! What she envied most was that Feng Jiuxiao could use the Isolation of the Small World! And Feng Jiuxiao had reminded her that the Isolation of the Small World was not difficult, but the difficulty lay in having strong mental strength, that is, having a concentration far superior to that of ordinary people!
Without strong focus, one cannot unleash the Isolation World! If one forces it, one will suffer a backlash and be pulled into the opponent's Isolation World!
Chang Zijing's biggest concern was her lack of mental strength! She had even asked Feng Jiuxiao if she couldn't have broken through to the peak of the ninth realm if she wasn't focused enough! Being able to break through to the peak of the ninth realm at least meant that she was more focused and had stronger mental strength than most people!
But Feng Jiuxiao's reply was like a bucket of cold water, "What you think is just what you think! You think you're stronger than most people because you've broken through to the peak of the Ninth Realm! But that's two different things! In fact, there are far more people who have broken through to the peak of the Ninth Realm than those who can use the Isolation of the Small World! Why? The peak of the Ninth Realm is more focused on martial arts improvement, a continuous breakthrough of physical limits! While the Isolation of the Small World also requires a certain foundation of internal energy, the combat power of the Eighth Realm or even the Seventh Realm is enough to use it! It is said that the Demon Lord once used the 'Sun and Moon in a Pot' with the combat power of the Seventh Realm to annihilate all nine Eighth Realm masters from the Central Plains martial arts world who were besieging him! So improving martial power is easy, but improving mental strength is difficult!"

Chang Zijin then asked, "Is there any way to improve?"

Feng Jiuxiao's reply was another bucket of cold water: "I haven't found an effective way to improve a person's mental strength through acquired means. There are some methods, but they haven't been verified, so I dare not speak rashly."

Chang Zijin then asked, "How do you possess such powerful mental strength?"

Feng Jiuxiao poured cold water on the situation a third time: "I was born that way!"

Unconsciously, Chang Zijing suddenly thought of the scene where she exchanged spiritual power with Feng Jiuxiao!
Seeing that Chang Zijing seemed a little lost in thought, Bigwolf reminded her, "There are hidden dangers everywhere here, so it's best to be careful!"

Chang Ziyu said, "I understand!"

Han Yuan descended the iron chain and entered the cave. Seeing the broken bones scattered on the ground and the fragments of white bones on the door frame, he immediately understood the situation. "Mr. Wolf, would you like a torch?" The cave was dimly lit, and Han Yuan had already taken out a tinderbox. Big Wolf said, "I don't need one. You can use it if you want." He had night vision and didn't need a torch.

At this moment, Pang Shiwu also entered, only to see Bigwof disappear into the darkness first.

He looked at the broken bones on the ground. "This door is made of bones?"

Chang Zijin replied, "Yes!"

Pang Shiwu cursed, "Let's go! Let's meet those beasts!"

The three of them took two steps inside and were immediately hit by a strong smell of blood and decay!

"Holy crap, what's that smell?" Pang Shiwu frowned, covering his nose.

Chang Zijin had already taken out the white gauze to cover her face. Although it couldn't completely block out the stench of blood, it was at least not as irritating as it had been at the beginning!

Han Yuan covered his nose with his sleeve, thinking to himself: I'll be suffocated by the stench before I even see those demons!

There were no bones underfoot as expected, just damp mud. The further we went, the wider the cave became, and gradually light appeared.

After walking several dozen feet further in, the view suddenly opened up before Bigov at the very front!
A huge cave appeared before our eyes!
A large pot sits in the center, with a roaring fire underneath! The broth inside is boiling, steaming, and it seems to be cooking some kind of meat!

Thinking of the evil of the demons, Chang Zijin instinctively thought that it was probably filled with human flesh, and immediately felt her stomach churning and she was about to vomit!
Bigwolf discovered that there were still many openings around him, but he didn't know where they led.

"Who goes there?" A loud shout suddenly came from the corner! Two Bon disciples wearing bone crowns, blood braids, and eagle-wing cloaks suddenly emerged from the shadows!

Han Yuan asked, "Who is he asking about?"

The flickering candlelight on the wall illuminated the blood-stained swastikas between the two men's brows, making their faces appear ferocious and evil!
Bigwolf slowly walked out. "Me!"

Han Yuan said in Tibetan, "Me!"

The Bon disciple asked in Tibetan, "Who are you?"

Han Yuan said, "He asked who you are!"

Bigwolf said, "I am who I am!"

Han Yuan translated, "I am who I am!" He adhered to the principle of "no deviation, no alteration"! His master reminded him that he was just a tool, and his main responsibility was to translate, to convey Young Master Pang's meaning accurately and without omission, without adding or subtracting a single word, and never to arbitrarily change other people's meaning!
The two Bon followers were furious and shouted at the same time, "Help! Someone is causing trouble!"

Han Yuan mimicked their tone, saying, "Help! Someone's causing trouble!"

When Chang Zijin saw that he was imitating it in a somewhat exaggerated way, since he was already bald and his neck was stretched out so long that he looked like a tortoise when he was walking, she couldn't help but burst out laughing!
That smile actually made my nauseous stomach feel much better!

Han Yuan glanced at Chang Zijin and chuckled as well.

Chang Zijin thought to himself: If the monks of Da Guangming Temple knew that they thought he was a turtle, I wonder how angry they would be!

A series of footsteps came from several cave entrances, and a large group of Bon disciples rushed out!

They all wore bone crowns, blood-red braids, eagle-feather cloaks, and swastikas on their foreheads! They held white bone daggers engraved with blood-red runes!
One of them was quite old, with something hanging from his left ear that looked exactly like a rat's skull. He also had a pendant around his neck that resembled a wolf's tooth. His eyes were mostly white with little black, and it was extremely uncomfortable to look into them!

His eyes were like those of a viper. "What do you want?" It seemed he was the leader here!

Han Yuan translated it once.

Bigwolf said, "Hand over the prisoners inside, and I'll spare your lives!"

Before Han Yuan could speak, Pang Shiwu interjected, "Spare them from death?" Pang Shiwu wished he could tear these scumbags to pieces, and upon hearing that Bigwolf wanted to spare them, he was immediately displeased!
Bigwolf said softly, "I said I'd spare their lives, but I didn't say I'd let them go!"

Pang Shiwu's eyes flashed with a cold light, "Unable to live, unable to die, good, very good, this is how you do justice to those innocent children!"

Han Yuan, of course, knew what should be translated and what shouldn't: "Gentlemen, release the young men and women here, and we will spare your lives!"

The leader of the Eagle House said in a sinister tone, "Impossible!" With a wink, more than thirty Bon disciples quickly surrounded the four of them!

Bigwolf said, "They seem to have nothing to fear!"

Chang Zijin said, "Judging from their skills, they don't even have the peak combat strength of the seventh realm. Where do they get their confidence?"

Pang Shiwu said, "Their combat strength isn't high, but it's more than enough to deal with ordinary people!"

Han Yuan was eager to try: "Watching them take those few steps, I feel like I could take them all down by myself!"

Pang Shiwu looked at Big Wolf, "Brother Wolf, I think we should all take a break and let Master Hanyuan make a move, how about that?"

Bigwof saw that these Bon disciples' movement skills were indeed mediocre, at most at the seventh level of combat strength. He could deal with these people as easily as facing ants, and dealing with them would indeed damage his reputation. He smiled and said, "Alright, then I'll trouble Master Hanyuan!"

Han Yuan was somewhat flattered by the people calling him "Master." He said, "Please don't call me Master. My identity as a monk isn't even pure. Calling me Master is too much of a compliment!"

Chang Zijin laughed and said, "We'll be your fence; the time for the hunt has come!"

Han Yuan clasped his hands together and bowed to the three of them. His expression was serious, and he even looked somewhat dignified!

When he finished his bow and looked at the thirty Bon disciples around him, his eyes suddenly changed, like those of a ferocious wild beast!

The hunting season has begun!