The Emperor is Above

Chapter 166 News about the war in Northern Frontier

Qing Yi turned around and was stunned.

The first thing that caught my eye was a ferocious snow-white bird.

This ferocious bird has a wingspan of only a little over four meters, but it has an imposing manner that looks down on all living things.

"The strength of this ferocious bird is definitely not inferior to the dragon eagle. It is at least a third-grade ferocious bird!" Qing Yi couldn't help but have this thought in his mind.

What shocked him even more was that the white ferocious bird flew silently.

The ferocious bird has a wingspan of more than four meters. It is not particularly large, but it is definitely not small either. It did not cause the slightest noise and was extremely secretive.

Not only did the surrounding villagers fail to notice it in advance, even Gongsun Wu and himself, who were at such a high level, did not hear any movement.

As the white ferocious bird landed silently on the ground, Old Man Shi, holding Niuniu, whom he had not seen for several months, jumped off the bird's back lightly and nimbly.

The old man was still thin and dark-skinned, and he was wearing brown linen summer clothes. He looked very simple and no different from any other ordinary Chinese old man.

He first greeted the old man, the black man and other old acquaintances with a smile, and then said to Qing Yi with a bit of boasting: "Boy Yi, are you calm? This is my contracted fierce bird, the snowy owl.

Even though it is a second-grade fierce bird, it is a shy little girl. It usually likes to hide in the cave and doesn't like to go out. The cave where it usually lives is next to the big rock on the cliff near my yard."

Qing Yi suddenly understood. No wonder Old Man Shi was not afraid of someone stealing the elixirs on the huge rocks on the cliff last time. With such a second-grade ferocious bird, no fool would approach it.

"I was indeed scared. It's the first time I see a second-grade ferocious bird. But my Dragon Claw Sophora Tree Spirit is not bad either." Qing Yi also came forward with a smile, trying his best to comfort the ugly fat eagle shivering on his shoulder.

Old Man Shi suddenly burst out laughing and said, "You little bastard, you're still being tough with me. If you didn't want a vicious bird, why did you raise this fat eagle? It was hatched from the eggs that Xu Zhengjia gave you, right?"

"Old Man Shi has a keen eye. It was the fifth-grade fierce bird egg that Xu Zhengjia Yingwei gave me in April. It took the little phoenix two or three months to hatch it.

I plan to train it to fly after the autumn harvest, and train it to fly with people next year, so that it will be more convenient to travel to the capital. After all, Guqiu is too far away from the capital."

Facing Old Man Shi's teasing, Qing Yi openly admitted that he really needed such a ferocious bird for transportation. He watched Old Man Shi let the snowy owl go to the depths of the swamp to find food by itself, and then he greeted Niu Niu again.

After not seeing the little girl for a few months, she had grown up a little. She was wearing a green silk summer gown, with her hair tied up in a bun. Her big eyes were smiling like crescents. "Big brother, long time no see. Have you named your little eagle?"

“Chirp, chirp, chirp—”

The fat and ugly eaglet cried loudly and anxiously. Even though the Snowy Owl had left, the remaining scent still frightened the eaglet.

Qing Yi hadn't had time to name the young eagle yet. He thought for a moment, and while comforting the frightened young eagle, he smiled and said to Niuniu, "What's the name of the young eagle? Mine is called Damao."

Gongsun Wu, who was following closely beside Qing Yi, was also holding his own little eagle. Hearing Qing Yi's words, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then my little eagle is called Ermao."

Dongmen Hu and Dongmen Bao behind Gongsun Wu could only smile bitterly and said, "Then our two young eagles will be called Sanmao and Simao."

"So they've all been named!" Niuniu couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but soon she clapped her hands happily, "Da Mao, Er Mao, San Mao, and Simao are also good, they're all furry."

"You are talking nonsense, kid Yi. Is this the name you just gave me?" Old Man Shi glared at Qing Yi unhappily. However, the sharp gaze of a first-rank grandmaster could not do anything to penetrate his thick-skinned face.

Qing Yi smiled nonchalantly and said, "The name is just a code name. I was too busy to think of a name before, and Niuniu just happened to remind me."

"Meow-"

"Ah wu——"

As the two were chatting, a trembling tiger came over with a civet cat and a little fox on its back to watch the fun. This immediately aroused Niuniu's interest, and she shouted, "Wow, Hua Ni and Xiao Bai are riding tigers. I want to ride a tiger, too."

The little fox and the civet cat, these two greedy guys, haven't seen the rich little Niu Niu for a long time, and they are particularly excited to meet them.

Soon he took Niuniu riding on a tiger, galloping and roaring around the hill, making the little girl scream with excitement, but the expression on the tiger's face looked even more aggrieved.

Qing Yi watched for a while and felt that it was safe, so he smiled and said to Old Man Shi: "It's been almost the whole summer since we last saw each other. What have you been busy with recently?"

"Of course, I am busy with what I should be busy with."

Old Man Shi smiled and said perfunctorily, and walked to a secluded place with few people. Then he restrained his smile, sighed heavily and said:
"The state affairs have been very difficult recently. In March, Lord Huo Yunya faced an army of 130,000 soldiers. He relied on the border defense line and the support of the private armies of the nobles and officials in the northern border cities, but he still managed to hold on.

By the end of March, Prince Xianyu's younger brother Mochuo led the royal cavalry to break through three lines of defense. The twelve cities in the entire northern border were in a panic. The Ghost Witch Tribe deep in the wilderness was also ready to move, attempting to respond to the offensive of the Xianyu tribe.

The Lord of Beilin City, Cheng Dong, has been calling for emergency calls one after another. For this reason, the king had to ask me to stay in Beilin City for a period of time. On the one hand, it is to deter the Ghost Witch Tribe, and on the other hand, it is to prevent the Grand Master Xian Yu from harassing the cities in the northern border.

Fortunately, the left and right divisions were all dispatched to support, and they took advantage of Huo Yun's previous defeat to lure the enemy deep into their territory. They ambushed and killed 30,000 elite cavalry of Xianyu in one go, forcing Mo Chue to lead the Xianyu army to retreat northward, and once again pushed the battle line back to the border town defense line.

As expected, Grand Master Xian Yu also appeared. He was also at the level of a first-grade grandmaster. After fighting with me and the result was evenly divided, he strangely disappeared from the front line.

However, despite the repeated defeats, Xianyu's army was still unwilling to retreat, and was determined to attack into the heartland of Xing State. The left and right divisions were unable to retreat for the time being.

Fortunately, after the offensive of Xianyu's army was repelled, the Ghost Witch tribe saw that the twelve cities in the northern border were on high alert, and I killed a beast soul warrior, so they had to retreat back to the Ghost Witch Swamp.

Seeing that the situation in the northern border had stabilized, I thought that an old man like me could finally go home and rest for a few days. However, after just a few days back, I discovered that there was something strange everywhere in the capital and the surrounding areas.

The worship of cat ghosts and gods has spread all over the capital, not only the common people are competing to worship them, but even many nobles and officials are worshipping them privately. "

Qing Yi didn't expect that Old Man Shi had experienced so many things in the past few months. When he heard Old Man Shi mention the matter of cat ghosts and gods, he told Old Man Shi the information about cat ghosts and gods that he had learned in the past few months.

Finally, he asked in confusion: "Old Man Shi, even my remote hill has been harassed many times by the Cat Ghost Cult, and even the Daze coalition forces have gathered to besiege it.

They preached recklessly in the capital, and almost all the vassal states in Tingli were conquered. Could it be that the king really knew nothing about this in the past few months?"

"How is it possible that you don't know anything?"

Old Man Shi snorted coldly and said dissatisfiedly, "He is just being clever and pretending not to know."

(End of this chapter)