"Is this the power contained in Demon Blood? It’s so fierce."
Then he turned his gaze to the Peregrine Falcon, stroking its smooth feathers with his hand.
"Thanks to you, I was able to escape from the tiger’s jaws and obtain this precious Heart Blood."
The Peregrine Falcon rubbed its head against his hand in response.
"I know, it must have been little Ran who sent you."
"Little Ran has saved several tis already."
The first ti was the warmth during the hunt of the tigress, the second ti, also this ti, the warmth in the body, and also having the Peregrine Falcon protect secretly.
The Peregrine Falcon was also very excited to hear Xu Binghu praise Xu Ran.
Xu Binghu stood up, patted the dust off himself, "Alright, let’s get out of here quickly, it’s too dangerous. If we encounter another Demon Beast, we might not be so lucky."
Saying this, Xu Binghu was about to leave the place.
The Peregrine Falcon then flew up into the sky, heading deep into the Great Mountain.
Xu Binghu saw this and left the area of fierce beasts without looking back.
To be precise, it has now beco the area of Demon Beasts.
Although he didn’t know what happened, the fact that this place turned from fierce beasts to Demon Beasts indicated there must be sothing suspicious.
The Demon Beast area was full of dangers. From the air, the lush forest below was filled with signs of Demon Beasts—huge beast claws, dark shadows under the lake, and even so tall trees that looked unremarkable could be Tree Demons capable of taking lives in an instant.
The Peregrine Falcon flew swiftly overhead, ignoring the scene below, heading straight for the top of the Great Mountain.
Just after teaming up with Xu Binghu to slay the Demon Tiger, a srizing aura emanated from the top of the Great Mountain, prompting it to tell Xu Binghu to leave imdiately.
The Peregrine Falcon was now nearly full-grown, and as a sky dominator hatched from Innate Qi, no bird of prey in the entire Great Mountain could match its speed.
In no ti, it reached the place that attracted it.
The top of the Great Mountain was a cliff with only a platform less than five ters wide, very small.
Moreover, the platform was very fragile, with stones falling continuously from below as if it could collapse at any mont. Such a place was inaccessible to ordinary birds of prey.
At the edge of this platform stood a stone screen that seed to record sothing.
The Peregrine Falcon landed steadily on the platform and imdiately looked toward the stone screen, but its gaze was on sothing beside it, not on it.
Beside the stone screen was a vermilion fruit, exuding a faint red light, very peculiar.
When the Peregrine Falcon saw the Vermilion Fruit, it was utterly captivated, feeling a strong urge to swallow it whole.
Tap-tap-tap—
Finally, unable to resist its inner desire, the Peregrine Falcon took one step at a ti towards the Vermilion Fruit and then swallowed it in one gulp.
At that mont, its originally snow-white feathers turned a deep red, as if its entire body was burning, with red mist swirling around it.
Crack-crack-crack—
Simultaneously, its entire body, with bones as hard as iron, felt as if they were being shattered, making noises.
The Peregrine Falcon lay on the ground, its red feathers soaked, the sweat turning it into a drowned fowl.
Gradually, as darkness fell, the Peregrine Falcon remained on the ground, but its feathers returned to a dry state.
During this period, the Peregrine Falcon experienced countless ordeals.
First, there was the burning from within, as if engulfed in endless flas, followed by the feeling of its entire skeleton being shattered and then reassembled.
Such pain could likely not be endured by humans, nor even by ordinary Demon Beasts.
At this mont, the Peregrine Falcon could bear it no longer.
Feeling its life’s breath slowly dissipating, the red light around its body dimming, as if everything was preparing for death.
With its breath as faint as a thread, it seed on the verge of demise.
Just as the Peregrine Falcon was about to resign to its fate, an aura flowed within its body, and a wave of warmth swept through, nourishing every part of it.
The internal organs burnt by flas, the shattered bones, the tornted spirit—all were being repaired.
Before long, the Peregrine Falcon’s body had restored to its original state.
It slowly stood up, spreading its wings, and under the moonlight, each feather emitted a gentle glow, exceptionally divine, with a striking golden feather on top of its head.
Now, the Peregrine Falcon had grown to thirty-five centiters.
Peregrine Falcons are considered sub-adult at thirty centiters, and adult once exceeding that length.
At this mont, the Peregrine Falcon was fully grown.
Flap—flap—flap—
The Peregrine Falcon stood on the platform, flapping its wings constantly, with airstreams rising around it. Suddenly, a bright light appeared, drawing a beautiful arc in the darkness under the moonlight.
The silhouette of the Peregrine Falcon was right in the center of the moon, akin to a deity.
Screech—screech—screech—
The Peregrine Falcon’s call echoed within the Great Mountain.
All the Demon Beasts in the Great Mountain heard its voice, looked up, and saw a divine beast of prey hovering right at the center of the moon.
The beasts that hadn’t beco Demon Beasts knelt down and prostrated themselves in respect upon witnessing this sight.
As for the Demon Beasts, they shifted their gaze at the Peregrine Falcon, thinking unknown thoughts.
In the blink of an eye, the Peregrine Falcon’s figure vanished from the moon and returned to the cliff.
It recalled that beside the Vermilion Fruit was a stone screen, and it didn’t know what was inscribed on it.
Given the miraculous nature of the Vermilion Fruit, the things depicted on the nearby stone screen must be even more important.
Upon looking closely, the Peregrine Falcon’s eyes widened in an instant.
On the stone screen, there was a mural.
In the mural, there was a person and a falcon.
The person appeared small, only the size of an infant, and the falcon seed just barely adult.
Now that it was fully grown, it imdiately thought of itself and its master, Xu Ran.
Its master was currently just an infant, with mysterious ans, and it, having swallowed the Vermilion Fruit and endured a series of pains, had also matured.
Didn’t this mural depict them as one person and one falcon?
Continuing to observe.
The infant seed to be practicing, each move full of infinite power. Even in the mural, the Peregrine Falcon could sense the danger level, but unfortunately, it, as a bird of prey, couldn’t understand it.
Though it couldn’t comprehend human things, it certainly understood the image of the falcon!
Turning its gaze, the mural depicted the falcon flying in the sky.
Sotis ascending, sotis diving.
But regardless, during each soaring and dive, a golden glow appeared on the falcon’s body, with starlight embellishing it, as if connecting to the Grand Path.
Moreover, each flight broke through the limits of the species.
More accurately, it broke its own limits because the falcon in the mural represented the limits of the species.
The Peregrine Falcon morized every single stroke, every dive of the falcon’s flying path in the mural.
Seven days passed in this mory.
When the sun shone on the Peregrine Falcon’s body, it seed to reflect a slight gleam.
Then, the Peregrine Falcon soared high into the sky.
Whoosh—
A breaking sound emanated from the cliff; looking closely, a faint golden glow could be seen flowing on the Peregrine Falcon’s body, though very subtle.
Even so, its speed now was several tis faster than before.
Additionally, its once purely jet-black eyes now also had a faint golden sheen.
The Peregrine Falcon only gave a cursory glance at the Great Mountain below before disappearing into the sky in the next mont.
When it appeared again, two one-ter-tall fawns were already beneath its feet.
It hadn’t eaten anything for seven days, and since it hadn’t inford Xu Ran beforehand, naturally it had to bring sothing back as compensation.
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Xu Family courtyard.
The three mbers of the Xu Family sat around in the courtyard, setting up a grill with half a deer roasting on it.
Since Xu Binghu’s body refining, he needed to eat large amounts of at daily to satisfy his hunger.
Beside Xu Binghu lay a thick bone, seemingly from a thigh bone.
Seven days ago.
Since Xu Binghu started hunting body refinent, he’s needed to consu a lot of at daily to get full.
Seven days ago.
During the hunt for the mother tiger, the warmth he felt for the first ti, and then again this ti, the warmth in his body, and the private protection of the Peregrine Falcon.
So Xu Binghu realized that when it cos to taking down Demon Beasts, regular steel knives are too small a threat.
The last ti he faced the Demon Tiger alone, without the Peregrine Falcon’s support, he wouldn’t have had the luck to seriously wound it, relying not on steel arrows but on its eyes, which are a weak spot for Demon Beasts, just like they are for all creatures.
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