Chapter 122: Spotted Vulture (17th Update, Seeking First Subscription)

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng naturally became the focus of everyone's attention; due to the proximity to the Academy District, many villagers recognized Li Zhangsheng's identity.

In this world, Monster Tamers belong to a privileged class, not to mention that within the entire Academy District, Yuanling Academy holds a transcendent status and is the existence one must least offend.

These people could not help but show looks of awe, not daring to even breathe loudly, without the slightest thought of acting out, while the pauper whom Li Zhangsheng had kicked to the ground lay there cowering, feigning death.

Ignoring them, Li Zhangsheng continued to focus on the fool, a look of contemplation in his eyes as he watched her arrive at a trash heap, rummaging for anything edible.

Li Zhangsheng paused for a long time; he noticed a detail: among the food rummaged out, the fool ate only the rottenest and worst items, including some moldy food and swill mixed with sewage. As for the food that was "better" in appearance, she collected it all and put it into a tattered cloth bag.

Although this bag was tattered, it had been washed quite clean, and during the collection process, the fool would always wipe the food off first, even though her hands were not clean and were even stained with blood.

Her hands were covered in scars, and it was unknown what kind of bullying she had suffered, but she remained silly and foolish, seemingly without any extra expressions.

When the fool found a bone the size of a fist from the trash heap, she revealed an even richer silly smile.

No, this was not a silly smile!

Even though he was a bit far away, from the feedback of his Mental Power, Li Zhangsheng could clearly sense that the fool's eyes were brimming with a smile, a smile known as maternal love.

For a moment, Li Zhangsheng's expression was somewhat complex.

The fool is not a fool!

It was unknown for what reason, but she could only feign madness and act the fool; even when subjected to ridicule, humiliation, beatings, and slander from others, she still silently endured it all, without even the thought of leaving this place.

"I can help for a moment, but I cannot help for a lifetime!" Until the fool's figure disappeared, Li Zhangsheng finally withdrew his gaze.

This world is still temporarily in the transition period between slavery and feudalism, where the powerful can freely dominate the life and death of commoners, and a large amount of helplessness and tragedy is born every day.

Of course, Monster Tamers are not included in this, which is also the main way for commoners to want to ascend to the ranks of the powerful.

Li Zhangsheng is not a savior; even if he tried his best, he could not help many people at all, let alone influence or even change the entire world. What he can do is to improve his strength as quickly as possible; only with sufficient strength will there be matching rights, and only then can he help more people.

Of course, in such a process, many people will be gradually eroded by time or the ways of the world, forgetting their original lofty ambitions, wearing hypocritical smiles, and colluding with the powerful they once looked down upon, becoming one of them.

After leaving the village, Li Zhangsheng re-summoned Aixi and ran quickly toward the direction of Yuanqing Mountain.

The path between the village and Yuanqing Mountain could be called a smooth road; perhaps because it was close to the Academy District, one rarely saw wild Spirit Beasts, and they were basically of the harmless type.

After about half an hour, Li Zhangsheng stood at the foot of Yuanqing Mountain; looking at it from the front, it seemed to have no terrain similar to the map.

However, before finishing his inspection of the entire territory of Yuanqing Mountain, Li Zhangsheng did not dare to be completely certain; after withdrawing Aixi, he released the Paradise Bird.

He intended to fly to high altitude and overlook the entire territory of Yuanqing Mountain!

Yuanqing Mountain was not very high, only five or six hundred meters in height; Li Zhangsheng piloted the Paradise Bird, and soon the entire Yuanqing Mountain came into view.

After observing for a long while, Li Zhangsheng shook his head. He could be certain that Yuanqing Mountain was not the place he was looking for!

Just as he was preparing to leave, suddenly, several black dots appeared on the horizon, rushing toward this side at high speed, accompanied by unpleasant cries.

In the span of a few breaths, the black dots expanded rapidly; they turned out to be several Spotted Vultures.

Spotted Vulture, a large raptor-type Spirit Beast, High-Level Servant race, over one meter in body length, with a wingspan of about four meters, entirely black-brown, with numerous white spots on its body, having a slender neck, no bird crest, the hind neck completely bare and featherless, with a ruff formed by black or pale brownish-white feather tufts at the base of the neck.

Spotted Vultures mainly inhabit hills, wilderness, and other places, often active in families, liking to soar over open and relatively bare mountains and plains; they belong to the active-attack type of Spirit Beast, and small to medium-sized beasts, amphibians, reptiles, and birds are all their targets.

"Paradise Bird, land!" Under Li Zhangsheng's command, the Paradise Bird circled down and landed on the peak of Yuanqing Mountain.

Li Zhangsheng leaped down, and the Paradise Bird flapped its wings again, watching the rapidly approaching Spotted Vultures.

There were five Spotted Vultures in total, one of which had reached the Middle Rank realm, while the rest were all between the Lower 7th Rank and 9th Rank.

When the Spotted Vultures drew near, Li Zhangsheng subconsciously projected his Mental Power, encompassing them all within it.

Unfortunately, they were all Low Grade quality Spirit Beasts and had no contract value!

The aura emitted by the Paradise Bird made the Spotted Vultures full of apprehension; they did not launch an attack immediately, nor did they leave, always circling around Li Zhangsheng as if observing the situation.

Suddenly, one Spotted Vulture dived down; its target was not the Paradise Bird, but Li Zhangsheng standing on the peak.

During the dive, the Spotted Vulture curled its sharp claws, grabbing toward Li Zhangsheng's head.

Seeing the Spotted Vulture attacking, Li Zhangsheng did not dodge; he still stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the diving Spotted Vulture with an expressionless face, as if looking at a corpse.

In an instant, a Purple Hexagram appeared!

Roar~

Accompanied by a heart-palpitating roar, a strong, fishy wind began to sweep through the surroundings, slapping against the nearby branches and leaves, making a rustling sound.

Feeling Aixi's might, the Spotted Vulture attacking Li Zhangsheng was clearly startled; its eyes were full of terror. It was only a Lower Rank Spirit Beast, far inferior to Aixi, so under Aixi's powerful deterrence, it directly fell into a state of cowering, with only the thought of fleeing left in its heart.

Before it could take action, Aixi jumped up high; because of the attack on Li Zhangsheng, the Spotted Vulture was only a few meters away from the peak, naturally within Aixi's attack range.

The Spotted Vulture did not have time to react before it was pierced through the spine by Aixi's sword-like fangs; blood splashed and scattered all over the ground.

Chirp~

The Spotted Vulture let out a painful wail; before Aixi landed on the ground, the sound stopped abruptly, its head tilted, and it had no more signs of life.

In the blink of an eye, Aixi killed the Spotted Vulture instantly; after landing on the ground again, it released the Spotted Vulture's corpse while raising its head, watching the few "big birds" in the sky.

Feeling Aixi's might, the four Spotted Vultures in the sky were clearly affected, letting out terrified cries.

For a time, their formation was in chaos.

Among them, one Spotted Vulture broke away from the formation, wanting to turn and flee; the Paradise Bird seized the opportunity, and countless white light spots gathered, turning into a Light Flame Giant Sword about a zhang long, directly slicing the opponent into two halves.

Chirp~

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Spotted Vulture leader resolutely chose to give up, leaving dejectedly with the remaining companions.

Li Zhangsheng did not pursue; after recalling the Paradise Bird, he rode Aixi to leave Yuanqing Mountain, wanting to return to Yuanling Academy.

Crack~ Boom~

However, the weather is unpredictable; not long after leaving Yuanqing Mountain, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, dark clouds gathered, and a lightning bolt like a silver snake struck down, illuminating this world.

Dark clouds covered the sky, the mountain scenery was gloomy, and an ancient cypress twisted its rugged trunk, blown by the wild wind so that its branches swayed wildly, looking like ghosts baring fangs and brandishing claws in the dim environment.

"It's about to rain, Aixi, let's go to that Tudi Miao over there to take shelter from the rain!" Looking at the pitch-black sky, seeing that a rainstorm was about to fall, Li Zhangsheng saw a Tudi Miao ahead and prepared to go there to take shelter from the rain.

Before the rainstorm fell, Aixi took Li Zhangsheng to the Tudi Miao a step ahead.

Whoosh~

The heavy rain poured down, and the yellow earth by the roadside became muddy again.

At the first moment, Li Zhangsheng released his Mental Power to survey the environment of the small temple, but after this sweep, he was stunned, not even realizing that his clothes had been soaked through by the torrential rain.

(End of this chapter)