Chapter 162: What Should You Be Called?

Spirit Beast Pills differ from cultivators' pills; they are specially designed for demon beasts, and their taste especially attracts demon beasts.

So the few stupid birds that dare to try, after eating one, want another, and they involuntarily fly closer to Jiang Yu.

And as more birds approached, Xia Bing threw out several more Spirit Beast Pills, shouting, "Fall back!"

The moment Jiang Yu whooshed away, several large birds, scrambling for the pill, slammed into each other.

Two of them, slightly smaller, were even knocked to the ground, but more birds reacted and lunged straight at the retreating Jiang Yu.

But when they reached the area they usually dare not approach, the birds hesitated.

At this moment, Xia Bing scattered more Spirit Beast Pills again, provoking the birds once more, but only about a dozen birds came after them: "Master Han's pills always sell at a high price."

"Once you catch two and bring them back, whoever rides them must pay you in spirit stones; no IOUs accepted."

"Just do as the senior sister says, use this." Jiang Yu then took out two Spirit-Sealing Nets from his storage bag, one each, preparing to catch birds.

Xia Bing couldn't help laughing, pushing it back at her and saying, "I have one; you actually bought two."

"Besides, I always keep several copies of many things, in case I need to transmit again when leaving Tianyuan."

"Senior sister doesn't know that the artifact pills of the Dongzhou Continent are more expensive than ours." Jiang Yu, in Dongzhou, always feels spirit stones aren't enough to spend.

While they were talking, several more large birds flew over, and Xia Bing casually threw out two Spirit Beast Pills.

As the birds split into two groups scrambling for the pills, they immediately threw out a large net to cover them.

Great, the net neatly covered five of them, and it also sealed their spiritual power.

The birds still chasing behind became even dumber—what's going on? Some froze in place, others kept pursuing.

Jiang Yu handed his net to the senior sister and hurried on.

Xia Bing also pulled hard on the net, daring not to loosen it even a bit; though the birds' spiritual power was sealed, their flapping about still tired them out.

Moreover, because the flying sword isn't large, we can't pull all of them onto it.

As for putting them into the Spirit Beast Bag, two would be fine, but five large giant birds simply won't fit, wasting time.

Jiang Yu had no choice but to fly quickly to the shore so the senior sister could contract two birds first; and she herself, because of Jiang Tu, could only contract one more.

Fortunately, Deng Yuanwu and Guo Yue's fellow cultivators arrived just in time, helping to block the birds still stubbornly pursuing from behind.

And when the group reached within half a li of the riverbank, those giant birds still desperately fighting for food suddenly turned and flew away.

Caught off guard, Guo Yue's thrown fire talismans all missed.

"Perfect, five giant birds—we'll each contract one." As Jiang Yu spoke, he had already taken out an Immobilizing Talisman, asking Senior Sister Xia to release them one at a time.

Otherwise, they'd jump around in the net, making contracting difficult.

Deng Yuanwu added cautiously, "Set up a formation, lest one escape."

"Exactly." Xia Bing nodded, and the group quickly set up a defensive formation.

Contracting demon beasts is also simple; cultivators have learned it, and soon the five different giant birds were marked with contract seals by the five of them.

"Let's cross the river." Deng Yuanwu proposed again, and Jiang Yu's face showed doubt.

And Xia Bing asked, "Is there something wrong with the Dongzhou cultivators?"

"Hmm, they seem to each have their own inheritance methods, and they're not in a hurry to cross the river."

"The outer rim has hardly any spiritual plants or treasures; we shouldn't linger here." Deng Yuanwu didn't mention at all that he had obtained a bell in the underwater passage.

Of course, Jiang Yu couldn't tell anyone where his bamboo fan came from.

At that moment, the rarely speaking Guo Ye said, "Should we wait for the Tianyuan cultivators? Master Qin Shi is not bad."

Everyone briefly discussed and agreed with his suggestion, thus reinforcing the formation once more.

The Green Little Snake, learning that the birds had been caught with Spirit Beast Pills, insisted on speaking with Jiang Yu, making Guo Yue feel embarrassed as he said, "Let me tell you, it's best we leave quickly."

The bird tribe dislikes the Jade Belt River, but that doesn't mean there isn't a bold leader who brought them here to attack.

Isn't there a human saying: "People die for wealth, birds die for food"?

Moreover, with seven suns rising today, there's no shady spot by this river, and without ten-thousand-year ice, do you still have to dig holes to hide?

You can endure it, but a few bird tribes can't; if they die, all our previous efforts would be in vain.

"That's a problem, Guo Yue, what do you say?" Jiang Yu didn't want to keep fighting the demon beasts; the talismans stuck to them aren't just picking up a few bird corpses for materials to recoup costs.

Guo Yue sighed, "It wasn't said before we discussed it; in doing things, changing orders day to day is the worst."

At least we've made a decision, and we should wait a couple of hours.

"It's fine; our team is small, and a small boat is easy to turn."

"We're just discussing it, namely, can we introduce Xiao Bi to my senior brothers and sisters?" After all, the Green Little Snake already has an owner; Jiang Yu needs to seek Guo Yue's opinion.

Guo Yue had no objection; he would definitely later terminate the contract with the Green Little Snake.

But the little snake had strong opinions: "I'm not called Xiao Bi."

"What should you be called then?" Both Jiang Yu and Guo Yue were curious like youths.

As a result, the little snake said, "I haven't decided yet."

"How about Bi Luo? It's all emerald green and comes from the Grand Luo Cave Heaven." Jiang Tu suddenly sent a mental message.

Jiang Yu thought for a moment, "It's not one of our own; it's not right to arbitrarily give it a name."

Since we need to leave quickly, the two of them would explain the reason to the teammates, and the Green Little Snake would formally appear before everyone, becoming an auxiliary team member.

At the same time, Xia Bing decided to wait only an hour, which conveniently gave the group time to meditate and rest.

Cultivation, especially when cultivators enter deep meditation, makes time pass very quickly.

By the time Jiang Yu and the others woke up one after another, more than an hour had actually passed, and three suns hung in the sky.

We can't wait any longer!

The five released the five giant birds, and under the compulsion of divine sense, they made the birds fly toward the high sky above the river.

The group quickly discovered that a restriction lay above the river's surface, preventing the birds from flying as high as they could in the mountains.

When several birds nervously flew to the river's center, the water suddenly reversed, and several spiky vines lashed out like whips.

"Pill, fly forward," Jiang Yu had already prepared; she hugged the bird's neck and fed it a spirit-beast pill.

She forced the bird's head straight with both hands, making it fly faster; the others were doing the same.

It could be said she used every ounce of strength, urging the giant bird to pierce the barbed vine whips ahead.

When they reached the far bank of the river, they were almost thrown back into the river by five giant birds that had restored their spirit power.

Fortunately, their own spirit energy returned, allowing them to catch the giant birds and land safely.

Jiang Yu sprinkled hemostatic powder on her mount and gave it a bottle of spirit-beast pill: "I release you from our contract; fly free."

As she spoke, she already employed a technique, severing the contract with the giant crow and sending it soaring.

Over here, Guo Ye was reluctant to release the swift-flying sparrow, saying, "Fifth-tier Bird Tribe, rare indeed."

Guo Jue, urged by the little snake, also quickly let the flying bird go, saying, "It's fine if Senior Brother stays behind."

Guo Ye only smiled; they can't afford to keep it.

"Let's go, find a place to carve a cave to hide from the sun," Jiang Yu shouted; to save effort, everyone leapt onto her flying sword.

And half a quarter-hour later, a group of cultivators arrived at the riverbank, from the Tianyuan Continent.

Wen Xin looked at the feathers scattered on the bank and asked, "Where's Jiang Yu?"