Chapter 661 - 660: Taming a Giant Eagle
But the next moment, two sharp claws grabbed Chen Tianlong’s shoulders, causing him immediate pain.
This wasn’t enough; the eagle had no intention of letting him go. It flew with Chen Tianlong straight out to the mountain peak, and then suddenly released its claws, leaving Chen Tianlong to free-fall.
At this moment, Chen Tianlong quickly reacted, leaping with all his might so he could barely grab the edge of the mountain, but his whole body was hanging down. The eagle didn’t give him a chance, diving straight down from above, its long beak like a sharp sword, piercing towards Chen Tianlong.
"Oh no, not good."
Chen Tianlong was frightened and had to let go to fall and evade, and at this moment, he was in a fast free-fall, with Jiang Yufan seeing what was happening below, immediately shouting out in alarm, "Chen Tianlong, be careful."
Actually, Chen Tianlong wasn’t careless; he was forced to let go, but he wasn’t unaware of the possible outcome. At that moment, he wasn’t afraid because he had already thought of a way to handle it.
Suddenly, a small cluster of transparent energy appeared on Chen Tianlong’s right hand, like clear water, transparent yet you could feel its presence.
Just in that instant, Chen Tianlong pushed with force towards the right bottom side. The powerful Qi struck a protruding rock nearby; using the counterforce, he grabbed onto the mountain rock and finally let out a deep breath of relief.
But Chen Tianlong didn’t dawdle much since being on a mountainside meant if the eagle continued its attack, he’d be finished. He needed to quickly get to the top of the mountain.
So, Chen Tianlong climbed up with all his might, fortunately, the eagle seemed not to notice, so he quickly got to the top of the mountain.
When Chen Tianlong stood atop the mountain, seeing this, the eagle was a bit surprised. It flapped its wings twice and then rushed over again. Chen Tianlong decided this time to climb onto the eagle’s back and figure it out later. He swiftly ran towards a rock near the eagle, then jumped onto the rock. The eagle was a bit dumbfounded, not knowing what Chen Tianlong intended to do.
Right then, Chen Tianlong took the opportunity to kick his foot and leaped onto the eagle’s back, stabbed its wing once with a knife. The knife was actually used to serve as a handle; otherwise, if the eagle flew around erratically later, he would be thrown off.
After climbing onto the eagle, Chen Tianlong continued striking the eagle’s body relentlessly, and the eagle, having been stabbed in the wing now, found flying a bit challenging.
Chen Tianlong messed with it for quite a while before suddenly timing it right to grab hold tightly onto two large feathers.
The eagle sensed that Chen Tianlong had already climbed onto its back, thus was very angry and struggled in various ways, flipping and tossing wildly, but discovered that after all this flight, Chen Tianlong still held on tightly.
At this point, the eagle had no choice, its body exhausted. Chen Tianlong saw the opportunity had arrived, so he kicked his foot and climbed onto the eagle’s head, punching down hard.
"Awoo, awoo..."
The eagle was beaten so painfully it nearly fainted but still endured, frantically flying to the mountain’s peak intending to land. However, clearly, Chen Tianlong was not letting it go, continuing to hit, desperately hitting hard.
Now the eagle was thoroughly afraid, after landing its whole body collapsed to the ground, at this moment Chen Tianlong was also thrown off, rolling onto the snowy ground.
After he fell, Chen Tianlong immediately climbed up, picked up a sharp dagger nearby and charged over, ready to give the eagle another stab.
At this point, the eagle hurriedly curled over by the rock, uttering very pitiful cries.
"Woo woo woo woo."
The eagle’s eyes were filled with fear, at this moment it was completely subdued, with no resistance remaining.
Chen Tianlong seemed to see its fear, so instead of stabbing, he said instead, "I’ve said it before, I just want that ginseng to save someone. If you hadn’t obstructed me, how would I have harmed you."
Chen Tianlong didn’t know if it could understand, but he explained nonetheless.
"Woo woo woo." This time the eagle seemed to understand, calling out a few times and then no longer blocking Chen Tianlong’s actions.
Seeing the eagle become tame, Chen Tianlong knew he could probably dig the ginseng now, so he began using the dagger to dig into the soil. Shortly after, the thousand-year ginseng was dug out. The entire ginseng emitted cold air, seeming to pulsate as if pleading to be released.
But Chen Tianlong didn’t care much for that, directly shoved it into his backpack, then stood up, brushed off the accumulated snow from his body, preparing to leave. At this moment, the eagle started calling out again.
"Woo woo woo."
Its eyes no longer showed fear like before, instead replaced with excitement. The eagle slowly walked towards Chen Tianlong, then lightly flapped its wings, its face appearing mildly comfortable.
"What do you want?" Chen Tianlong asked warily.
The next moment, only to see the eagle immediately lying down, then gently looking at Chen Tianlong, seemingly saying, "Master, I’ll listen to you, please don’t hit me."
Chen Tianlong found it strange, thinking, "Could it be that I’ve tamed it? It’s listening to me."
Thinking of this, Chen Tianlong felt a little excited, trying a slow approach, then gently touched the eagle’s wing with his hand, seeing it had no reaction, he slowly moved to touch its head.
At this moment, the eagle obediently extended its head, making it easier for Chen Tianlong to touch.
"Haha, eagle, you’re willing to listen to me, that’s wonderful." He said happily as he stroked the eagle’s head.
The eagle didn’t resist, obediently allowing Chen Tianlong to stroke for a long time. But Chen Tianlong didn’t want to waste time, remembering his Gu Poison situation, he wanted to hurry back, but now after the fight and a day of traveling, he’d already expended much of his energy; if he rushed down the mountain now, he certainly couldn’t make it.
Suddenly Chen Tianlong’s gaze fell on the eagle’s back, so he stood up and said, "It’s all your fault, otherwise I could have gone back directly, now without energy left, you need to redeem yourself and take us back."
"Woo woo woo."
At this moment the eagle instead called out joyfully, seeming proud, making Chen Tianlong speechless, thinking why it was so happy about this labor job, really lacking ambition.
But thinking aside, since the eagle could give him a ride, that’s the best outcome. So Chen Tianlong slowly walked over, sat on the eagle’s back, suddenly discovering a wound there, Chen Tianlong smiled wryly, knowing it was from the earlier stab.
So Chen Tianlong said, "Wait a moment, I’ll apply some medicine for you."
Having said that, Chen Tianlong took out several medicine jars from his backpack, poured some onto the eagle’s body, then spread it evenly.
Once done, Chen Tianlong smiled easily and said, "There, this medicine is very effective, it’s a good remedy I brought from the Assassin Group, soon you’ll be fine."
Speaking of which, he mounted the eagle. At this point, the eagle slowly rose, gently flapping its wings beginning to ascend.
"Whoa."
Chen Tianlong was unaccustomed to sitting, nearly falling as they lifted, giving him a scare. But Chen Tianlong’s actions frightened the eagle even more, hearing Chen Tianlong shout made its heart sink fearing it agitated him again.
Fortunately, no behavior followed, so the eagle calmed down.
"Hey, slow down!"
Chen Tianlong still shouted once but suddenly found it awkward, always calling "eagle," "hey," and such words, so he thought for a moment, then said to the eagle, "Eagle, I’ve named you Xiaogu. From now on when you hear me call Xiaogu, you have to appear, okay? Of course, when you’re nearby."