The Flame Bird had just flown low from the sky, wanting to eavesdrop on the conversation. Before it could find a place to land, it suddenly noticed a large group of birds flying around. There were birds of all sizes, standing on the rooftops and walls of the Ice Wolf Clan, staring at the Flame Bird.
Normally, these birds should be afraid of the Flame Bird.
But instead of being afraid, they were staring at the Flame Bird with hostility, their eyes so dark it scared the Flame Bird.
The Flame Bird had an inexplicable feeling that there was something terrifying looking at it through the eyes of these birds.
This sense of threat was similar to that chubby little bird.
Terrified, the Flame Bird quickly flew higher and flew away from the Ice Wolf Clan.
Before leaving, it also saw a broad road built outside the Ice Wolf Clan, seemingly leading to the north.
But before it could take a closer look, a group of birds chased after it.
The Flame Bird dared not linger any longer and hurriedly flapped its wings and flew away.
Inside the Ice Wolf Clan, everyone was startled by the sudden appearance of the group of birds. When they saw the Flame Bird flying away, someone recognized it.
"That is the bird of the Messenger from Feng City!"
"Is Feng City's team coming back again?"
The people of the Ice Wolf Clan felt a little uneasy, afraid of retaliation from the people of Feng City.
Yan Ye furrowed her brows slightly and went to find Yan Su after some thought.
At this moment, Yan Su was fishing with Yan Zhou and the others in the Ice Lake, preparing to have a meal of grilled fish and fish soup before leaving the Ice Wolf Clan.
After hearing Yan Ye's report, Yan Su and the others remained calm.
Yan Meng said, "That bird has been monitoring us for a while, it's not the first time it's come. It's just that with Xiao Xuan Bird here, it doesn't dare to approach. This time, it probably saw that we left the Ice Wolf Clan and flew over to investigate."
Yan Ye said, "It probably saw how we interacted with the Ice Wolf Clan. Will there be any trouble?"
Yan Su replied, "Don't worry, that's exactly what we want them to know."
Yan Meng added, "Exactly, let's make them furious."
After giving it some thought, Yan Ye understood Yan Su's intention and felt relieved. "But it seems like the people of the Ice Wolf Clan are worried that Feng City will come back to retaliate."
Yan Su said, "Their worry is useless. Once they board our ship to Yan City, they won't be able to leave. As long as they're not stupid, they should know what to do."
Yu Ye nodded and returned to the Ice Wolf Tribe with Yu Su after eating grilled fish and stewed fish soup with them.
As expected, the Ice Wolf Tribe, as Yu Su had expected, immediately expressed their loyalty to him when he returned and promised that even if someone from Fengcheng tried to persuade them, they would never have any relationship with Fengcheng again and would immediately inform Yu Cheng.
Of course, Yu Su didn't believe their words right away. He needed to observe whether the Ice Wolf Tribe could really do what they said. If they could, he would naturally not mistreat them. If the Ice Wolf Tribe dared to be two-faced, then there would be no need for this tribe to exist. They would be wiped out completely.
What's the big deal about guarding a fish pond? It's the same with a different group of people.
Yu Su found Yu Ye and gave him a few instructions.
Yu Ye nodded, "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on them."
...
Meanwhile, in the Fengcheng army.
The Red Firebird finally brought back more detailed information, but it also made the bird trainers' faces change.
"Yu City built a road to the Ice Wolf Tribe?"
"What are they planning?"
"But this doesn't make sense. Yu City is not far from the Ice Wolf Tribe, and there are high mountains and difficult terrain in between. How could they build a road to the Ice Wolf Tribe so quickly?"
"Even if it's on flat ground, it's not possible to build a road this quickly. Did the Red Firebird make a mistake?"
The Red Firebird was wrongly accused and became angry.
It risked being discovered by that chubby bird to gather this information, how could there be a mistake!
However, the bird trainers in Fengcheng did not fully believe it because in their opinion, it was simply impossible for Yu City to build a road from Yu City to the Ice Wolf Tribe in a short period of time.
Not to mention, Yu City must be crazy to do such a thing.
The bird trainer stared at the Red Firebird, "What did you really see? Are your eyes going blind? How could you make such a mistake?"
The Red Firebird was half-dead with anger. How could its eyes go blind!
Follower: "Bird Trainer, I think the Red Firebird didn't do well this time. Maybe it's too old to be useful anymore?"
The follower's words made the Red Firebird even angrier. It was clearly still in its prime, how could it be too old and useless! It would peck this person's eyes out later!
But the bird trainer and the follower had already concluded that it was too old and useless. The bird trainer had already made up his mind to replace the bird as soon as they returned to Fengcheng.
...
The next morning, Yu Su continued north with his team.
They followed the newly built road, bypassed the frozen lake, and went through the mountain pass to the north. They then crossed the northern plains and embarked on a new journey.
This time, they traveled through dense jungle for a long time.
The dense jungle was hot, humid, and filled with snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and there were even many poisonous creatures.
"Snap!" Yu Meng fiercely slapped his own arm, crushing a huge blood-sucking mosquito. The numbness on his face showed how accustomed he had become to it.
Since entering this jungle, he had no idea how many times he had been bitten.
Even though everyone had applied Yu Su's special snake and insect repellent ointment and stopped being bitten, it still didn't work for him. The ones that were supposed to bite him still did.
"Brother Yu Su, is your medicine pouch ready? I'm almost drained of blood by those mosquitoes," Yu Meng pleaded to Yu Su.
Yu Su sat on a heap of grass, making a medicine pouch in his hand, "It's almost ready."
After a while, he handed a medicine pouch to Yu Meng. The pouch emitted a strong herbal scent, made from the herbs Yu Su found in this jungle.
He guessed that Yun Meng's blood might be special, and the attractant to mosquitoes was stronger than the impact of mosquito repellent, so they would rather take the risk to bite Yun Meng.
So Yun Su specially made a medicine pouch for him, increased the amount of mosquito repellent, and added the unique mosquito repellent herbs from this forest. It should be effective.
Yun Meng eagerly took it and hung it on his waist. After a quarter of an hour, no mosquitoes came to bite him anymore. He sighed with relief. It seemed that it was effective this time.
"This forest is too big. We have been walking for almost five days and still haven't gotten out."
It was getting dark now, and they would have to spend the night in the forest.
Fortunately, they were well prepared, so it shouldn't be a problem.
Jian Yunchuan brought back some prey from the forest and had the people with them take care of it by the stream. He came over and said, "The mountain paths in this forest are rugged and difficult to walk on. Even the horses can't move quickly. We are just a bit slower, but I estimate that we can get out tomorrow afternoon."
Yun Meng: "It would be great if there was a road."
Yun Shan also nodded: "Maybe we can create a path and get out faster than trudging through like this."
One pass with a bulldozer could create a straight road.
And if Lord Yu Su swung his sword down, he could cut through the mountains blocking their way.
The others agreed after hearing Yun Shan's words, thinking that clearing a path would be faster than climbing mountains here.
Yun Su said, "Without surveying the route, how can we rashly clear a path? The purpose of building a road is to facilitate passage and development, but haphazardly clearing a path will damage the ecology of this forest. We can't do that."
Yun Shan and the others were just being talkative. After hearing Yun Su's words, they chuckled and didn't mention it again. Anyway, they would do as Lord Yu Su said.
"Gulu gulu—"
"Ah!"
By the stream, the wild chicken that Yun Zhou had caught suddenly struggled. Yun Zhou was taken aback and failed to hold onto it, allowing the chicken to escape.
A small stone flew over and knocked the chicken down.
Lu Yan picked up the chicken and brought it over.
"Luo ge," Yun Zhou called.
Lu Yan: "How is your hand?"
Just now, Yun Zhou failed to hold onto the chicken and was pecked on the hand.
The beak of this wild chicken was quite sharp, and it left a cut on Yun Zhou's hand, which was bleeding. He was a bit older now, more resilient, and didn't cry even after being pecked.
Lu Yan took a look and told him to go back and let Yun Su deal with it.
Yun Zhou saw Yun Su looking over and didn't want to worry him, so he quickly went over.
"Oh, just a cut. Is the chicken's beak so powerful?" Yun Meng and the others also saw it.
Yun Su frowned slightly, took out the medicine box, treated the wound on Yun Zhou's hand, and applied medicine powder to bandage it up.
The little wolf cub crawled out from beside Yun Su's feet and gently rubbed against Yun Zhou as if comforting him.
Yun Zhou picked up the little guy and stroked its head.
"Be careful with the wound," Yun Su said.
"I'm fine. I'm tough. I'm not afraid of a little injury," Yun Zhou replied.
Yun Su raised an eyebrow. Yun Zhou had changed a lot. He was completely different from the withdrawn little child he used to be.
Not being afraid of hardship was a good thing. Sword cultivators had to endure hardships. If Yun Zhou wanted to become a sword cultivator, he had to be able to endure hardships.
"Brother, it seems that the Little Wolf King has gained some weight," Yun Zhou said.
After finishing the Linggui, the little wolf cub's body had completely recovered. It had also been eating well for the past two months, enjoying full meals every time, so gaining weight was only natural.
With its furry and chubby appearance, it didn't have the aura of a Little Wolf King at all. Instead, it was so adorable that everyone's hearts trembled, all wanting to take it with them.
But the Little Wolf King was most attached to Yun Su, followed by Yun Zhou and Lu Yan.
Little blackbird: "So fat, be careful of being eaten in one mouthful."
Yu Su glanced at its round and fluffy body and thought to himself that it dares to call itself the little wolf king, without looking at how fat it has become.
The little wolf cub didn't mind being fat at all. It knew that Yu Zhou's hand was injured, so it considerately let Yu Zhou hold it for a while before landing on the ground. It happily rolled around on the grass and accidentally tumbled down the grass slope.
Luckily, Lu Yan quickly scooped it up.
The dizzy little wolf cub stood up unsteadily and then fell back down with a thump.
"Hahaha, so clumsy."
"Little Wolf King, you won't be able to lead the wolf pack in the future if you continue like this, lacking authority."
After standing steady, the little wolf cub unwillingly howled a few times, but its howl sounded childish and lacked any intimidation, only making the surrounding people's hearts tremble in adoration.