Chapter 465: Going to Save the Birds

Everyone understood the sadness of the expert who had lost his lover, but no one, apart from him, blamed it on Xue Wei.

They were told about the risks when they accepted the blood, and while they had not taken it too seriously, this was their own mistake.

Xue Wei looked at the unconscious person, who had been full of anger just moments before. He released some of his wood elemental Qi and gave him some vitality, which woke him up, but also helped to clear his mind.

"I am sorry," he cried at Xue Wei, but he could not control his tears, and they streamed down his cheeks as he was reminded of the loss he had experienced.

He would never see her happy face again, her smile, and her touch. She was forever gone from his world, and he could not help but feel the loss that was gnawing away at his heart.

He knew that he could not blame it on Xue Wei, but it was easy to push all the blame away from himself, however, after regaining his sanity, he knew it was unfair of him.

He had to face up to what had happened. From the moment they entered the battlefield, they knew that the chances of both of them succeeding and surviving was relatively small. They were not that strong when compared to many others in the army, but this had also caused their thirst for strength to be greater.

Knowing full well that death was a risk, they still did everything in their power to be picked for the mutation, and the loss of her life could only be attributed to her lack of mental strength.

The mood in the ravine plummeted upon knowing that one of the people living here had died, and no one told them how her death had come about.

However, the depressed mood did not last long. Soon, someone noticed the experts who had mutated, their eyes almost popped from their eye sockets, and their hearts beat rapidly. How could someone gain so much strength so fast?

This turned into a new topic in the ravine, everyone tried to pry information out of the experts who had mutated, but no one told them about Xue Wei and his blood.

Like this, time flowed like water, and soon it was time for them to set off. Lei Jingshen had managed to succeed in reaching the Emperor rank, and he was so ecstatic that he also treated Xue Wei like his ancestor. He knew how to be grateful.

The entourage packed up everything they had in the ravine and set out like a snake that moved through the landscape. Everyone they encountered on their path hid away in their houses, and the army had no intention of attacking the small villages they came across.

Their aim was a provincial capital where the experts of the Vermilion Bird Clan were being held captive.

The trip took a long time, half a month of constant travels, but they were all cultivators, and the weakest one among them was a Heavenly Knight, while the strongest was an Emperor, so moving without stopping for half a month was nothing to them.

As they had gone on for half a month, the villages they came across grew in numbers. Sometimes they were small and counted only a few hundred villagers; other times, there were towns with more than five thousand citizens.

They avoided the bigger cities, mainly because they were barricaded and full of soldiers that were waiting to delay them, and hopefully, lower the number of soldiers in the Demon Phoenix Army.

Xue Wei looked around as they were moving forward. He had a nagging feeling of discomfort in his heart as if something was going to go wrong, but he could not put his finger on what exactly was happening. Were they genuinely stepping into a trap?

He was also still puzzled about the Diviners from the Chang'an Continent. How had the experts of the Xiyang Continent found them? Chang'an was supposed to be very far away from the Xiyang Continent, so far that it might even take ten years of travels, but somehow they had managed to find a Diviner.

Even if the Diviner was lying and claiming that it was capable of taming a Sovereign Beast, it had to be a genuine Diviner. Otherwise, the name and the continent would not have been mentioned.

Everything was spiraling out of control. Xue Wei felt a need to understand what was happening, but things were eluding his grasp.

For now, all he could do was to go with the flow, and hope that he could handle what would happen in the future.

Suddenly, the people traveling in a snake formation stopped in their tracks, everyone looked towards the distance, and they could not help but take in a deep breath of air.

In front of them was no town nor a city, but a large and flat plane. The plane would usually be empty, but today things were different.

A whole army of the Xiyang Empire was waiting for them. In front of them were two massive cages, and within these cages lay three Vermilion Birds.

These Vermilion Birds were lying on the ground, the blood masked by the fiery red color of the feathers, but the agonizing cries that escaped their lips caused the Demon Phoenix Army to shudder. Just what had these noble birds experienced to cause such grievances?

Looking at the birds, Xue Wei instantly recognized one of them as the Chi Branch member, and he tightened his lips. Although they could not be considered friends, he still respected this person, and seeing him beaten like this was never a pleasant feeling.