Ou Yangming and Big Yellow were spiritually connected.
However, he realized at this moment that the connection had been cut off as though Big Yellow no longer existed.
It made him feel uneasy, and he could not wait to reach the big yellow dog at once. As soon as the goshawk was near the mountain, Ou Yangming hopped off as he could not wait anymore. He stirred up a strong wind in mid-air, which was a result of a skill he learned from Ni Yinghong. Even though the skill was far from the goshawk, it was enough to help slow down the young fellow’s body.
The goshawk was taken aback at first, but it was soon unbothered.
Given its master’s real identity, it would only be a joke if he would get injured from jumping off from this distance.
Ou Yangming flashed toward Big Yellow the instant he landed. He was finally relieved after he carefully checked it.
The big yellow dog was still breathing, but Ou Yangming felt extremely powerless. Fortunately, the fellow was safe and sound, or he would not live in peace for the rest of his life.
When Ou Yangming scanned his surroundings, he noticed that the pieces of the Earthly Dragons Beast’s flesh were gone. He felt glad after he saw the blood on the big yellow dog’s paw gauntlet. Luckily, he was smart enough to have retrieved the flesh before he left.
Without the energies from the dragon beast’s flesh and blood, Big Yellow might not have pulled through.
Ou Yangming was suddenly moved. He could sense that the big yellow dog was slowly breathing heavier, which meant that it was slowly recovering
Before long, Big Yellow breathed louder, which almost sounded like snores. Ou Yangming wanted to burst out laughing.
At last, the big yellow dog opened its eyes after some time. The moment it did, Ou Yangming could sense its existence in his sea of consciousness.
The connection between them was initially cut off by a certain power but as Big Yellow awoke, its surging energy crushed the hindrance, thus they were no longer affected.
Ou Yangming cheered and opened his arms to embrace the big yellow dog.
Big Yellow struggled a little but realized that Ou Yangming was hugging it tightly and with force. Therefore, it stopped moving around but stuck out its tongue to lick his face all over. “Pfft, pfft, pfft…”
Ou Yangming immediately let go and wiped the saliva off his face. He smiled bitterly and remarked, “That’s so disgusting! Big Yellow, why do you never change!”
Perhaps it would be fun if a small dog licked one’s face, but the feeling would be far from enjoyable if one was licked by a gigantic dog.
The young fellow was shocked when he looked at the big yellow dog again. “Big Yellow, you didn’t grow bigger.”
Big Yellow had been growing bigger as it became stronger, to the extent that Ou Yangming even wondered if it would one day become like Multi-armed King Kong.
It possessed an entirely different aura now. While it still could not contend with Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk, it had advanced into a different creature.
Despite that, it did not grow bigger at all.
Big Yellow shook its head and suddenly spoke after some thought, “I-I… Don’t know.”
Ou Yangming was stupefied. He stared at the dog and asked, “You can speak now?”
The big yellow dog was struck dumb. It nodded and seemed to be elated.
“A spirit beast is intelligent enough to learn various languages, so this isn’t strange,” the goshawk explained after it landed beside them.
Being able to speak in human language was one of the signs of becoming a spirit beast. Though Ou Yangming and Big Yellow were aware of this, it was still surprising when the yellow dog spoke. “Big Yellow, say a few more words.”
“Say… What?”
“Heaven.”
“Heaven.”
“Earth.”
“Earth.”
“Big Yellow.” “Big, Yellow.”
“Big Yellow’s an idiot!” “Big Yellow’s… You are—an idiot.” “I’ll smack you!”
“Bite, bite you…”
The goshawk had a gentle look in its eyes when it watched Ou Yangming and Big Yellow having fun teasing each other. Its master’s conduct was far from the legendary one, but having a master like him made it feel at ease.
When Ou Yangming and Big Yellow stopped bickering after half an hour, the yellow dog could speak more fluently. It could only speak slowly but at the very least, it did not stammer anymore.
The goshawk looked around and suggested, “Master, nobody knows Big Yellow has become a spirit beast. How about it continues to hide its aura for now?”
Ou Yangming thought it was a great idea too.
Nonetheless, Big Yellow’s aura could not be contained because it had just advanced. Under the circumstances, it would not be easy for it to hide its abilities.
Who knew, the goshawk seemed to be well-prepared. “Master, I learned a secret technique that can be used to hide one’s aura, and I can pass it on to Big Yellow. It’s not complicated at all, so it’ll be able to conceal its aura once it grasps the technique.
Big Yellow barked excitedly and stuck out its chest.
‘I could even withstand the Heavenly Thunderbolts, let alone a small technique…’
Chapter 454 - Scale Rune
“Goshawk, I can also use this method to try to advance, right?” Ou Yangming suddenly asked.
The goshawk was clearly stunned, but it soon replied to him with a bitter smile, “Master, theoretically, you can, but I dare not do that. You’ll be able to take that step if you cultivate well, so why are you in a hurry to succeed?”.
Ou Yangming looked quietly at the goshawk and understood what it meant.
Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk did not really care if the big yellow took a risk, but they would not agree if he were to do the same.
Even if he was more confident about facing the Heavenly Thunderbolt, they would not approve it.
“Okay, go ahead and teach Big Yellow the ability.” Ou Yangming sighed and hesitated before he asked, “Can I watch from the side?”
“Of course,” the goshawk answered right away.
The secret technique was considered a high-level one among the Birds, such that not all spirit birds were qualified to learn it. Nonetheless, given Ou Yangming’s identity, none of the birds would disallow him from watching every secret technique they learned since they were born, let alone this particular secret technique.
Following that, the goshawk nodded and muttered to the big yellow dog.
Its voice was extremely strange throughout as though it adopted a peculiar skill. As such, Big Yellow was puzzled and in confusion.
“Do you understand?” The goshawk asked after it finished explaining once.
The big yellow dog stuck out its tongue and panting with a flattering look on its face. It was no longer heroic like when it faced the Heavenly Thunderbolt.
“I don’t think I understood. Can you explain it again?”
The goshawk was slightly stunned and was doubtful.
After seeing the Heavenly Thunderbolt that the big yellow dog drew to advance further, it instantly suspected that the dog had an unordinary background. For all it knew, the yellow dog inherited a bloodline that had not been perceived by its kind yet. Nevertheless, how could it be so dumb if it inherited a certain bloodline?
The goshawk wanted to reject the big yellow dog, but it cast aside that thought when it glanced at Ou Yangming, who seemed to be deep in thoughts. At worst, it would repeat itself several times as if it was lecturing the idiots in its clan.
With that, the goshawk calmed down and opened its mouth to let out the odd scale notations again.
The Birds and the Beasts were different in nature. The former had wings to fly in the sky so normally, if they comprehended some spells or abilities and wanted to show them, they would not gesture with their wings or claws. The birds would describe them in strange scales, which was a partial manifestation of their potency.
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Even so, it would not be easy for the big yellow dog to understand the Birds’ spells.
Although the Birds and the Beasts were not humans, the division was made from the Humans’ perspective.
From the Birds’ and the Beasts’ point of view, the Humans were categorized to be the same as the other races; they were all known as the Others.
Ou Yangming was slightly moved. He was calm and did not listen on purpose when the goshawk described the spell for the first time. The ability was passed on from the goshawk to the big yellow dog, after all, thus he would be rather embarrassed to secretly learn it.
Having said that, Ou Yangming could not hold back anymore when then goshawk described it the second time.
He focused and quietly listened to the goshawk. Something unbelievable happened-his mental power suddenly boiled when he paid attention and listened. It felt like something activated his mental power, causing it to surge and fluctuate.
Needless to say, it was not that his mental power was going to revolt. It only turned into monstrous waves and fluctuated at a certain frequency.
The sharp Ou Yangming noticed that the fluctuations were related to the goshawk’s scales. When the scales were fast, the fluctuations were greater; when the scales were slow, the fluctuations were smaller.
In just a few breaths, the goshawk was done.
Big Yellow widened its eyes and was still dazed because it honestly did not understand the wonder of the Birds’ spell. Even though it could feel that the spell was difficult, it was beyond its capability to display it accordingly.
The goshawk stared back at the big yellow dog like it was saying, ‘You idiot!’
Despite that, they did not know that the spiritual fluctuation in Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness ended as soon as the goshawk stopped making any sounds. Subsequently, a clear rune emerged.
If the goshawk saw the rune, it would certainly be shocked.
It was the Scale Rune-a Scale Rune unique to the Birds.
By listening attentively once, Ou Yangming carved the run in his sea of consciousness.
Of course, Ou Yangming was aware that this had something to do with his mysterious Military Fire. It seemed like the fire could easily understand anything related to the Birds and could solve everything quickly. The goshawk glared at the big yellow until the dog lowered its head as it was ashamed. It was then when the giant bird expressed, “Master, I was wrong.”
“What?” Ou Yangming suddenly awoke and asked.
“This little fella’s too dumb, so it can’t learn the Birds’ lost study.” The goshawk then suggested after some thought, “Perhaps we should ask King Kong if the Beasts have a corresponding Concealment Art too. I’m sure it’ll be useful.”
Big Yellow shouted as it was not willing to admit defeat, “I’m not an idiot. The Birds’ spell is too hard to pronounce; I’ll surely pick it up right away if the Beasts have a corresponding spell.”
The goshawk cast a disdainful look at it because it did not believe it. However, deep down the spirit bird agreed with the big yellow dog.
After all, there was a huge disparity between the Beasts and the Birds.
That said, Ou Yangming totally ignored them. He closed his eyes and studied the new rune.
The Scale Rune was very dissimilar from the runes that he had seen before this but since he was a blacksmith, he could understand them all if he comprehended one thoroughly. As long as the young fellow could perceive the Scale Rune’s theory, he could carve it on a piece of equipment and could stimulate it using essential Qi or other powers.
Eventually, the scales in the rune seemed to have come alive. They danced within his mind, displaying the most elegant dances as if the scales had become the best dancers. It was both eye-catching and captivating.
Ou Yangming was overwhelmed with joy when he began to familiarize himself with the dances.
The Scale Rune was different from the Humans’ runes, but their theories were similar in some ways. It was difficult for the Humans to understand the Scale Rune and to convert it for their own, but it could definitely be carved on pieces of equipment if it was slightly modified
Ou Yangming opened his eyes after a long time. He exhaled deeply and beamed.
He had fully fathomed the Scale Rune that belonged to the Birds.
The young fellow sensed something strange in the air when he opened his eyes. When he turned to look, he noticed that Big Yellow and the goshawk were staring at him worriedly.
Ou Yangming could not help but laugh. “Don’t worry, I’m fine.”
He later scanned Big Yellow’s body and did some calculations in his head before he retrieved a piece of featured steel.
This time, he was only smithing a piece of equipment for Big Yellow to conceal its aura, so it would be too wasteful to smith a magic tool using a peculiar stone.
As the Military Fire burned, a protective armor for its hind leg was slowly formed. Ou Yangming moved his mouth without making a sound, but unusual runes surfaced on the equipment. The runes shone in odd lights, which seeped into the armor bit by bit.
The Scale Rune was embedded on the protective armor just like that. Ou Yangming chuckled and approached the big yellow dog with the armor. He removed the Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment from its body.
After seeing this, the goshawk and the big yellow dog knew what he was going to do, but they reacted differently.
The goshawk looked enviously at Ou Yangming and seemed to have lowered its proud head a bit at this moment.
‘Master is a master indeed; he grasped the secret spell after only hearing it twice.’ The goshawk lamented as well. Even if Ou Yangming was not its master and was truly a part of the Humans, it would gladly follow him too.
Ou Yangming put the new equipment on Big Yellow’s hind leg and smiled. “Try it.”
The big yellow dog unleashed its essential Qi without any hesitation. Next, a flash of a luster appeared on the equipment, but it vanished in the blink of an eye. What shocked them was the yellow dog’s aura and momentum underwent a drastic change in a split second.
After withstanding the Heavenly Thunderbolts, the big yellow dog’s aura and momentum kept growing. It had tried to control them as much as it could, but they could not be fully contained.
It was similar to when one awoke to find that one’s power had doubled and would accidentally cause destruction to one’s environment.
Even if one was incredibly cautious, one could not hide it completely.
The situation was different now. Once Big Yellow channeled its essential Qi into the equipment, his aura and momentum were lowered.
It was the Concealment Art-the perfect representation of the Concealment Art.
Big Yellow looked at Ou Yangming cheerfully and lifted its head as it uttered, “You, safe. I… Protect!” Having become a spirit beast, the big yellow dog finally had the confidence to say this!
Chapter 455 - The Lucky One
When Ou Yangming returned to the city from the lonely mountain with the goshawk and the big yellow dog, everyone else was relieved.
Nobody asked why he left because as long as the blacksmith master, who could identify parasites, was in the city, they felt assured. If that was not the case, the people would have been frightened and lost their morale because of the parasites.
As soon as Ou Yangming gained a firm foothold on the wall, Yu Jinshuang welcomed him with smiles.
The governor did not pay much attention to Ou Yangming in the beginning as he focused on the princess.
Nonetheless, after knowing that Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk were Ou Yangming’s pet beasts, Yu Jinshuang attached more importance to the young but legendary figure in the smithing industry. When the goshawk even displayed its mightiness by spotting a parasite, the young fellow became more important than Her Highness.
“Master Ou, you’re finally back. We seized the ones that were absent from the previous test, and we’ve been waiting for you to… distinguish them,” Yu Jinshuan
g expressed impatiently. He glanced at the goshawk in the air but dared not call its name.
Ou Yangming raised his eyebrows. “Governor Yu, are they all gathered?”
Yu Jinshuang answered after a moment of hesitation, “Five of them went missing; we couldn’t find them.” His face darkened when he said this.
The parasites and the spirit insect were connected to a certain extent. Although the spirit insect could not control the parasites as it wished through telekinesis, it could sense if the parasites died, were severely damaged, or were harmed.
When the goshawk identified two parasites through its shrieks and eventually got them killed, the spirit insect naturally sensed it and ordered the other parasites to leave the city. It was not going to let the other parasites die just like that.
Therefore, the real identities of the five missing people were somewhat confirmed.
“Governor Ou, if that’s the case, the test won’t be meaningful this time.” Ou Yangming sighed. Given that the previous absentees had gathered, they had a clear conscience.
“Master Ou, I understand too, but the others won’t be at ease unless they’re tested.” Yu Jinshuang smiled bitterly.
“Okay. If that’s the case, let’s go.” Ou Yangming nodded. He waved at the goshawk, which understood him right away.
The goshawk had no preference for Ou Yangming’s orders. It was not the big yellow dog, which shared an unordinary relationship with Ou Yangming and could negotiate if it was unwilling to do something.
It must obey Ou Yangming’s orders even if it was reluctant.
Big Yellow shook its head and followed behind the young fellow. Yu Jinshuang looked strangely at the big yellow dog. The people were alarmed as well when it entered the city, but it was not worth mentioning as compared to Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk. Hence, the people had subconsciously neglected it.
Moreover, Big Yellow was not eye-catching before this because it always kept a low profile. Nevertheless, tit followed Ou Yangming openly this time as though they were inseparable. As such, people began to feel suspicious. Ou Yangming smiled and noted, “Governor, Big Yellow’s my partner. It can come with me, right?”
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