The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 182 Finally Leaving Xiangyang
"Come out, stop hiding. I noticed you were coming a long time ago," Wu Chengyu said suddenly after throwing the prefect and his son into Snake Valley and waiting for the screams to subside.

About ten feet to his right, a dark figure was hiding behind a tree, secretly watching him. The figure made no sound, but the tree in front of it was not even as thick as its own body, so how could it possibly block the view?

For Wu Chengyu to be able to make the mighty Divine Condor hide and remain silent, he must be quite a ruthless person.

But even after Wu Chengyu had spoken, the bald eagle was still pretending not to exist.

Wu Chengyu kicked a pebble with his right foot, which hit the tree trunk in front of the eagle. Only then did the bald eagle reluctantly let out a cry.

But Wu Chengyu understood exactly what it meant, which translated to: "Why are you back again?"

The bald eagle was attracted by the prefect's screams when Wu Chengyu tore off his finger, but it immediately hid after seeing Wu Chengyu.

Seeing its cowardly state, Wu Chengyu wanted to laugh. Suddenly, the scene of himself emerging from the shelter after completing his silkworm transformation flashed through his mind.

At that time, he had just completed a 49-day transformation process, expelling a large amount of impurities from his body, as well as dust that had settled in the cave. Wu Chengyu felt that he had never smelled so bad before.

He immediately ran to the pool under the waterfall to soak in the water. Before he could even scrub off the mud, he heard an angry cry from an eagle, and then a large eagle, its body still wrapped in cloth and its head no longer adorned with flowers, viciously pounced on him.

Having been severely injured by Wu Chengyu before, and then being constantly bullied by Wu Chengyu due to his weakened state, one can imagine the pent-up anger in this guy's heart.

Who knew that one day, this annoying guy would suddenly disappear again. Although he left enough food and medicine for the Bald Eagle, how could a dignified alien spirit beast be bought off by such a small amount of money?

However, Wu Chengyu never appeared.

During the forty-nine days of Wu Chengyu's transformation, the Bald Eagle's injuries improved day by day, especially the medicinal wine it drank. The antidote in the wine continuously cleared away the toxins that had accumulated in the Bald Eagle's body over the years, and its injuries healed day by day.

By today, the bald eagle's injuries have mostly healed. Not only that, the areas on its body where it had lost hair have first grown back downy hair, which then gradually turns black and becomes increasingly hard. The fleshy growth on its head has also shrunk, and now it is only half the size it was originally.

Just as the bald eagle was happily appreciating all of this, it suddenly discovered that the annoying guy who had been playing tricks on it had inexplicably reappeared.

The bald eagle didn't understand what it meant to be angry and wicked; it only knew that it wanted to teach Wu Chengyu a lesson.

So it pounced straight at Wu Chengyu, who was still rubbing mud in the pool.

Unfortunately, on one side was the Bald Eagle, whose body had not fully recovered and who only had 70% of his fighting strength, and on the other side was Wu Chengyu, who had undergone a complete transformation and whose strength had reached a thousand pounds. Not only had his martial arts been fully restored, but he had even made a breakthrough. The Bald Eagle still could not escape the fate of being controlled by Wu Chengyu.

Bald Eagle doesn't know martial arts. As a spiritual beast, he has a naturally strong physique and has grown stronger by consuming snake gallbladders over the years. He is like a top-notch external martial arts master, generating internal energy from the outside in, but he just doesn't know how to use his internal energy.

However, its hunting skills as a large bird of prey, coupled with its immense strength, allow it to fight against Yang Guo, who wields the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword, with a single wing. It can even go head-to-head with the Five Greats in a contest of strength.

But it is not human after all, and it can never enter the realm of subtlety. Therefore, it is destined to be manipulated by Wu Chengyu, who has regained his martial arts skills.

Wu Chengyu didn't engage in a direct confrontation with the Bald Eagle, nor did he use any of his most powerful techniques, such as the Nine Yin Divine Claw. After all, he had just rescued the Bald Eagle, and injuring it again now would have been pointless.

With a slight twist of his waist, Wu Chengyu caused seven or eight shadows to appear around the bald eagle, surrounding it. The bald eagle couldn't distinguish which one was the real body, and would attack one randomly, causing the shadow to disappear instantly.

Then the other shadows pounced on it and started touching it all over. Actually, that's not quite right. Wu Chengyu was actually feeling the immense strength he had just gained, while wrestling with the bald eagle.

The bald eagle's two claws were as hard as iron, digging into the ground. Its stance was originally more stable than that of a master who had practiced stance training for many years. However, its legs had been the most severely injured in the past, and it had not fully recovered. Wu Chengyu threw it down several times in a row. But the bald eagle was extremely stubborn. No matter how many times it fell, it would get up and continue to fight Wu Chengyu. Finally, Wu Chengyu had no choice but to flip it over and throw it into the pool, and then push its head into the pool.

The giant eagle only gave in after nearly drowning, its eyes filled with fear as it looked at Wu Chengyu. It had finally been intimidated by Wu Chengyu.

At that very moment, Wu Chengyu seemed to truly understand the meaning of the bald eagle's cry, as it kept saying, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Fortunately, Wu Chengyu left Xianshan the next day and returned to Xiangyang. The Bald Eagle breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that its natural enemy had finally disappeared.

But on the third day, this guy returned with two people, which explained why the bald eagle was hiding behind the tree, too afraid to move.

Wu Chengyu found it amusing to see the bald eagle acting so cowardly and cautiously: "Don't worry, this time when I leave, I really am leaving."

Upon hearing this, the bald eagle visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

But Wu Chengyu continued, "Maybe I'll miss you someday and come back. Who knows what the future holds?"

Now Wu Chengyu could clearly see the hairs on the bald eagle's body bristle.

He shook his head, turned and left down the mountain, the cry of the bald eagle ringing in his ears, meaning: "You really shouldn't come back."

After leaving Xian Mountain, Wu Chengyu did not return to Xiangyang City, as there was nothing left to pay attention to there.

No one knows when the governor's office discovered that the governor and his son had disappeared, but they couldn't find them no matter what they did.

Wu Chengyu determined the direction and headed west.

Since we're going to venture into the martial arts world, we should at least visit and see all the places described in Jin Yong's novels.

Hubei borders Shaanxi, and his primary target was Shaanxi. First, he went to the Quanzhen School and the Ancient Tomb School in Zhongnan Mountain, and then continued westward. The Western Xia ruins, Lingjiu Palace in Tianshan, Baituo Mountain, Jingangmen, and the Ming Cult headquarters in Kunlun Mountain were all in the west.

Although his martial arts skills have greatly improved, he has not yet mastered all kinds of unique skills and urgently needs to find those legendary manuals as resources to integrate into his own martial arts.

In addition, he also wanted to fulfill a wish of his predecessor.

Wu Chengyu wanted to try to find Feng Mofeng. In the original novel of The Return of the Condor Heroes, Yang Guo left Zhongnan Mountain and went to Dasanguan to participate in the martial arts conference. He was harassed by Li Mochou all the way, but at the critical moment, he met the lame blacksmith Feng Mofeng and was saved by him.

Dasanguan Pass is located in Baoji, Shaanxi Province. If you head towards Zhongnan Mountain from Baoji and search for blacksmith shops along the way, you might be able to find traces of Feng Mofeng.

Wu Chengyu discovered from his predecessor's memories that his predecessor's feelings for Feng Mofeng were somewhat complicated, but he still hoped to heal Feng Mofeng's broken leg.

If that day ever comes again, and Feng Mofeng, in order to save his mentor's son-in-law Guo Jing, single-handedly charges into the Mongol camp, fighting to the last drop of blood, Wu Chengyu does not want him to still be a cripple.

　I'm up at dawn today, and every morning when I wake up I feel like I owe everyone 10,000 words. No doubt about it, I'll keep writing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)