nd of Zhong Kui"To verify his thoughts, Xiao Yu focused again, and those mysterious patterns connected with his eyes once more. The world within Xiao Yu's vision rapidly transformed into black and whi...Chapter 705: Golden Eagle

The prayer flags around the sky burial platform fluttered, encircling it.

Around these sky burial monks raised conch shells and blew them into the air. They then lit juniper branches, ringing bells, reciting scriptures to send the deceased off on their journey of liberation as the thick smoke from the burning junipers rose towards the heavens.

With the swirling clouds of smoke billowing up into the sky, vultures circling in the distance began to land near the sky burial platform. Soon, a sea of vultures covered the area surrounding the sky burial platform.

These vultures were all extremely robust; when they spread their wings, they easily measured over a meter in length. In Tibetan regions, eagles are considered divine birds, and Tibetans show great tolerance towards them. Even if some of these birds snatch sheep from local herds, the locals would not harm these sacred creatures.

Moreover, because eagles have very few natural predators once they mature, their mortality rate is extremely low. Furthermore, this high-altitude region is ideal for eagle habitation, which has led to a massive population of them.

The vultures gathered around the sky burial platform showed no signs of fear but rather patiently waited, clearly indicating that this was not their first time here and they were accustomed to witnessing such scenes.

Moreover, these vultures seemed to understand the rules of the place, none of them approached forward, all standing at the edges of the sky burial platform watching.

The monks followed a specific sequence in separating the deceased's bones and flesh. They then crushed up this meat and mixed it with certain substances before throwing it to the vultures.

After seeing what the sky burial monks threw over, these bearded vultures let out a cry and rushed over to start tearing apart the offerings.

The sky burial monks smiled upon witnessing this scene, then chanted scriptures to absolve the deceased's soul.

It turned out that the more enthusiastically and thoroughly the birds feasted on their meal, it signified that the person had lived a sinless life indicative of good fortune.

Although all of this was terrifying, Xiao Yu did not even furrow his brows once. For him, these terrifying events were of no consequence; he felt nothing when Cao Er had endured being skinned alive by his own hand. How could it affect him now that the body was already dead

Just as those bearded vultures were devouring their meal, a loud cry suddenly reverberated in the sky. The cry was incredibly sharp and also contained a hint of disdain.

"Boom" When this cry rang out, all the bearded vultures that had been feasting on the remains abruptly flew off to land at one corner of the sky burial platform, looking up at the sky.

Xiao Yu's incorporeal soul was hovering in mid-air. Upon hearing the loud cry, he too looked up into the sky where a giant silhouette was circling overhead.

"A golden eagle" When Xiao Yu saw this huge figure, he frowned slightly and said to himself. The wingspan of the golden eagle that was circling above stretched out to more than three meters in length; its body remained motionless as it circled, resembling a small airplane.

When those sky burial monks spotted this golden eagle, their hands suddenly quivered, and they quickly fell to their knees on all fours. They muttered incantations while showing utmost respect.

The few sky burial monks are now filled with great reverence for this golden eagle. After all, a golden eagle that’s nearly three meters tall is undoubtedly the king of golden eagles in the Tibetan region. These golden eagles are considered manifestations of gods in the area, which explains why they display such reverent expressions upon seeing it.

In fact, there's another belief about these golden eagles in the Tibetan region: They're believed to be descendants of the very golden eagle that Buddha fed with his flesh. Such a notion elevates them to almost godlike status, making it impossible for people not to show respect.

Another belief is that these king-like golden eagles are the descendants of Buddha's Golden-winged Garuda. This is because this particular golden eagle’s feathers shimmer with golden light under sunlight, leading to the notion that they're progeny of the Golden-winged Garuda.

Xiao Yu’s spirit has excellent eyesight; despite the distance, he can still see the golden eagle very clearly.

The golden wings and the golden feathers on its head resemble a crown, making this golden eagle not only majestic but also exuding an aura of regality.

After circling in the sky twice, the golden eagle suddenly dives towards the sky burial platform. However, as it gets close to the platform, it lets out a terrified cry from its mouth.

The diving golden eagle veers sharply to one side after its cry and flies back into the air.

Once in the air again, the golden eagle keeps circling while fixing Xiao Yu’s spirit with intense stares as if they were two bolts of lightning.

Xiao Yu is momentarily stunned by this turn of events. He can’t help but wonder to himself: Can this golden eagle see me

When these sky burial monks saw the golden eagle, they were also stunned. They thought that this golden eagle had come to eat meat, but it flew back up before even coming down, which made them very puzzled.

To verify his thoughts, Xiao Yu's soul shadow flew towards the golden eagle. However, when Xiao Yu’s soul shadow approached the golden eagle, its eyes were still staring at him. At this moment, he could be sure that the golden eagle could see or sense his soul shadow.

Every time Xiao Yu's soul shadow got closer to the golden eagle by a bit, it would immediately fly further away. Although the golden eagle was fast, its speed was still much slower than Xiao Yu’s soul shadow.

When Xiao Yu's soul shadow gradually approached the golden eagle, it let out an alarmed cry and flapped its wings twice to fly far into the distance.

Seeing that the golden eagle had flown away, Xiao Yu’s soul shadow suddenly vanished. When he reappeared, he was already standing on the back of the golden eagle.

The moment Xiao Yu stood on the back of the golden eagle, a hint of panic appeared in its eyes. It flapped its wings frantically and flew up and down while occasionally rolling over to try to shake Xiao Yu off; however, no matter what it did, Xiao Yu remained firmly standing on its back.

The sky burial monks below saw the golden eagle’s behavior and were stunned. They looked at each other in puzzlement. They had seen this golden eagle from afar before but never like this.

However, since the golden eagle was now far away in the sky, there was nothing they could do but watch helplessly.

The golden eagle in the sky seemed to be flying wildly and madly. But no matter how it flew, it always felt that someone was on its back, and this person could even instill fear into the mind of this king of birds. and flew away from Zhang Dahai over two meters. After landing, he quickly turned around to face Zhang Dahai with full alertness."Haha...... Great! Brother Three has superb skills!"Zhang Dahai burst i...