tea in small amounts from his father-in-law, usually reserving it for times when he truly craved a cup. By now, he still had half an ounce left, which he valued like a precious treasure.Zhou Ruoying...Chapter 718

Once the golden eagle absorbs these medicinal powers, it shouldn't have any trouble growing a bit more. Xiao Yu didn't see it eat that snow lotus, but judging from the remaining medicinal power in its body, it should be enough to support another round of growth.

Xiao Yu looked at the snow lotus in his hand with a hint of joy; although this was only a 400-year-old one, it could still barely be considered as heaven-defying earth-treasure. Such things are rare and hard to come by. Just like the heaven-defying earth-treasures in his house, he probably wouldn't have found such treasures if he hadn't gone to the swamp in the deep valley!

One can only find heaven-defying earth-treasures in rarely visited places. However, there are few such places now; for example, wild ginseng. People pursue economic benefits and nowadays, wild ginseng is becoming scarce. In a few years, perhaps there will be no more wild ginseng left in the world!

"Gugugu..."

The golden eagle saw Xiao Yu put away that snow lotus and started calling to him.

After hearing its call, Xiao Yu jumped onto the back of the golden eagle.

With temperatures around negative twenty or thirty degrees here, especially in the air, it would be very cold. A regular person might freeze stiff right away! Even these flying creatures rarely come here. But for Xiao Yu, he just felt a bit chilly and wasn't much affected by the low temperature. It seemed that this low temperature didn't affect the golden eagle much either.

Xiao Yu stood on a slope not far from the foot of Mount Everest, watching as the golden eagle flew farther and farther away until it was no longer visible at all before he walked down the slope.

This place is still several miles away from the base camp of Mount Everest. And Xiao Yu deliberately made the golden eagle stop here because flying on its back would be too eye-catching. Although there were scenes in TV shows where Yang Guo rode an eagle, those were just TV dramas; if something like that happened in reality, it might become tomorrow's biggest news nationwide.

At that time, Xiao Yu's cultivator identity wouldn't be kept secret anymore. Even though he didn't fear anyone knowing now, some things are better left unknown by ordinary people.

Xiao Yu's descent down the mountain was extremely quick; like a fierce tiger, every step covered two or three meters. In just a few minutes, Xiao Yu arrived at the foot of the mountain from the slope. Of course, he dared to do this because there were no people around here; otherwise, ordinary people might think he was some kind of monster if they saw him!

Xiao Yu quickly arrived at a place about two or three kilometers away from the base camp and then gradually slowed down, walking slowly towards Mount Everest's base camp.

When he reached the base camp of Mount Everest, Dai Yuxin was standing anxiously by the entrance. Although she knew that Xiao Yu would be fine, she still couldn't help but worry as this place wasn’t their hometown and the environment here was extremely harsh. After the elderly people moved into the tents, she came to the entrance of the base camp.

"Master, you're back!" When Dai Yuxin saw Xiao Yu, she said with a look of joy on her face.

Upon hearing Dai Yuxin's greeting, Xiao Yu nodded at her in acknowledgment.

Although it wasn’t too late now, they couldn't go back to Sa City immediately. After all, from here to Sa City would take at least seven or eight hours of walking, and since it was around four o'clock in the afternoon now, they wouldn't be able to return until midnight.

It wasn’t a problem for them to travel on foot at night in flat areas, but this area was high altitude with some dangerous roads. To be safe, they didn’t plan on walking back at night.

After these elders learned that Xiao Yu had returned, they all came to his tent. Although he was young, his cultivation level was higher than theirs; especially in the realm of cultivation, age was not a problem.

Before the great calamity, it wasn’t uncommon for elderly people with white hair to call a twenty-something-year-old man their master or grandmaster. Moreover, in the true world of cultivation, the older one appeared, the weaker they were in terms of cultivation level because in that era, cultivators could maintain their youth and beauty. The higher the realm of cultivation, the harder it was for them to age.

However, after the great calamity, the primordial qi became increasingly thin, and these cultivators basically had no chance of breaking through further. Therefore, people with similar innate talents would become more powerful the longer they lived; hence, this is when age began to be a criterion for their cultivation levels.

Moreover, in today’s era where primordial qi was scarce, how could someone who managed to cultivate and break through to the late-stage of refining qi not be an outstanding genius Thus, age became a standard by which they judged each other's realm of cultivation.

The next noon, Xiao Yu returned to Sa City with them. After entering Sa City, he separated from these elders. Their families were large and influential; many had branches in Sa City, so the elders all resided in their respective branch offices upon arriving in Sa City.

Although these elderly people strongly invited Xiao Yu and his companions to be their guests, Xiao Yu did not agree and planned to find a hotel here for a night's rest before returning to the deep sea the next day.

The elders saw that Xiao Yu was not going with them and did not insist too much but returned to their own residences. They were not in a hurry to leave; living in such a place as Tibet for several days was quite pleasant, especially after hearing an entire night of explanations from Xiao Yu and Li Qiong, they felt eager to digest all the information.

In the evening, while Xiao Yu and Dai Yuxin were dining at the hotel, they suddenly heard a loud clamor and exclamations coming from outside the street.

Those dining in the hotel looked out of the windows towards the street. On the streets and on balconies of residential buildings, countless people stood gazing into the distance; even cars that were driving stopped and honked repeatedly while staring at the sky with exclamations.

Although Saga City's streets were jammed with cars and pedestrians, not a single car honked. Countless Tibetans prostrated themselves to the sky, as if they had seen a living Buddha.

From Xiao Yu's vantage point, Potala Palace could be clearly seen, although it was far away. With Xiao Yu’s eyesight, he saw everything that happened at Potala Palace very clearly: countless monks were sitting in front of the palace gates turning prayer wheels and blowing horns with all their might as if to welcome something grand.

Xiao Yu and his companions could not see what was happening in the sky from where they stood, but when they saw everyone in the hotel leaving for outside, they followed suit. However, instead of going downstairs, they climbed up to the rooftop terrace.

When Xiao Yu and his group arrived at the rooftop, there were already more than ten people standing there; some elderly, middle-aged, and young people among them. When these people saw Xiao Yu's group arrive, they merely glanced their way once before turning away and looking towards the sky. Two young men even held binoculars in their hands, observing the heavens.

Xiao Yu and Dai Yuxin’s attire was quite ordinary while everyone else was dressed elegantly. So these people did not pay them any mind and vice versa.

"Gugugu... Gugugu..." As soon as Xiao Yu's group stabilized themselves on the rooftop, a series of calls echoed from the sky.

Hearing the call, Xiao Yu and Dai Yuxin suddenly froze. At this moment, they followed the sound to look up at the sky.

In the distant sky, two dark figures were circling over all of Sha City, and those calls came from them.

"Master, is it..." Although these shadows were far away from Xiao Yu, they could still tell that these two figures were extremely large. Dai Yuxin looked at these massive silhouettes and asked Xiao Yu with a puzzled expression.

Hearing Dai Yuxin's words, Xiao Yu also nodded in confusion. These two dark figures were exactly the golden eagles he had seen yesterday, but he couldn't understand why they would come to the city

"What big and magnificent birds!"

"Yes, I've never seen such a huge creature! Brother Two, get your gun. Shoot them down; it's better if we can capture them alive. Even dead, we could make specimens out of them. Such creatures are rare."

While Xiao Yu and Dai Yuxin were watching the two golden eagles in the sky from afar, two young men with binoculars excitedly said these words.

"Shoot them down Haha! If you dare to shoot them down, I estimate that you won't be able to leave Tibet!" The old man standing on the rooftop glanced at the two youngsters and sneered after hearing their conversation.

"Old man, mind your own business. There's nothing we brothers are afraid of in this world... Can't leave Tibet Haha! We can go anywhere in China that we want to, who dares to stop us" The two young men holding binoculars glanced at the old man and said arrogantly.

The old man didn’t get angry when he heard their words but looked at them with pity without further comment.

Xiao Yu knew that what the old man said was true. If these two youngsters really dared to take action, no one could save them. After all, golden eagles have an extraordinary status in Tibet. Ordinary golden eagles are considered messengers of deities, and such magnificent ones like this would be regarded as incarnations of gods. If they dared to hurt or kill the golden eagle, they would likely face the anger of all Tibetan people.on. At the same time, they secretly wondered who exactly Wan Hongguang was awaiting that made even the usually calm Secretary Wan display such anxiety.Shortly after, a large vehicle entered their line...