Capturing a griffin was an extremely dangerous matter.
Because griffins usually lived on high mountains at altitudes of four to five thousand metres. Along the way, one did not know how many ferocious demon beasts there were.
Moreover, every griffin nest was targeted by many tribes, so it often also meant conflict and fighting.
In the entire human kingdom, the griffin was an extremely precious flying beast. The Raging Wave Kingdom only had a mere few dozen, and the Flame Empire was the same.
The last time the Dragon God Temple captured the world-destroying Demon Emperor Suolon, they had mobilised a full thousand griffins. That was because these griffins were all bred in their own laboratories.
And in the Savage Wilderness nation, griffin beasts were similarly incomparably precious.
The entire Chimera Tribe only had a mere few dozen griffin warriors.
There was another risk in going to capture griffins, and that was being attacked by wild griffin beasts.
Lanling had come into contact with griffins many times. Although this was a very ferocious animal, it could not be considered to have heaven-defying attack power.
That was because the griffins normally ridden were all domesticated. Their flying performance was preserved, but their combat performance was greatly weakened.
Anyone going to capture griffins could only go and capture newly hatched griffin chicks. Only then could they be tamed, and when they grew up they would obey the griffin knight’s commands.
Those adult wild griffins were not only very ferocious and powerful, but also incomparably proud and free. Even if captured they were useless, completely unable to be tamed. Either they would madly attack humans, or smash themselves against walls to death, or starve themselves to death.
“Do you think foster father will be alright?” Dina said uneasily, looking at Lanling.
Lanling shook his head and said, “Rest assured, uncle’s martial arts are so high. Wild griffin beasts cannot harm him.”
Dina said, “But other tribes will also go to capture griffins. There will be conflict and fighting.”
Lanling said, “How many experts like you can uncle alone defeat?”
Dina said, “Over a dozen is no problem.”
Lanling said, “There you have it. Even if he encounters other tribes, there will not be any life-threatening danger.”
Dina said again, “Perhaps Chieftain Constantine wants to harm foster father.”
Lanling said, “In his heart, he indeed wants to harm uncle. But not now. Now Du Yan still cannot completely replace uncle.”
Time passed minute by second.
Suomo still did not appear. Dina already dared not speak, and had knelt down to begin praying.
…
And Constantine at the mountaintop castle was similarly caught in纠结. He truly hoped Suomo would not return.
Because he truly detested this person, forever righteous, forever rigid and proud.
But now, not only could the Foreign Race Army not do without Suomo, even the Chimera Tribe could not do without him.
Five days later, the great war between the Chimera Tribe and the Wild Horse Tribe would erupt.
This time, he was again going to use the Foreign Race Army as cannon fodder to lead the charge. Without Suomo, the entire Foreign Race Army would lose its soul and lose most of its combat power.
Moreover, Suomo himself was also an invincible fierce general.
Although Constantine did not like him, he had to admit that every time war broke out, Suomo was forever charging at the front, without the slightest slackening.
Another reason Constantine did not like Suomo was that the entire Foreign Race Army recognised Suomo, and did not recognise him, this chieftain.
“I truly hope Suomo doesn’t return, so that Yaya will belong to me.” The second wife Green Snake said hoarsely.
She had given the little girl a name, Yaya. At this moment, she was sleeping soundly on the small ** beside her.
Her white and plump little body, wearing white little underpants, her little wings behind her also pink and tender. With the breathing of sleep, gently flapping open and closed, extremely cute.
Hearing her words, a wave of tenderness surged in Constantine’s heart. This woman had come to his tribe several years ago, but up to now had not become pregnant. It looked like she would never be able to have children in the future.
…
There was still one hour until the ten-day deadline ended, but Suomo still had not returned.
By now, Lanling also could not help but be filled with unease.
Suomo absolutely would not be late. There was only one reason he had not returned in time: he could not return.
And once he could not return, that would be completely catastrophic for Lanling.
Although Lanling’s cultivation was advancing rapidly, he was now only a mere Level Six Warrior. Whether in martial arts or prestige, the gap with Du Yan was like heaven and earth. It was fundamentally impossible to compete with him.
And once Du Yan took control of the Foreign Race Army, clearly this army would no longer be able to maintain its independence, and would very quickly be completely devoured by Constantine.
And emotionally, Suomo and the little girl were the only two relatives Lanling had in the Savage Wilderness world. He truly did not wish to lose one so quickly.
The entire cave was deathly silent, with only the low murmur of Dina’s closed-eye prayers.
Lanling sat on the ground, motionless.
Suddenly…
An energy body rushed into Lanling’s mental vision.
Immediately after, Suomo, covered in blood and travel-worn, rushed in.
One could see that his eye sockets were deeply sunken, his eyeballs filled with bloodshot veins, as if he had lost a full circle of weight.
Tears burst from Dina’s eyes. She shouted “Foster father!” and was about to rush over to embrace him.
Suomo dodged slightly, because his body was covered with dried bloodstains, very dirty.
“Uncle, are you injured?” Lanling asked.
“No, it’s all other people’s blood.” Suomo smiled and said, “You must have been anxious. This time there were truly too many enemies, surrounding and intercepting, which delayed some time. I rushed back without stopping. Little Ling, come with me immediately to the mountaintop castle to exchange for the little girl.”
“Yes!” Lanling said.
Dina had originally wanted to follow, but was stopped by Suomo. He was worried Dina would again be subjected to body searches to take advantage of her.
Lanling and Suomo rushed to the mountaintop chieftain’s castle at the fastest speed. Outside the gates, they again received a round of刁难.
However, when the gatekeeping warrior saw Suomo covered in blood, he felt somewhat fearful, and after a little刁难 let them pass.
Suomo, covered in blood, arrived at the castle great hall, knelt to Chieftain Constantine and said, “Your subordinate has fortunately not failed his mission. I have captured a griffin beast, offered to the chieftain!”
This was the first time Lanling had seen a griffin chick. Its entire body was fluffy. Its eagle beak was still very short, pink and tender. Its lion body was still very short, and its tail was merely a tiny stub.
At this moment, this griffin chick lazily opened its large eyes, curiously looking at this world.
Griffin beasts were like this. When young, they were full of curiosity and friendliness towards the entire world, and full of closeness towards unknown creatures. Only after growing up did they become increasingly ferocious, increasingly proud, and difficult to approach.
Constantine put on an appearance of tears welling up in his eyes, suddenly rushed forward, picked up the griffin chick and was about to fiercely smash it onto the ground, saying angrily, “For such a small beast, you almost harmed one of my great generals. If you, Suomo, had suffered the slightest injury, what meaning would there be in me obtaining ten or a hundred griffin beasts?”
At this moment, Lanling truly, truly tried very hard to hold back from laughing.
First, Chieftain Constantine definitely had not read “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” The reason he said such words could only be said to be an inevitability within coincidence.
However, he was far inferior to Emperor Liu.
Emperor Liu smashed his own biological son. You are smashing a griffin chick.
And even more laughable was that you yourself forced Suomo to go capture the griffin beast.
But even more crucially, Suomo was not Zhao Yun.
At that time, Zhao Yun was so moved that tears streamed down his face. After catching A Dou, he was overwhelmed with gratitude, knelt down and swore to die in service.
And after Suomo swiftly caught the griffin chick, he merely calmly said one sentence, “The chieftain exaggerates.”
This person of his, he never understood how to cooperate with others in acting.
Instantly, great resentment surged in Constantine’s heart. Would it kill you to cooperate with me in acting? So rigid and stiff.
Then, Suomo again offered up the griffin chick with both hands, making it so that Constantine was embarrassed to accept it.
It was still the second wife Green Snake who broke the deadlock. She gracefully stepped forward and accepted the griffin chick from Suomo’s hands.
And when she stepped forward, Constantine’s gaze stared fixedly at Lanling. If he dared to raise his head and take a single look at his forbidden concubine, Constantine decided he would find a way to kill Lanling in the future.
He did not like Suomo because Suomo’s character was too rigid.
He did not like Lanling because he was too handsome, too attractive to women.
But fortunately, Lanling’s gaze remained on the ground, not looking at the second wife for a single glance.
And the second wife Green Snake also did not look at him for a single glance.
Although the two of them had already done it twice, and every part of the second wife’s body had been played with by Lanling more than once.
But if they were discovered by Constantine at this moment, they would definitely be torn apart alive.
Suomo said, “Then we will take the little girl.”
Instantly, the second wife Green Snake revealed a reluctant gaze, and said, “You train, hunt, and fight every day, so busy, and you also don’t eat well. Let Yaya stay with me. She is still small and needs nutrition.”
“No need.” Suomo said, “Although our Foreign Race Army is poor, if we squeeze out all the good things, we can still raise a little girl well. Little Ling, go carry the girl away.”
“Yes.” Lanling said, then he saluted Constantine and walked towards the inner hall.
On a small **, the little girl was sleeping soundly.
These days, she had indeed grown a bit fatter.
However, her white and plump little body was only wearing a pair of white little underpants. A wave of displeasure surged in Lanling’s heart.
Although the weather here was hot, after all the girl was a little girl. How could she be dressed like this?
He suddenly felt a wave of anger towards the second wife. For the sake of looking cute, could she disregard the girl’s dignity?
He picked up the little girl and discovered tear stains at the corners of her eyes. Clearly she had just been crying.
Yaya woke up, and the first thing she saw was Lanling.
The memory of a three-year-old girl was very short. She could not remember things from a few days ago, nor people from a few days ago.
And Lanling had been separated from her for a full ten days. He had truly been worried that the little girl had forgotten him.
Who knew that after she opened her sleepy eyes, she immediately spread her little arms to hug Lanling’s neck, and joyfully shouted, “Papa, Baba…”
“Little heartless one.” The second wife said in a low voice.
“Let’s go back.” Lanling said softly with a smile.
The little girl curled up in Lanling’s embrace, smelling his familiar energy scent, feeling extremely comfortable and at ease, and fell sweetly asleep again.
The reason she was attached to Lanling was not because Lanling had rescued her from the wolf pack, but because of that special energy scent on his body, which instinctively made the little girl feel attached. So the moment she saw Lanling, she flapped her wings and threw herself into Lanling’s embrace.
During these ten days, she had not had a very good time.
At Guru’s place, naturally there was no need to mention it. Every moment she had to face a pair of evil eyes.
And after coming to the second wife’s place, although there was good food and good clothing, every night she would still be startled awake. Every two hours of sleep, she would wake up crying.
Now returning to Lanling’s embrace, smelling this familiar scent, she could finally feel true safety.
“Alright, since you have reclaimed your daughter, you may leave.” Constantine said coldly.
This person of his was moody and unpredictable. He wanted to learn from Emperor Liu in buying people’s hearts, but after not receiving a response, he immediately changed his face, without much patience.
Suomo said, “Your subordinate has one more matter to report.”
Constantine said coldly, “Speak.”
Suomo said, “Your subordinate was lucky this time. In total, I captured three griffin chicks, and am willing to offer two to the tribe, keeping one for the Foreign Race Army.”
The moment these words were spoken, not only was Constantine startled, but Lanling was also extremely startled.
He had actually captured three?
Great joy surged in Constantine’s heart. Griffin beasts were incomparably precious. Every additional one was powerful combat power.
His greed immediately rose, wanting to seize all three griffin beasts for himself.
But to be so greedy in appearance, he still felt pressure. He still wanted to save face.
The task he had given Suomo was merely one. As a result, Suomo offered two. If he also wanted to snatch away the third, it would be too shameless.
Moreover, the tribe had clear rules. Anyone who captured two griffins only needed to offer one. The other one could be raised by themselves, and they would directly be promoted to griffin knight.
Griffin knights were the pyramid tip of the entire tribe, the target that countless warriors aspired to.
Among the outstanding young men currently wanting to marry the chieftain’s daughter Ninian, the griffin captain was the most powerful competitor.
“Hm!” Constantine responded.
Suomo immediately offered the second one, then carried the third one in his embrace, and left the castle with Lanling and the little girl, returning to the Foreign Race Army camp.
After Suomo left, Constantine said coldly, “Truly a dog that cannot be raised to be familiar.”
…
Not long after leaving the chieftain’s castle, Lanling’s trio encountered another detestable person.
The chieftain’s wife’s younger brother, Goufu! The husband of the Fox Clan beauty Ali!
He staggered out of the tavern, saying to the person beside him, “Women, if they don’t listen, just beat them once. Punch them twice and they’ll be obedient. That’s how I am with my wife.”
Then, he discovered Lanling and Suomo, and staggered over, pointing at the little girl in Lanling’s embrace and saying, “Foreign dog, is this your daughter? The meat is truly tender enough. One day I’ll grab her and boil her to eat.”
The moment these words were spoken, Lanling’s eyes narrowed.
This Goufu was dead for certain!
No, no, don’t let him die. Make him suffer worse than death.
“Suomo, how come you didn’t die out there?” Goufu sneered coldly, then spat another mouthful of saliva onto Suomo’s face.
“Lord Goufu, may I leave?” Suomo said after wiping the saliva.
“Haha…” Goufu laughed heartily, pointing at the little girl in Lanling’s embrace and said, “One day I’ll slaughter this little bastard and make her a dish for your wine.”
Then, he staggered away.
Lanling and Suomo continued walking.
Suomo saw Lanling’s face was calm, and he instead was filled with unease, saying, “Little Ling, don’t act on momentary impulse. It will ruin great matters.”
Lanling said, “Uncle, rest assured.”
…
After returning to the cave, the little girl had already woken up, her eyes full of curiosity looking at Suomo and Dina.
Dina held her in her embrace, her heart surging with tender love.
Suomo took out the third griffin chick from his embrace and handed it to Lanling, saying, “Little Ling, since you came to my side, I, your uncle, am too poor and have no meeting gift. This griffin beast is given to you. Let it grow up together with the little girl.”
The moment these words were spoken, Lanling’s eyes heated up, almost shedding tears.
Uncle Suomo had rushed back so late in order to give him a gift, so he had to capture three griffin beasts.
Because only by capturing three could he keep one.
Lanling accepted it, trembling, and said, “Thank you, uncle!”
“Want, want…” The little girl saw it, excitedly threw herself over, and directly flew over from Dina’s embrace flapping her wings, stretching out her chubby little hand to caress the griffin chick.
This chick also opened its large eyes, curiously looking at the little girl, letting out tender ga-ga sounds.
The little girl also learned to let out ga-ga sounds.
The three adults seeing this also burst into great laughter.
The entire cave was permeated with an incomparably happy atmosphere.
The little girl was still small, unable to think or speak.
But she could also feel that although this cave was far more shabby than the mountaintop castle, it was more fun here, more joyful.
Before Suomo went to bathe, he said to Lanling, “Little Ling, how have your cultivation results been these past few days?”
Dina said, “Foster father, Lanling has already broken through to a Level Six Warrior.”
The moment these words were spoken, Suomo staggered, turned his head in disbelief and said, “Eleven days, from a Level Three Warrior to a Level Six Warrior, my heavens!”
Then, Suomo said, “There are still five days until we go to war with the Wild Horse Tribe. I hope you will be able to establish military merits then. Not only can you be promoted in rank, but you must also gradually establish prestige within the Foreign Race Army.”