Rest in a Demon's Embrace [BL]

Chapter 224

224 Egrets and Albatrosses

The trip would have taken a month if the group walked towards the destination, but thanks to the work of the White Egrets, the Gu family group managed to arrive at the location after merely a few days of traveling.

On the road were many hard to climb areas, and even mountain sides that could slow them down, but the White Egrets were able to cross them easily from above.

It was not only the Gu family who had reached a level of strength where their descendants could use beasts as means of transportation, a few other families had the same might, but most of those who had arrived at the meeting point had all walked to the destination.

Upon watching the magnificent sight of a large group of White Egrets landing on the ground with experts on their backs, the eyes of the many young descendants were filled with admiration, envy, and fervor. All of them wished to be able to reach a point where they had enough power to make their family as powerful as the Gu family that had just arrived.

However, the Gu family had only just arrived when another group of experts descended from the skies above. These were not riding on White Egrets, but instead using Albatrosses as their mounts. The White Egret presented themselves with elegance and beauty, but the Albatrosses were much more sturdy and domineering.

The audience could not help but look between the elegant egrets and the powerful albatrosses, and all of them began to sense a certain degree of competition between the two families. Otherwise, it would have been weird for them to arrive at the exact same time.

“Oh, old man Gu!” on the albatross closest to the group, a middle-aged man jumped down to the ground and walked towards the Gu family group with swift steps. Although the steps were swift, they did not seem to be unnatural or long, but each step seemed to make him travel across a few meters at a time.

This phenomenon was truly too mysterious and magical, making many of the young talents present curious and looking at the man without hiding their admiration.

Luo Xiao also observed the man, but upon noticing a hidden smugness in his eyes, he realized that it was likely done deliberately to cause himself to seem more powerful than the rest. After all, Luo Xiao had never seen Jiang Yao move like this, and he used to be the second most powerful figure on the continent.

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“Well, as usual, your arrival would appear rather brusque and tasteless.” Gu Xingyu looked at the albatrosses without hiding his dislike.

Gu Xingyu liked the elegant egrets, and he was very happy whenever he looked at their clumsy albatrosses. When they were searching for the egrets, it was not only their Gu family who wanted to catch the entire flock of egrets, but in the end, they were the ones who succeeded.

The Wang family, who was the family in front of them, had also wanted to capture the flock of egrets at first, but after losing to the Gu family, their search for mounts changed drastically, and they went to a remote island, far away from everything else, to catch a flock of albatrosses and take them back home.

These birds were ferocious and powerful. Unlike the egrets, which were caught without casualties, the flock of albatrosses had made the Wang family lose three of their adult experts, making the battle fierce. Everyone in the upper echelons of the society knew about this, and many were feeling perplexed whenever they looked into the reason for why the Wang family wanted these birds at any cost.

Ever since, the relationship between the Gu and the Wang family had been good on the surface, but in fact they had been competing furiously in the shadows. The Wang family often blamed the Gu family for their losses, as it was the loss of the egrets that made them search for the albatrosses.

Now that they were all standing side by side, the powerful albatrosses did look a bit bulky and powerful, but Luo Xiao could not help but twitch his lips as he was reminded of the seagulls he had encountered while traveling with Jiang Yao.

Although it was not the same bird, they were amazingly similar, and the seagulls had always been viewed with hostility, as a plague and an annoyance by all.

Now, one of the more powerful families in the entire continent actually liked using these birds as their mounts. Luo Xiao could not help but marvel at how magnificent a world it was, where everyone could have different opinions and views.

However, Luo Xiao, although not really a part of the Gu family, could not really like the Wang family very much. As he looked at their attitude, he felt somewhat uncomfortable, and it was even worse when he noticed that the descendants that were meant to participate in the Secret Realm all looked down on them with their eyes through their nostrils. It was as if the Wang family was much more noble than the Gu family in their minds.

“The Wang family has been very lucky recently.” Gu Tianhu was standing by the side of Luo Xiao and decided to explain the situation between the two families, to ensure that this young man was prepared for when they entered the Secret Realm.

“Their younger generation is the most powerful among our circle, and many of them have been favored by the royals of our Xiumeng Empire.

“The Xiumeng Empire is a subjugated empire of the Demon Empire, but they were able to maintain their own royal family, as long as they provide a certain amount of tributes each year.

“The Emperor’s favorite concubine is from the Wang family, and many resources have been sent back to her natal home as a reward. This has made it possible for the Wang family to stand out, but unfortunately, their arrogance has already shot through the roof.”