Chapter 52 - Poisoned
Chapter 52 - Poisoned
In the chamber where the White Eagle was residing, there were a lot of beautiful pearls hanging and some majestic sounds resounding. This place was seemed sacred, it was as if it was not a beast who was living here. This chamber gave off a gentle yet uncomfortable aura for the people first time getting here.
"This chamber is so huge. They are really regarding this white eagle high." Old Mo could not help but be astounded. Indeed, this was a very large chamber that was actually bigger than the guest hall that was destroyed a while ago.
"Of course, it is huge. This is the white eagle after all." Yuan Gu, who finally regained his composure said in an amusing tone.
He added, "Though the Ice-winged Lion's chamber might be bigger than this."
Guildmaster Na nodded and joined in, "That's right. The chamber of the Ice-winged Lion was much bigger than this."
This treatment was understandable. Even though the White Eagle was a supreme existence for transportation, it was still limited to the transportation and could not be used for fighting. Unlike the Ice-winged Lion. But of course, this treatment was never in the least unfair.
As they walk through the vast chamber, they finally stopped. What appeared in their sight caught them off guard and was amazed by this sight.
Before them was a very large jade-white bird that was hibernating. Its wings could be said majestic upon the first sight. Its large body that almost covered the entire side of the chamber was breathtaking as if it could sweep the ground leaving huge pits upon its trail. One glimpse and it could already be evaluated as a supreme beast! However, one thing that was sure to be noticed was that its withering vitality.
Jin Rou looked at the sleeping white eagle, and turned his gaze at the guildmaster and asked, "Where is the other White Eagle?"
"It was currently in the other chamber opposite to this. Since this White Eagle had some unknown disease, we could not let the other one get close it or else it might be affected as well." Guildmaster Na answered honestly.
"I see." Jin Rou mused.
Jin Rou understood this. Since the tamer guild did not know what type or what disease the White Eagle had, they could not risk the another one being near it. They only had two White Eagles and it was already quite a blow to them that one was suffering. Maybe they could not recuperate from a tremendous loss once the other one got affected also. Although the two White Eagles were lovers, all they could do was separate them and grit their teeth. Amusingly, the other White Eagle seemed to understood the situation and just sit still in her own chamber. Unless something happened to her lover, it would not do anything displeasing.
After pondering for a moment, Jin Rou revealed a mysterious smile which left everyone there present confused. He eventually said, "Guildmaster, it seemed like you have some hidden wolfs residing in your guild."
"What young master do mean?" Guildmaster was extremely confused by this. But slowly, he was getting the fragments of the picture into the place.
Jin Rou ignored the question, chuckled and said, "Guildmaster, I already diagnosed the White Eagle."
"Young master already diagnosed it?" Guildmaster Na was taken aback by this. Jin Rou only stood there for a minute and now he already diagnosed it? This..!
"Yes. I already know what is the cause of this." Jin Rou said as he mused himself.
"Young master, please do enlighten me." The guildmaster found this way ridiculous. However, thinking back how could Jin Rou deal with the behemoth cultivators without being injured made him think again and again. Although he was still doubting the credibility of this, it would not hurt giving it a shot.
"But first, let me ask you, are you certain that your White Eagle is sick?" Jin Rou asked.
"This.." The guildmaster did not what to say, but eventually answered after a moment, "The last master doctor who checked it said that it is sick with unknown disease."
The guildmaster added, "In fact, all of the doctors had the same diagnosis of the White Eagle."
"I see." Jin Rou mused for a bit and said,"Then let me clarify those false diagnosis."
"False diagnosis?" This shocked Guildmaster a bit, "Please do continue, young master."
"Your White Eagle is not sick." Jin Rou slowly said.
"It was poisoned." Jin Rou added.
"Poisoned?" The guildmaster could not find this reasonable and rejected this claim, "That is impossible, young master. Our White Eagle was not something anyone could just see. Even here in our guild, few of few actually saw this. How could it be poisoned?" The guildmaster finally understood why Jin Rou said he had a wolf in the guild.
Jin Rou was trying to say that someone from his guild actually poisoned it. The White Eagle was something that only those people having a status of Emperor of an empire could ride this mount.
It was pretty impossible for any emperors to poison this since they never had let this White Eagle be a mount for outsiders! This mount could only be used such as the guildmaster himself. So an outsider poisoning it was out of the question. And so, the remaining possibility was someone inside his guild was trying to sabotage them. Which the guildmaster could not believe so! Because he knew that his people were loyal and dedicated to the guild! This was already proven when the imminent catastrophe happened a while ago.
"I know you will not believe me out of the blue." Jin Rou chuckled and touched the body of the White Eagle. Once he touched this, a bright light suddenly blocked their sights. Upon the disappearance of this light, everyone lifted their heads and was stupefied by the current sight in front of them.
The hibernating White Eagle emitted a very dark-purple aura that made the watchers shiver. After which, it turned into a mist and shaped into a face-like as it faced Jin Rou with its expression grimaced. It seemed that it was angered.
"A poison consciousness!" Yuan Gu said in a surprised expression. This type of poison..!
"Here you go." Jin Rou smiled and asked the guildmaster, "I know the guildmaster knew what is this so I will skip the details. So, still thinking that it was not really poisoned?"
Guildmaster Na could not think of what he should said. As a cultivator with a Sky Realm cultivation, he knew more than himself that this dark-purple mist face was actually a poison!