bullyxtreme Chapter 116 Falcon
Chapter 116 Falcon
Yang Jianwu returned to the General's Mansion in the afternoon. Puyang Xuan had not been able to find Yang Jianwu in the morning, so he eagerly followed her when he saw her return.
“Sword Dance, a giant white eagle has come to the martial arts arena. Auntie said it’s your pet. Can you take me closer to see it?”
"noob?!"
After Xiaobai escaped that day, it should have flown back to Yunzhi. It wouldn't leave on its own without being summoned. Could something have happened to Yunzhi?
"I gonna go see."
Yang Jianwu ran quickly towards the martial arts arena, with Puyang Xuan close behind. He seemed to hear Jianwu shouting something...
……
"noob"
……
There shouldn't be anything wrong with his ears...
Inside the arena, Little White lay bored in a corner, basking in the sun, pecking at its claws and preening its feathers.
Sensing the familiar presence, Xiaobai jumped up, and Yang Jianwu ran over and affectionately patted Xiaobai's head.
This move made Puyang Xuan extremely envious.
"How did you come?"
Xiao Bai raised its paw, revealing a bamboo slip. Yang Jianwu untied the bamboo slip, took out the letter, and quickly read through it. It was expected, but she didn't expect it to actually happen.
"Wait here for a moment, I'm going to reply to a letter, could you please deliver it to me?"
"唳—"
Puyang Xuan had transformed into a little fanboy, following behind Yang Jianwu and chattering incessantly.
"Sword Dance, you're amazing! You actually managed to keep this guy as a pet, and it's so obedient. How did you train it?"
"Sword dance, can you teach me?"
"Sword Dance, where does it stay at night?"
……
"Ugh……"
The only response he received was Yang Jianwu's sigh.
Puyang Xuan asked timidly, "Am I...too noisy?"
Yang Jianwu gave him a thumbs up, "You have a lot of self-awareness! So, can you give me some peace and quiet?"
"Sword Dance, you're in a bad mood."
Puyang Xuan sensed that Yang Jianwu's mood had become low after reading the letter, and something must have happened.
Yang Jianwu sighed deeply, remained silent, and continued replying to the letter. Several choices were weighing on his mind, and he didn't know which one he would ultimately choose.
Puyang Xuan looked at Yang Jianwu with pleading eyes, "Jianwu, can you teach me how to tame an eagle?"
Yang Jianwu sighed helplessly, "Let's talk about it when I'm in a better mood."
Back at the training ground, he put the reply he had written into the bamboo slip, fed Xiaobai a few pieces of meat, and habitually patted Xiaobai's head, saying, "You've worked hard, Xiaobai. Take your time on the way back."
Watching Xiaobai disappear, Puyang Xuan felt a little jealous. He would definitely ask Jianwu to teach him how to train eagles when she was in a good mood... How cool would it be to control one!
Not long after Xiaobai flew away, Dajin, who had delivered the message a few days earlier, returned with information that the Medicine King Palace had uncovered.
It turns out that the Second Elder and Fifth Elder felt that the Medicine King Hall was no longer accepting assassination jobs, which reduced their profits. So they secretly gathered people to take on jobs that were more lucrative and wouldn't affect the Medicine King Hall's relationship with the royal families of the three kingdoms. Jing Nan, the illegitimate son of Prince Yu'an, was a suitable candidate! That's why the assassination attempt happened last time.
Puyang Xuan felt the world was so fantastical. It was already quite an achievement for ordinary people to be able to tame pigeons to deliver messages, but the messengers of Sword Dance were all at the level of birds of prey... No, he had to learn! He couldn't fall too far behind!
Yang Jianwu replied quickly this time. Puyang Xuan glanced at the message "solve it yourself," wondering whose letter was this? It was quite perfunctory.
Only after Yang Jianwu tied up the bamboo tube and saw Da Jin off did he dare to approach her.
"Sword Dance, where would you like to go for a stroll?"
"Don't go..."
"Sword Dance, shall we go see a play?"
"I won't listen..."
"Sword Dance, would you like to go boating on the lake?"
"don't want……"
"Sword Dance, are you feeling better?"
"No... I'm in a great mood!"
Having learned from her previous experience, Yang Jianwu was glad that she hadn't fallen into Puyang Xuan's trap, but her expression changed the next second.
"Sword Dance, you're in such a good mood, can you teach me how to tame a hawk?"
The woman's forehead creased with exasperation; she'd fallen for their trick after all...
Yang Jianwu used Gu poison to subdue Xiaobai, Dajin, and Haidongqing, and also invested emotionally, which led to the current result. Gu poison is forbidden in Dongli! In Nanyue, it is only controlled by a few members of the royal family!
Puyang Xuan asked her to teach eagle training?!
How is she supposed to teach her?!
Should we tell him it's a poisonous curse?!
Could she say it?! Of course not!!
"Ahem, Puyang Xuan, eagle training isn't something that can be done in a day or two, I don't have that much time to teach you..."
Puyang Xuan resorted to shamelessness, "You have time now!"
"I will soon be going to the capital with my father. If your eagle is not trained properly, won't we be wasting our time?"
There are always excuses to refuse things you don't want to do; but there are a million ways to overcome the difficulties of things you do want to do.
"If it's not fully tamed, we can take it on the road and continue taming it. If you're worried about others seeing you, I can walk with you at the back, not with the main group. We'll rejoin the team when we're almost at the capital!"
Eagles are migratory birds. Every autumn, eagles from the north migrate south, passing through several mountains in the southwest of Dongli. Anshun is a suitable place to catch eagles.
Yang Jianwu closed her eyes and carefully recalled the assessment content of the falconer in her previous life. She also quickly looked up some information. Should she teach him based on what she knew? Anyway, she had to catch a falcon first before she could train him, and whether she could catch one was still unknown...
Since I don't know when we'll be leaving for the capital, I'll just keep him company and have some fun, just to pass the time.
"Okay, it's your turn to learn. Let's make it clear first, no complaining about being tired. If you don't manage to train me in the end, don't blame me."
"Thank you, Sword Dance. When shall we begin?"
Puyang Xuan's little scheme was accomplished, and a smile immediately bloomed on his face, his devilishly handsome face full of allure.
Yang Jianwu paused for a second, then said, "Um... let's start by weaving cages..."
Puyang Xuan's smile froze instantly. "Making cages?"
"Correct."
"Isn't the goal to capture the eagle?"
Yang Jianwu rolled her eyes at him as if he were an idiot, "If you could fly into the air and catch one, I wouldn't mind."
"Oh……"
If you have no experience, just follow along and learn honestly. Why are you talking so much?
"Puyang Xuan, don't tie this knot too tightly, otherwise it won't be able to be tightened."
"Okay, I'll loosen it up a bit."
Yang Jianwu taught Puyang Xuan a method for catching eagles that she found on the spatial control panel. This method was very popular abroad in her previous life, but she had never actually tried it herself and could only imitate it.
Find a sturdy cage, and the two of them tied many coils of thin wire to the cage. The principle of this trap is to use the prey placed in the cage to attract the eagle's attention. When the eagle grabs the cage, it will step into the coil. With a little force, the coil will be pulled tighter and tighter, and finally successfully trap the eagle's foot.
"Sword Dance, this cage looks strange. Can it really catch an eagle? And eagles need to be big; this cage is so small, it can't fit in..."
Yang Jianwu glanced at the Medusa-like snake-hair cage and was also skeptical, but since they had already started, they had to give it a try. If it could be successful in the video footage, they should be able to do it too, otherwise it would be too embarrassing...