“Judging by these claw marks, it must have been a Golden-Eyed Eagle diving from high above, but how could a martial artist at the fifth level of Foundation Building possibly evade a Golden-Eyed Eagle’s aerial strike! Brian Harris, did you find anything else?” The young woman glanced at the guard who had just entered.

Brian Harris opened a beast hide pouch in his hand, revealing three silvery-white, fist-sized bird eggs, and respectfully spoke, “This is a beast hide pouch that the corpse was clutching tightly. Inside are three demon beast eggs!”

“These are Golden-Eyed Eagle eggs!” The young woman swept her gaze over them and recognized them at once.

“Ah! So that’s it!” Owen Grant exclaimed loudly!

“Uncle Benjamin, three months ago, I shot and killed a demon beast, a Golden-Eyed Eagle! At the time, I wondered why the beast lingered above the manor and wouldn’t leave—turns out someone had raided its nest!” Owen Grant stepped forward to explain. A Golden-Eyed Eagle can only lay eggs once in its life, and usually only one or two eggs at that. This explains why the eagle risked being shot by a human expert, circling low and refusing to leave!

The elder nodded. “Brian Harris, hand these three beast eggs over to Master Grant!” He showed no concern at all for the priceless value of the three beast eggs!

“Yes!”

Brian Harris reluctantly glanced at the beast hide pouch before handing it to Ryan Grant beside him. A Golden-Eyed Eagle can fly fifty thousand miles in a single day! It is the best possible mount, and adult Golden-Eyed Eagles are extremely difficult to capture, so the value of their eggs is self-evident! Even experts at the Qi Sect level cannot ignore them!

Ryan Grant took the beast eggs, his expression shifting several times before he finally spoke.

“Uncle Benjamin! You should keep these beast eggs. I fear that my The Grant Estate cannot protect them—they’ll only bring disaster!” Ryan Grant sighed inwardly. Such things are immensely attractive even to Qi Sect experts; if they remain in The Grant Estate, the entire manor could be wiped out in an instant!

Beside him, Owen Grant also sighed inwardly. “Big brother is right. If we keep these, the lives of everyone in the manor will be at risk!” In this world, the strong prey on the weak! Even if a weakling obtains a treasure, if word gets out, the whole family could be exterminated! Owen Grant had heard of many such cases!

The elder did not refuse. After Brian Harris accepted the beast eggs, he finally spoke slowly, “I’ll take the beast eggs, then. After the annual festival, I’ll select three youths from the village and take them back to Yandu as compensation.”

Owen Grant and the others were overjoyed and immediately knelt to the ground.

“Thank you, Uncle Benjamin!”

The elder nodded. He had come out this time with the intention of selecting wings for his own family. Obtaining three Golden-Eyed Eagle eggs was truly killing two birds with one stone!

……

“You’re saying that old man is the Minister of War of the Great Yan Dynasty, Benjamin Grant?”

“He’s going to select the three most outstanding youths during the annual festival and take them back to Yandu?”

“What chance do we have! He’ll definitely pick Ethan Grant and Logan Grant!”

“Not necessarily! I heard he’s going to check for innate talent and physique!”

For a time, all sorts of rumors spread throughout The Grant Estate. Everyone was talking about it, and Logan Grant and the others became the subject of much envy and jealousy.

Logan Grant looked speechlessly at his blushing cousin in front of him, and his father Lucas Grant, who was swaying like a drunk.

“Calm down! You’ve been circling in front of me for ages!” Logan Grant slapped the table, startling the two of them.

“Logan! That’s Yandu! The capital, under the Emperor’s feet! And your Great Uncle Grant is an elder of the ‘Divine Blade Sect,’ one of the three great sects of Great Yan! If you join the ‘Divine Blade Sect,’ you might even have a chance to advance to the Qi Sect!” Lucas Grant shouted excitedly, almost incoherent.

The three great sects of Great Yan—“Divine Blade Sect,” “Xuankong Temple,” and “Taibai Sword Sect”—have each been passed down for over three thousand years and are the greatest sects of the age! Each sect has countless experts and deep foundations! Even the domineering Martial Hall is reluctant to provoke them lightly!

“That’s right! It’s the Divine Blade Sect! Even the Grand Marshal of the Martial Hall, Andrew Brooks, studied at the Divine Blade Sect in his youth!” Even Ethan Grant was so excited he was waving his arms.

“The Grand Marshal only studied there for three years, yet he killed three elders of the Divine Blade Sect with a single slash! Three great Qi Sect experts, truly invincible! If I, Ethan Grant, could follow in his footsteps…” Ethan Grant was almost crazed, the calm and composed genius of the past nowhere to be seen.

Logan Grant couldn’t take it anymore and fled the house.

“Hey, you there!” A clear, melodious girl’s voice rang out, as crisp as jade falling on a silver plate, like an oriole singing.

Logan Grant looked up. On the distant street, a young woman in a silver-white fox fur cloak, looking like a snow elf, approached him with two maids, a faint smile on her delicate face.

“My name is Logan Grant!” Logan Grant frowned. Young ladies from wealthy families like this are the most troublesome—always a magnet for problems.

“Tomorrow I’m going into the mountains to gather herbs. You’ll take me there!” The moment this young lady spoke, Logan Grant knew trouble was coming. Sure enough, disaster comes uninvited! Logan Grant groaned inwardly.

“Miss, there are plenty of experienced elders in the village. I have to take care of my father and don’t have time to go into the mountains!” Logan Grant lowered his eyes, determined not to agree. But in the next instant, his eyes widened!

“That is…”

In her fair, translucent palm, a pale red pill the size of a longan appeared before Logan Grant’s eyes. A faint medicinal fragrance wafted over, and as Logan Grant inhaled a trace, he immediately felt invigorated!

“This is a Restoration Pill. It can replenish deficiencies in the body and regulate the five organs.” Grace Grant spoke slowly, a smile appearing on her delicate face.

Chapter 0010 Into the Mountains!