CIATB Chapter 224 – Singing With Wolves
Chapter 224 – Singing With Wolves
Chapter 224 - Singing With Wolves
On our third day traveling through this snowy wasteland of a forest, we finally spotted something that might relate to our mission. It was a broken tree. A light layer of snow clung to its splintered trunk, but it didn’t look old or dead, as if it had only recently been damaged.
All the teams gathered tightly around the tree as though it were some precious relic. For the first time, we gave the image of a team and even got close to each other without too much suspicion. None of us wanted to linger in this icy wilderness, and the weaker members were beginning to feel the strain.
“Should we just head back?” I suggested.
“For a broken tree?” Jie So, the leader of the Jie team, shook his head. “This doesn’t prove anything. We need solid evidence, not just a random fallen tree. It could have toppled on its own after years of wear and tear. We’d be a laughingstock if we returned with this.”
Pride was clouding some people’s judgment. If it weren’t for the current team mash-ups, I’d have pushed on without them.
I decided to let the other clans lead from here on out, though breaking the news to Liu Qian wouldn’t be easy.
I glanced at my cousin. She was intently studying the break in the tree’s trunk.
There was no fur, paw prints, or trace that might explain the tree’s fall. Perhaps it was just the relentless cold or an unremarkable wind.
We didn’t linger. With nothing conclusive, we pressed onward.
After days of trekking deeper into the forest, we finally started seeing tracks. Most were wolf prints in the hardened snow, but some were hooves.
Maybe certain beast types, horses or moose-like creatures, were running away from the wolves. Or perhaps a Thunder Wolf had mutated to hypnotize prey, leading them back rather than hunting them outright.
As we moved deeper and the sun reached its peak, casting stark shadows around us, more broken trees littered the path. It seemed a battle had taken place here, yet there were no beast corpses, frozen blood, or fur caught in the splinters.
This time, we didn’t need to go much farther before a howl sliced through the air, sending a chill up my spine.
Only now did I realize how unsettling a wolf’s howl truly was. If I remembered correctly, wolves howled for hierarchy, a call among the pack.
In this world, a wolf’s howl often meant it was lost,
“We could also take our chances in the sky,” I suggested. “Flying would cut down travel time.”
Liu Bo, Liu Heng, Liu Qian, and I all had flying swords in our storage rings. Liu Qian probably had multiple flying swords stashed in her ring as well, just in case. As for our twin cousins, two of us could carry them, each taking one.
Of course, there was a reason cultivators hesitated to fly during beast waves or in unknown territory. Flying monstrous beasts were insanely dangerous, with a serious advantage in the air. Plus, we could easily stumble upon a flock of them up there.
“We’ll go with your plan,” Liu Qian agreed. “It’s risky, but it’s still the best option. Besides, taking another route would add days to our journey and we’re already worn out.”
Ultimately, we agreed: Liu Bo and Liu Heng would each carry a twin, I’d prepare to cast a barrier if needed, and Liu Qian would keep watch, buying me time to cast if necessary.
With our plan in place, I retrieved my flying sword; a blade with a snow-white hilt, its edge emanating a faint chill.
Balancing atop it, I went through the motions to activate a barrier, holding off on the final step. This time, if we were ambushed like before, I’d be ready.
We began to rise, watching as the snow-covered trees shrank beneath us, fading into the endless white backdrop.
Ascending higher, we broke through misty layers until we soared above the clouds, leaving the world below buried beneath a blanket of soft, unbroken white. Up here, the sky stretched vast and open, clear except for the thin, biting chill of high altitude. With a shared nod, we shot forward, each of us channeling our Qi to blaze a path through the high altitude. The wind whipped past in a fierce, icy rush as we cut through the open sky.
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