Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

"Zi Ming!"

Just as Xiao and Luo Xing were about to fall into the river, Luo Xing suddenly read out a name. As soon as he finished speaking, a high-pitched eagle cry came from the sky, and a purple lightning-like figure descended like thunder.

"What?!" The big man looked up at the sound and saw a purple eagle descending from the sky. It used its claws to pick up the two people who fell into the water and threw them onto its back. Then it flapped its wings and returned to the sky, leaving a lot of turbulence on the river surface. The big man anxiously swung his giant axe and slashed out a lightning. The purple eagle glanced back, fluttered its wings, and also slashed out a lightning, smashing the attack behind it. The remaining force fell near the boat, causing a huge splash of water.

Finally, the purple eagle carried the two people out of the big man's sight.

"Zi Ming, you're too late."

After getting away from the big ship, the two found a place to land, built a fire, and dried their wet clothes. Luo Xing squeezed out a handful of water from his clothes, raised his head and looked at Zi Diao beside him with resentment, and Zi Diao lowered his head in apology.

The Xiao on the opposite side looked at the purple eagle. This was a six-star beast, equivalent to a two-star king, and it had basically no rivals in the mortal world.

"Big brother, thank you." Luo Xing suddenly spoke.

Xiao's gaze fell on Luo Xing's harmless face: "In fact, you could have achieved your goal by yourself." Lure out the strongest person on the boat who has the most say, and ask Zi Diao to hold this person hostage, so that all the crew members will listen to you.

"But Master said that we can't hurt anyone casually."

"You can control the strength of your attack."

"Hey, so the strength can be controlled? Big brother, do you know how to do it? Can you teach me how to do it?"

This answer surprised Xiao a little, and then he thought that there might be some hidden secret, so he didn't intend to delve into it, so he changed the subject when he spoke again: "Since you have it, why do you still take a boat?" After saying that, he also glanced at the purple eagle, and the purple eagle did not know whether intentionally or unintentionally moved away the gaze that was about to meet his.

"I didn't get on that ship by myself. I was tricked by the people on the ship. I woke up early and sneaked away when they weren't paying attention. Master said that if you are bullied, you must bully back, so I wanted to give them a headache, so I stayed on the ship. Later, I found that there were many people imprisoned under the ship. I thought that rescuing these people would definitely give them a headache for a long time, but Master said that we should not interfere in the affairs of the mortal world..."

These people are so bold that they dare to kidnap anyone.

"Where are you going after this?" Xiao asked.

"I don't know. It's not time to go back yet." Luo Xing shook his head and turned his gaze to Xiao: "Where are you going, big brother?"

"Hecheng."

"Hecheng, Luoxing has been there, so he knows how to get there. So, big brother, let me take you there, as a reward for your help just now."

"it is good."

The purple eagle next to it spread its wings majestically, as if to say, "It's all up to me."

"Zi Ming, you're about to blow out the fire!"

After a day and night of travel, they finally arrived in Hecheng in the evening and said goodbye at the city gate.

"Goodbye, big brother. If you pass by Cang Xuan Gate in the future, remember to come in and play with me. If the senior brother guarding the mountain gate stops you, you can tell me my name."

Cang Xuan Men? This name sounds familiar.

Xiao thought about it, but couldn't find any reason why the name sounded familiar to him. He didn't dwell on it any more, and said goodbye to Luo Xing before entering the city. On the way, he whispered to Ling Xiao, who had turned into a wooden sign, "Look at the purple eagle, and then look at you. What is a mount?"

Ling Xiao made a "tsk" sound and ignored him.

As expected of a lotus city, there are many small rivers in the city, and small boats are sailing on the rivers. There are also many ponds in the city. Now is the season when lotus flowers are in full bloom. Whether it is on the river or in the pond, it is a scene of green and pink. When you walk through it, you can faintly smell a faint fragrance.

Xiao found an inn to stay in and had a good night's rest. The next day, he wandered around the city and passed by a place where mounts could be rented. When he asked the price, he found out that it cost 10,000 spirit stones to rent the worst mount to the next stop, Lincheng. Why don't you just go and rob it?

Xiao wandered around for a while, bought some food he had never seen in Licheng, and unknowingly came to the Adventure Association of Hecheng. He saw a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the Adventure Association from a distance, and felt a little curious, so he moved closer. He squeezed into the inner circle and found a simple platform at the innermost part, where someone was giving a speech.

"I believe you have all heard recently that a beast king led its herd to occupy a major traffic route. They offered a price for borrowing the road, and only by offering something that they think is worth the price can they be allowed to pass through that road. This road was opened up by our ancestors after going through hardships, how can we allow them to occupy it? We humans are not without people! Now, the city lord is calling on people with lofty ideals to go and defeat the evil beast. After the defeat is successful, all participants will be rewarded, and those with outstanding performance will be eligible to share the materials of the divine beast. If anyone present has this intention, you can come to me to sign up. Let me make it known in advance that we only accept people of the Venerable level and above. We don't want and will not treat you as cannon fodder."

After listening to the speech, Xiao understood what was going on, but he had no intention of signing up. Who knew how long it would take to defeat the beasts? He had something important to do. A month was neither too short nor too long. If he missed it, he would have to wait another half a year.

Xiao squeezed out from the excited crowd and couldn't help but sigh that Hecheng was indeed a big city. More than half of these people had reached the Venerable level. He had never seen so many Venerable levels in all his time in Licheng.

After Xiao left, someone suddenly asked, "Didn't the city lord recruit a group of people a week ago and set off already?"

"That is indeed the case, but after fighting the Beast King, the city lord discovered that the number of spirit beasts under its command far exceeded expectations, and he needs to recruit another wave of troops in the city for support. Does anyone else have any questions?"

"Nothing."

"I was still regretting that I was too late to sign up a week ago, but I didn't expect that I would have the chance today."

"Haha, my chance to make a name for myself has come! Participating in the team that defeated the Beast King, with this resume, why should I worry about not finding a job in the future? It's really the right decision to come to Hecheng this time."

"..."

After Xiao finished his walk, he took a short break and left Hecheng, heading for the next stop, Lincheng. The terrain on both sides of the road gradually became undulating, with small woods appearing one after another, and finally, a huge forest appeared in front of Xiao. Looking down from the sky, the road split the forest in half like a sharp sword.

It was already dark, so Xiao found a sunken mountain wall, built a bonfire inside, and had dinner. Before going to bed, he summoned Fengjianwei and Lingxiao to keep watch.

Not long after Xiao fell asleep, he opened his eyes again.

"What's going on..." Ling Xiao turned his head when he noticed Xiao's movement, but was interrupted by the pair of green eyes.

"You guys stay here and guard it. I'm going to go out for a while." After saying that, "Xiao" left this temporary residence.

(PS: I changed the first thirty chapters, but couldn't change any more, so I'll leave it as it is. I added some details and settings, and tried to fix the character of Red Xiao, but the overall story remains the same. I didn't change it directly on Tomato, most of the previous comments are gone)