463: Chapter 59: Ghost King Tomb—The Appearance of the Master 463: Chapter 59: Ghost King Tomb—The Appearance of the Master When evening arrived, Xiao Jie followed Master Xiao Yue out of the rear palace, winding up the stairs behind the great hall and quickly ascended to the rooftop of the palace.

Leaning on the railing and looking down at the ground several hundred meters below, Xiao Jie couldn’t help but admire.

The view from atop this giant tree was indeed majestic.

“Master, how are we going to the Netherflame Abyss?”

“Of course, we’re going to fly there, we can’t possibly walk,” Master Xiao Yue said, giving a shout and naturally a Gray Wolf Guard came forward to meet them.

Upon the rooftop were many huge nests, and the giant birds that had been circling around the giant tree were obviously perching there.

At this moment, many giant birds were crouching in their nests, curiously watching the two of them.

These giant birds clearly fell into different species, some resembling giant eagles, while others looked more like geese, a diverse range.

“Guard, bring me two Storm Hawks,” Master Xiao Yue ordered, and a few Gray Wolf Guards led two giant hawks from the eagle’s nest.

“These Storm Hawks are the exclusive mounts of my Canglin Heavenly Feather Army, able to engage in aerial combat.

With these, flying and traveling is naturally convenient.

We’ll ride them to the Netherflame Abyss.”

Xiao Jie’s eyes shone brightly—holy crap, there are actually flying mounts; this is incredible.

Flying mounts in MMORPGs are absolutely game-breaking, possessions that can upset the balance of the game.

Many dangerous maps can be easily explored with a flying mount, and distant maps can also be effortlessly reached.

With this thing, it’s like having the entire map of the game open; wherever you want to go, you go.

This is far more powerful than ordinary equipment or Skill Books.

Xiao Jie excitedly said, “Master, I’ve decided what I want for my reward!”

But Master Xiao Yue just gave him a look, “If you’re thinking of a Storm Hawk as a reward, then you can shut up now.”

“Eh—why’s that?”

“These Storm Hawks are military essentials, the foundation upon which Canglin State stands.

We cannot let external forces get their hands on them.

If someone were to steal this hawk from you and breed a second Heavenly Feather Army, it would be a colossal loss to Canglin State.

That is absolutely not possible.

The Storm Hawks are merely on loan to you, so don’t get any wild ideas.”

Xiao Jie felt a pang of regret; it would have been amazing to score a flying mount, far better than any equipment or Immortal Pills.

It seems like the game allows for great freedom, but it won’t easily disrupt the game balance…

“Alright, I understand, I’ll think about it some more.”

“Come on, we must make haste.

We aim to settle this before tonight and give no chance for the Demon Star Tower to react,” said Master Xiao Yue as he leapt onto one of the Storm Hawks, pulling on the reins and taking off into the sky.

Xiao Jie right-clicked the other Storm Hawk and his character also hopped on.

Clearly, this mount did not belong to him, there was nothing like reins appearing in his backpack; it was just a temporary mount.

In fact, he couldn’t directly control it.

The Storm Hawk followed Master Xiao Yue on its own, flying automatically.

Xiao Jie looked at the ground rising away beneath him and felt mixed emotions.

In this game, the ability to fly was incredibly rare; it seemed only high-level Demon Masters could learn the Bird Transformation Skill, and even that was an exception.

An Ran couldn’t do it.

Immortal Masters might know a skill for brief levitation, as mentioned in the database of the Dragon Soaring Knights.

And then there were Sword Masters; tales said they could perform Sword Flight, but that seemed more like a rumor…

Players with the ability to fly were undoubtedly among the top in the game, a symbol of status.

If he could max out Master Xiao Yue’s Favorability, he wondered if he could get one for himself.

Indeed, traveling by flight was incredibly fast and in less than an hour, the ground below turned into a vast expanse of pitch-black scorched earth.

Amidst the lush green foliage of Canglin State, it stood out starkly.

Under the moonlight, one could clearly see the large ravines that crisscrossed the scorched land, the largest one deep into the ground like a steep canyon, a pitch-black abyss whose depths were unknown.

“Here we are, let’s go down,” Master Xiao Yue commanded, pressing down on the hawk’s head, and they both dove towards the entrance of the vast canyon and landed shortly after.

Xiao Jie dismounted from the Storm Hawk and carefully observed the surroundings.

The area was covered in blackened scorched earth, the vegetation dead, with the few plants left showing a wilted, greyish hue as they grew twisted.

There were no sounds of insects or birds, all around, it seemed deathly silent.

Only some green ghostly flames wandered about in the night.

In the distance, one could see several demon beasts that had become mere skeletons.

“Master, what is this Netherflame Abyss?

Why does it seem so ghostly?”

Logically, Canglin State was supposed to be demon territory, but this place had a distinctly different atmosphere.

Master Xiao Yue looked at the dark abyss before him and began to explain softly, “Five thousand years ago, the Ghost Gate opened, countless Netherworld armies poured into the Jiuzhou World.

Around the world, over a dozen Netherworld Gates appeared, and this Netherflame Abyss is one of them.

Everyone believes the Netherworld is beneath the ground, but it’s not.

The Netherworld and Jiuzhou World coexist in the same realm, overlapping yet unrelated, something the average person might not understand…”

Xiao Jie understood in his heart—it’s just like a parallel world, or a world within a world as often seen in science fiction novels and horror games.