Ma Xiaoyao grabbed the long vine and began to descend. The moment his hands clasped the vine, the fear in his heart vanished, replaced by tension, excitement, and focus.
Overcoming fear wasn't the most important thing; surviving was.
Ma Xiaoyao carefully, inch by inch, descended. Strangely, he found the task incredibly easy, as simple as walking.
Suddenly, he thought of something.
The agility of an ape... he was almost certain this was a benefit from practicing the Five Animal Frolics.
At this moment, Ma Xiaoyao finally understood why the old drunkard wasn't worried about his safety at all. He climbed the vine as nimbly and freely as an ape. Unless he was deliberately reckless, there was no danger!
Discovering this, Ma Xiaoyao's tension immediately subsided. With the reduction in tension, he became even more relaxed, his movements more agile, and his speed increased.
He never knew it would be so simple. Ma Xiaoyao was delighted and quickly moved down the vine, eager to pick the Eagle Beak Fruit and subdue the old drunkard.
After climbing down for about two hundred meters, Ma Xiaoyao finally saw the massive eagle's nest built on the cliff face. Even more pleasing to Ma Xiaoyao was that, sure enough, there was a large tree growing diagonally next to the nest.
"Oh yeah! So the Eagle Perch Tree really exists in this world!" Ma Xiaoyao shouted excitedly, but his excitement didn't last long.
Ma Xiaoyao had 5.1 vision, so his eyesight was perfectly fine. If he wasn't mistaken, this so-called Eagle Perch Tree was just an old pine tree!
And with only this one tree next to the eagle's nest, Ma Xiaoyao couldn't help but frown.
"Never mind, I'll go check it out first!" Ma Xiaoyao decided. After all, the eagle's nest wasn't that far from him, barely over a hundred meters.
Perhaps for normal people, even professional mountaineers, this hundred meters wasn't a very short distance. But for Ma Xiaoyao, it was a piece of cake.
He weaved and leaped between different long vines, climbing the jagged cliff face as if he were walking on level ground.
In less than a minute, Ma Xiaoyao covered the hundred-meter distance and arrived near the eagle's nest.
Fortunately, the owner of the nest seemed to be out foraging. So, besides some weeds,碎石 (gravel), and thorns, there was nothing else in the nest.
Unfortunately, the tree next to the eagle's nest was indeed just an ordinary old pine tree, not an Eagle Perch Tree at all.
Ma Xiaoyao was despairing, his hands clinging to the long vine, his expression blank as he stared at the old pine tree before him.
"Where's the promised Eagle Perch Tree? Where's the Eagle Beak Fruit? Damn it, you old liar! I actually thought you were some kind of master!" Ma Xiaoyao hung in mid-air, cursing the old drunkard thoroughly.
After his rant, Ma Xiaoyao felt better. Regardless, his experience this time was worthwhile. Perhaps in the future, he could even become a mountaineer or something!
Just as Ma Xiaoyao was preparing to return to the cliff top, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: Since my naked eye can't see the old drunkard, could the Eagle Beak Fruit be like him, also an ownerless item that I simply can't see?
The more he thought about it, the more logical his idea seemed, and Ma Xiaoyao decided to verify it himself.
He spotted a protruding rock next to the eagle's nest, not too big, not too small, just enough to accommodate his feet. With a slight exertion of his waist, the long vine swung. Seizing the opportunity, Ma Xiaoyao landed his feet on the rock, then held onto the vine with one hand and took out his phone with the other.
After taking out his phone, Ma Xiaoyao skillfully operated it with one hand, pointing the camera at the old pine tree.
"It's just as I thought, I really am a genius!" Ma Xiaoyao exclaimed excitedly, because on the old pine tree, there was indeed a strange fruit hanging.
Yes, there was only one fruit on the entire tree. Its shape was somewhat like a pear, but its skin was like an apple. It was bright red, and just looking at it made one's mouth water.
"This must be the Eagle Beak Fruit!"
With a flash of light, Ma Xiaoyao collected the Eagle Beak Fruit into his phone.
"Congratulations, Master, on obtaining the Eagle Beak Fruit!" Xiao You sent a congratulatory text message.
Ma Xiaoyao eagerly clicked on 'My Items,' and there, the Eagle Beak Fruit lay neatly in the first slot.
"It's done, it's done!" Ma Xiaoyao's excitement was palpable.
He had initially thought he wouldn't be able to do it, but he had finally succeeded. This was a special and profound sense of accomplishment.
Having obtained the Eagle Beak Fruit, Ma Xiaoyao was about to put away his phone when, by accident, he tapped the scan button again, activating the camera mode. With a casual glance, Ma Xiaoyao suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something else inside the eagle's nest.
A bird's egg, or more precisely, an eagle's egg, was lying quietly in the nest.
Ma Xiaoyao remembered that the nest had been empty just moments ago, so this eagle's egg must also be an ownerless item.
Adhering to the principle of "He who doesn't take advantage of a good deal is a fool," Ma Xiaoyao naturally collected the egg.
Afterward, Ma Xiaoyao checked, and the egg was indeed in 'My Items.'
Upon clicking it, the screen displayed a note for the egg: Mountain Eagle Egg (Incubating). Apart from this, there were no other options.
It seemed this bird's egg was incubating, and he wondered what would hatch from it later.
Ma Xiaoyao returned to the ground, fully satisfied. The old drunkard immediately asked expectantly, "How was it, did you get it?"
"Absolutely!" Ma Xiaoyao said proudly.
However, there was now a problem: he didn't know how to give the 'Eagle Beak Fruit' to the old drunkard. When he clicked on 'Eagle Beak Fruit' in 'My Items,' there were only options for 'Use' and 'Discard,' no 'Gift' function.
When Ma Xiaoyao voiced his confusion, the old drunkard casually replied, "Once I follow you, you can give it to me!"
The old drunkard's words clearly indicated his stance: he agreed to follow Ma Xiaoyao.
Ma Xiaoyao's heart surged with excitement. After working all night and half the day, success was finally at hand. He aimed the camera at the old drunkard and clicked the 'Subdue' option.
After a flash of white light, the old drunkard vanished into thin air, and in the Hundred Ghosts Illustrated Record, another grid lit up.
Next to the Snow Demoness, the portrait of Hua Tuo Ghost lit up.
Just as Ma Xiaoyao was about to check and see what abilities the old drunkard possessed, he suddenly heard a faint, indistinct voice from a distance.
"Help, is anyone there? Please help us!"