Jiang Zuo understood where the security officer was coming from. Everyone was just trying to do their job and hoped things would proceed in an orderly fashion.

No one wanted troublemakers. Since the officer had shown him respect, Jiang Zuo naturally had no intention of causing a scene for no reason.

He said to Sweet Potato, "Remember that eagle? Tell it to come over and lie on the ground."

Sweet Potato looked at Jiang Zuo, then at the eagle, and finally let out a QUACK at Jiang Zuo.

The sound was directed at Jiang Zuo, but he didn’t quite understand what it meant.

It was the female security officer at the side who first realized, "Could it be saying that it’s too far away to call?"

Jiang Zuo nodded. That made a lot of sense. He was about to ask them to borrow a megaphone or something similar.

But before he could speak, the male security officer smiled and said, "Sir, you can go in now."

The security officer explained, "This duck is indeed no ordinary duck. However, for the sake of our reputation, it needs to wear a Spirit Beast tag.

That way, if any accidents happen during the journey, it won’t be our responsibility. Spirit Beasts are not within our scope of protection; they need to be protected by their own owners.

You can understand that, right?"

Jiang Zuo nodded. There were ordinary people here, and the airport staff had to protect their safety.

But they couldn’t look after every animal.

All pets allowed on board were Spirit Beasts, and clashes between them were inevitable. If something happened, the owner could only be blamed for their lack of supervision.

The airport didn’t offer protection for anyone other than ordinary people, but they would manage and maintain order.

It was a contradiction, yet it was also perfectly normal.

Afterward, they gave Sweet Potato a basic check, attached a tag to it, and then applied something to Jiang Zuo’s boarding pass.

The security officer said, "You need to keep this boarding pass on your person. It can protect you in case of an emergency.

Now, let me confirm with you one more time: after our inspection, your pet, Sweet Potato, is indeed a Spirit Beast.

However, we do not provide any protection for Spirit Beasts. You will be solely responsible for any accidents that occur during the journey.

Do you accept these terms?"

Jiang Zuo nodded. "Yes."

With the procedures complete, Jiang Zuo walked through. ’They could have just checked if Sweet Potato was a Spirit Beast from the very beginning. Then I wouldn’t have had to say so much.’

It seemed these people also preferred to avoid trouble if they could.

Jiang Zuo glanced at the nearby lane. ’There probably aren’t any checkpoints there,’ he mused.

But he hadn’t seen Chi Xue Child and the others come over yet, which was a bit strange.

As soon as Jiang Zuo left, the other security staff asked, "Wasn’t that a bit too casual? We should have at least made him show us if he could really command that eagle."

The security officer shook his head. "Forget it. I just saw someone with a decent Cultivation level walk past here. When she saw that man, her face went pale, and she nearly collapsed on the floor."

The woman at the side also had a realization and said, "Come to think of it, the person with the giant eagle seemed to have seen that man too. Then, as if they got a fright, they immediately hid over there.

I thought I was seeing things."

Everyone: "..."

******

Jiang Zuo went to his designated waiting area and sat quietly to one side. There were ordinary people here, but very few. The majority were Low-tier Cultivators.

Some were resting quietly with their eyes closed, some were discussing Cultivation bottlenecks, but most were just playing on their phones.

Jiang Zuo sat to one side, planning to rest with his eyes closed. ’I’m supposed to be an ordinary person right now. Doing any real business would expose me.’

’Besides, I need to keep a low profile on a trip to the Holy Land.’

Just then, a young man came up to Jiang Zuo’s side and said with a smile, "Hey man, heading to Chuanhe Town?"

Chuanhe Town. That was indeed the destination for Jiang Zuo’s trip.

’To be honest, I knew a little about the Holy Land in my previous life. Although later on, the Holy Land was... erm... let’s just say I’ve seen it before.’

’But I’ve never heard of Chuanhe Town.’

’It probably disappeared at some point.’

’Or maybe it was just too ordinary to have caught my attention.’ Jiang Zuo wasn’t surprised by this.

But there was one thing he could be sure of: Chuanhe Town had ordinary people. ’That was probably why Su Qi told me to go there.’

’With both ordinary people and Cultivators, it’ll be easy to explain my presence and convenient for me to stay there temporarily.’

’There won’t be too many difficulties or troubles.’

An ordinary person trying to blend in with a group of Cultivators was a troublesome and helpless situation.

Those who weren’t mentally strong could easily develop some warped ideas.

Jiang Zuo glanced at the man and then nodded.

The man smiled. "You’re traveling alone, right? Did someone tell you not to talk to us? Don’t worry, we’re people too, we just know a few things you don’t.

Is this your first time going?"

Jiang Zuo gave the man a puzzled look. The man tactfully explained, "It’s because you’re alone, and you’re an ordinary person. People like that usually sit at the edges. It’s inevitable that some conflicts might break out here, so it’s safer on the side. Plus, there’s something over there for protection."

Jiang Zuo glanced to the side and saw that there were indeed quite a few ordinary people sitting there. But there were also ordinary people in the middle seats.

Before Jiang Zuo could get confused, the man explained, "But some of them sit here because the friends they’re with can protect them."

’Alright,’ Jiang Zuo understood. ’The guy is giving me a well-intentioned warning.’

In response, Jiang Zuo just let out a soft "oh."

Then he closed his eyes and said no more. ’I’m not going to change my seat over something like this.’

Seeing Jiang Zuo’s cold reaction, the man was quite surprised. ’Here’s another confident one,’ he thought.

’Things really can happen here. I was just trying to be nice.’

Since he couldn’t persuade him, he didn’t say anything else and simply walked over to a seat far away.

’I just hope nothing happens today.’

More and more people arrived, and soon there weren’t enough seats, with only one or two scattered ones left.

But many people had come in groups and naturally wanted to sit together.

As it happened, there were two empty seats next to Jiang Zuo. Unfortunately, a group of three arrived, and they, of course, wanted to sit together.

The group consisted of two women and one man.

After letting the two women sit down, the man gently tapped Jiang Zuo and said, "Excuse me, friend. Could you let me have this seat? There’s an empty one right across the aisle."

Jiang Zuo opened his eyes and glanced at the young man, who had an apologetic look on his face. He then looked at the seat across the aisle before getting up and moving to it.

The man said gratefully, "Thank you so much."

Then, Jiang Zuo heard one of the women next to the man say, "He’s just an ordinary person."

The man just smiled and didn’t say much. He felt there was nothing to discuss on that topic.

He had his principles.

And Jiang Zuo, for his part, didn’t care about such things.

But just as he sat down, another man kicked his foot. "Hey, buddy. I’m taking this seat."

Jiang Zuo narrowed his eyes at him. ’The last guy was part of a group of three, and more importantly, that young man had reminded me of something, so I was willing to give up the seat.’

’But this guy is alone. He must be looking for trouble.’

Jiang Zuo looked at him and said, "Are there no other seats?"

"There are, but I like your seat. Got a problem with that?"

A cold smile touched the corners of Jiang Zuo’s mouth. ’So people like this really do exist in the world.’

’I can’t?’

’Of course you can.’