"It seems to be over there."
Yan Jiaojiao glanced in the direction the person pointed and said gratefully, "Thank you."
With that, she quickly ordered the spirit winged bird beast to chase in that direction.
When everyone saw the spirit winged bird beast spread its wings, it almost blotted out the sun. Its domineering and unparalleled aura was truly that of a sky king. The people below all showed envious expressions.
"Who said Gonan Academy is not doing well anymore?"
"You call this not doing well? Save me, I feel like our academy might never be able to catch such a spirit winged bird beast in our lifetime."
These words caused people from other academies to look at him, but they only glanced at him.
Because they couldn't even utter a single word of rebuttal, let alone take any other action.
The spirit winged bird beast was the king of the sky, and not just any cultivator could catch it as they pleased. Furthermore, killing a spirit winged bird beast was simple, it only took full effort. But subduing one was incredibly difficult. And seeing this spirit winged bird beast bowing its head to Yan Jiaojiao, it was clear that it had already recognized her as its master. This was a skill they could not learn.
"Wuwuwu, I'm so envious I could cry. Will Gonan Academy lower its admission standards this year? Please, can we experience it too?"
"Me too..."
Everyone watched the spirit winged bird beast in the sky fly away while they were talking, becoming a small black dot and finally disappearing into the horizon. Everyone sighed again, "So fast!"
"Why else would it be called the king of the sky? Alright, let's also hurry and find a place to rest. They have the strength to dare to move at night. It's getting dark, we can't do this, or we won't know how we died."
When night falls in the魍魉秘境, it's the time for spirit beasts to come out. No one knows what level of spirit beasts come out to forage, so they don't dare to act rashly.
Finding a place to settle down and setting up a barrier nearby would be enough to get through the night.
Although points were important, when it came to doing things in the middle of the night, everyone felt that their lives were more important.
Seeing Yan Jiaojiao venturing so far to find her companions, and not knowing if she would find them anytime soon, they all felt a sense of melancholy in their hearts.
"If all my teammates were like Yan Jiaojiao, honestly, I would be willing to risk my life for her."
"Get real. Although it's getting dark, don't have such unrealistic dreams. Hurry up and rest, we have to get up to change shifts and keep watch later."
"Mm..."
Yan Jiaojiao and the others were unaware of the discussions.
They followed the direction the enthusiastic disciple pointed and did indeed find some clues.
"This looks like something belonging to Wen Jinshu."
"Yes, it's something of hers!"
The three of them alighted from the spirit winged bird beast's back one after another. They split up to search and soon found more clues.
"This should be a guide left by Wen Jinshu for us. Be careful. Looking at these traces, I estimate we should be close to finding them."
If the three of them were fine at this moment, they would have come over upon hearing their voices. But they were completely silent, which meant either they were unable to move, or there was something more dangerous nearby that prevented them from coming.
"There are bloodstains here."
Xu Changzong, who had been silent, reminded them in a low voice when he saw that Yan Jiaojiao and the others hadn't discovered the situation.
Yan Jiaojiao quickly looked over, examined the surrounding situation, and her expression turned grim: "There was a fight here, the situation is very bad. It's likely that all three of them are injured. It looks like they encountered a powerful spirit beast."
Only a spirit beast could inflict such injuries.
But after carefully examining the surroundings, Yan Jiaojiao found something amiss.
"It's strange. If they were really fighting spirit beasts, why haven't we found any other traces? Aren't spirit beasts usually massive? Could it be that Wen Jinshu and the other two, working together, couldn't even slightly injure the spirit beast?"
This seemed too illogical.
Night had fallen, and the visibility was gradually decreasing. All sorts of clues were hidden in the dark, making it extremely difficult to find traces.
"Take this."
Yan Jiaojiao took out three luminous pearls.
These luminous pearls were different from ordinary ones; they were powered by spiritual energy. With very little spiritual energy, they could be used as lighting devices.
Yan Jiaojiao had researched and developed them based on her experience in the age of declining magic.
She had originally intended to bring them back for Dongfang Xu to play with, but they turned out to be useful here first.
"This can absorb spiritual energy to illuminate?"
Jiang Yiling's eyes lit up when he saw the item, almost as bright as the luminous pearl itself: "Did you make it yourself?"
Yan Jiaojiao nodded. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly sensed a subtle fluctuation in the air. Although the other party seemed to have concealed their power fluctuations, Yan Jiaojiao, being an ancient ancestor of a thousand years, was extremely sensitive to such things. She perceived it carefully, and the next moment, her eyes snapped open, and she pulled Jiang Yiling behind her.
Jiang Yiling didn't understand why Yan Jiaojiao was acting this way, but he exchanged a glance with Xu Changzong, and both of them heightened their vigilance.
Given Yan Jiaojiao's temperament, she would never act without reason. Her entire body was now tense, indicating that she had definitely discovered something.
As the three of them fell silent, even the sound of the wind became clearer.
Jiang Yiling couldn't help but lower his voice and ask, "What happened?"
Yan Jiaojiao's eyes held a sharp light, and her extremely keen gaze swept around. She lowered her voice to the minimum, listening carefully to the sounds around her: "There's something hiding here."
Jiang Yiling and Xu Changzong were both startled.
The area was clearly very open. Although there were trees for cover, these trees were not thick, and their branches were bare. It was an unobstructed view. How could something be hiding here?
The two of them looked around with their four eyes, but couldn't see any trace of anything hiding.
Just as Jiang Yiling was thinking that Yan Jiaojiao might have made a mistake, a powerful fluctuation surged. Yan Jiaojiao had just turned her head to warn the two, when the next moment, Xu Changzong let out a cry of pain. All three of them looked at Xu Changzong's arm and saw that his arm had been torn by something, leaving four wounds!
"Xu Changzong, are you alright?" Jiang Yiling quickly rushed to Xu Changzong's side.
Xu Changzong shook his head and quickly used his wood element spiritual energy to heal himself.
Seeing that he was fine, Yan Jiaojiao expanded her divine sense. While Jiang Yiling was intently watching Xu Changzong's actions, Yan Jiaojiao swiftly reached out her hand, aiming directly at Jiang Yiling's head!