As dawn gradually broke, in a small village more than ten li away from Silver Stone Town.
An old man clad in a Cyan Blackbird Uniform sat cross-legged before the deserted village entrance.
A black dot appeared in the distant sky and flew toward the old man. It was a small black bird.
That old man was Mo Ronghua, the Blackbird Envoy of Mirror Platform Prefecture!
After the Mysterious Blackbird landed on his shoulder, the old man slowly opened his tightly shut eyes.
The old man spoke as though no one else were present, seemingly questioning the black bird perched on his shoulder.
This black bird was the Mysterious Blackbird that only Blackbird Guard envoys could possess.
It was also the method Mo Ronghua had used these past few days to track down the two great demons.
"Have you found the whereabouts of those two great demons?"
Yet, to Mo Ronghua's disappointment, the Mysterious Blackbird on his shoulder shook its head in a humanlike manner, indicating that it had not found them.
The reason Mo Ronghua had come to this small village was that the Mysterious Blackbird had led him here.
When he had pursued and killed the two fox great demons in Mirror Platform Prefecture, Mo Ronghua had already had the Mysterious Blackbird memorize their aura.
It was to prevent himself from losing the trail of those two great demons.
"Gone?"
"Those damned beasts got away!"
"Go bring those Yellow Envoys back. I'll first make a trip to a nearby town."
"Those two great demons relish human martial artists. They will definitely appear somewhere large numbers of martial artists gather."
As soon as Mo Ronghua finished speaking, the Mysterious Blackbird understood his meaning. It instantly soared into the air and swiftly vanished beyond the horizon.
Not long after the