At that moment, Song Qingming, who had just filled a bottle with Skyfire Spirit Liquid, suddenly sensed something unusual nearby with his divine sense. He abruptly turned around and looked up.
On the other side of the lava stood a small snow-white bird atop a blue stone, staring at everyone with an odd look in its eyes.
It was the Peak Golden Core Stage spirit beast, the Immortal Spirit Dove, which Shen Bingling had previously stationed at the cave entrance as a guard.
The moment Song Qingming looked up, Wang Lingji, Shen Bingling, and Xia Mo, who stood beside him, also noticed something strange about it. Puzzlement appeared on all their faces.
Wang Lingji in particular looked at the two women beside him with an additional hint of wariness.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, what is the meaning of this?"
Hearing the strange tone in Wang Lingji's voice, Shen Bingling was equally baffled. A trace of anger appeared on her face as she directly berated the bird across from them.
"What an ungrateful thing. Didn't I tell you to stand guard outside? Why did you run in here for no reason?
Get out of here, now!"
Faced with her master's loud rebuke, the Immortal Spirit Dove across from them remained completely still. It merely stared blankly at the group, as though it had not heard a word she said.
Seeing this extremely bizarre scene, everyone's expressions changed. They immediately put away the jade bottles they had been using to collect spirit liquid.
Spirit beasts raised by cultivators normally signed life-and-death contracts with their masters.
Since their lives were controlled by their masters, even if they were displeased by an order under normal circumstances, they would not dare openly ignore or defy it like this.
Yet Shen Bingling's spirit beast, the Immortal Spirit