Several days later, Tongtian Jiaozhu returned to Night Seeing Island.
This time, he handed the coordinates of the Bird Lords to Luo Zheng.
In most circumstances, entrusting one's life to someone else like this would seem foolish.
But on the one hand, the Bird Lords had nowhere left to go. On the other, they had already resigned themselves to sacrifice—sacrificing themselves to ensure the safety of the Bird Spirit King, "Shou." This was entirely in keeping with their habitual loyalty.
Most importantly, the Bird Lords trusted the Monkey Spirit King.
The friendship between the Bird Spirit Sect and the Monkey Spirit Sect ran far deeper than the short time Luo Zheng and the others had known them.
On the day they discussed forming an alliance, Da Gu had merely crouched to the side, but he had heard every word of their conversation without missing a single one.
The Monkey Spirit King and the Great Ape King were both reckless and impulsive, but they were not stupid.
They trusted Luo Zheng and Primal Celestial Venerable because these humans truly shared the same goal as them—and were worthy of their trust.
The Bird Lords could trust anyone the Monkey Spirit King could trust.
However, on the very day the coordinates were delivered to Luo Zheng, Da Gu personally came to take them back. His reason was that they would not be as safe in Luo Zheng's hands; the coordinates should instead be protected by the Monkey Spirit King.
As for whether the Monkey Spirit King truly wanted to protect the coordinates or simply did not feel comfortable leaving them with Luo Zheng, that was impossible to say.
The Bird Spirit Sect's joining gave the human heroes even more confidence.
After all, they had gone from being completely isolated and without aid to