Night Encounter.
At dusk, Tu Ling and the other two left the camp and vanished into the night.
"Big Brother Tu Ling, are we really going? But Captain Qiu Yang already said that the demon bird was being given to that young brother!"
One of them asked timidly.
Tu Ling ground his teeth and growled, "A Quasi-Dao Realm demon bird—a treasure worth a thousand Vermillion Bird Pills—is just being given away for nothing? Qiu Yang can afford such generosity, but I can't. We'll go over tonight, kill that man, and take the demon bird back. Once we sell it, we'll split the Vermillion Bird Pills evenly. Wouldn't that be better?"
The other man asked, "But Big Brother Tu Ling, Qiu Yang's team warned him today. What if he's already left the Profound Cloud Mountains? Even if he hasn't, the Profound Cloud Mountains are so vast now. Where are we supposed to find them?"
Tu Ling sneered. "Don't worry. When I spoke today, I secretly released some 'Myriad Year Incense.' Wherever he passes, its fragrance won't disperse for three days. That's more than enough for us to find him!"
"Let's go!"
Tu Ling led the other two away from the camp. Using a secret technique, he searched for Lin Bai's trail.
Inside one of the tents in the camp, Qiu Yang sat cross-legged, resting with his eyes closed.
At that moment, a martial artist beside Qiu Yang said in a low voice, "Big Brother Qiu Yang..."
"You want to ask why I gave that demon bird to that young brother, don't you?"
Before the martial artist could finish speaking, Qiu Yang answered him.
The martial artist nodded slightly. "There's never been such a rule. The demon beasts we hunt using Formation Dao were snatched away by someone else, and that person