"Within three months, you must gather a thousand spirit children and spirit maidens. If you fail to complete the task, then in three months, get lost back to the Phoenix Spirit Realm with them, and don't ever think of coming out again!"
This was intelligence obtained by one of Little Demon's clones.
After Phoenix Spirit Second Princess Jiang Huiying had gone to the Seven-Colored Phoenix God Temple to worship the Seven Sacrifices Phoenix God, she found the number of spirit children and spirit maidens they had located unsatisfactory. She then issued this death order to the Phoenix Spirit Race members in charge of the matter.
The focus of that order was to gather one thousand spirit children and spirit maidens within three months.
Yet in Ye Zhen's eyes, what mattered was "get lost back to the Phoenix Spirit Realm with them."
The information faintly revealed by those words was far too important to Ye Zhen right now.
"With them"—regardless of whom Phoenix Spirit Second Princess Jiang Huiying meant by "them," the important part was "back to the Phoenix Spirit Realm."
Interpreted this way, it meant that a group from the Phoenix Spirit Race would return to the Phoenix Spirit Realm soon, perhaps within three months.
This delighted Ye Zhen beyond measure.
If that was truly the case, it would be an exceedingly rare opportunity he could exploit.
Afterward, Ye Zhen began carefully verifying this intelligence.
First, he confirmed that the rebuke overheard by Little Demon's clone from Phoenix Spirit Second Princess Jiang Huiying was accurate word for word.
Then, after extensive analysis and judgment, Ye Zhen reached a somewhat unexpected conclusion—those "them" Jiang Huiying had referred to might be the spirit children and spirit maidens gathered by the Phoenix Spirit Race.
Finally, he concluded that the Phoenix Spirit Race intended