"Let's go." Seeing that the Dark Eye Bird's injuries had healed, Qiao Sang was unwilling to linger any longer.
She was not particularly kind-hearted to begin with. Seeing the Dark Eye Bird had merely reminded her of Gang Bao, back when he had been injured before she contracted him.
With that, she turned and headed in the direction they had decided on earlier.
After taking two steps, she suddenly remembered something. Turning back, she pointed in the direction the Dark Auspice Birds had flown and said,
"When I came here, I saw your flock fly in that direction."
"Dark Eye."
The Dark Eye Bird gave the human before it a deep look, cried out in thanks, then flapped its wings and flew in the indicated direction.
"Xun Xun..."
Little Treasure floated over beside her and let out a sighing cry, saying it was such a shame to let it go. They should have had it help search for that seed or whatever it was.
One additional intermediate Dark Eye Bird would not be much use in such a vast secret realm. Finding the Lele Seed would mainly depend on Guo Ruiqi. Besides, if Wild Pet Beasts were so easy to communicate with and persuade into helping, I would've saved every injured one I came across... To keep herself from voicing her thoughts, Qiao Sang pretended not to hear anything and continued along their route.
Atop a towering tree, the Dark Eye Bird that had flown away lowered its head and watched the group's retreating figures disappear.
The three of them made their way through the sweltering Dense Forest. As though by mutual understanding, none of them took the initiative to speak.
After an unknown amount of time, they crossed two mountain peaks. Ahead lay a broad mountain hollow, and