Three days later,
Over seventy li west of Shelter No. 36, atop a small mountain amid dense woodland,
an utterly inconspicuous pine tree twisted slightly and transformed into a white-haired old man. This old man was naturally Guan Chong, a peak fifth tier expert under Jiao Yilan, the Yunqin Alliance's second strongest expert.
After revealing himself,
the white-haired Fifth Tier expert Guan Chong glanced toward the distant location of Shelter No. 36 and said in a deep voice:
"How has the situation been investigated?
The Kindling Organization's Grand Chairman Wang Ze and Vice Chairman Huang Yuan left Shelter No. 36 three days ago. They should not have returned yet, correct?"
Behind the white-haired Fifth Tier expert Guan Chong, a bird that appeared to be an ordinary ninth-tier Source Beast landed upon a branch. Human speech emerged from its sharp beak.
"Captain Guan, brothers Wang Long and Ma Chao have been lying in wait near Shelter No. 36 all this time. They should know every movement over there like the backs of their hands. Over these past three days, I have not received any news from those two brothers. It seems that after the Kindling Organization's Grand Chairman Wang Ze and Vice Chairman Huang Yuan left, they did not return to Shelter No. 36. Otherwise, brothers Wang Long and Ma Chao should have promptly conveyed such important news to me through some concealed means!"
At that point, a trace of killing intent surfaced in the huge eyes of the bird Source Beast that appeared utterly ordinary.
"If you ask me, since there is no Fourth Tier Super Expert guarding Shelter No. 36, and the Kindling Organization's Grand Chairman Wang Ze and Vice Chairman Huang Yuan have already left, this is simply the best opportunity. Why don't we take advantage of it,