Far away, tens of thousands of miles off, a monster with the head of a vulture, the body of a tortoise, and scales all over its body held a round jade disk. A tiny speck of light flickered unsteadily on its surface.
"How is it, Old Vulture-Tortoise? Have you sensed the location of the Soul-Nourishing Yin-Yang Spring?" A hoarse voice rang out. It was the ink qilin beside him, asking in a low voice.
"The Soul-Nourishing Yin-Yang Spring seems to be blocked by something. Its aura comes and goes, so for now I can't sense its exact location. I'm afraid we'll have to search for it bit by bit." The vulture-tortoise demon furrowed his brow.
"Up ahead is the Spirit-Devouring Demon Cavern. The few of us may be fairly strong, but once inside, we might not all make it back in one piece." Another demon, a horned bear with two horns growing from his head, rubbed the back of his head, uneasy about the unknown dangers ahead.
"The Soul-Nourishing Yin-Yang Spring is almost certainly inside the Spirit-Devouring Demon Cavern. Otherwise, this Yin-Yang Jade Disk wouldn't have been so heavily disrupted once we got here. The search area has already narrowed to a radius of just over thirty thousand miles. We only need to find the cavern entrance and explore inside."
The ink qilin said gravely, "We've spent hundreds of years searching for the Soul-Nourishing Yin-Yang Spring. We only want to find it so our aging Primordial Spirits can be reborn with fresh power and become more complete, allowing us to break through to the Golden Immortal realm. Now that we're here, how can we back down?"
"Exactly. If you're scared, Bear Demon, you can leave now. Vulture-Tortoise, Ink Qilin, and I can go together." The silver-winged, three-eyed demon roc gave