The Seven-Colored Auspicious Phoenix hesitated for a moment, yet said nothing more. She merely fixed her vacant gaze on the distance.
Clearly, she did not quite believe Ye Tian's words. After all, it had been the human race that destroyed her nest.
Ye Tian did not linger here for long. Taking three steps as two, he climbed to the cliff top and, before the Seven-Colored Auspicious Phoenix, took a small piece of eggshell.
With this, he could easily find the cultivators who had been tainted by this aura.
Seeing Ye Tian go through the motions so convincingly, the Seven-Colored Auspicious Phoenix did not stop him. She merely watched silently from afar without uttering a word.
Having obtained the aura, Ye Tian released waves of spiritual energy to search for the whereabouts of those people. Very soon, the location of the five was brought to light.
It was a carefully arranged hideout. Clearly, this was not their first time entering the Ancient Beast Forest.
As for the precise circumstances, Ye Tian would need to observe them up close before reaching a conclusion.
Using Shrink Ground to Inch once more, he soon arrived not far from the hideout. Had Ye Tian not investigated it with spiritual energy beforehand, this place would have been truly difficult to discover.
Concealment formation patterns had been carved all around, attempting to pull wool over people's eyes. Faced with this scene, Ye Tian made a few slight alterations to the patterns, turning them into a Heavenly Fire Formation Pattern.
As the final rune stone was set in place, a wisp of flame slowly rose from the ground, and fire swept through all directions.
The hideout, which had been built from nothing but crude thatch, rapidly fell apart. The five stumbled out miserably. Once they saw that their