Gray Peng let out a cry, and the Demon Beasts within several thousand li fled in all directions.
Crossing the Wan Chuan River Valley, which stretched more than ten thousand li, took only a little over a quarter of an hour.
After arriving in Linhai Prefecture, Wang Daoyuan sent Gu Chengfeng a message, asking about the Demon Beasts at sea.
Gu Chengfeng was currently on a small island beyond the river mouth, so Wang Daoyuan directly had Gray Peng fly there.
Before he reached the island, Gu Chengfeng came out to meet him.
Gray Peng looked in every direction but found no trace of any large group of Demon Beasts.
Wang Daoyuan asked, "What is the situation with the beast horde gathered at sea now?"
At the sight of this enormous peng bird with a wingspan of nearly a hundred zhang, Gu Chengfeng felt somewhat afraid.
He replied tremblingly, "In answer to Senior, the Demon Beasts had previously gathered at the edge of the deep sea, more than three thousand li east of the river mouth.
"Just a quarter of an hour ago, these Demon Beasts began to disperse.
"I do not know what happened either. I was merely observing from nearby."
Near the mouth of the Wan Chuan River, some three thousand li from the estuary, the seabed suddenly dropped away, and the water depth rose from around a thousand zhang to four or five thousand zhang.
If the Demon Beasts entered the deep sea, Wang Daoyuan did not dare rashly enter the water to investigate.
Last time, that Mid-grade Fifth-order old turtle had dared to appear in the shallow sea, and he had directly killed it.
This time, the Demon Beasts had learned their lesson and hidden at the edge of the deep sea.
Once attacked, they could