As Lu Ye listened to the cultivators' conversation, he gradually pieced together what had happened.
Just as he had guessed, after he fell into the water and vanished, Yiyi and Amber had found a place to recover from their injuries. However, the three Tier Three cultivators had discovered their trail. One spirit and one tiger had experience dealing with such situations, so they had not panicked in the slightest. Working together, they frightened off the three Tier Three cultivators. Judging by the fact that those men had even offered up their Storage Bags, they must have been scared witless.
But after the three returned and told Senior Brother Zhou, a Tier Five cultivator, about what they had encountered, Senior Brother Zhou vaguely sensed that something was wrong. He brought the three back to look for Amber. As for that Tier Four woman, Senior Brother Zhou had likely brought her along specifically. She could wield the Spiritual Artifact known as the Beast Taming Ring, which was extremely useful against Monster Beasts.
This five-man group found Amber's trail once more. There might have been some probing along the way, but in the end, Senior Brother Zhou determined that Amber was merely putting on a front and decisively made his move.
Fortunately, they wanted to capture Amber alive and had not tried to kill it. Otherwise, Amber would have died long ago.
Over the past few days, Lu Ye had fed Amber many Spirit Nurturing Pills, and it had eaten and drunk well every day. Amber was far stronger than before, but it was probably only comparable to a cultivator somewhere between Tier Two and Tier Three. Even with Yiyi assisting from the side, they were absolutely no match for these cultivators. Senior Brother Zhou alone could easily handle them.
Amber fell to