"More or less."
Jin Lei added a remark in his deep, muffled voice.
"To be precise, we found a Kunpeng Remnant Map in a small city, but a powerful demon at the void refinement stage discovered our whereabouts. We couldn't beat him, so we had to flee."
Long Fei explained in detail, "By chance, we fled near the Heavenly Thunder Violet Luo Eagle Tribe and happened upon a group of Violet Luo Eagles on patrol."
"They knew Mei Zhuang, so they drove that powerful void refinement demon away for us."
"We thought it was a good thing, sparing us some trouble. But who would have thought that before leaving, that demon would tell the Violet Luo Eagle Tribe about the Kunpeng Remnant Map?"
"Once that demon left, those Violet Luo Eagles unrolled the map and revealed the dagger beneath. We had no choice but to fight them."
"They couldn't beat us, so they called over a Violet Luo Eagle at the void refinement stage. We couldn't do anything-and then they captured Long Yun."
Long Fei was still furious after finishing the explanation.
Meanwhile, Mei Zhuang hurriedly dropped to his knees and said in a trembling voice, "Young Master, this was all my fault-"
"Enough. Traveling the world, you see plenty of murder and robbery. What's one more incident?" Ji Yuan waved a hand.
Fortunately, Long Yun came from a first-grade tribe, and the Violet Luo Eagles were also a first-grade tribe.
Under such circumstances, the other side generally wouldn't resort to murder and robbery. They would observe the code of the martial world-or, rather, abide by its unwritten rules.
That meant waiting for the people backing Long Yun, or his tribe, to pay spirit stones to ransom him.
After all, both were among the prominent tribes of the Demon God