Several days later.
The east had brightened, and the first faint light of morning glimmered.
The distant mountains lay dark as painted brows, still draped in a veil of black mist.
With the Ink Flood Dragon Bow on his back, Xu Mingwei followed Xu Mingxuan and the others into the mountains early that morning.
Familiar with the route, they traveled swiftly for an hour and a half before reaching the lake not far below Broken Tooth Peak.
"The Azurefire Eagle's nest is somewhere on the cliff face up there, but I don't know exactly where." Xu Mingxuan pointed toward Broken Tooth Peak's towering cliffs, which rose into the clouds.
Xu Mingwei focused his gaze.
An unusual light lay within his eyes, allowing him to pierce clouds and mist and survey the scenery more than ten li away.
"It's too far away to make out clearly." Xu Mingwei turned toward Xu Mingxuan and said calmly, "But even if I could see it, you said this eagle is as swift as lightning, unmatched in its quick turns and evasive movements over short distances. From so far away, I fear it could easily dodge my arrows."
"Within a li or so, I might have a chance."
"Then we'll lure it out."
"Oh? What will you use?"
Xu Mingxuan merely smiled without answering. Turning his hand over, he revealed a blood-red Pill in his palm.
"A Xiantian Blood Pill?!" Xu Mingwei was no fool. The moment he saw it, he understood.
"Exactly." Xu Mingxuan grinned. "This Pill was refined from that Red-Scaled Python's flesh and blood, along with various medicinal ingredients. If I crush it and scatter the powder into the air, I doubt the Azurefire Eagle will have forgotten the scent."
"I'll use myself as bait and stand by the lake. Eldest Brother,