Last year, after the Liu and Wu Households joined forces with three members of the Azure Cloud Sect to wipe out the Iron-Armored Rhinoceros Tribe in Greenplain Valley, the valley became the Wu Household's territory under the tacit agreement between the two households. Before long, however, the Wu Household's Foundation Establishment Ancestor, Wu Changkun, perished, leaving them without the strength to lay claim to Greenplain Valley.
Thus, Greenplain Valley, a treasure land with a second-tier spirit vein, soon became a prize contested by numerous second-tier demon beasts. For now, the Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bull tribe had gained the upper hand and occupied it.
The Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bull was an immensely powerful demon beast, and those that reached the second tier were even harder to handle. Their strength allowed them to contend head-on with lion- and tiger-type demon beasts.
The Azure Cloud Boat soon carried the father and son into Greenplain Valley. Looking down at the land from the air, Liu Changxu could still clearly see the devastation wrought by last year's campaign. After wiping out the Iron-Armored Rhinoceros Tribe, the Liu and Wu Households had plundered every spiritual resource in the valley. Vast quantities of precious spirit wood had been felled, leaving only ordinary spirit wood of little value. Liu Changxu estimated that it would take several hundred years at the very least for Greenplain Valley to recover its former state.
It was precisely the lack of valuable spiritual resources here that had allowed two second-tier lower-grade Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls to occupy Greenplain Valley.
The Azure Cloud Boat flew swiftly, reaching the heart of Greenplain Valley an hour later. Using the Eye of Myriad Forms, Liu Changxu had already spotted the herd of Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls eighty li away.
The herd's two second-tier bull kings had also discovered the Azure Cloud