Hu Xiaotian lay there pretending to be unconscious. Before long, a pirate came over, felt the side of his neck, and exclaimed in delight, "There's another one alive here!"
Yang Yuan, who had been hiding in the shadows, was also found.
Only after Luo Qianfu was certain it was safe outside did he emerge from the Flying Fish Cave. Seeing the man unharmed, Hu Xiaotian seethed inwardly. If those bats and mastiffs had not blocked his path, Luo Qianfu would already have been a corpse.
As the wind and rain outside grew stronger, everyone returned to the Flying Fish Cave to talk for the time being.
Luo Qianfu had stationed more than a dozen men to hunt down the flying owl that day, only to fail at the final hurdle, leaving him bitterly frustrated. He heard that two of his men were still alive. Yang Yuan was an old subordinate, so he naturally harbored no suspicions toward him, but his gaze filled with doubt when he saw Hu Xiaotian. "Where did you go while I was hunting just now?" he asked coldly.
"Fifth Master..." Hu Xiaotian said. "I risked my life rushing forward and grabbed the iron chain on the flying owl, but who could have known it was so strong? It dragged me into the air and flung me aside. Then everything went black, and I passed out. When I woke up, I found things had turned out like this..."
"Fifth Brother, what exactly happened?" Qin Dongluo asked. "I saw that quite a few of our brothers had been wounded by sharp weapons. It shouldn't have been the work of a beast."
Luo Qianfu sighed. "I set a trap today to capture that flying owl alive, but a hunchback appeared out of nowhere. His martial arts were so formidable