Most demon beasts became exceptionally beautiful after taking human form, and the two seventh-tier Fire Banner Birds in the cavern were naturally no exception.
Both Fire Banner Birds wore red robes. Their features were as lovely as a painting, their eyes and brows carrying an allure rarely found in humans. They had taken the forms of a man and a woman, clearly a married pair.
They had been wary before, but now the two exchanged bewildered looks. They could sense that Su Jiu was immensely powerful, as were the spirits accompanying her.
Although they were seventh-tier beasts, equivalent to human cultivators at the Spirit Transformation Stage, they knew they might be no match for that young woman.
They had been prepared to fight to the death, yet unexpectedly, the young woman had left with her spirits instead.
"Have cultivators in the outside world become this kind?" the female bird could not help asking.
The male bird looked utterly baffled, clearly unsure how to answer.
Just then, a fist-sized Fire Banner Bird with a tuft of golden feathers crowning its head flew onto the man's shoulder and began chirping away in a bird language only their own kind understood.
After listening, however, both the man and the woman wore strange expressions.
"You're saying that female cultivator suddenly appeared out of thin air and startled you, that you had a fierce fight with her, and that in the end, she couldn't even beat you and fled with her tail between her legs?"
The little Fire Banner Bird raised its head proudly, prompting the other birds that had yet to take human form to start chirping as well.
The man was so angry he laughed, then slapped the little bird straight into the cavern wall.
"Do you take your father for a fool?