Yun Huanling voiced the doubts in Su Jiu's heart on the spot.
"Most magic beasts thirst for slaughter. That should be something born into their very bones, so why are these magic beasts acting so peacefully?"
"They run at the sight of people? That's hardly like a magic beast."
Su Jiu gave Yun Huanling a mild glance. She had not expected even him to notice the problem.
Su Jiu nodded. "This place really is too strange. Judging by the bloody aura on the magic beast we just killed, even if this place were peaceful, it shouldn't be devoid of bones.
"But now, not only are there no bones here, there isn't even the faintest trace of blood in the air.
"If my Heart Discernment hadn't recovered, I would suspect we'd fallen into another special space."
Xia Jue's eyes lowered slightly. Clearly, he too was pondering something.
Before long, he raised his head and looked at an Enforcement Hall disciple in the group. "He Wu," he said quietly.
The disciple whose name he had called immediately stepped forward.
The disciple took a fist-sized cage out of his sleeve pouch. It seemed intended for keeping a living creature and looked rather like the gu vessels Su Jiu had seen before.
The disciple opened the cage's lid with gentle hands, his movements earnest and cautious, as though terrified of startling whatever was inside.
Time trickled past, but there was still no response from the little cage...
Yun Huanling craned his neck and waited for ages without seeing anything emerge. He was clearly growing impatient.
In the end, however, Su Jiu pressed one hand onto his shoulder and thoroughly subdued him, leaving him unable to stir up so much as half a ripple.
Yun Huanling whispered beside Su Jiu's ear, "What exactly is that