After Su Jiu left the Palace this time, she found that the surrounding Red Maple Forest had returned to a much more normal state. Perhaps because the Vermilion Bird had recovered, the fire spiritual qi here had gradually begun to grow pure as well.
The demon crows that frequented this place flew away from their former homes one after another.
Most importantly, a path Su Jiu had never seen before had appeared behind the Palace...
Su Jiu turned back to look at the Palace's highest floor and nodded slightly, then set off with her companions.
The path twisted and wound over uneven ground, but at least it gave Su Jiu and the others a definite direction.
Recalling Su Jiu's gesture earlier, Yun Huanling seemed to realize something. "The Vermilion Bird helped us, didn't it... Could it know what we're going to do?"
"When the Vermilion Bird devoured Little Green, it also devoured Little Green's memories. It's hardly strange that it knows our goal."
Yun Huanling nodded, muttering, "No wonder..."
"But does it know where Xia Jue is?"
Su Jiu's gaze was somewhat cool. "It probably doesn't, but Senior Brother must have passed through the Red Maple Forest too. That would have given it a general direction..."
Yun Huanling was confused again. "Wasn't it asleep all this time? How could it have noticed Xia Jue passing through?"
"Even if it didn't know, there was still the spirit source."
The spirit source and the sacred spirit were linked in mind to begin with. Even without communicating, the Vermilion Bird could obtain information by reading the spirit source's memories after waking.
They chatted intermittently like this until they reached the end of the Path That Leads Them Forward.
By now, they had left the Red Maple Forest and passed beyond the area covered