Westwind Valley.
Draped in the Concealment Cloak, Xu Taiping hid in a towering tree thick with foliage, holding the Shentu Bow drawn as he watched what was happening more than ten li away.
Within his sight, a monk accompanied by several blood puppets, three deathly pale young men, and a young woman with delicate, lovely features stood confronting one another.
The monk wore blood-red robes, his face shrouded in black fog that concealed his features.
Xu Taiping recognized the blood puppets behind him, however. They were the Ghost Axe Sect disciples he had encountered at Fengze Pavilion.
Their identities made it easy to draw a conclusion.
The monk whose features were hidden was Zhenwu, the demon monk of Fire Cloud Temple.
The three deathly pale young men bore a striking resemblance in both clothing and bearing to the Yingui Pavilion demon cultivator who had pursued that Red Armor Cavalry rider earlier that day. Barring any surprises, they were demon cultivators from Yingui Pavilion as well.
As for the young woman, she held a small bronze sphere in her hand. A translucent globe formed from pale golden scales enveloped her, and she was doing her utmost to withstand the three Yingui Pavilion demon cultivators' murderous attacks.
"Bai Yu, how did you tell that this young woman was a princess of the Chu Kingdom?"
Somewhat puzzled, Xu Taiping asked Bai Yu through voice transmission.
"That was what the Yingui Pavilion demon cultivators called her."
Bai Yu was currently hiding in a large tree beside Xu Taiping.
"Why would a princess of the Chu Kingdom be in Blood Rain Forest?"
Xu Taiping frowned.
Then he took a Wind-Listening Talisman from his gourd and held it in his palm.
He had picked up this Wind-Listening Talisman at the Relic-Seeking Studio to use with the