Beside a tiny waterfall formed by a stream, an emerald spiritual fruit grew amid vines on the cliff face. Suddenly, a green shadow flew out of the forest and neared the spiritual fruit in the blink of an eye. When the shadow came to a stop, it proved to be an Emerald Bird no larger than a thumb. The bird seemed to have been badly startled throughout the past day and night. No longer did it dare approach as familiarly as before to sip the fruit's juice. Instead, it vigilantly hovered about a foot in front of the fruit, not daring to advance.
After a moment passed without any movement nearby, the Emerald Bird finally relaxed. It flapped its wings and was about to plunge its beak into the green fruit when a ten-foot-wide net suddenly sprang from the vines beside the fruit and shot out from the cliff face, enveloping both the fruit and the Emerald Bird!
"Hahaha!" Wild laughter rang out from above the cliff, near the waterfall. It was Cheng Ming, who had laid the ambush! Behind him, Le Chongqi also revealed himself with a beaming smile. As for the Cheng family disciple who had been following them, he had long since vanished without a trace. He had presumably lost his life during last night's hunt! Cheng Ming laughed wildly, raising his thumb in praise. "Fellow Daoist Le truly has foresight! Rather than searching for the Emerald Bird, you only sought out the scarce Jade Sap Fruits and laid an ambush beside one, waiting for the Emerald Bird to walk into the net itself! Fellow Daoist Le, you are truly brilliant!"
"You flatter me, Fellow Daoist Cheng." Le Chongqi clasped his hands and smiled. "It was only after seeing young Daoist Cheng perish last night that I