Jia Fugui had come to help Donglin Tingyue not only to deliver news, but also to draw closer to Li Yan.
After all, the Donglin Lineage had always enjoyed good relations with the Pojun Sect, and he could tell that Li Yan and Donglin Tingyue were quite close.
Otherwise, why had Li Yan singled him out and taken him into hiding when danger struck last time?
After hearing Donglin Tingyue's brief account, Li Yan finally understood.
So they've come to ask for my help in a fight. Wasn't Donglin Tingyue's bonded spirit beast a Rouge Bird? How badly does he want to capture a better, rarer demon beast to replace his current companion...?
As Li Yan pondered rapidly, something else suddenly occurred to him, and he glanced again at the large black dog lying on the ground.
Just then, Donglin Tingyue's voice suddenly sounded in Li Yan's mind through a telepathic transmission.
"It seems you've already guessed, Fellow Daoist Li. I wasn't deliberately keeping this from Fellow Daoist Jia. Whether he knows makes no difference.
"Our target really is that juvenile Great-winged Golden Peng. But you've probably already guessed the real reason we want to capture it: we're doing it for the Supreme Great Elder.
"The last time the Supreme Great Elder entered the grassland, he was actually searching for this demon beast.
"But when he went to look for it, the Great-winged Golden Peng had disappeared. Then, on his way back, he was ambushed.
"Now, more than ten years later, the Supreme Great Elder is still in seclusion.
"But the Donglin Lineage has received word that the Great-winged Golden Peng has appeared again on the outskirts of the Heavenly Demon Grassland. This is extremely important to our lineage.
"However, the Second Elder left on business six months ago and