Fuyao Palace.
The master's chamber.
Both masters were engrossed in their studies, each slyly coveting the other's expertise.
Lu Bei, with his head lowered, played with his bird, an occasional satisfied smile on his face.
To be more precise, he was playing with the Black Tortoise Ring on the talon of his black-winged golden-eyed eagle.
Upon acquiring the mystical artifact, the ragged man hastily traveled to Zhaoqin to test it. Due to his distrust of Yinglong, he did not set the teleportation point in his disciple's bedroom, but instead chose to set it as far away as possible - the Jinghong Cliff on Tianzi Mountain, the former headquarters of the Imperial Astronomer.
Upon testing, it proved to be effective.
One moment he was stealing books from the library, searching for any unnoticed dark history of Jiang Suxin, and the next he was back at Fuyao Palace, freeing the two masters.