"I certainly know!"
Xu Ke's voice sounded somewhat triumphant.
"I told you; Senior Lu Ya is a really nice person."
"When he brought me to Beast-Taming Sect, knowing that the sect is so large, and I'm mischievous, he gave me a jade pendant for convenience."
"I can sense my location anytime with it."
"And this function is two-way; I can also locate him."
"Hehe, actually, I know it's Senior Lu Ya worrying that I might be bullied when I just entered the sect, so he left me this jade pendant."
While responding, Xu Ke proudly displayed the jade pendant hanging from his chest to Li Fan.
Looking at it, Li Fan saw that the jade pendant resembled the exotic beast Senior Lu Ya rode before, the one with a human-faced tiger body.
But watching Xu Ke's proud look, for some reason, a feeling of annoyance inexplicably rose in this unfamiliar body's heart.
He coldly retorted, "Since the jade pendant is two-way, Senior Lu Ya must know you're coming."
"Now, he's with Mr. Bai, and he didn't want you to meet Mr. Bai before. So, this time, he will definitely avoid you."
Xu Ke was indifferent, chuckling, "Xiao Xuan, you think too much; he definitely won't..."
However, before he could finish his words, he suddenly froze, "What's going on? The telepathic connection suddenly disappeared?!"
The Qing Luan bird beneath him, still oblivious, continued to fly in the direction Xu Ke had initially pointed.
With a mournful face, Xu Ke complained, "Xiao Xuan, you're a jinx. Good things don't work, but bad things are always accurate..."
Li Fan sneered and gave him a claw.
Xu Ke touched his head, not giving up on finding Senior Lu Ya.
His eyes lit up with an idea, "Xiao Xuan, since you're the legendary Destiny Xuan Bird, you must have great abilities, right?"
"So, can you help me find the current location of Senior Lu Ya and Mr. Bai?"
Li Fan raised his head slightly, looking proud.
Seeing this, Xu Ke immediately praised him and made promises to find three strands of Thorny Insect Grass for Li Fan.
The extraordinary taste of the red insect grass from before still deeply imprinted on the Xuan Bird's soul.
Lured by the delicacy and Li Fan's genuine interest, he leaped onto Xu Ke's head.
Activating his innate telepathic ability, Li Fan gazed into the distance.
Both Lu Ya and Mr. Bai undoubtedly had destinies distinct from ordinary people, making them highly conspicuous within Beast-Taming Sect.
Li Fan thought this way, but the results turned out somewhat unexpected.
Not far away, he did see a bright blue fortune light, strikingly eye-catching.
However, around that blue light, there was nothing.
"Could it be that Mr. Bai has already left Beast-Taming Sect?"
"Or is this conspicuous fortune not related to Lu Ya?"
Li Fan felt puzzled, but he still marked the location for Xu Ke in his mind.
Xu Ke was extremely excited, urging Little Qing to fly rapidly towards the target.
Little Qing, being very obedient to the boy he had recently acquainted, carried him tirelessly, accelerating the flight.
The location where Lu Ya was seemed to be a small house on a mountaintop.
Just as Xu Ke and Li Fan were about to get close, a thin figure flew out from the mountaintop and disappeared in an instant.
However, Li Fan could vaguely sense that the person who just appeared seemed to glance in the direction of Xu Ke's location.
"Mr. Bai!" Xu Ke exclaimed.
Li Fan, however, felt somewhat solemn.
Because he saw it very clearly—above Mr. Bai's head, there was no trace of any fortune.
"To perceive fortune is the innate ability of the Xuan Bird clan. What cultivation level is required to make the Destiny Xuan Bird unable to observe it?"
In the bloodline inheritance memory of this Xuan Bird he possessed, its ancestors seemed to have never encountered such a situation.
Xu Ke stared in the direction where Mr. Bai disappeared for a moment.
Then, he reluctantly made Little Qing fly towards Senior Lu Ya's mountaintop cottage.
Flying to the mountaintop, Xu Ke eagerly jumped off and rushed into the house with Li Fan.
"Senior Lu Ya!"
Xu Ke excitedly pushed open the door but was surprised to find that, in addition to Lu Ya, there was another person inside.
With a slender face and white eyebrows and beard, a sense of imposing presence emanated from the person, causing Xu Ke's body to suddenly stiffen.
The white-bearded old man and Lu Ya, after just glancing at the intruder Xu Ke, continued discussing the unfinished topic.
Without avoiding Xu Ke's presence, the white-bearded old man said, "Since you've already agreed to his terms, then do as he request."
"Even though he forced his way in, it might not all be a bad thing."
Lu Ya's expression was somewhat surprised, "Senior, what did you see?"
The white-bearded old man didn't answer; instead, he smiled and asked, "Lu Ya, do you believe in what Mr. Bai said?"
Lu Ya fell silent suddenly.
The white-bearded old man shook his head, "People make mistakes. Sometimes, openly admitting one's mistakes is not something shameful."
However, Lu Ya stated straightforwardly, "I only believe in what I see."
"Many times, what you see may not be the truth of the matter," the white-bearded old man sighed softly.
Seemingly aware of Lu Ya's temperament, he didn't try to persuade further on this topic and turned to another subject, "A great calamity is approaching, and our Beast-Taming Sect may be hard-pressed to survive."
"But within the bleakness, I see a glimmer of hope."
"This hope is related to Mr. Bai's mission and also to this little friend."
The white-bearded old man's gaze turned to Xu Ke, who was standing still, bewildered.
"Him?" Lu Ya turned to look at Xu Ke with a puzzled expression.
"He's the one," the white-bearded old man nodded.
Lu Ya shrugged, "Even though you, Senior, are known as the omniscient and wise beast, the Emperor Three-Martens, it's a bit too fantastical to place our only hope on this kid."
"Anyway, I don't believe it."
Emperor Three-Martens didn't argue; instead, he smiled and said, "In the river of fate, who dares to claim complete knowledge? The so-called 'omniscient' is just a misunderstanding from outsiders."
"However..."
Emperor Three-Martens paused, "This kid barged in today and has a mysterious connection with Mr. Bai and you."
"It only makes me more confident in my judgment."
"After all, I also only believe in my own eyes."
The smile disappeared from Emperor Three-Martens' face, replaced by an extremely serious expression.
Seeing this, Lu Ya could only nod slightly.
"Anyway, before Mr. Bai's mission..."
"Before it's time for his task, there's still some time for this kid to grow."
"But what about those troublemakers in the sect?"
"Aren't we going to do anything about them?"
"Our Beast-Taming Sect hasn't perished yet, has it?"
Lu Ya frowned, sounding displeased.
"Those who want to leave can leave," Emperor Three-Martens showed no sign of anger.
"With the imminent catastrophe, each additional disciple to protect requires more effort."
"Taking this opportunity to streamline isn't a bad thing."
(End of this chapter)