They separated into two groups. A few days later, Ren Baqian and the empress arrived at the final location. As expected, they didn't find anything.
The herdsman here was also missing.
"Spread out to search and see whether there are any traces. Watch out for those ferocious beasts and do not provoke them," the empress ordered.
The feathers hadn't regrown on the two miserable-looking colorful birds, but they were released into the sky again.
Less than two hours later, one of the colorful birds returned with Gong Xing jumping down from the sky and reporting, "Your Majesty, there's a forest to the southeast that's full of kadsura coccinea trees."
"Wow!" Ren Baqian, who was sitting there massaging his legs, stood up instantly and asked, "A grove of kadsura coccinea trees?"
"Yes, at least hundreds of them!" Gong Xing said.
"Good stuff!" Ren Baqian clapped excitedly.
