The villagers were so frightened that they backed away.

When the village head saw that he had become so fierce, he did not want to harm the innocent, so he asked the villagers to make way for the mother and her two children to leave.

Wang Qingyou thought they could leave the village smoothly. The two brothers dragged their mother and ran desperately towards the edge of the village, but before they even reached the village entrance, they were tied up by the yamen runners.

The village head didn't dare trouble the constables any further, so he called over a few strong villagers to take the mother and her two children back to the large house where Ye Xianya had set up an array.

"Let us out! You're treating human life like dirt!"

"You beasts, you will surely be punished..."

The mother and her two children were yelling and screaming, so the village head ordered his men to gag them.

"Miss Ye, everything has been taken care of!"

After arranging everything, the village head went to the room where Ye Xianya was resting and informed her.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Ye Xianya smiled and nodded.

After the village head left, Ye Xianya said to Qi Chengshuo, who was standing next to her, "It's rare for me to come out, and I've heard that Zizhu Village has beautiful scenery. I'd like to go for a walk. Would you like to come?"

"Go!" Qi Chengshuo nodded, quickly picked up the sword on the table, and stood up.

When they arrived at the purple bamboo grove outside the village, Qi Chengshuo realized that Ye Xianya hadn't come to see the scenery.

Ye Xianya walked quickly into the depths of the bamboo forest, never stopping for a moment, as if she were searching for something.

"Xianya, are you looking for that golden eagle?" Qi Chengshuo asked in a low voice.

Spiritual beasts are intelligent and perceptive; perhaps that golden eagle is nearby.

“No!” Ye Xianya shook her head: “That golden eagle is not in the Purple Bamboo Forest. Its current nest is on Guixia Mountain to the east.”

Upon hearing this, Qi Chengshuo didn't ask any further questions. He followed closely beside Ye Xianya and quickened his pace to walk forward.

The group walked for about 15 minutes before Ye Xianya stopped.

"This is it!" Ye Xianya said softly, looking at the dense bamboo forest in front of her.

"What?" Qi Chengshuo looked at her with a puzzled expression.

“Three years ago, Wang Shouyi and his family of five were buried here.” Ye Xianya paused slightly as she spoke, “Have you noticed… that this small patch of purple bamboo is growing much more luxuriantly than the ones next to it?”

Qi Chengshuo wasn't afraid of dead people or seeing corpses, but... after hearing Ye Xianya say that, he still felt a chill run down his spine.

"Now that we've determined the burial site, let's go back." After saying this, Ye Xianya turned and walked back the way she came.

"Was the reason that golden eagle killed people related to the Wang Shouyi family you mentioned?" Qi Chengshuo asked.

"Yes!" Ye Xianya nodded: "After the golden eagle completed its cultivation, it came back to take revenge."

"Are you going to help them kill that golden eagle?" Qi Chengshuo asked softly, looking at the girl beside him.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xianya stopped in her tracks: "Why would I kill it? It was just avenging its benefactor. Besides... those heartless beasts deserved to die at the hands of the golden eagle, their souls scattered. I won't interfere."

"Then why did you set up the formation and prepare that cage to catch it?" Qi Chengshuo was really puzzled.

Every time he went out with Ye Xianya, he would see some strange and unusual things and encounter some strange and unusual events.

For Qi Chengshuo, this was like opening a door, and everything behind the door overturned his previous understanding.

“I’m afraid it will go berserk and slaughter the other people in the village. If it can’t resist and absorbs people’s blood and essence, it will fall into the demonic path. It’s not easy for this golden eagle to cultivate. Let it continue to be its spirit beast.”

Ye Xianya smiled as she spoke: "If it's willing to follow me, I can raise it. It's just a pity I don't have time to prepare. Otherwise, I could refine a few pills that spirit beasts like to eat, and I guarantee I'd win it over."

Upon hearing this, Qi Chengshuo suddenly realized: "So... you've taken a liking to this spirit beast."

"Of course, spirit beasts are very rare. Even in the Taiyi Sect, only the sect leader and the ten elders possess spirit beasts. Other ordinary disciples, unless they are incredibly lucky and are chosen by an unclaimed spirit beast in the sect, or happen to encounter a spirit beast while on a mission and trick it into returning home."

“The ten major Taoist sects have spirit beasts, but… it seems that each sect only has one,” Qi Chengshuo said with a smile.

“Yes!” Ye Xianya nodded. “It shows how precious this golden eagle is. Let me tell you another secret. People outside say that the Xuanshu masters of Taiyi Sect can travel hundreds or thousands of miles a day. In fact… unless they are Xuanshu masters with exceptionally high strength, ordinary disciples cannot do it. However… if they raise spirit beasts, traveling hundreds or thousands of miles a day is very easy, especially birds.”

Upon hearing Ye Xianya's words, Qi Chengshuo knew that she was determined to obtain the golden eagle.

"I'm starting to regret it!" Ye Xianya suddenly said.

"Regret what?" Qi Chengshuo asked hurriedly.

"I regret revealing that the golden eagle is a spirit beast, especially to Tao Zhixuan of Xuantian Temple. He will definitely send someone back to Xuantian Temple to report this," Ye Xianya said helplessly.

Mythical beasts are very attractive.

If the people at Xuantian Temple find out, they will definitely send someone over.

Ye Xianya has not yet fully recovered her strength.

But sometimes when she speaks or acts, she subconsciously thinks that she is still the powerful woman she used to be, who can look down on the world and doesn't need to care about anything. By the time she realizes this, it's already a bit too late.

"Are you afraid you can't outcompete them?" Qi Chengshuo suddenly turned to the guard behind him and handed him his token: "Go back to the capital and transfer all the remaining guards from our mansion here."

Although ordinary people can't beat those Taoist priests, the guards in their mansions are hand-picked and practice martial arts every day, so their strength is definitely not weak.

He had eight hundred guards, and Xuantian Temple had over a hundred Taoist priests. If they were to face off, as long as the other side didn't use any powerful magical artifacts, Qi Chengshuo felt he wouldn't lose.

"Don't go!" Ye Xianya said quickly.

“These guards all listen to me, so you don’t need to worry,” Qi Chengshuo quickly said.

"No need for such trouble. I've calculated it. Xuantian Temple will only send two of the abbot's personal disciples and a few ordinary disciples. It would be a bit tricky for me to fight so many of them by myself, but... don't we still have you and these highly skilled guards?"

Ye Xianya laughed as she spoke: "Besides, they can't subdue that golden eagle. If they really want to take it from me, I'll release the golden eagle first and let them suffer. Anyway, I've already figured out where the golden eagle's nest is. I'll refine some pills that spirit beasts like to eat in a few days, and then I can subdue it."

Ye Xianya didn't want to trouble Qi Chengshuo too much.

Even if Qi Chengshuo is a member of the royal family, having made enemies with that large group of Taoist priests would still be a troublesome matter for him.