Instead, he had been pushed into his current state, step by step, by her own stubbornness and willfulness.
And now, as someone who had been reborn, Chu Jing finally saw everything with perfect clarity.
She let out a soft sigh. When she looked at them again, her gaze held a hint of pity.
Suddenly, a high-pitched, drawn-out cry echoed from the sky.
"Is that… the sound of an eagle?"
Chu Jing looked up at the horizon with a bit of hesitation.
Qiu Ye, standing on her left, immediately nodded forcefully, his expression serious as he said, "That's right. It's a very special cry, a signal the Eagle Clan uses to call to their own."
Jiang Ji, sitting on her right, also spoke slowly.
"Before, whenever this happened, Ge Wu would always answer the call and rush back. But ever since he was formally bound to you as a mate, you never allowed him to leave again."
Just as he finished speaking, everyone saw a figure slowly emerge from the entrance of the Beast Cave not far away.
