"Stop beating around the bush, hurry up and speak."
Upon hearing the urging of the Grand Marshal of Hengyang, the Listening Beast dared not continue its charade and quickly said, "This time, during the Stone Bird family's grand patriarch's birthday celebration, the Crown Prince of the Stone Bird family planned to capture a group of humans as a gift. He immediately purchased intelligence about human gathering places from the Scent Tribe. The Crown Prince of the Stone Bird family then led his men to that location, but months passed without his return by the day of the grand patriarch's birthday. This led the Stone Bird family to invite my assistance in the search. Through scrying into past spaces, I discovered that the Stone Bird Crown Prince was killed by a group of humanoid creatures emanating black mist from every inch of their bodies. Moreover, these humanoid creatures also seemed to target humans for capture."
