Listening to the conversation of those cultivators, Lu Ye gradually understood the circumstances of the situation.
As he had guessed, after he fell into the water and went missing, Yiyi and Amber sought a place to heal their wounds. They were discovered by three Level 3 cultivators, but both the spirit and the tiger had experience dealing with such situations, so they were not panicked at all. They cooperated with each other to scare away the cultivators, who even offered their storage sacks as a token of their fear.
However, after these three returned, they shared their encounter with Senior Brother Zhou, who sensed something was amiss. He took them back to find Amber. As for the Level 4 female cultivator, she was likely specially invited by Senior Brother Zhou. With the ability to wield the beast-taming collar, she was incredibly useful against demon beasts.