Li Tianming watched his retreating back and felt a peculiar sense of desolation.
"Black Myriadpath Ring?"
Aside from the shackles, Li Tianming also noticed an ancient-looking black Myriadpath Ring on the old man's hand. That meant the old man belonged to Myriadpath Valley and had come from a realm, not a local.
Anyone wearing a black Myriadpath Ring, even if they reached the Order stage, could never become part of Myriadpath Valley's upper ranks.
Those not born in Myriadpath Valley found it difficult to reach the Venerable or Saint Ancestor level and beyond.
"More importantly, these shackles don't seem ordinary, do they?"
Judging by their material, they appeared to be nothing more than ordinary metal ore, perhaps Heavenly Jun Ore.
However, as a member of the Heaven-Stealing Clan, Li Tianming saw things differently from ordinary people.
He was exceptionally sensitive to barrier locks created through formations!
Though the shackles' material was ordinary, Li Tianming sensed that they contained incredibly complex barrier locks.
Such barrier locks were generally used to seal inheritance battle arts and the like, or places such as the secret chamber in the Ancient God Realm that opened the Hive Ancestor Realm!
This was the first time Li Tianming had seen them used to lock up a person.
Normally, a Heavenly Origin Divine Artifact would suffice to restrain someone.
Giving shackles of ordinary material such barrier locks could only mean that whoever had locked up this old man wanted to imprison him completely without letting ordinary people see just how profound these shackles were.
"Why go to such lengths to lock up a dying old man wearing a black Myriadpath Ring?"
As a member of the Heaven-Stealing Clan, the moment Li Tianming saw a barrier lock like this, his hands immediately itched.
It was racial instinct!
"No wonder