What the Black Mountain Zhao Clan Sought

Moreover, Ling Pengyun's divine sense was inherently powerful, and he had cultivated the Divine Sense Tempering art. His divine sense had long surpassed that of cultivators at the same level.

For all these reasons, he had been able, in his early years, to simultaneously command nearly ten demonic corpses and several magic treasures in battle.

The elderly Grand Elder of the Black Mountain Zhao Family, Zhao Yuanqian, naturally assumed that Ling Pengyun was being modest. His impression of Ling Pengyun, whom he had met during the Ice Snow White Lion Race's attack on the Ling Clan years ago, improved considerably.

He then explained.

"I came to find you, Fellow Daoist, naturally because of the Ice Snow White Lion Race."

"My clan has been enemies with that race for several thousand years. During that time, we have endured dozens of Demon Beast Uprisings and clashed with them dozens of times. That race has killed at least a dozen Golden Core True Persons from our clan."

"Our Black Mountain Zhao Family has always engraved this enmity in our hearts. Now that our great enemy, the Ice Snow White Lion Race, is in a period of decline, with only two Golden Core Late Stage demon kings left to hold the fort, the Zhao Clan is unwilling to let such a fine opportunity pass."

"However, in recent years, the Thunderbolt Rat Race under the Nascent Soul Demon Race, the Crimson Gold Bear Race—a race that possesses a mid-grade lightning divine ability—seized several Third Rank Spirit Veins and vast reserves from the Thunder Roc Race, which your Yan Kingdom's forces had weakened. As a result, their strength has risen at a dizzying pace. In just the past several decades, they have gained no fewer than four additional Golden Core Demon Kings."

"Furthermore, they have gained