Qu Jianlei thought for a moment, then answered seriously, "We have some modest insight into Spatial Rules."
"I've heard," City Lord Huo nodded again. "You even managed to collect such an enormous Nascent Soul Realm Tree Race."
Qu Jianlei smiled again. "That Tree Race was purely an accident. They surrendered too quickly, so we didn't have time to make a move."
He wanted to emphasize that his team had no strange hobbies. They had simply been too slow to act.
However, Huo Jiujian heard something else in it. "Ridge Lord Qu, did you take down that Tree Race yourself?"
Taking down a Nascent Soul Realm Tree Race was nothing particularly rare. At most, it meant Red Leaf Ridge possessed exceptional combat power.
But where they had encountered the Tree Race was a crucial question.
Could it be that the people of Red Leaf Ridge had not previously been on the Eastern Prosperity Continent?
Qu Jianlei answered casually, "I mentioned this before, didn't I? Our team has dealings with Out-of-Body Great Venerables... more than one."
As soon as he said that, Huo Jiujian fell silent again. He dared to question Ridge Lord Qu directly, but anything involving Out of Body Immortal Venerables required caution.
So he could only change the subject. "Does your side intend to... move your base of operations to Central Province?"
Last time, he had already hinted that Central Province's attitude toward Red Leaf Ridge was absolutely different from its attitude toward other Eastern Prosperity forces.
His intention to recruit them had been obvious then. However, the grand array between Central Province and Eastern Prosperity still stood, so he could not speak too openly.
At the time, Ridge Lord Qu had said he wanted an independent Tier 4 Spirit Vein. That meant establishing his own power, something City