In the great hall, Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye fell into a brief silence.
After pondering for a moment, Yao Ye guessed, "Imperial Grandfather, could it be that some precious treasure has appeared at the Eastern Border?"
"That's very possible!"
Hearing this, Jia Xingtian nodded.
None of the people heading to the Eastern Border this time were ordinary figures. How could they have all appeared there at the same time without prior arrangement?
The Yun Lan Sect Master was one thing. That woman often traveled outside to train, but why had Pill King Gu He suddenly gone to the Eastern Border?
An alchemist like him would normally be heavily protected in an extremely safe place.
And there was also the news from the border—the mysterious young men and women traveling on Sixth Order Flying Magical Beasts...
Such a group would likely only appear there if some great treasure had emerged.
Jia Xingtian narrowed his eyes, a sharp glint flashing through his cloudy gaze. "It seems this old bag of bones needs to get moving as well!"
As the one in power within the imperial family, Jia Xingtian would never allow anything beyond his control to happen within his own territory.
The Eastern Border... was an extremely sensitive place.
Beyond the border lay the Tagor Desert, where the Snake-People Tribe had entrenched themselves.
Jia Xingtian knew the Snake-People Tribe's foundations well. Back then, the Jia Ma Empire had joined forces with several neighboring empires and only barely managed to drive the snake-people into the depths of the desert, unable to eradicate them completely.
They were powerful and cruel. Even with the combined strength of several empires, the Jia Ma Empire had only barely managed to drive the Snake-People Tribe away.
This showed that the Snake-People Tribe's overall strength was far beyond