Six hundred li north of Nine Peaks Mountain, in a small valley shrouded in mist, Green Barbarian's figure slowly emerged.
"Damn that Weizhi Peak Lord!"
Over the past few days, he had repeatedly used secret arts to investigate Nine Peaks Mountain and had already learned the identity of the one hunting Demon Soldiers.
"Why not simply seize that man's body?!" A vicious glint flashed through his eyes.
It took him quite a while to suppress the impulse.
"I cannot let anger ruin things. That man possesses formidable Divine Abilities, but he is ultimately an outsider to Nine Peaks Mountain. Replacing one of Nine Peaks Mountain's original members would be more valuable."
He took a deep breath and began considering his options carefully.
"Academy Supervisor Yuan Zhen is the best candidate, but his strength is comparable to mine. The risk of failure is too high."
"The Right Supervisor is young and weaker, making him the easiest to replace. But precisely because he is young, he does not understand the Earth Vein Prohibition. When I tamper with the Earth Vein later, I will have no good excuse to conceal it."
"That Left Supervisor, Hu Sheng, is just right. He is already responsible for maintaining the Mountain Protection Magic Restriction. I can use his identity to openly lay hands on the Primordial Earth Vein!"
Several days later, dozens of li outside Nine Peaks Mountain, a walnut-sized jade-green cicada flitted lightly through the mountain forest.
A moment later, as though tired from flying, it slipped beneath a palm-sized leaf.
The instant the Jade Cicada flew under the leaf, a mass of pitch-black shadow appeared above the woods.
Dim red light flickered within the Black Smoke Ball. Like something patrolling its territory, it occasionally turned from side to side. Only after quite some time