His gaze was sinister, and his lips twisted into an icy curve.
"Don't rush to kill him."
The black-robed Heavenly Lord paused in surprise. "What do you mean, Elder?"
"Killing the Shushan Sect Leader's Gatekeeping Disciple would cost too much. Even if we succeeded, Shushan wouldn't let the matter rest. If that madman Daoist Wuzhen truly went berserk, even our Ji Clan would lose a layer of skin."
"Then what do you intend to do...?"
"Upload the characteristics of his aura after his transformation in the Divine Pool to the Nine Provinces Darknet." The Ji Clan's Grand Elder spoke in a voice as cold as deep-winter ice. "No name attached, no trail to follow. Just release the news and let everyone know—Chen Changqing's soul has undergone a mutation, and his body may contain remnants of chaos essence."
The black-robed Heavenly Lord's pupils contracted.
He instantly understood the Ji Clan Grand Elder's intent.
Chaos essence.
A primordial treasure of this caliber was an irresistible temptation to any cultivator. Even the words "may contain remnants" would be enough to turn countless powerful cultivators across the Jiuzhou Continent green with greed.
The Ji Clan wouldn't need to act personally.
Once the news spread, there would naturally be plenty of people eager to scrape a piece of flesh off Chen Changqing.
"Brilliant," the black-robed Heavenly Lord said.
The Ji Clan's Grand Elder closed his eyes. On the surface of the Myriad-Mile Mirror of Shared Hearts, the mass of scarlet-gold light continued drifting slowly westward.
"Have the Shadow Guard keep following him."
"Spread the news before Chen Changqing returns to Shushan."
"I'd like to see whether this little bastard who killed two generations of our Ji Clan's successors can withstand the greed of the entire Nine Provinces."
The serpent patterns on the bronze mirror writhed