Lin Tian's Wanted Poster

Ding! System mission issued: Build a faction of your own.

Requirement: At least one hundred members, with loyalty above eighty percent.

Reward: 100,000 Destiny Points and an increase of three minor cultivation stages.

Zhou Qiongtian, who had been cultivating, revealed a look of surprise. The system had actually issued a mission. The requirements seemed simple enough, yet the rewards were exceedingly generous.

Only, loyalty was a problem. Although Zhou Qiongtian was the Young Master of the Zhou Clan, he had previously been nothing more than trash. The respect everyone had shown him before had all been for the sake of Zhou Kuang, Zhou Xinchi, and Zhou Zimo.

When it came to loyalty, Zhou Qiongtian truly had little confidence that he could find a hundred cultivators with loyalty above eighty percent.

However, Zhou Qiongtian did have several candidates in mind.

After cultivating these past few days, Zhou Qiongtian's cultivation had already broken through to Cycle Early Stage. With the Supreme Bone, there were practically no bottlenecks in the realms before reaching supremacy.

If the three minor stages rewarded by the system were added on top of that, Zhou Qiongtian's cultivation could rise to Cycle Great Perfection and charge toward the Feather Ascension Realm!

Central Region, Wang Clan.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, if not for you stepping in to drive back the Meng Clan, Jin Clan, and Hei Family, my Wang Clan would have been in danger."

Wang Bufan, the Wang Clan's patriarch, wore a broad smile. He had originally intended to break through to the Feather Ascension Realm. He had made ample preparations, and his cultivation had been sufficient, but an accident had occurred.

In the end, his breakthrough failed. Not only that, he suffered grave injuries, and his cultivation fell to Cycle Late Stage.

Originally, as long as he nursed his injuries, his cultivation would soon recover. Yet he had never expected the Meng Clan to somehow learn of the news and join forces with the Jin Clan and Hei Family to attack the Wang Clan.

The Meng Clan patriarch was a Cycle Late Stage expert and had never gotten along well with Wang Bufan, but the two clans had only ever engaged in minor skirmishes.

As for the Jin Clan and Hei Family, their patriarchs were merely at Cycle Mid Stage.

If Wang Bufan had been at his peak, even if all three clans joined forces, they would not have been his match. But now that he was seriously injured, he found it difficult to withstand the experts of the three clans, and the Wang Clan was hanging by a thread.

At the critical moment, Wang Xinya arrived with Lin Tian. Lin Tian was only at Spirit Channeling Early Stage, so Wang Bufan had not held much hope.

Yet no one knew what Lin Tian had done. His entire body turned crimson and steamed with heat, and he immediately went wild like he had swallowed Viagra, unleashing a ferocious barrage.

Possessing the combat strength of Cycle Early Stage, Lin Tian charged in and out among the cultivators of the three clans seven times over, instantly changing the course of the battle.

Even cultivators at Cycle Early Stage were no match for Lin Tian.

The three members of the Meng Clan moved to kill Lin Tian, but Wang Bufan stopped them. Lin Tian swiftly slaughtered numerous cultivators from the Meng, Jin, and Hei factions, even killing a Cycle Early Stage expert.

The three clans understood that their attack on the Wang Clan had already failed and immediately withdrew. Wang Bufan did not stop them; after fighting the three, his injuries had worsened further.

Later, it was said that the Meng Clan, Jin Clan, and Hei Family had formed an alliance specifically to contend against the Wang Clan.

Wang Bufan sneered. Once his injuries healed and his cultivation recovered, he would definitely kill those three little bastards.

Lin Tian waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing. He had also reaped abundant gains—not only had he learned where he was, but he had also rendered great service by joining the battle.

Wang Bufan gave Lin Tian quite a few resources, precisely what Lin Tian lacked. Wang Bufan also invited Lin Tian to become a guest elder of the Wang Clan, but Lin Tian refused.

Besides that, Lin Tian had slain many cultivators from the three clans. Using the Life Creation Art, his cultivation rose to Spirit Channeling Mid Stage, and he was not far from Spirit Channeling Late Stage.

Once he broke through to the Cycle Realm, Lin Tian would be able to maintain the Demon God Core's second form for extended periods and possess the combat strength of the Feather Ascension Realm.

Lin Tian temporarily stayed in the Wang Clan. He also needed to regularly clear out the impurities that had accumulated in his body from using the Life Creation Art.

During this time, Wang Xinya approached Lin Tian on several occasions.

Lin Tian was a cultivator who had lived for five hundred years, so he naturally understood that Wang Bufan wanted to win him over. Ideally, Lin Tian and Wang Xinya would become Dao companions, firmly tying him to the Wang Clan.

Wang Bufan had long discovered Lin Tian's extraordinary nature. To possess such strength at such a young age, he was unquestionably a peerless genius and monstrous talent.

Naturally, Lin Tian had also seen Wang Xinya's feelings for him, but he would not agree.

His ambitions were vast, and the pressure on him was immense. To the current him, women were nothing more than pink skeletons.

Several days later, Wang Bufan somehow obtained a wanted poster. His pupils suddenly contracted, and conflict filled his eyes.

After a moment, Wang Bufan seemed to have made up his mind and carefully put away the wanted poster in his hand.

The portrait on the wanted poster was precisely Lin Tian. It was a wanted poster issued by the Zhou Clan, and the rewards listed below made countless cultivators' hearts pound and their eyes burn.

"Seeking Lin Tian, enemy of the Zhou Clan. His cultivation is Spirit Aperture Late Stage or above. He can use a special power to raise his strength to Cycle Early Stage, or briefly possess the strength of Feather Ascension Early Stage."

"Anyone who discovers him and provides reliable information shall receive one Saint Tier Cultivation Method, one Saint-tier artifact, and one bottle of Saint-tier pills, and may become an external clansman of the Zhou Clan!"

Any one of those rewards could make Feather Ascension Realm experts, or even Saint Realm experts, lose their composure. Especially the last one—becoming an external clansman of the Zhou Clan.

What did that represent? It went without saying.

It meant being able to enter the Zhou Clan and obtain the Zhou Clan's resources. Moreover, this status was even more precious than a core disciple of a super faction.

Because the Zhou Clan was the overlord of the Azure World, and the Savage Great Emperor was the number one expert of the Azure World!

Wang Bufan was merely a Cycle Late Stage cultivator. Such rewards tempted him beyond measure. If he could obtain them, he—and even the entire Wang Clan—would soar to greatness.

Moreover, no one else would dare steal these things. Would anyone dare rob an external clansman of the Zhou Clan? Were they not taking the Zhou Clan seriously?

And the requirements for obtaining the rewards were far too simple. One only needed to provide reliable information about Lin Tian. It did not say he had to be killed, nor did it say he had to be captured alive.

Lin Tian was currently in the Wang Clan. This reward was within Wang Bufan's grasp!

Lin Tian had indeed saved the Wang Clan, and Wang Bufan was deeply grateful. Lin Tian was powerful and exceptionally gifted, and Wang Bufan had wanted to befriend him.

But compared to the Zhou Clan, those things were nothing.

In this world, interests ultimately came first. Besides, Wang Bufan was not merely one man—he was also the Wang Clan's patriarch.

If the Zhou Clan learned that Lin Tian had once been in the Wang Clan, yet Wang Bufan had failed to report the news to the Zhou Clan—

Even if the Zhou Clan did not act, those factions affiliated with the Zhou Clan would take matters into their own hands and wipe out the Wang Clan.

"So, Lin Tian, sorry for the trouble."

Wang Bufan did not even continue treating his injuries. His priority was to keep Lin Tian steady. Before the Zhou Clan's people arrived, he absolutely could not let Lin Tian escape.

Wang Bufan immediately raced against time, trying to contact the Zhou Clan at the fastest possible speed and inform them of the news.

Of course, Wang Bufan could not contact the Zhou Clan directly. Thus, he contacted the Zhou Clan's affiliated faction closest to the Wang Clan—the Qingyang Holy Land!