Zhou Qiongtian finally breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this news.
Then Zhou Qiongtian frowned. He did not know whether what those five Saint Kings had said was true, but since they had attacked him and his two older sisters, the news was most likely real.
Although Zhou Qiongtian's strength had improved rapidly—rapidly enough to make people's eyes pop out of their sockets—he had ultimately cultivated for far too short a time.
Early Feather Ascension Realm cultivation was like a small stone falling into the sea in such a situation, incapable of stirring any waves.
Strength! In the end, it was still a matter of strength!
If he could kill Lin Tian, Zhou Qiongtian's strength would definitely rise greatly. But Lin Tian still had quite a bit of destiny left; forcibly killing him would certainly be obstructed by the will of Heaven.
Troublesome!
"System, do you have any recommendations?"
Stealth Talisman: Conceals one's aura and body shape. Even Supreme Realm experts would find it difficult to detect. Price: 10,000 Destiny Points!
Joy immediately appeared on Zhou Qiongtian's face. This Stealth Talisman was truly charcoal sent amid snow.
He possessed the Divine Unknowing divine ability, making it difficult for Wisdom Path cultivators to deduce anything about him. Yet those five Saint Kings had still found him. Someone must have been secretly tracking him.
Or perhaps they had used someone else to find him. Elder Mo?
Elder Mo should not have been the one tracking him. Had someone done something to Elder Mo without Elder Mo noticing?
Even an expert at Saint King Great Perfection had failed to notice. Could a Supreme Realm expert have made a move?
If that were truly the case, Elder Mo should not have been killed by those five Saint King experts.
Without realizing it, Zhou Qiongtian had already guessed most of the truth. He decided that if Elder Mo returned alive, he would not bring Elder Mo along next time.
However, even if Elder Mo could return alive, he would be seriously injured and need time to recover.
Although Elder Mo was an immensely powerful combatant, in some respects, Zhou Qiongtian was safer without Elder Mo beside him.
Moreover, what those five Saint King experts had said concerned Zhou Qiongtian. Why would they know such information? The Zhou Clan's upper ranks would obviously keep it secret.
In fact, neither Elder Mo nor Zhou Qiongtian himself knew about it. Was there a spy within the Zhou Clan?
Then asking the Zhou Clan's Wisdom Path experts to calculate Lin Tian's location would also carry a certain degree of danger.
"System, give me a recommendation."
Heaven-Asking Talisman: Can ask Heaven one question. The question is limited to matters below the Supreme Realm. Price: 10,000 Destiny Points.
Zhou Qiongtian was delighted. The system truly knew him best!
He also understood why it could only ask about matters below the Supreme Realm. Supreme Realm experts grasped Law Power, and Law Power was itself fragments of the Great Dao, bearing traces of the Great Dao.
Questions concerning Dao Principles were not something this tiny Heaven-Asking Talisman could resolve.
However, the system certainly had Heaven-Asking Talismans of higher grades. It was merely that he did not have enough Destiny Points.
Still, Lin Tian was only at the Spirit Channeling Realm. A Heaven-Asking Talisman of this grade was enough.
Originally, Zhou Qiongtian had wanted to ask about Zhou Kuang's whereabouts, but he could only abandon the idea. Besides, even if he knew, he could not tell anyone else in the Zhou Clan.
If others asked where this information had come from and whether it was reliable, how could Zhou Qiongtian answer?
Meanwhile, thanks to the appearance of the five Saint Kings, Lin Tian had escaped danger.
However, Lin Tian had not gone far. After confirming that Zhou Qiongtian had been teleported away and Elder Mo was entangled by the five Saint Kings, Lin Tian let out a breath of relief.
He hurriedly found a hidden spot to recover from his injuries, setting down restrictions as a warning.
These restrictions were not meant to guard against Elder Mo and the other six Saint King experts. He could not stop them anyway; in the eyes of Saint King experts, the restrictions he had set up were as fragile as paper.
The restrictions were only meant to warn him of other demonic beasts. While recovering from his injuries, he did not want some blind-eyed demonic beasts to come disturb him.
After his injuries had recovered seven or eight parts out of ten, Lin Tian hurriedly left the forest and headed toward the inheritance site from his memories.
Central Region, Crimson Thunder River.
The Crimson Thunder River produced Fire Dao, Lightning Dao, and Water Dao resources. It was one of the Zhou Clan's medium-sized resource sites, capable of steadily producing Heaven-grade resources and occasionally even Saint-grade resources.
Generally speaking, a medium-sized resource site would be guarded by several Feather Ascension Realm cultivators or one Saint Realm expert.
However, the Zhou Clan was an overlord-level force in the Azure World. No one dared provoke them. When Zhou Clan disciples traveled abroad, even top-tier forces would show them respect.
Perhaps because they had sat in the position of overlord for too long, some Zhou Clan cultivators had become arrogant, acting as though they stood above everyone else when facing other forces.
Once, a Zhou Clan Feather Ascension Realm cultivator with decent talent had offended a Saint Realm expert. That Saint Realm expert not only did not blame him, but even took the initiative to apologize and offer compensation.
Although it sounded absurd, it was the truth. That period had been when the Savage Great Emperor was bloodily suppressing other super forces, and other forces all treated Zhou Clan disciples with extreme caution.
Other forces stationed experts at their resource sites because they feared attacks and plundering by certain greedy cultivators.
But Zhou Clan cultivators simply did not believe anyone would be so blind as to attack and plunder the Zhou Clan's resource sites. Thus, a medium-sized resource site was assigned only two Feather Ascension Realm cultivators.
Those two Feather Ascension Realm cultivators were also exceedingly lax and lacked vigilance.
Previously, an independent cultivator had plundered one of the Zhou Clan's small resource sites. This independent cultivator had been a powerful Feather Ascension Realm cultivator.
The Zhou Clan had only stationed three Cycle Realm cultivators at that small resource site. Those three Zhou Clan Cycle Realm cultivators had been injured by the Feather Ascension Realm independent cultivator, though their lives had not been harmed.
The independent cultivator had not taken many resources before leaving. Upon learning of this matter, the Zhou Clan experts immediately gathered Wisdom Path experts to deduce that independent cultivator's location.
Afterward, not only was that independent cultivator killed, but cultivators who had been close to him also lost their lives.
From that incident onward, cultivators of the Azure World's Central Region understood the Zhou Clan's tyranny!
Today, beside the Crimson Thunder River, the two Zhou Clan Feather Ascension Realm cultivators were cultivating when one of them suddenly opened his eyes.
"Who goes there?"
"Hehe, worthy of being Zhou Clan cultivators. You actually noticed our presence!"
Several cultivators revealed themselves. There were five in total: three at late Feather Ascension Realm and two at Feather Ascension Realm Great Perfection!
"Who are you? What do you want? This is near a Zhou Clan resource site. You may not approach without permission. Leave at once!"
"Hahaha, what do we want? You'll find out soon enough." The five Feather Ascension Realm cultivators instantly charged out and attacked the two.
The two Zhou Clan cultivators' expressions changed at once. "Quick, send word to the Lineage! Someone is attacking us! Request reinforcements!"
The two Zhou Clan cultivators resisted desperately, but two fists could not defeat four hands. In the end, they were killed by the five.
"Hahaha, hurry and loot! It'll be troublesome once the Zhou Clan reinforcements arrive!"
The five Feather Ascension Realm cultivators each used their methods to collect the Crimson Thunder River's resources.
And scenes like this appeared repeatedly throughout the Zhou Clan's territory. The Zhou Clan's resource sites had come under attack!
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