Hearing what those people said, Ling Tian was even more certain they hadn't come specifically to find "Yuan Teng" or rob them. They wanted to capture them alive, then send them into the realm where Soul Severing Cliff lay to retrieve the Enlightenment Sacred Tree for them. At that, he let out a long breath of relief.
Once he saw that no one was paying special attention to him, Ling Tian knew they hadn't discovered that he had opened up a Small World. He felt even more relieved, but still didn't dare let his guard down. He did his best to conceal his aura and made sure not to release even a trace of his Small World's aura.
No one who had cultivated to the divine level was a fool. From what the others had said, these people had also figured out what was going on. At the thought of entering that deadly place, their faces darkened, and many wore looks of despair.
Seeing the expressions on Ling Tian and the others, those experts looked at them as if they were ants, utterly merciless and cold. A chill rose in Ling Tian's heart, along with a faint killing intent, but he quickly concealed it.
After those people arrived, Yan Yun stopped paying them any attention and came over to Ling Tian. He had even more confidence in Ling Tian's abilities now.
"Brother Yan, do you know which faction these people belong to?" Ling Tian asked. "Do you know what methods they usually use to control cultivators?"
"There's only one superpower in the southern region of the God Realm. No other major faction on its turf would dare act this way, so these people are from the ancient Aristocratic Clan, the Gu Family." Yan Yun's expression was grave. "They're in the