Since they had repeatedly taken people to hunt down Chi Xue and the others without being able to do anything to them, and many people were currently eyeing Soul Severing Cliff covetously, Ling Tian had not agreed to Fairy Sword Ji's proposal to send people after Chi Xue and his group. Nor was he particularly worried about them growing stronger.
"Chi Xue and the others are probably targeting a fifth-grade Quasi-Saint Ancient Divine Beast. They're already this powerful, and you still don't think they pose a threat to us?" Fairy Sword Ji asked. Seeing that Ling Tian remained unconcerned, she continued, "Once Chi Xue and the others capture a fifth-grade Quasi-Saint Ancient Divine Beast and forcibly fuse with it, they should at the very least be able to break through to the sixth grade, right? They'll be even stronger then, and pose a greater threat to us."
Without waiting for Ling Tian and the others to speak, she continued, "And that's not all. After Chi Xue and the others fuse with this Ancient Divine Beast, capturing another fifth-grade Quasi-Saint Ancient Divine Beast will be even easier. In other words, they'll have more and more top experts. Once they have a dozen or two—or even more—they'll pose an even greater threat to us. If we don't curb them in advance, I'm afraid they'll grow much stronger in a short time."
Ling Tian didn't answer Fairy Sword Ji. Instead, he asked, "Po Qiong, what cultivation levels have most of the people around Chi Xue reached? I can't sense them all clearly. Why don't you tell us?"
"By the way, the Ancient Divine Beast Chi Xue and the others are trying to capture right now should be around the middle of the fifth grade, right?" Ling Tian added, then looked at Fairy Sword