Pill Emperor's followers?
Li Ye was astonished. He hadn't expected the old man to have such a background.
"So you've been guiding young people, hoping to nurture someone capable of shouldering the burden and cleaning up the mess?"
Li Ye asked.
The Pill Emperor had come from the Invincible Ancient Road and had many disciples.
After the Pill Emperor fell, his disciples fought over the map and slaughtered one another. In the end, they splintered apart, but even any one faction that broke away was powerful enough to dominate an entire region.
There were probably many remnants of those forces up ahead.
Li Ye had put it kindly when he said the old man wanted someone to clean up the mess. To put it bluntly, no one knew what role the old man's ancestors had played.
At the Primordial Auction House, Li Ye hadn't touched the map.
He'd thought its appearance had been far too convenient, and suspected someone was pulling the strings.
Could the one behind it be a disciple of the Pill Emperor?
Or even the old man standing right in front of him.
Li Ye remained secretly on guard.
"Heh heh. My Miao clan was weak even back then. Our ancestor obtained a map by chance, and to evade the pursuit of the other branches, retreated from the Sixth Order Emperor Road to this place."
"Yet some of those forces from back then still refused to let us go. The reason this old man gave you the map was that I hoped you might one day open the Pill Emperor's treasure."
"Whoever ends up obtaining it, those people will stop making things difficult for my Miao clan."
The old man explained.
Back then, the Pill Emperor had had six disciples, each of whom led one of the