"Whoever avenges Balu, I will take him as my personal disciple!"
What did becoming the Fifth Priest's personal disciple mean?
It meant obtaining the finest cultivation technique inheritances!
It meant enjoying the highest-tier cultivation resources!
It meant possessing an even more exalted status!
Yan Kui's words instantly set the entire Southern Wasteland ablaze.
Countless people's eyes reddened, their breathing quickened.
"A personal disciple! Lord Yan Kui's personal disciple!"
"If I can become Lord Yan Kui's personal disciple, I'll at least reach the Late-stage Innate in the future—perhaps I may even have hope of breaking into the Divine Mansion!"
"Kill! We must kill him!"
Countless barbarian cultivators, and even Rogue Cultivators, sprang into action, beginning their search for the murderer.
The entire Southern Wasteland seemed to have become an enormous net, with Li Wu as the sole prey caught within it.
Wu Gu, the Fourth Priest of the Southern Wasteland Ancient Kingdom, sat upright upon a bluestone throne. Beside him sat Meng She, the Third Priest.
Wu Gu was at the Mid-stage Divine Mansion, while Meng She was at the Early-stage Divine Mansion.
"Yan Kui has caused far too great a stir this time."
Meng She spoke in a low voice.
"It is understandable," Wu Gu said mildly. "Balu was the disciple he valued most."
"The disciple he valued most?"
Meng She gave a derisive snort.
"He was nothing more than a shell."
Wu Gu did not respond to Meng She's words and merely continued, "That murderer was able to kill Balu in the street, leaving him unable even to fight back. His strength is anything but ordinary; he is very likely at the Late-stage Innate. Just who did Balu offend, to make that person willing to risk everything and kill him right beneath our feet?"
"Who knows? Yan Kui has