"The greater your renown, the stronger the power of living beings you gather. Then you will gain more fortune as well, which will be greatly beneficial to both of us."
Qin Jiuge spoke again. As he said this, he deliberately blocked Yao Wuchang's five senses.
That way, some words could be known only to him and the Heavenly Yao Emperor. After all, the Heavenly Yao Emperor's identity still needed to remain concealed for now.
"Then it will depend on your performance."
By this point, the Heavenly Yao Emperor had gained considerable confidence in Qin Jiuge and left almost everything to him.
Qin Jiuge smiled faintly. "I will not disappoint you, my lord."
It was time for him to test his blade on a small task.
"If you keep blocking my way, I'll kill you."
Before a cliff, piercing winds swept across the land, whipping through their robes with a fierce, flapping howl.
Yao Tianran's gaze was icy as he stared at Yao Qingmian before him, wishing he could kill him on the spot.
It was only because this was the Hunting Competition, where it had already been stipulated that members of the same clan could not kill one another, that he held back. Otherwise, he truly would have done it.
Yao Qingmian burst into laughter, his face full of provocation. "Then come if you have the guts. Let all the heroes under heaven see just how our Three-Eyed Royal Clan tears itself apart. By then, even you—a fellow from the Three-Eyed Royal Clan who awakened top-grade aptitude—surely won't have an easy time. Come if you dare. At worst, the two of us will perish together."
If Yao Tianran had awakened top-grade aptitude, then Yao Qingmian had awakened supreme-grade aptitude, only a step below it.
Thus, within the Three-Eyed Royal Clan,