Three Great Sacred Beasts

The next morning, as the sun rose, news of several incidents that had occurred at the tavern the previous night spread throughout Dubian Town, adding a somber atmosphere to the town.

Ma Feifei got up early in the morning to keep track of the Nine Heavens Mountain spirit beasts' attack on Dubian Town. Naturally, the news reached his ears as well.

Ma Feifei initially thought this was just someone taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. After all, with the Nine Heavens Mountain spirit beasts attacking the city, it was normal for cultivators to take advantage of the situation.

However, a problem arose when Zhou Zhuling came to hand over the Tianshu Fragment that she had received at the Wantong Trading Market that day to Ma Feifei, just before noon.

All morning, I only received eight Tianshu Fragment!

"Are there cultivators who don't bring out the Tianshu Fragment to exchange?" Ma Feifei asked, looking at the eight Tianshu Fragment lying in his palm.

Based on his observation yesterday, it's impossible that there were only eight Tianshu Fragment left behind by nearly a million spirit beasts. Even if only Ma Feifei saw with his own eyes, there were at least a dozen, not to mention the people who were making a fortune in silence.

Based on past acquisition experience, once a cultivator obtains Tianshu Fragment, they will almost always rush to the Wantong Trading Market early the next morning to exchange it, because the Tianshu Fragment is of no use to them.

But today...

"According to rumors, some cultivators who possessed Orange Fragment died in the tragedies that occurred last night. When Father personally investigated the matter last night, he did not find any Orange Fragment on them. If I am not mistaken, the tragedies that occurred last night were because those cultivators possessed Orange Fragment."

Zhou Zhuling's expression was also somewhat grave. She was well aware of the importance of the Orange Fragment to Ma Feifei. Now, the other party's target was the Orange Fragment, but they didn't take Orange Fragment to the Wantong Trading Market to exchange for it the next day. So it was obvious that their purpose in Snatch the Orange Fragment was not to exchange it for Spirit Crystal or Divine Abilities and Spells.

I'm not afraid of the other party asking for an exorbitant price; I'm afraid they won't even offer it.

Once the opponent hides the Orange Fragment, Ma Feifei will have no chance of collecting all ninety-nine Orange Fragment.

"Have you found any clues?" Ma Feifei asked. He was also having a bit of a headache. If Zhou Zhuling's speculation was correct, and the other party really didn't take the Tianshu Fragment to the Wantong Trading Market to exchange it, wouldn't his Tianshu Fragment be completely useless?

"No, but the other party's methods were extremely cruel. There wasn't even a single intact corpse at the scene. My father said that the tragedies last night weren't committed by one person. The residual aura at each scene was different, with three different types in total." Zhou Zhuling said with some worry. Many of those who died last night were powerful figures at the Spirit Venerable realm, and even a few at the Spirit Emperor realm. However, a fight between cultivators of this level would usually affect the entire Dubian Town, but it didn't last night. The entire Dubian Town was very quiet.

There is only one possibility for this situation: the opponent's strength is more than five minor levels higher than the Spirit Emperor realm. The higher the strength, the weaker their resistance will be, eventually leading to this silent and overwhelming dominance.

When a powerful figure like this Snatch Orange Fragment, the situation becomes quite serious.

"Why didn't they exchange the fragments they stole? They have no use for these things!" Ma Feifei stared at the Tianshu Fragment in his palm, completely baffled.

Ma Feifei had examined the Tianshu Fragment many times, and it was true that this thing had no use for cultivators. It was even less useful than a Spirit Crystal, since a Spirit Crystal could absorb spiritual energy into the body for cultivation. If it weren't for the Mysterious Bookstore buying up Tianshu Fragment, no one would even pick it up if it were lying on the ground.

Therefore, Ma Feifei really couldn't understand why those people who stole the Tianshu Fragment last night were so elusive.

"Huh?" Suddenly, Ma Feifei paused, remembering something.

The Tianshu Fragment have no effect on humans, but they do work on spirit beasts!

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei put away the Tianshu Fragment and asked Zhou Zhuling, "Is the scene still preserved?"

"Yes, Father has already sealed off those locations," Zhou Zhuling replied.

Ma Feifei nodded and said, "Take me to see."

"Okay." Zhou Zhuling without hesitation, her tone even carrying a hint of excitement.

"Qingyang, Ba Jiu, you two come out with me for a bit," Ma Feifei said to the two who were painting.

Yun Qingyang and Ba Jiu naturally did not refuse and paused their painting.

"Let's go." Ma Feifei ran into the Bookstore and packed a few books just in case. Seeing that the two of them were ready, he said to Zhou Zhuling.

"Oh..." Zhou Zhuling still had the same expression, but her tone was no longer cheerful.

It was the same tavern when Ma Feifei and his group arrived. It was already noon. Nine Heavens Mountain was unusually quiet today, and no new attack had been launched yet.

There were still many cultivators coming and going on the main street. They were mainly heading Zhenbei the town, aiming to hunt spirit beasts and obtain Tianshu Fragment and the materials and treasures on their bodies.

Such a ruined scene was naturally not their focus; apart from the guarding soldiers, there was no one else around.

Ma Feifei had been to this tavern before, but that was a long time ago. It used to be considered one of the larger taverns in town, with three floors, but unfortunately it was reduced to ruins overnight.

"Qingyang, Ba Jiu, can you see anything?" Ma Feifei didn't go into the ruins, but stood outside and asked Yun Qingyang and Ba Jiu.

Yun Qingyang frowned as he looked at the ruins and said, "There's the aura of someone of the same kind."

Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei nodded. This was just as he had guessed, which was why he had brought Yun Qingyang and Ba Jiu along. Both of them were beastmen, making it easier for them to distinguish the aura of their own kind.

However, Yun Qingyang's answer didn't provide any clues. Ma Feifei looked at Ba Jiu and noticed that Ba Jiu's expression was a bit unpleasant. Ma Feifei couldn't help but ask, "Did you find something?"

Ba Jiu hesitated for a moment, then said, "This aura feels familiar, like I know it."

"Know him?" Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei had a clue. Ba Jiu was only one year and three months old. Anyone of his kind who knew him was definitely a spirit beast from the Ninefold Nine Heavens Mountain. In other words, the spirit beast that committed the crime came from the Nine Heavens Mountain?

Ba Jiu bit his finger and thought for a while, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "I know who it is!"

"Who?" Ma Feifei and the others all focused their attention on Ba Jiu.

"The Nine Bend Spider!" Ba Jiu said with certainty.

"Nine Bend Spider?" Ma Feifei and the others were completely bewildered; they had never heard of this mythical beast.

"She should be called the Nine Bend Spider King. She was originally a ninth-tier spirit beast in the Eighth Mountain. A few months ago, my mother gave her my blood to drink, which prompted her bloodline to evolve and successfully advance to Sacred Beast. Now she is one of the three Sacred Beast under my mother's command."

"The Three Sacred Beast..." Ma Feifei was startled. He and Zhou Zhuling exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes. The strange auras left at the scene of the events that happened last night were exactly three different kinds!

In other words, all three Sacred Beasts that Ba Jiu mentioned infiltrated Dubian Town overnight!

"Roar~"

Suddenly, a loud bang came from the Zhenbei, followed by a tremendous earthquake that shook the entire earth.

The spirit beasts have started their siege again!