Before long, the middle-aged man withdrew his divine sense with a regretful look, having found nothing.
This man's realm was extremely high—far stronger even than the Second Elder's.
Although Qin Shaofeng had not probed his cultivation, he estimated that the man was at least at the fifth or sixth level of the Middle Celestial, perhaps even higher.
The man's aura was not much weaker than Wu Weizi's.
Clearly, he was another powerful expert Tianyin Sect had dispatched to hold down the fort during this period.
At this point, the middle-aged man no longer paid attention to Qin Shaofeng. Instead, he looked again at the Storage Ring in his hand, his brows slightly furrowed. "Then what exactly happened? Why have all the Spirit Dragon Pearls within these Spirit Dragon Race corpses disappeared?"
The moment he said that, he completely absolved Qin Shaofeng of any connection to the missing Spirit Dragon Pearls.
The Second Elder and the others also withdrew their divine senses, all wearing puzzled expressions.
Just then, seeing that the atmosphere had finally eased somewhat, Liu Yizhou suddenly interjected, "Could Zhou Futong have used them?"
Hmm?
Liu Yizhou's words immediately stunned the middle-aged man, the Second Elder, and the others. Then they all fell into thought.
Seeing this, Qin Shaofeng spoke up again. "I think that is very possible!"
"Oh? Why do you think so?" the middle-aged man asked. "According to your accounts, Zhou Futong triggered his heavenly tribulation after you first entered the Spirit Dragon Space together and encountered an ambush by the Spirit Dragon Race."
"Perhaps you do not know this, but we already knew that Zhou Futong could trigger a heavenly tribulation. As for how he suddenly reached the third or fourth level of the Lesser Celestial, he did not need the power of Spirit Dragon Pearls.