Tianxuan Realm, Yang Clan.
Inside Quiet Manor, Yang Yixin, Yang Honglei, Yang Yiwei, and Yulan sat in a Cyan Stone Pavilion, all four wearing grave expressions.
"A complete set of Heavenly Treasures? That can't be possible!"
Yang Honglei said incredulously.
"I'm not sure. That's how the news has been spreading. There are also rumors that a descendant of the Lin Family obtained a soul-type Heavenly Treasure, one that ordinary defensive treasures simply cannot withstand. Others say the Lin Family descendant invited two Heavenly Venerables, which was how they managed to break into Crimson Li Mountain Range and Blood Shadow Mountain Range."
Yang Yiwei's face was full of confusion.
All kinds of rumors filled the sky, impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
"If they could break into Crimson Li Mountain Range and Blood Shadow Mountain Range, they can break into our Yang Clan as well. Yiwei, issue the order to strengthen our defenses and guard strictly against enemy sneak attacks."
Yang Honglei instructed.
"Ancestor Honglei, I've already assigned additional manpower to patrol. What I can't understand is this: even if the Mahayana cultivators of the Crimson Li Clan and Blood Shadow Clan were defeated, with their Clan Protection Arrays and Heavenly Treasures, they should have been able to hold out for a while and find a chance to flee! Yet they couldn't even escape. The murderer's strength is far too terrifying."
Yang Yiwei said doubtfully.
"There are three possibilities. First, the murderer was exceptionally powerful and swiftly broke through the two clans' Clan Protection Arrays. Even so, if the Mahayana cultivators scattered and fled, they should have been able to escape—unless the enemy possessed a soul-type Heavenly Treasure and used it to kill the cultivators left behind. Second, the murderer's accomplices infiltrated the ancestral lands of the two clans, attacking