Xiao Jin's thoughts raced as he constantly recalled the factions that had appeared in the Northern Region in the original story.
Aside from the already-destroyed Wind Lightning Pavilion, there seemingly were no top-tier factions in the open.
But soon, an answer suddenly surfaced in his mind.
"Gold-Devouring Rat Clan?"
As the key to Xiao Yan's breakthrough to Dou Zong in the original story, the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan had undoubtedly received quite a bit of description.
Although the original story had never mentioned the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan Chief Jin Shi's exact cultivation level, he was unquestionably a Dou Zong powerhouse, and might even have been a High-Rank Dou Zong.
Moreover, the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan had no shortage of powerful experts. After all, they had a massive population.
Once the numbers became sufficiently large, even if the chance of producing a powerhouse was tiny, the actual number would still become quite significant.
It was just like a principle Xiao Jin had known well before transmigrating: in a certain populous country, even if someone praised you as a one-in-a-hundred genius, fourteen million people would still rank ahead of you.
Furthermore, the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan was huge in number and could join forces to use a Sound Wave Dou Technique. This clan definitely possessed formidable strength.
That was hardly surprising. If they had no ability, how could they occupy a blessed land like the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool?
One had to know that in the original story, even the outstanding disciples of the younger generation among the Four Pavilions had to follow the rules and pass the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan's test before absorbing the energy of the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.
He did not believe that with Thunder Venerable's overbearing personality, if the Wind Lightning Pavilion had possessed absolute strength to take down the