Lu Heng had caused such an uproar in the Northern Domain of the Central Plains, wiping Ice River Valley off the continent entirely, that word had probably already spread among the various factions of the Central Plains.
Things were quiet at the Pill Tower, but the opening of the Alchemy Assembly was not actually that far away.
Until then, there was only so much he could gain by stubbornly shutting himself indoors and meditating.
As Lu Heng chewed the fruit, he recalled some gossip he had overheard when he encountered the elders of the Myriad Sword Pavilion.
Back then, the people from the Myriad Sword Pavilion had been discussing in private how the Beast Region had been anything but quiet lately. There seemed to be signs of an ancient ruin emerging, and quite a few clans and sects in the southern Central Plains had already secretly sent people to scout it out.
The Beast Region.
It was a savage land where magical beasts gathered, somewhere ordinary human cultivators would never dare venture lightly.
But Lu Heng knew full well that the opportunities hidden deep in the Beast Region were extraordinary. There was far more to it than a single ancient ruin. Any one of the heavenly treasures involved would be enough to make high-level Dou Zun fight until their heads split and bled.
Besides, the Origin Dragon Scale Hei Qing had given him was still lying in his Storage Ring.
Although the Ancient Void Dragon Clan lived in Void Space, they had always been as incompatible as fire and water with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan of the Beast Region. A trip there would not only give him a perfectly reasonable chance to seek opportunities, but might also uncover more clues about Ancient Dragon Island.
"Rather than wasting time in