Cang Lin listened to the babbling crowd, but his eyes flashed repeatedly with a strange brilliance.
"On the contrary, Sikong Jing is not being reckless. He is deliberately drawing everyone's attention toward himself."
"Think about it..."
"Even Pei Yuzheng did not dare offer a low-grade Imperial weapon as a reward for a single Yao Residence head. So how many truly outstanding geniuses would provoke our Ancient Sacred Peak in order to kill someone from the Yao Residence?"
The crowd was slightly stunned upon hearing this, unable to quite grasp the meaning behind Cang Lin's words.
"The truly powerful geniuses will set their sights on Sikong Jing, while the ordinary ones may target the Yao Residence. But do we need to fear ordinary geniuses?"
"They will be perfect for tempering the Saintess."
"Next, we shall see..."
"Countless people searching for Sikong Jing, while some opportunists come to besiege us and the Yao Residence."
As he spoke, Cang Lin slowly clenched his old fist, his eyes brimming with anticipation...
The others gradually came to understand as well.
Major powers such as the ten great factions certainly would not start a war with Ancient Sacred Peak early on for Thousand Kings Holy Tower's meager reward.
Only medium and small factions would secretly seek out such an opportunity...
These medium and small factions might pose some threat to Ancient Sacred Peak, but it would never be much. They were precisely the perfect opportunity for their disciples to gain experience.
Still, the experts of Ancient Sacred Peak frowned. "But Sikong Jing is still far too arrogant. Without such strength or backing, he dares to make such ruthless declarations. Is there really any need for us to keep cooperating with him?"
Someone else immediately stressed, "It is not cooperation. We are looking after them."
As they