The clan chief's face darkened as he demanded coldly, "Black Mountain Demon Venerable, you are in Great Jin—how did you learn of the sacred sword of my tribe?"
The black-robed old man smiled unhurriedly. "Heh heh, have you heard of Ji Shenguang?"
Ji Shenguang?
Inside and outside the Saintess Hall, several Nascent Soul Realm members of the Heavenly Toad Tribe drastically changed expression.
Ji Shenguang had been the Heavenly Toad Tribe's most outstanding prodigy three thousand years ago. Countless tribesmen had placed great hopes on him, all wishing for him to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
But later, in order to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, Ji Shenguang had left the Southern Border Kingdom and found a way to Great Jin, after which he had vanished without a trace.
"You... how do you know Ji Shenguang of our tribe?"
The clan chief's expression was complicated. He seemed to have vaguely guessed Ji Shenguang's fate, yet he still did not want to admit it. He wanted to hear confirmation from Black Mountain Demon Venerable's own mouth.
Perhaps because he had come from Great Jin and possessed such high cultivation, the black-robed old man seemed not to hold anyone from the Heavenly Toad Tribe in his eyes.
He smiled faintly and explained, "I found Ji Shenguang's corpse in an abyss. From the things he left behind, I learned that your Heavenly Toad Tribe possesses a sacred sword of considerable power. Though it is a top-grade spirit treasure, it carries a trace of the aura of a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure."
"Ancestor Ji Shenguang... still fell in the end."
The clan chief sighed softly.
Hearing the news from Black Mountain Demon Venerable in person finally made him give up all hope.
Buzz!
With a light wave of the clan chief's