Upper Star Prefecture, Blue Star Mountain.
The main hall of the Blue Star Sect.
Xiao Yuandao held a voice-transmission jade talisman, his expression solemn as he paced back and forth inside the hall.
Footsteps sounded, and a cultivator entered. Xiao Yuandao hurried forward to greet him with a bow.
"Martial Uncle." The newcomer was none other than Star-Plucking Venerable.
"How did you arrange things? Why did Lu Jing of the Mystic Deer Sect find out about this?" Star-Plucking Venerable demanded.
The Mystic Deer Sect was not a faction of Upper Star Prefecture, but a Void Refinement sect in the neighboring Divine Deer Prefecture. It specialized in taming Heavenly Horn Cloud Deer, and its overall strength was somewhat greater than that of Upper Star Prefecture.
The sect also had two Void Refinement cultivators: the veteran Dust Deer Venerable and the newly advanced Lu Jing.
Since Divine Deer Prefecture bordered Upper Star Prefecture, the Mystic Deer Sect had always been at odds with them. In the past, their subordinate sects had even attacked one another.
It was only after that incident that the Blue Star Sect decided to support several more Spirit Transformation factions.
Over the years, they had been extremely cautious around the Mystic Deer Sect, fearing that it would discover the Blue Star Sect's plans.
Yet, at the critical moment when they were searching for the final inheritance, the other sect had visited the Blue Star Sect and proposed exploring it together.
Their words had carried more than a hint of threat.
This infuriated Star-Plucking Venerable, but there was nothing he could do.
He could not kill the visitor here to silence him.
"Martial Uncle, I've already investigated this thoroughly. The inheritance treasure map that gave us this information came from a man named Lu Xiaoyuan. Although Junior Brother Xiao