Deep within the Wildlands Continent, an ancient ark slowly descended over an ancient road. In the distance, dozens of figures with lion bodies, eagle wings, and golden human faces flew through the air.
They stared at the ark.
Several Void Refinement Venerables also flew out of the ark and addressed the remaining cultivators aboard. "Those who wish to leave may do so now. The ark will only stay here for half a day, and it will return in a year."
With that, one of them flew toward the members of the Fire Vulture Clan.
Now that they had ventured deep into the Wildlands Continent, quite a few cultivators had begun considering an expedition of their own.
Trading with alien races like this was naturally not a business ordinary cultivators such as themselves could manage.
Thus, many dispersed, most of them Spirit Transformation and Void Refinement cultivators.
Among them, two tightened their Daoist robes and quietly departed.
Yet as they left, the man behind could not help sending a voice transmission to the figure ahead:
"Senior Brother Xiao, are we really getting off here? We're still quite far from the location on the treasure map..."
"We have to. A message came from the sect. Some scoundrel leaked the matter of the inheritance, and now we've been exposed. To ensure the sect can still secure some benefits, our martial uncle ordered us to find somewhere nearby to hide until they arrive!"
"Otherwise, even our safety might not be guaranteed!" the figure ahead answered through a voice transmission.
Both men immediately grew solemn.
Neither doubted the truth of the matter.
But they knew that once the news leaked, they would very likely be ambushed and killed.
This was a Body Integration inheritance. Even the Heavenly Sea Sect and the Astral Mystery Sect would