Layered Mountains Continent, undercurrents surged.
The Barbarian Clan, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly began to move. There were faint signs that they intended to head south again, and this change immediately drew the attention of many. It also filled many with doubt. After all, Mountain-Chasing Dao currently had no fewer than three True Lords stationed there. Under normal circumstances, the Barbarian Clan should have tucked their tails between their legs and behaved themselves.
The cultivators held differing views. Some believed the Barbarian Clan had gone mad and were courting death, while others believed they had found something to rely on.
Not long afterward, a Purple Mansion cultivator who had ventured deep into Barbarian Clan territory suddenly brought back news: a heavenly material was suspected to have been born in the outskirts of Greater Dragon Ridge.
The news set the entire cultivation world of Layered Mountains Continent ablaze. The Purple Mansion cultivator who had brought it back was a renowned treasure hunter, most skilled at seeking all manner of treasures. His discovery of traces of this heavenly material had been purely coincidental, yet even so, he had been hunted all the way by the Barbarian Clan and had nearly died in the wilderness.
Most crucially, combined with this news, the Barbarian Clan's earlier anomaly could be explained. Their movements had not been aimed at Mountain-Chasing Dao at all, but were a feint, allowing them to lay out their methods and conceal the traces of the heavenly material's emergence.
"A heavenly material... This is an essential item for cultivators advancing to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. What a pity it was born in Barbarian Clan territory..."
"Heh, even if it weren't in Barbarian Clan territory, do you think you'd have a chance? Now that the news has leaked, only