"We all underestimated him."
"If that really happens next, one treasure will no longer count for much. When the wind rises, the rain will pour; when that time comes, we must kill him." As he spoke, a savage killing intent gathered without dispersing.
Though the news was easy to uncover, the overwhelming majority treated it as nothing more than a strange tale.
This was their opportunity.
Even the group from the Cloud Soaring Sect had never imagined that such a bizarre and fantastical rumor truly existed before they swept away that layer of obscurity.
For one thing, the Profound Heaven Dao Academy certainly would not ignore a strange beast within its own territory.
No one wished to offend the transcendent great power that was the Profound Heaven Domain.
Every new garrison commander who arrived found no movement here. Ten thousand years was a long span even for most cultivators. As time passed, unless they possessed some special secret art, even they could not be certain that a treasure beneficial to them existed here, much less within New Peace Prefecture.
"Will the garrison over there interfere?"
Fourth Brother responded with a question.
"As long as we don't cross that line, they generally won't bother with us."
The eldest had dealt with several garrison commanders before and knew, more or less, which rules could not be broken.
They did not care about killing people, but their purpose was treasure hunting. Killing people would be stooping too low, and the consequences were more than they could bear.
With nothing else to do, Lu Qing sat cross-legged atop a smooth stone slab outside the courtyard, circulating the Celestial Sphere within his body. Every wisp of pure spiritual energy from heaven and earth flowed endlessly into him.
He was not deliberately cultivating. After reaching