Battle of the Eastern Sea (IV)

Although the Qilin Clan and Phoenix Clan could not "station" large numbers of people in the Eastern Sea, sending a small number was still possible.

Just like this time, the experts of the Qilin Clan and Phoenix Clan had appeared above the Eastern Sea to seize treasures. Even knowing that the treasures they sought belonged to the Dragon Clan, the Dragon Clan could do nothing about them. If they wanted to stop the Qilin Clan and Phoenix Clan, they would still have to let their strength do the talking.

Besides, just because a treasure appeared in your Eastern Sea did not mean it necessarily belonged to the Eastern Sea, much less to the Dragon Clan. If that were truly the rule, then the heavenly treasures appearing across the Primordial Continent would have nothing to do with the Dragon Clan and would all belong to the Qilin Clan and Phoenix Clan. Wouldn't the Dragon Clan be suffering far too great a loss?

If that were really the case, then what was the explanation for the Dragon Clan previously appearing at the Qilin Clan's Qilin Mountain to fight over that Innate Supreme Treasure? It simply could not be explained. You could not allow the magistrate to set fires while forbidding the common people to light lamps.

Another reason the Qilin Clan and Phoenix Clan could not send more experts was that they still had to leave a considerable number of experts behind to guard their territories. They feared that someone might try to pick up a bargain—or come looking to mooch off them—and take advantage of their assault on the Dragon Clan to raid their nests. That would be enough to depress the Qilin Clan and Phoenix Clan to death.

Moreover, no matter what race it was, their territories contained many clansmen