Tens of millions of li from the Plague Great Sage, Fang Yun, in his spectral form, took out the Saint Ancestor Snake Scale and turned it over in his hand, smiling.
He had killed Fox Swift Sage first because the Fox Race was shrewd and might easily spot something amiss. He had spared the other Half-Sages to cast a long line and hook a big fish-and as it turned out, he had actually hooked a whale: the Plague Lord.
Holding the Saint Ancestor Snake Scale, Fang Yun ran through one deduction after another in his mind.
The Demon Barbarians have grown smarter. They're uniting every force they can against me. Still, they won't completely trust me as a Sutra-Chanting Specter. As Tree Venerable said, they'll certainly find some special treasure to verify my identity. Very few Great Sage treasures can see through the Book of Changes. The Demon Realm has no more than three or four, and those Great Sages who lowered their own cultivation realms will surely be carrying them. When the time comes, whether they're looking for a Sutra-Chanting Specter or suspecting me, they'll come knocking with their secret treasures. This Saint Ancestor Snake Scale can clearly determine my approximate location. Both Tree Venerable's and Mountain Bearer's legacies contain accounts of similar things.
*The Kunlun Ancient Realm is so vast that there won't be too many Demon Barbarians who can actually come looking for me, but there won't be too few, either. Given how cautious they've become, they should gather three to five Great Sages before coming for me. At least, they won't manage it anytime soon. They'll probably only come knocking once everyone is close to the Ancient Realm's central region. Crippling the Plague Lord and letting him lure in the other Great Sages will be far