News from the Speed Clan

Over the past few days, thanks to the tireless efforts of the soul beasts, the location in the Tang Sect that symbolized ultimate speed—the residence of the Speed Clan—had successfully been dug out.

"In other words, the great hero who dug out the Speed Clan's location is the little fellow standing on your head right now, Di Tian?"

A soul beast called a Needletail Swift, not particularly large in size, stood swaggering on Di Tian's head, completely ignoring the Beast God's slightly twitching expression and the low pressure radiating from him.

"Mm. It crossed more than half the continent and brought back news from inside the Speed Clan."

Di Tian stroked the benignly mutated Needletail Swift on his head and said helplessly, "It was very lucky. A highly talented little girl in the sect mistook it for an ordinary swift and kept it in a cage to care for it. Through a strange twist of fate, it obtained quite a bit of inside information that only inner disciples would know."

If it had not brought back such explosive news, and indirectly confirmed that Lin Wan'er's conjectured plan could be carried out, Beast God Di Tian would never have allowed another soul-beast cub to stand on his head and strut around.

After all, he represented the face of the soul-beast race. Beast God Di Tian's every usual move, word, and deed were enough to change the status of different soul-beast species within the Star Dou Great Forest.

"And her?"

Lin Wan'er had noticed the clue, but Di Tian had not mentioned that person's situation, so she could not draw a conclusion directly.

"Bai Chenxiang, the current successor clan head of the Speed Clan. She exists like a mascot. Her Soul Power Level has remained at sixty-one."

Di Tian paused, then continued, "Normally, by the average age limit of soul masters, she should already have died of old age by now. However, she did accept a God Trial in the end, and over the years, the clan has stuffed her with quite a few life-prolonging supplements. At present, she probably has about half a year left to live."

"Isn't that pretty good? The fact that she isn't dead proves our plan can be carried out. But Grandpa Di Tian, can you rein in your emotions a little? Don't put on such a disgusted expression."

As soon as Lin Wan'er finished speaking, Di Tian let out a cold laugh.

Ever since he had descended to the lower realm, he truly had looked down on Love Brains who were always ready to live and die over romance, so his tone when describing Bai Chenxiang's current state naturally was not very pleasant.

However, considering that the Holy Maiden probably did not understand these things, and to avoid any misunderstanding, he still patiently explained:

"Ever since her husband ascended to the God Realm, she has been like someone who lost her soul, living alone within the clan."

"According to that inner sect disciple's idle gossip, as the clan head, she no longer cultivates or associates with anyone. Every night, deep into the night, she gazes up at the sky, looking as if she bears some bitter, deep hatred."

"If she had not given birth to a god's child, Bai Feng, whose talent is still passable, the elders in the clan might long ago have dragged her to some unattended corner and left her to die alone."

After hearing Di Tian's explanation, Lin Wan'er nodded, immediately understanding the reason for his disgust toward Bai Chenxiang.

It was nothing more than a man with love, a wife with devotion, yet helplessly separated between heaven and earth, the pain of never being able to see each other again in this life. That was not something ordinary people could understand.

Especially when the two of them had gone through hardship after hardship together, and only became loving after a long period of adjustment. They had long since been unable to leave each other.

"Grandpa Di Tian, if one day Bi Ji and Zi Ji couldn't follow you to the God Realm, and you watched them from the God Realm while they grew old alone in the lower realm, would you be able to understand that kind of suffering? Or would you rather they pull themselves together, forget you sooner, and find another husband in the lower realm to keep them company until old age?"

The Holy Maiden's words stabbed Di Tian's heart as sharply as flying knives, making the Beast God, who stood over two meters tall, fall silent. Even the disgust he had been releasing outwardly retracted considerably.

If it were him, how could he ascend to the God Realm alone without bringing Bi Ji and Zi Ji with him? Especially after hearing the Holy Maiden's description, when he thought of his two wives forgetting him and finding a new husband, Beast God Di Tian—who clearly did not possess too many human notions of husband and wife, and seemed somewhat cold-hearted—was unwilling to keep imagining that heart-wrenching scene.

Looking at Di Tian's clenched fists and the veins bulging on his forehead, Lin Wan'er knew her words had struck Di Tian where it hurt, and she immediately let out a breath of relief.

She had known it. No man could watch with open eyes as his beloved wife washed her face in tears every day while he was not dead, or found someone else to accompany her.

Do not forget, the God Realm had law-enforcement tools. As long as most gods agreed, they could use those tools to spy on the lower realm, and even interfere without gods or ghosts knowing.

For example, a certain pure and upright Tang God King had spied on the lower realm and reached down to lay out plans plenty of times.

But when Lin Wan'er said such things to Di Tian, it was not because she wanted to help Bai Chenxiang clear her grievances. She merely wanted Di Tian to view the matter more rationally. Besides, her Home-Stealing Plan required a soul master with extremely high status who also had a very deep relationship with one member of the Seven Godly Devils.

And Bai Chenxiang of the Tang Sect's four subordinate clans, whether in terms of identity, experience, or status, could be considered one of the top figures.

If it were someone else, Lin Wan'er would have had no way to combine the knowledge she had learned in her previous life and easily turn the other party, making them backstab the Tang God King at some point in the future! "All right, Grandpa Di Tian, stop getting stuck in a dead end. This sort of question has no solution unless you can use absolute strength to avoid a situation where heaven and man are separated. Otherwise, whatever you say is useless."

The reason such a problem could arise was nothing more than one side not being strong enough. Just like when the Tang God King wanted to recruit a certain Heavenly Jewel big shot, had he not also been verbally refused by the other party first?

If Di Tian possessed absolute authority, then never mind Zi Ji and Bi Ji—even the little soul beast standing on his head could transform in an instant into a beloved pet of a God King, an existence that other weak gods would kneel and fawn over.

"I fell into a misconception. Thank you for the reminder, Holy Maiden."

Di Tian suddenly came to his senses. It was because he occupied a high position and thought too calculatingly about everything, never considering that certain matters could not be viewed that way.

That was right!

If he were a god of the God Realm, a god of supreme and lofty status, not a god that the Shura God, the Destruction God, and the Life God could scheme against, then why could he not bring Bi Ji and the other soul beasts with him to ascend in one step and enjoy an eternal, undying existence?

With that thought, Di Tian's disdainful attitude toward Bai Chenxiang restrained itself considerably.

He, who had always placed the greater good first, knew that even a tiny, unremarkable chess piece on the board could inadvertently create a miracle and bring the player behind it an unexpected surprise.

As for whether it was a surprise or a fright, that depended entirely on who was using that chess piece to work.

From that perspective, the Speed Clan under the Tang Sect, and Bai Chenxiang, the wife of Phoenix God Ma Hongjun, had to be the first step in their plan to resist the Shura God and strike up into the God Realm. There absolutely could not be any mistakes.

"It's fine. As long as Grandpa Di Tian has thought it through. After all, Bai Chenxiang is only old, not stupid. As a woman who once spent time with the Seven Devils, experienced the turmoil of the continent, and was fortunate enough to participate in a God Trial, how could she be as miserable and foolish as that inner sect disciple described?"

Lin Wan'er smiled and waved her hand, expressing agreement with Beast God Di Tian's no longer biased thoughts.

She did not want, after meeting Bai Chenxiang, to have Bai Chenxiang think that the current person in charge of the Star Dou Great Forest, Beast God Di Tian, had an outwardly businesslike attitude while privately looking down on Bai Chenxiang as a human soul master. If that happened, things would become difficult.