Xiao Yuanjun turned over on the bed and said seriously:
"You mean the Deng Clan's True Lord wanted you to pass the trial?"
He had both used up the Calamity-Transforming Pill and gotten Zhang Yuan to slay the true dragon making its river passage-two birds with one stone.
The Wen River Deng Clan's True Lord certainly knew how to balance his accounts.
Zhang Yuan nodded, his expression still grim.
If that were all, he could have accepted it. Without the Calamity-Transforming Pill, he would simply have to counter each move as it came in the third trial. As long as he was not forced to fight a True Lord above his own realm, he still had a chance.
Yet after speaking with Ao Ruo, he had sensed something amiss.
The True Lords watching him this time definitely included more than just the Wen River Deng Clan's [True Lord Yuheng Wanzhuan]. Several others had turned their gazes upon him, and the warning he had received from [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts] today only confirmed that suspicion.
Yes, that faint flame on the surface of the Ya East River must have been [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts]'s handiwork, warning him not to pursue certain questions.
Leaving aside the two already revealed, [True Lord Yuheng Wanzhuan] and [True Lord Ceased Light Punishes Thoughts], there should also have been a dragon True Lord behind Ao Ruo. Cui Yuanxi would not have come to the Ya Kingdom without reason, so she must have been acting on a True Lord's instructions. Then there was the local Eastern Ya Cui Clan's True Lord.
Based on the information currently available alone, he could infer the involvement of five True Lords from different factions. On top of those, he could add another two unknown True Lords.
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