What Wood wanted Yang Qing and the others to find was the Spirit-Passing Treasure Pearl.
"Although the bloodline within you has awakened, without the Spirit-Passing Treasure Pearl, you'll be just like us members of the Hidden Clan—discovered the moment you venture outside."
Wood told Yang Qing that the real reason the Hidden Clan could not leave was that they could not conceal the aura of the special blood flowing through their veins. Another reason was that they had never managed to find the Spirit-Passing Treasure Pearl.
The Spirit-Passing Treasure Pearl originated in the Immortal Thunder Kingdom. The people of that kingdom possessed the same special bloodline as the Hidden Clan, yet could live freely beneath heaven because they carried Spirit-Passing Treasure Pearls.
But only the Immortal Thunder Kingdom people could possess these Spirit-Passing Treasure Pearls. The Hidden Clan had never even seen one.
As Yang Qing listened to Wood's explanation, his thoughts reached another layer of the matter.
"So the Hidden Clan was a natural barrier protecting the Immortal Thunder People?"
Wood said nothing, but Yang Qing knew his guess was correct.
They possessed the same bloodline, yet one could live freely while the other could only scurry from one hiding place to another.
The implications spoke for themselves.
Perhaps the Hidden Clan had not always lived in places that never saw the light of day. On the contrary, they might once have lived beneath the sun, just like the Immortal Thunder People. Only their circumstances back then had been even worse than they were now.
They had been bait set out by the Immortal Thunder People, tasked with drawing in those who harbored ulterior motives. Meanwhile, the Immortal Thunder Kingdom people had remained hidden in the shadows, reaping the benefits.
With the disappearance of the Immortal Thunder Kingdom, the