Inside a palace, a young man dismissed the disciple who had just delivered a report, then turned to the middle-aged man seated at the head of the room. "Master, the Heaven-Seeking Tower really is lavish. Never mind those ordinary people-it was only some gold, silver, and jewels-but those rogue cultivators received actual cultivation resources."
"Spirit stones, pills, talismans, even magic artifacts. Tsk, tsk."
"Of course they're generous when the things aren't theirs." The middle-aged man opened his eyes slightly as he spoke.
Realization dawned on the young man's face. "Master, do you mean those things belonged to the sects that were wiped out?"
"What else? By the time we arrived, everyone inside had already been killed. Not a single survivor was left. Even the koi in the pond had been strangled. Every room had been stripped of anything valuable."
"The Heaven-Seeking Tower really does have a unique way of doing things. Master, what exactly do you think they want? Did they truly emerge simply because they could no longer stand what they saw?"
The middle-aged man said nothing.
What exactly did the Heaven-Seeking Tower want?
He actually already had a vague suspicion. Strangely enough, he felt no aversion to it, and even a faint sense of anticipation.
Heaven-Seeking Tower, you had better not disappoint this old man.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Xue Fuyao remained in the Western Continent, cultivating Gu worms. She intended to bring the entire Western Continent under her control.
Moreover, she discovered that the Gu worms could be used together with the Water Mirror. Through the Water Mirror, she could display what the Gu worms saw. With this, she could know what was happening outside without even setting foot out of the different space.
Just then, she received a message from her master, telling her to return to the