By then, You Cang had already led the cultivators and clansfolk of the Crane Soul Tribe to surround the Crane Feather Tribe. On learning that the Crane Feather Tribe's Clan Patriarch had died away from home, You Cang could no longer restrain his ambition to swallow up the Crane Feather Tribe. No one in either tribe understood the Crane Feather Tribe better than You Cang. Just as he had said, the two tribes shared the same root and origin. You Cang's ambition was not to unite the tribes. Rather, once he obtained the Crane Blood Stone passed down through the Crane Feather Tribe, he was confident he could raise his Soul Power to the Xiu Zun Realm!
As for the Crane Feather Tribe's people, if they dared resist, he would not mind wiping out their entire branch.
With their Clan Patriarch dead, the Crane Feather Tribe had anticipated, even amid their grief, that the Crane Soul Tribe would kick them while they were down. Powerless to resist head-on, they could only leave their homeland. By the time You Cang led his people to the Crane Feather Tribe's gates, torches illuminated the settlement, but not a soul remained.
"Clan Patriarch, the Crane Feather Tribe's people fled toward the Spirit Taming Sect!"
A scout hurried over to report.
"You Feng, take men and pursue them. The rest of you, search the settlement for me. Dig three feet into every inch of ground!"
You Cang ordered Chief of Fangs You Feng to lead the cultivators in pursuing and intercepting the Crane Feather Tribe. Still clinging to a sliver of hope, he intended to search the Crane Feather Tribe's settlement himself. He knew where the Crane Blood Stone was hidden.
The Crane Soul Tribe's clansfolk surged into the settlement, shouting at the tops of