The Ten Thousand Mounds River Region was too weak—so weak that no one wanted to annex it.
Unless, of course, some supreme treasure appeared there.
If the Exquisite River Region learned that the Fire Dragon Heaven-Burning Force was there, it would annex the Ten Thousand Mounds River Region at once, seal off the news, then search for the force at its leisure.
"Where are you two cultivators from?"
The patrol commander spotted Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao and came forward to question them.
"We're cultivators from the Ten Thousand Mounds River Region!"
Lu Ren answered truthfully.
"Not from one of the three great manors?"
The commander pressed.
"Sir, there are no three great manors in the Ten Thousand Mounds River Domain anymore. Only Heaven-Prison Manor remains. It has unified the entire region!"
Lu Ren replied.
"Oh? Heaven-Prison Manor unified the Ten Thousand Mounds River Region? How did that happen?"
The commander sounded surprised.
"I heard the lord of Heaven-Prison Manor entered the Dao-Controlling Realm!"
Lu Ren gave him a deliberately vague answer.
He had not concealed the fact. Exquisite Heaven Manor would receive the intelligence sooner or later.
"All right. You may go!"
The commander waved a hand. The warship swept past Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao and continued its patrol.
"Qing Yao, let's go!"
Lu Ren and Yun Qingyao resumed their journey.
They skimmed close to the river's surface, traveling swiftly.
Following the sensation, Lu Ren soon felt the river ahead growing turbulent, as though its waters were converging in one direction.
"The pull from that arm is coming from over there!"
Lu Ren pointed ahead.
Yun Qingyao looked that way, her expression turning grave. "That place is..."
"Qing Yao, you know it?"
Lu Ren was surprised.
"It's a dangerous place in the Exquisite River Domain called the Return-to-Ruins