Ji Tian also felt a surge of frustration, but he dared not show it. Instead, he calmly said, “South Elder, pursue and kill the Buddhist cultivator. Great Elder, pursue and kill Xi Yucheng, strike directly at the Kunxu mountain bandits’ lair, eradicate the Kunxu mountain bandits. As for Canglong Gate, I will lead the East Elder and the Saint Heaven Gate elder to launch a feint attack.”
“As for Lin Xiao and the others.”
Ji Tian looked at the Supreme Elder. “Please, Supreme Elder, pursue and kill them!”
“Humph, at least you have some capability!”
The Ji family Supreme Elder remarked.
He was the previous family head. In terms of cunning and wisdom, he was second to none.
Ji Tian had been trained by him. Though he had long withdrawn from worldly affairs, he could deduce that this was the optimal approach.
“May the Saint Heaven Gate elder come over for a moment?”
At this point, the Ji family Supreme Elder looked towards the distant void and suddenly spoke.
“Greetings to Senior Ji Chu!”
Immediately, an elder’s voice responded. A robed figure swiftly flew towards them.
This person was none other than Wu Meng. Earlier, since they were discussing matters, it was inconvenient to interrupt, so he had waited outside.
Their conversation had not been concealed, clearly not excluding him.
The Supreme Elder before him, he had met in his youth. It was indeed the previous Ji family head, Ji Chu.
Just as their gate master had speculated, the previous Ji family head had not yet passed away in seclusion.
“A pity your gate master did not come.”
Ji Chu sighed.
“The gate master is in seclusion and could not come. Elder Zhan Meng has fallen. Now our Saint Heaven Gate has suffered a great loss in strength.”
Wu Meng said to Ji Chu.
Of course, this was merely his wording. Their gate master was not in seclusion.
Rather, he had already arrived, but had not yet revealed himself.
After seeing Ji Chu take action, he had departed.
“Elder Wu Meng sees clearly. The reason your gate master dares not act is because he fears the Canglong Gate master. Now that your Saint Heaven Gate has lost another martial saint, Lin Xiao and the others have grown formidable, forming alliances. With the great era approaching, if your Canglong Gate does not choose to ally with our Ji family, you will sooner or later be annihilated in this great era.”
Ji Chu stated directly.
The meaning was clear: to have Saint Heaven Gate ally with the Ji family, jointly exerting effort against the enemy.
As for whether the Saint Heaven Gate master had acted earlier, he did not pursue it.
“I will report to the gate master. Our gate master has long intended to ally. I believe he will gladly agree. As for the matter of Lin Xiao, it has caused heavy losses to our Saint Heaven Gate. In this matter, I will follow the Ji family’s arrangements.”
Wu Meng replied politely.
“You may accompany our Ji family to attack Canglong Gate, to probe the depths of the Canglong Gate master.”
Ji Chu said.
“Yes!”
Wu Meng agreed.
“Everyone, set off!”
Ji Chu waved his hand. His figure moved, like teleportation, and soon vanished from everyone’s sight.
Ji Tian’s gaze was profound as he looked into the distance. “Set off!”
As his words fell, Ji Zhen and the South Elder each flew towards the horizon.
Ji Tian, the East Elder, and Wu Meng headed towards the direction of Canglong Gate.
… Thousands of miles from the Ji family, the pill’s effects on Lin Xiao, the four people, and one skeleton fully dissipated.
Their speed slowed accordingly. Lin Xiao waved his hand, storing the battle skeleton in his storage ring.
“That old monster from the Ji family has already reached the fifth realm martial saint level. Hard to contend with by force.”
Long Tu Tian said, “The Ji family head is exceedingly wise. He will surely realise that we know they will attack Canglong Gate, so we dare not return there, but head to the Wang family instead. The Ji family old monster will certainly move to pursue and kill.”
“We do the opposite, quickly return to Canglong Gate, and leave Yang State at the first opportunity.”
Lin Xiao nodded. The Ji family head was indeed very clever. If not for the Canglong Gate master’s superior skill and the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Disk able to break formations, they might have fallen into the Ji family’s trap this time.
“If they are not that clever, or even cleverer, realising we will return to Canglong Gate?”
Qing Yan asked.
Having just participated in one battle, he now understood how complicated these humans were. One side clever, the other even more so. As the saying goes, the Dao rises one foot, the Demon rises ten.
This was completely different from their spirit beast clan’s direct, no-nonsense approach.
Only now did he understand the true terror of the human race.
The true terror of humans lay not entirely in strength, but in wisdom.
No wonder, despite their spirit beast clan’s innate power, they could not dominate the continent.
Because human wisdom and cunning were too fearsome.
Moreover, this wisdom applied to cultivation was also something spirit beasts fell short in.
The advantage of spirit beasts lay only in innate talents stronger than humans.
“Precisely because they are too clever, Ji Tian will not think we would choose to return to Canglong Gate.”
Long Tu Tian said, “The initial eighth-grade pill’s estimate was accurate. We’re not far from the teleportation array. Let’s move quickly!”
Qing Yan was puzzled. Too clever, wasn’t that what he meant by even cleverer?
Why wouldn’t they think of it?
Or had it looped back again, surpassing that cleverness?
“Humans are too complicated!”
Qing Yan ultimately shook his head and could only follow the group, hurrying forward.
… During the time Lin Xiao and the others battled the Ji family and escaped, Hao State, You State, Xuan State, and nearly the entire Saint State were in uproar.
The news that four martial saints had fallen, slain by Lin Xiao at Cold Demon Ridge, had spread.
All states were shaken. The Jiang family, Hong family, Ying family, and Tianji Holy Land all dispatched experts, even family head-level experts, to hunt Lin Xiao.
Even within Spirit Pond Island, massive waves of shock arose.
The news was rapidly spreading to other states. Everyone who received it was stunned.
In various regions of Saint State, the streets were abuzz with news of Lin Xiao killing martial saints.
“Sweeping geniuses across nine states, sweeping spirit controllers across the continent, then in one or two months killing Ji family martial saints, destroying the Ji family Saint State branch. Now, not a few months later, four more martial saints in a row. Is this Lin Xiao truly going to turn the world upside down?”
“This talent and boldness, probably unprecedented on the entire continent!”
“Mad, utterly mad. Consecutively offending five overlord forces, even killing their martial saints. If Lin Xiao can’t be found, the entire continent will probably be turned upside down by the major forces.”
“With five forces acting, he definitely can’t escape. He fundamentally never considered how strong the true power and methods of these overlord forces are!”
“Youthful vigour, nothing more.”
“Who says he doesn’t know the overlord forces’ power? So young yet able to counter saints. Who knows, in the future he might grow further, continue to counter-kill the strong from each family?”
“Truly domineering. Fearing no five forces, killing as he says. Just unknown if he can evade the pursuit of the five forces.”
“Really hoping for someone to shake things up, deflate these great forces’ arrogance. The continent’s resources have always been controlled by them.”
“After so many years, finally someone dares to oppose the overlord forces.”
… Such varied voices spread everywhere. Some supported Lin Xiao, some mocked, but most anticipated the spectacle, hoping the matter grew bigger. It became a mandatory topic before tea and after meals.
