Tiger Zhan appeared on a mountain peak.
He stared intently in the direction of the Immortal Tomb in the mountains, his pupils slightly contracting…
Could it be an illusion…
That seemingly ordinary turtle, in that instant, gave him a sense of dread.
Thinking back carefully now, that cultivator named Ambrose Lu also seemed a bit off.
That cultivator wasn’t nervous at all when facing him, remaining calm and composed. Especially that line, “Or perhaps not from this world?”
For a moment, Tiger Zhan felt a terrifying thought that his background had been completely seen through.
It didn’t make sense.
Tiger Zhan frowned deeply.
But this trip made him realize that the waters of the Spirit Dust Realm were indeed very deep.
And the mysteriously vanished Immortal Tomb,
Thinking this way, it made sense for Sophia Ji to delay the attack.
“Ambrose Lu… I should mention this person to Sophia Ji, let her be cautious.”
Tiger Zhan muttered to himself, then swiped his large hand in the air before him!
The next moment, a chaotic light circle appeared in front of him.
“Tiger Zhan?”
A puzzled voice from Sophia Ji came through the light circle.
“Sophia Ji, I just went to the Immortal Tomb, and indeed… an Immortal Tomb has disappeared.” Tiger Zhan said solemnly, looking at the light circle.
“Are you so bored that you think I would lie to you? If that’s all you have to say, I won’t entertain it.” Sophia Ji’s voice came from the other end, sounding indifferent.
“Wait, that’s not all I have to say!” Seeing that Sophia Ji was about to cut off the communication, Tiger Zhan’s tone became urgent.
Seeing no sound from the light circle, Tiger Zhan knew Sophia Ji was waiting for him to continue.
So he spoke with a slightly heavier tone, “I encountered a cultivator at the Immortal Tomb!”
Sophia Ji: “Can you just say everything at once?”
“Alright.” Tiger Zhan sighed slightly, then said, “Sophia Ji, you don’t know, that cultivator…”
Tiger Zhan then recounted the details and conversations he had with Ambrose Lu to Sophia Ji.
“A cultivator whose realm you can’t see through? And a turtle that gave you a sense of dread?” Sophia Ji asked suspiciously.
For some reason, Tiger Zhan felt as if Sophia Ji was mocking him, so he blushed and shouted, “Sophia Ji! I’m serious, don’t think I’m joking! That turtle really gave me a sense of dread!”
Sophia Ji was silent for a long time, seemingly contemplating Tiger Zhan’s words, then said, “Alright, let’s not talk about the turtle for now. You said Ambrose Lu was always calm? Even when you asked about the vanished tomb? He didn’t show any surprise?”
Tiger Zhan squinted his eyes: “That’s right, he was always calm, even questioning if I remembered correctly. After talking for a long time, he didn’t say much, only that some things, once you have an answer in your heart, there’s no need to ask further.”
Sophia Ji was silent for a long time again before asking, “When you found him… where was he in the Immortal Tomb?”
Tiger Zhan was stunned: “The first time I saw him, he seemed to be standing right in front of the vanished Immortal Tomb…”
Seeing that Sophia Ji didn’t reply for a long time, Tiger Zhan couldn’t help but say, “I just wanted to tell you to be cautious of this person, he gives me a very strange feeling, and I’ve never heard of him in the cultivation world.”
Sophia Ji still didn’t reply.
Tiger Zhan said, “Can we talk about the turtle now? I’m telling you, that turtle is definitely strange…”
“No, I have some urgent matters to sort out now. As for the turtle, you can figure it out yourself.”
With that, Sophia Ji cut off the communication from the other end.
Tiger Zhan stared blankly at the chaotic light circle in front of him slowly dissipating.
Then he waved his sleeve, cursing with a dark face,
“What a mess, truly unlucky!”
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Cyan Cloud Sect.
Great Hall.
“Elder Gu sent a message, saying to inform all sects and factions in the cultivation world about this matter…”
In the hall, Megan Shen said calmly.
As soon as she spoke, the remaining elders in the sect were stunned, then started discussing.
“What is Mark up to, I said five years ago to inform the cultivation world, but he opposed it, and now…”
“The Grand Elder is right, who knows what Elder Gu is thinking.”
“Sect Master, did Elder Gu say why? We can’t just do whatever he says without a proper reason, we don’t agree.”
“That’s right, did Elder Gu learn the exact time of the demon invasion? If not, we don’t agree! If we spread this news, our Cyan Cloud Sect will become a laughingstock! How can we face our old friends in the future!”
…
Seeing the disgruntled elders, Megan Shen sighed,
“Elder Gu said, if we don’t spread the news, when the demon invasion happens… because the cultivation world wasn’t prepared in advance, the common people might suffer heavy casualties.”
The hall fell silent.
The elders frowned deeply.
Soon, the Grand Elder stood up and said, “Sect Master, according to Mark’s idea five years ago, even if we spread the news, few sects would believe it! In the end, how can our Cyan Cloud Sect stand in the cultivation world?”
The elders nodded in agreement.
Megan Shen sneered, “But if we don’t say it, when the common people suffer heavy casualties, can you bear it?”
“Why not?!”
At this moment, an elder stood up with a flushed face and said, “Sect Master, it’s not that I want to say this, but why should we be so responsible for the common people? As cultivators, we help when we can, and it’s fine if we can’t, why should we feel guilty?”
“Hmm?” Megan Shen’s face changed slightly, staring intently at the elder.
The atmosphere in the hall became cold, and the elders fell silent.
Although they didn’t say anything, they agreed with the elder’s viewpoint in their hearts.
“Foolish!” Megan Shen said sternly, “Not to mention the common people, according to Elder Gu, the demon realms are likely already allied. Even if we don’t help the common people, do you think our Cyan Cloud Sect can escape unscathed? That’s the demon realms we’re talking about!”
“The demon realms covet the Immortal Tomb, the first to be destroyed might not be the common people, but us—the Cyan Cloud Sect who governs this area!”
With those words, the elders’ faces finally changed.
“Sect Master, should we relocate the sect, far from the Eastern Region?”
An elder cautiously suggested.
“Bang!”
Megan Shen picked up a teacup and slammed it heavily in front of him, shouting coldly, “Nonsense! How can you say such a thing?”
“Sect Master, please calm down!”
The elders immediately knelt down, they hadn’t seen Megan Shen this angry in a long time.
“The Patriarch is still in seclusion, should you call him, or should I?”
“The Cyan Cloud Sect has been here for a long time, how can it be abandoned just like that?”
“The surrounding secular empires pay tribute every year, and even the cultivation seedlings are selected from them, can you just abandon them?”
The elders lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
Megan Shen said coldly, “No more words, quickly spread the news, how many sects believe it is their business, but our Cyan Cloud Sect will have a clear conscience!”
“Yes…”
The elders stood up, bowed, and left the hall.
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