Celestial Yang City.

In the Soul Hall, Elder Liya, who was meditating cross-legged on the Soul Harvesting Tree, suddenly opened his eyes, only to see the Life Soul Lamps of Old Monster Xin and the scout Tian Li extinguished one after another.

Elder Liya's pupils shrank.

Others might be dismissible.

Old Monster Xin himself is a Tier Two Array Master and has the Spirit-devouring Insect for protection; an average person wouldn't be able to trap him. Plus, with the tribe's Escape Secret Skill, even when facing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, there's still a slight chance of escape.

How could both master and disciple meet such fates consecutively?

Even the scout sent to track them down met a cruel end:

"What exactly happened?"

Could it be that the old ones from the Cloud Soaring Tribe couldn't resist making a move?

But they just signed a peace agreement, and there wouldn't be any warfare for the next ten years. Liya quickly dismissed this thought. If that's the case, then it must have been an invasion by foreign races.

Elder Liya could no longer sit still.

To be able to kill a Tier Two Array Master like Old Monster Xin, the invader is likely of Foundation Establishment cultivation, so he immediately ordered a citywide lockdown.

Soon after leaving the Soul Hall,

other scouts quickly reported back:

"Elder Liya, there's fierce fighting in the direction of Taiyun Valley."

Taiyun Valley?!

Elder Liya's body immediately flickered.

He transformed into a rainbow light, speeding out of Celestial Yang City, and after about half an hour, the rainbow light fell above Taiyun Valley.

By now, the battle below had already ended.

Opposite him, a green rainbow shot rapidly from afar, and it was Elder Yun of the Cloud Soaring Tribe. From a distance, Elder Yun cupped his hands and said:

"Elder Liya, are you, too, only just arriving?"

Elder Liya nodded slightly.

After they landed,

Elder Yun swiftly scanned Taiyun Valley with his divine sense. With a wave of his sleeve, several damaged Array Flags and Array Plates landed in his hand. After identifying the array patterns and piecing together some fragments, his eyes slightly narrowed:

"It's actually the Tier Two Nine Bends Array and Reversed Five Elements Array, wait... no, there's also a damaged Four Symbols Black Tortoise Array and Yellow Sand Array on the innermost side."

At this point,

Elder Yun paused.

He looked at Elder Liya:

"Elder Liya, if I'm not mistaken, this Four Symbols Black Tortoise Array is a usual array of the Celestial Yang Tribe's Tier Two Array Master, Old Monster Xin. What exactly happened here at Taiyun Valley?"

Four sets of Tier Two Arrays.

There's definitely something amiss here.

Their gaze involuntarily fell upon the cave with the stone door open in front, and with a flicker, they both landed inside the cave.

Inside the cave,

a tree pit caught their eyes.

There were also a few withered leaves on the ground.

Elder Liya's nose twitched slightly, a look of astonishment flashed through his eyes. With a wave of his sleeve, the fallen leaves on the ground floated before him. Seeing clearly, the leaf had the unmistakable pattern of a Cloud Mushroom:

"Cloud Mushroom Tree!"

If he wasn't mistaken.

Tian Li's Life Soul Lamp extinguished a little over two months before Old Monster Xin's.

In a flash of insight,

Elder Liya instantly understood what had transpired.

If he guessed correctly, master and disciple from Old Monster Xin accidentally discovered an impending mature Cloud Mushroom Tree hidden in Taiyun Valley. To monopolize it, Old Monster Xin ruthlessly killed Tian Li first and set up the Four Symbols Black Tortoise Array outside the cave to ambush others.

Unexpectedly,

despite all his scheming, he ended up losing both wealth and life:

"Old Monster Xin is truly...."

If he had immediately informed the tribe upon discovering the Cloud Mushroom Fruit, none of this would have happened. They could have laid a Celestial Net in Taiyun Valley, capturing the foreign race alive, and signing a Master-Servant Contract to use for their tribe!

This was initially a great opportunity to bolster their tribe.

A Cloud Mushroom Tree could continuously nurture more Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and the captured foreign Tier Two Array Master could provide more intelligence regarding the Great Zhou, placing this spy within the Noble Families:

"Foolish, truly foolish!!"

No wonder the elders never granted Foundation Establishment Pills to Old Monster Xin.

Clearly,

the elders had long seen through Old Monster Xin's nature. Once successful in Foundation Establishment, he was likely to sell out the entire tribe for personal gain.

Elder Yun saw Elder Liya quite furious, glanced at the surrounding battlefield, roughly estimated what happened, but his brows still showed deep concern:

"Elder Liya, the hands of these Great Zhou cultivators have now reached the doorstep of our tribe. If this continues, I'm afraid we'll follow the path of the Celestial Dragon Tribe and Niuteng Tribe soon enough.

Moreover, I just received a report from scouts.

The Cloud Mountain Tribe, located in the southwestern part of the Eastern Wilderness near Jingzhou South Huai Prefecture, has already been slaughtered entirely.

Now, Great Zhou has sent people to clear out the remaining Cloud Mountain people. It's said they intend to establish a Yunshan County there.

Soon, a new Ninth-Grade Noble Family will reside there.

Great Zhou continues to expand into our Eastern Wilderness, while our tribes remain leaderless and in conflict with each other. At this rate, I'm afraid our Eastern Wilderness will eventually become part of Great Zhou's territory."

Because of this,

their two tribes decided to sign a peace agreement.

Elder Liya also heaved a sigh, but when looking in the direction of Penglai Mountain, his gaze held a hint of hope as he communicated to Elder Yun:

"In less than two years, the centennial opening of the Penglai Mountain ruins will occur again. As long as our two tribes work together to acquire the Foundation Establishment Pill from the Spirit Medicine Garden inside, the tribe will gain a few more Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Even if Great Zhou continues to expand, we would have a stronger foundation."

Mentioning the Penglai Mountain ruins,

hope gleamed in both of their eyes.

They had been preparing for this day for quite some time.

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