As for the Mystic Dragon Clan, Zhou Yuan had already done his homework on them. Although there were millions of different species in Wanshou Heaven, the seven clans reigned above everyone else as the strongest. The Mystic Dragon Clan, the Spirit Phoenix Clan, the Golden Monkey Clan, the Mountain Moving Ape Clan, the Roaring Heavenly Lion Clan, the Ancient Whale Clan and the Earth-Shaking Divine Tiger Clan...among them, the Mystic Dragon Clan and the Spirit Phoenix Clan were just a tiny bit stronger than the rest.
Jiang Jinlin chuckled softly, a slightly proud look in his eyes. As a noble Mystic Dragon Clan member, they worshipped the ancestral dragon and felt superior to others. Hence, there was pride embedded deep in their bloodline.
In a certain manner of speaking, this attitude was a little similar to the Sacred Race’s, just not as extreme.
Jiang Jinlin nonchalantly swept his golden pupils across the captains of the various Hunyuan Heaven factions as he casually remarked, “Hunyuan Heaven doesn’t seem to be as strong as I expected. Except for captain Guan Qinglong, the captains from the other eight regions seem pretty ordinary.”
These words immediately made the atmosphere a little rigid and turned the faces of the other captains a little sour. Jiang Jinlin was so rude—was he here to flex his muscles at Hunyuan Heaven?
Guan Qinglong’s expression remained impassive as he said, “Wang Xuanyang is pretty strong as well. Unfortunately, he died in an accident.”
Jiang Jinlin smiled and said, “To have died so early, his capabilities must have been rather limited.”
Several people on the Wanzu Region side sent angry glares over. Why is this bastard’s tongue so malicious?
Guan Qinglong’s expression darkened a little.
Fortunately, an elegant voice sounded at this moment, “Please forgive us friends from Hunyuan Heaven. Captain Jiang Jinlin has always been quick to talk before he thinks and knows nothing of restraint. However, he does not have any ill intentions.”
Several people followed the voice with their gazes, and their eyes brightened in amazement.
It was a tall and slender woman. Her black hair was tied up in a phoenix bun, displaying her fair and lovely neck. She wore a golden dress that looked very luxurious, and it wrapped nicely around her beautiful body. Overall, she gave off an elegant and noble aura.
She met everyone’s gaze with a slight smile. “The Spirit Phoenix Clan’s Ai Qing greets our Hunyuan Heaven friends.”
Guan Qinglong’s expression softened a little. “So it’s the Spirit Phoenix Clan’s captain Ai Qing.”
Zhou Yuan only took a single glance before shifting his eyes away. Although she was pretty, he had developed a certain resistance against such beauty due to Yaoyao and Su Youwei. In a certain manner of speaking, Ai Qing was a little similar to Wu Yao; however, one was elegant while the other was domineering.
Ai Qing clearly did not wish for things to turn unfriendly at their first meeting. Hence, she took over for Jiang Jinlin and introduced the captains from both sides to ease the tension.
Jiang Jinlin did not seem to care, his expression still prideful. In his eyes, no one else on the Hunyuan Heaven side was worthy of his attention besides Guan Qinglong. He felt that Hunyuan Heaven did not really live up to their title of being the strongest among the five heavens.
“This is the Ancient Whale Clan captain, Gu Dali.”
Zhou Yuan looked over in interest and found a large, pale fatty. He looked simple, honest and seemingly harmless, but Zhou Yuan could sense the terrifying power contained within the fatty’s body.
The Ancient Whale Race was well known for their strength, and the Heavenly Yuan Brush’s million whale rune had been designed based on them.
“From the Golden Monkey Clan, this is captain Jin Linger and vice captain Jin Feng. They’re siblings.” Ai Qing pointed at a pair of figures. The girl was exceptionally eye-catching. She had long glittering golden hair that draped over her shoulders, reaching her waist. A golden tail reached out from behind her and was wrapped around her tiny waist.
She had an extremely hot and sexy figure that was further accentuated by her very fitting black clothes. Her facial features were also very beautiful, and a certain wildness seemed to flicker cheekily in her eyes. She gave off a completely different aura from Ai Qing, but her charm was equally strong.
Her figure was way too sexy, and even Zhou Yuan could not help but take a second glance. To his surprise, the girl called Jin Linger walked towards him with quick small steps, her wild eyes staring straight at him.
No one knew why Jin Linger was heading towards Zhou Yuan.
Under many curious gazes, Jin Linger arrived in front of Zhou Yuan. She looked him up and down several times before frowning a little. “You’re the Tianyuan Region’s Zhou Yuan?”
Zhou Yuan’s gaze flickered. “You’re the ones who wanted to meet me?”
Jin Linger did not reply. Soon after, she somewhat disappointedly said, “What the heck? Only the intermediate Heavenly Sun stage?
“Our Little Grandpa told us that the Tianyuan Region’s Zhou Yuan is an ultimate and unparalleled genius blessed by the heavens. He even said that we can’t compare to a single hair on his body...
“But from what I see,” she shook her head, “You’re nothing special.”
Chapter 1140 News of Tuntun
“Little Grandpa?” Zhou Yuan was clearly stunned by Jin Linger’s words as a bewildered look formed on his face. Why did Jin Linger’s elder know about him? Moreover, even if the elder wanted to praise him, there was no need to say something so crude and direct like Jin Linger not being worth even a single hair on his body!
How could any girl take this lying down?
No wonder her resentment was so great. This was truly absurd.
Zhou Yuan faked a cough and amiably said, “Your elder must have heard some groundless rumors. I really do not know anyone from Wanshou Heaven, so there’s no need to take his words seriously.”
However, Jin Linger’s brows knitted together. “Little Grandpa said he was with you for a very long time.”
Zhou Yuan was taken aback again. His brows furrowed deeply as he mumbled in confusion, “I don’t recall being acquainted with any high-grade Genesis Beasts in Wanshou Heaven…”
Though he had encountered numerous Genesis Beasts, most of them had yet to develop any intelligence and would attack him on instinct. It was impossible to communicate with any of them.
He shook his head. Just as he was about to speak again, a certain thought suddenly flashed through his head. His eyes nearly popped from their sockets as he stared at Jin Linger in disbelief. “You...could you be referring to Tuntun?!”
Among the high-grade Genesis Beasts he knew, Tuntun had accompanied him the longest. Moreover, it was very intelligent and had an extraordinary bloodline. Master Cang Yuan had said he had sent it to a suitable place. Could this place be Wanshou Heaven?
“What, Tuntun? In our Golden Monkey Clan, everyone addresses it as Little Ancestor!” Jin Linger glared at Zhou Yuan. To think he dared to be so disrespectful to Little Grandpa.
Zhou Yuan couldn't care less about her reaction. He turned somewhat emotional as he said, “Tuntun is at your Golden Monkey Clan? How is it doing? Did it come to Guyuan Heaven?”
Jin Linger indifferently answered, “Little Grandpa has some ties with our Golden Monkey Clan and is indeed staying with us. However, it did not come to Guyuan Heaven, because this place holds no meaning for it.”
At the mention of Little Grandpa, Jin Linger’s usually wild and untamed eyes were filled with deep respect.
“Little Grandpa? Tuntun is a guy?” Zhou Yuan rubbed his chin, his eyes flickering in thought.
“How dare you!” Jin Linger viciously glared at Zhou Yuan again before she proudly said, “Only my brother and I address Little Ancestor in that manner, and we’re the only two who are allowed to do so in the entire Golden Monkey Clan. Little Ancestor is an Alpha Holy Beast that was born from the land, and it is the only one in existen
ce. It has no mother or father and likewise no sex. Hence, don’t use your narrow human eyes to judge it!”
Zhou Yuan breathed a small sigh of relief. If that little bastard was male, he would not let Yaoyao carry it in the future!
Zhou Yuan gloatingly said, “If it has no sex, what does it look like when it takes human form? An androgynous person?”
Jin Linger snorted at Zhou Yuan’s childish question, and a proud smile formed on her lips. “You think too much. Someone with a true holy beast bloodline will not take human form. It already has the strongest body in the world, and having a human form will instead be weak in its eyes. If it was you, would you willingly become an ant that crawls on the ground?
Zhou Yuan was speechless, and he could not help but smile in embarrassment. He was also a little disappointed. He had been rather curious about what Tuntun would look like in human form.
However, he was already very happy and satisfied that he had finally heard news of Tuntun. It seemed that he would have to bring Tuntun back from Wanshou Heaven after Yaoyao awakened.
“When we left, Little Ancestor told us we can ask for your help if we encounter any trouble in Guyuan Heaven.” At this point, a mocking smile rose from the corners of Jin Linger’s lips. “However, perhaps Little Ancestor would not have expected that the person it thought so highly of would still be stuck at the intermediate Heavenly Sun stage.
“Don’t worry, since you’re Little Ancestor’s friend, you’re also our friend. If you encounter any trouble, we siblings will not idly sit by.”
She seemed to be pretty happy. After all, the person Little Ancestor always used to put the siblings down did not seem to be as amazing as they had imagined. This made her breathe a sigh of relief. She could not wait to return to the Golden Monkey Clan and finally rebut Little Ancestor so it would not always feel that they were useless.
Zhou Yuan chuckled inwardly at the sight of her joyful appearance, and he did not say anything. After all, Jin Linger had brought him news of Tuntun.
Jin Linger tossed a small golden object to Zhou Yuan, and he hurriedly caught it.
“This is from Little Ancestor, but it seems that you’ll need the power of the Nascent Source stage to open it.”
The golden light in Zhou Yuan’s hand receded, turning into a purple-gold scale. It was a familiar sight: one of Tuntun’s scales after it transformed. However, extremely powerful undulations pulsed from the scale. From this, he could tell that Tuntun had grown much stronger than before.
The golden scale should contain some information from Tuntun, but from Jin Linger’s words, anyone below the Nascent Source stage would be unable to open it.
He can’t be trying to show off, right? Zhou Yuan muttered inwardly. This was quite in line with Tuntun’s show-off nature. However, it did make him a little depressed. It seemed that he would always be slower than Tuntun and Yaoyao no matter how fast his cultivation progressed.
Others called him abnormal, but he felt that those two were the true monsters.
“Thank you.” Zhou Yuan kept the scale and cupped his fists together in gratitude.
Jin Linger waved her hand before turning around and walking back to the Golden Monkey Clan. She said something to her young brother Jin Feng, and he cast his gaze over and smiled at Zhou Yuan. He seemed quite friendly.
Zhou Yuan returned the smile and cupped his fists together from afar.
After Zhou Yuan and Jin Linger’s exchange ended, the surrounding onlookers withdrew their gazes. They had originally thought that Jin Linger was going to cause trouble for Zhou Yuan, but it seemed that they were on quite good terms. When had those two become acquainted?
On the Wanshou Heaven side, Jiang Jinlin frowned a little. He had likewise thought that Jin Linger was going to make things difficult for Zhou Yuan. Tianyuan Region was the weakest of Hunyuan Heaven’s nine regions and was the perfect target for them to show off their power. Their motive was not to exchange information with Hunyuan Heaven but to seek cooperation with Wanshou Heaven playing the leading role. This would give them an advantage when it was time to split the spoils.
He secretly made a gesture, and the Earth-shaking Divine Tiger Clan captain walked forward. He was a large, muscular man that gave off a ferocious aura.
However, a figure quickly appeared beside him. Smiling, Jin Linger’s brother placed a hand on his shoulder and said, “Wang Meng, come with me. I have something to tell you.”
Without waiting for a reply, Jin Feng dragged Wang Meng away.
The corners of Jiang Jinlin’s eyes twitched. He looked at Jin Linger, only to find her fearlessly staring back at him, her beautiful eyes filled with warning.
Jiang Jinlin remained expressionless, but he could feel anger rising within him. This unruly Jin Linger was making a mess of things!
By the side, Ai Qing shook her head at him. Since Jin Linger had ties with Zhou Yuan and wanted to protect him, there was no need to go after him for the time being. They would soon cross blows either way.
Guan Qinglong also withdrew his thoughts at this moment and said, “Friends from Wanshou Heaven, please enter the camp so we can discuss things in detail.”
Ai Qing revealed a faint smile and nodded.
She and Jiang Jinlin led the Wanshou Heaven group into the camp.
Zhou Yuan watched them enter and then smiled at Qin Lian. “It seems that this discussion will be quite heated…”
How could he not see Wanshou Heaven’s intentions? However, Hunyuan Heaven also wanted to be the dominant side of the partnership. Hence, there would naturally be no lack of clashes.
Soon, they would find out whose fist was bigger.
Chapter 1141 Flexing
In a spacious tent, the captains of both heavens were seated across each other on a long table. The atmosphere was rather solemn.
Having seated themselves, Ai Qing did not bother with any pleasantries and dived straight into the main topic, sharing some of the information they had gathered. “Friends from Hunyuan Heaven, the newly discovered mystic ruins are of utmost importance. After some preliminary scouting, we found that the giant stone wall gives off an extremely terrifying pressure. Due to this pressure, anyone whose Genesis Qi foundation is below 2 billion will be unable to approach.”
“Two billion Genesis Qi foundation?” These words caused an outbreak of murmurs on the Hunyuan Heaven side. Everyone had shocked expressions.
Guan Qinglong slowly said, “If so, the battle for the ancestral qi stone wall will likely be limited to only the top experts from both sides.”
Dong Ye’s icy voice followed, “But the main force cannot let their guards down. The other party may conduct a large-scale attack to hinder our top experts.”
Jiang Jinlin lightly tapped the table as he nonchalantly looked towards the Hunyuan Heaven side. “I believe captain Guan Qinglong has tried to approach the ancestral qi stone wall. Perhaps you know a little more?”
Guan Qinglong softly chuckled. He did not conceal anything. “I did attempt to approach the wall but was quickly forced back by a certain individual from Shengwang Heaven. However, I did manage to catch a small glimpse. There seem to be several stone lotus seats at the foot of the wall, which give off a mysterious light. The mysterious light gave off extraordinary ancestral qi undulations, and if I’m not wrong, they are the true treasures of the ancestral qi stone wall.”
Jiang Jinlin’s fingers stopped as he asked, “How many seats did you see?”
This was an extremely important question. From the information they had garnered, each lotus seat represented a great blessing. Obtaining more seats would strengthen the battle power on their side.
“I counted ten, but I’m not completely certain,” answered Guan Qinglong.
Ten...
The captains looked at each other. This was a case of having too little porridge and too many monks. One must know that there were more than fifteen captains present, not including the few non-captain individuals that also possessed astonishing strength.
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Jiang Jinlin slowly said, “Ten lotus seats. If we ultimately succeed in defeating Shengwang Heaven, I hope that our Wanzu Region will get six.”
These words immediately drew a series of unhappy grunts from the Hunyuan Heaven side. The Yaogui Region’s Li Zhu let out an icy chuckle and asked, “Based on what?”
Jiang Jinlin chuckled. He stared at Guan Qinglong as he slowly said, “You should have crossed hands with that person. How was it?”
Guan Qinglong’s eyes narrowed slightly. “You mean Shengwang Heaven’s commander, Mi Shan? He is exceptionally powerful. If we fought for real, my chances are 50-50.”
Jiang Jinlin shook his head. “That’s because you haven’t seen his Sacred Pupil Art. From the information we gathered, Mi Shan’s Sacred Pupil has reached the three star stage. His pupil can borrow the power of the stars, and once he uses his Pupil Art, victory will be very difficult for even captain Guan Qinglong.”
Guan Qinglong frowned slightly but did not say anything else. A voice suddenly interjected, “May I ask how the Sacred Pupil Arts are categorized?”
Numerous gazes looked over, converging on Zhou Yuan’s body.
Jiang Jinlin also cast an uninterested glance over and said, “There’s no need for an intermediate Heavenly Sun expert like you to ask about such things. An opponent at that level is not something you have to worry about.”
However, a nonchalant voice sounded right after Jiang Jinlin’s, “The Sacred Race’s Sacred Pupils are also known as nine star Sacred Pupils, which is also the highest stage. When the Sacred Pupil opens, one might be able to see stars rotating within them. The number of stars represents the level of the pupil. Mi Shan, whom we mentioned earlier, has reached the three star stage.”
Jiang Jinlin frowned and looked towards Jin Linger.
Jin Linger shrugged at him and said, “This is not important information anyways, so what’s the point of hiding it?”
She then looked towards Zhou Yuan and said, “But he is right. You have no use for such information. There will naturally be others who will worry about such opponents.”
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