Leaping down from the back of the spirit beast, Zhang Xuan took in a deep breath and immediately felt the spiritual energy in the surroundings. Indeed, it was much denser than other places.
"About twice as much!"
Zhang Xuan assessed.
It was no wonder why Luo Zhu, Jin Conghai, and the others said that there were more spirit beasts here. With such dense spiritual energy, one would be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort. Indeed, many powerful beasts would be attracted here.
Regardless of whether it was spirit beasts or savage beasts, just like humans, they preferred places with dense spiritual energy.
Activating his Eye of Insight, Zhang Xuan scanned the surroundings.
As expected, he saw many traces left behind by savage beasts and spirit beasts.
"Hmm? Why are there so many footprints? "
Suddenly, his eyes came to a halt.
On the ground not too far away, not only were there the claws of savage beasts, there were also human footprints. There were at least a dozen of them, and judging from the moisture of the soil, it seemed like they had just walked in.
"Someone has gone over. Could it be that they know about the soul oracle tomb as well?"
Upon seeing the footprints, Jin Conghai frowned.
Within a radius of two kilometers, one was already close to the territory of the Demon Cinque Beast. Logically speaking, one should hide as far away as possible from such a dangerous place. Why would anyone rush over to their deaths?
Unless there was a greater motive... In other words, there was a high chance that someone else knew about the soul oracle tomb as well.
Even though this ancient occupation was bizarre, it represented the heritage of a civilization. If the location of the tomb was exposed, it would definitely attract countless experts.
It was just like how the auction of the Soulless Metal Humanoid had attracted countless powers.
"Impossible! The location of the soul oracle tomb is extremely secretive. Even when I found the relevant information, it took me a long time to find it. It's impossible for anyone to know about it. Furthermore, when I left, I sealed the tomb tightly and didn't leave any traces behind... "
Luo Zhu shook his head.
The heritage of the soul oracles had been lost since the ancient era. The reason why he knew about it was due to the information he obtained from an ancient tomb.
The ancestor of the owner of the tomb had participated in the construction of the soul oracle tomb, and he had left behind a few words. Based on these words, it took him a long time to find the location.
He didn't believe that anyone would be so lucky.
"Then, these footprints..." Jin Conghai was perplexed.
"I don't know either..." Even though Luo Zhu was certain that the location of the soul oracle tomb wouldn't be exposed, he still couldn't help but worry when he saw the fresh footprints.
"These footprints are heading in the right direction, right?" Zhang Xuan asked.
"That's right …" Luo Zhu nodded.
"Then don't worry about it. We'll know when we get there!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand.
Since someone had beaten him to it, he might as well go over and take a look. It would be best if he could share information with them, but if he couldn't, he could think of other ways.
Besides, these were just footprints. It didn't necessarily mean that he had found the soul oracle tomb.
"Yes!"
Everyone nodded and walked forward.
"There are more and more footprints …"
As they moved forward, the density of the footprints was clearly higher than before. It was obvious that many people had gathered here.
"These footprints are very shallow, and the distance between each step isn't too far apart … This shows that the culprit has great control over nature. Even if it isn't intentional, it's still possible to accurately measure it. Thus, the person who left behind the footprints is at least a Transcendent Mortal 2-dan expert! "
Lowering his head to look at the footprints, Jin Conghai asked.
As a poison master, he had once been hunted down for over ten thousand li. As such, he had specialized in studying such matters. As such, he was able to accurately deduce such clues.
"Un!" Zhang Xuan nodded.
Even though he had never studied tracking before, through the Eye of Insight, he was still able to roughly deduce the cultivation of the owner of the footprints.
"Gongzi, if you meet with any danger, summon your tamed beast immediately and bring everyone away!"
Seeing that there were quite a few people with decent cultivation, Jin Conghai sent a telepathic message to Zhao Feifei.
"What about you?" Zhao Feiwu asked.
"Even though my cultivation isn't top-notch in the League of Nations, I still have some means to protect myself. If I were to divert my attention to protect you all, none of you would be able to escape from danger!"
Jin Conghai said.
As a poison master, no matter how many people there were, it wouldn't be easy for them to kill him.
What poison masters feared the least was being surrounded.
"Alright!" Seeing that the other party had made up his mind, Zhao Feiwu nodded.
Even though the Mingshi Tang had enlightened the world and there weren't many cases of people killing others for their belongings, it didn't mean that there weren't any.
If they were to be surrounded in the wilderness, they wouldn't even know how they died.
Even though she was the princess of the League of Nations, it would be difficult for her to track down the culprit. Thus, it was best to be careful.
"You all need to be careful too!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Zhang Xuan instructed Zhao Ya and the others before walking forward.
With the Eye of Insight and the Library of Heaven's Path, Zhang Xuan was still able to protect himself. On the other hand, these students had just achieved a breakthrough not too long ago, not to mention that they hadn't even reached Transcendent Mortal realm yet.
"Yes!"
Seeing their teacher standing in front of them like a towering mountain, Zhao Ya and the others clenched their fists tightly.
No matter when or where, as long as their teacher was around, they would find peace in their hearts.
Proceeding forward cautiously, they walked for roughly a kilometer before passing by a mountain ridge. Soon, a valley appeared before their eyes.
The valley was deep, and they couldn't see the end of it. Due to the rich spiritual energy in the surroundings, the vegetation grew densely. The footprints they had left earlier had disappeared completely.
"Zhang Shi, the soul oracle tomb is in this valley …"
Luo Zhu walked forward.
"Un!" Zhang Xuan nodded. Just as he was about to instruct Luo Zhu to be careful, huala! A few silhouettes suddenly appeared from the bushes and blocked their path.
"Who are you?"
The other party lowered his voice menacingly.
Zhang Xuan turned his gaze over.
They were six young men, and each of them seemed to be in their thirties. Zhang Xuan could vaguely sense the aura they exuded. Surprisingly, they were all at least at Transcendent Mortal 2-dan. The strongest of them, the gray-robed young man, had even reached Transcendent Mortal 3-dan, Yin-Yang realm.
His strength was on par with that of Master Teacher Song Chao whom he had met previously.
"Who are you all?"
Jin Conghai took a step forward and revealed his strength. "What are you trying to do by sneaking around here?"
"Transcendent Mortal 4-dan?"
Sensing Jin Conghai's aura, the faces of the six young men warped in astonishment. They glanced at one another, and the gray-robed young man, who was the strongest among them, said, "This elder over here, our elder has something to do in there, and we don't want to disturb him. Please take a detour!"
"Take a detour?"
Frowning, Jin Conghai's face darkened. "We have something to do in there as well, so please step aside!"
"Elder, are you intending to make a move?"
Seeing Jin Conghai's unyielding attitude, the faces of the six young men darkened.
Hualala!
A crisp sound echoed as they drew their swords simultaneously.
Even though they were only at Transcendent Mortal 2-dan and 3-dan, they had no intention of backing down at all.
"Make a move? Do you think you can stop me? "
Jin Conghai stepped forward and exuded an aura reminiscent of a dragon or a tiger.
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