Chapter 464: Returning A Favor (1/2)

Chapter 464: Returning A Favor

Seeing that Nie Tian had opened his eyes and awoken from his cultivation, Dong Li asked curiously, “Did your heart race earlier, Nie Tian?”

Nie Tian nodded. “Yeah, it did.”

Dong Li frowned, her eyes filled with confusion. “This is odd… There must be a reason behind it. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have all experienced it at the same time.”

“Yeah, perhaps something special happened just now. It’s just that we couldn’t tell what it was.” Nie Tian chimed in, though he knew in his heart that the sudden accelerated heartbeat Dong Li and the others had experienced just now had been caused by the transcendence of his bloodline.

Earlier, when new crystal-like chains had been created within the green aura in his heart, and his perception of life in his surroundings skyrocketed, he had detected the aura of four exceptionally vigorous lives within a 500 kilometer radius, as well as Dong Li and the others around him.

At that moment, all those who had been detected by him had experienced a sudden spike in their heartbeat.

Since he didn’t intend to share the uniqueness of his bloodline power or any of this with anyone, he pondered hard with furrowed eyebrows.

“Three of those four clusters of life aura were constantly on the move. They should have been Profound realm experts from the Tool Sect who are searching for Zhao Shanling. The fourth cluster of life aura was very subtle because it was isolated from the outside world by numerous spatial energy wards. I’m ninety percent sure that’s Zhao Shanling.

“He’s holed up underground in the Bonebrutes’ former headquarters, controlling the Death Reign from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.

“Perhaps I should inform a Tool Sect elder of Zhao Shanling’s hiding place.”

Zhao Shanling, who had returned from the space disruption zone, was the person behind the turmoil in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation. As long as the Tool Sect could find and attack him, he wouldn’t be able to concentrate on manipulating the Death Reign.

The Death Reign’s destination was the Tool Sect’s headquarters, which meant it would have to pass the cluster of volcanoes where Li Ye and the other equipment forgers were forging spiritual tools for the assessment assembly.

Even though he had no ties with the Tool Sect, he cared about Li Ye and Pei Qiqi’s safety.

Furthermore, Zhen Huilan must still be closely attached to the Tool Sect. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have joined the search for Zhao Shanling.

He had never met Zhen Huilan in person. Nevertheless, he had found shelter in her residence after he left the Realm of Flame Heaven due to her close relationship with Hua Mu.

Not long ago, regarding Nie Tian’s relationship with the Blood Sect, she had not only indirectly saved Li Jing and Shen Xiu, but she had even allowed them to take Meng Qing’s Bone Giant with them.

After a brief pondering, he decided to inform a Tool Sect expert of Zhao Shanling’s hiding place.

It was just that many powerful experts from the Tool Sect, including the Profound realm Zhen Huilan and the Soul realm Wu Langxie, had been searching hard for some time, but failed to find anything.

Moreover, both Zhen Huilan and Wu Langxie had been to the Bone Sect, which was fairly close to the Bonebrutes’ former headquarters.

As powerful as they were, they had failed to perceive Zhao Shanling’s existence.

If he simply showed up and pointed out to a Tool Sect expert that Zhao Shanling had been hiding underground in the Bonebrutes’ former headquarters this entire time, wouldn’t it raise questions?

Would they believe him? Would they ask him how he had obtained such knowledge afterwards?

With such thoughts, he frowned, torn with indecision.

At that moment, Dong Li’s raised voice caught his ears. As he turned to look, she seemed a bit angry. “What are you thinking about? Why don’t you answer my question?”

Confusion spread across Nie Tian’s face as he asked, “What did you say?” Since he had been wracking his mind for a way to inform the Tool Sect of Zhao Shanling’s location without raising questions, he hadn’t heard the question Dong Li just asked him.

“I said: do you think this place is safe, and do we need to switch to another location?” Dong Li repeated her question, her charming eyebrows slightly furrowed. “I have a bad feeling about our previously accelerated heartbeats. I think danger might be lurking in the dark. I know you have a keen perception of your surroundings, so I wanted to ask for your opinion.”

“You’re right.” Nie Tian answered. “This location might not be very safe for us.”

Having determined Zhao Shanling’s location, he felt that they were rather close to him. It would be safer if they moved to a location that was further away from him.

Dong Li’s eyes grew wide. “Really? Show us a direction that’s safe then!”

Even the middle Profound realm Li Jing was present, but she had decided to ask for Nie Tian’s opinion instead of Li Jing’s. This indicated what kind of position Nie Tian held in her heart.

Gazing at the concerned Dong Li, Nie Tian thought of an idea: he might as well hand this tough matter to her.

He had long since known Dong Li as a thorny rose. The fact that she had been able to save Li Jing and Shen Xiu by framing people from the Bone Sect was enough evidence of her cunningness.

Furthermore, everyone knew the key to end the turmoil in the Realm of Unbounded Desolation lay with Zhao Shanling.

Finding Zhao Shanling would be considered a major meritorious service. This was actually a good chance to distinguish himself and win attention.

However, considering his special identity, unique bloodline, the fact that he had mysteriously gone missing with the Spirit Pearl in the Realm of Dark Underworld, and most important of all, his unpleasant history with Wu Ling, it wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing if he attract too many eyes.

On the other hand, Dong Li had helped him on many occasions.

Back when he had been locked down by the Spirit Pearl in the Realm of Dark Underworld, Dong Li had followed his instructions without the slightest hesitation, and taken him away from the lake with the help of her black phoenix. Not long ago, she had set up members of the Bone Sect and saved Li Jing.

Before he knew it, the relationship between him and this woman had already changed from being irreconcilable enemies to allies who fight side by side.