Chapter 916 - A Potential Way To Find Gu Yao (1/2)

”I don't think these materials ever reached the market, though? Such a sale would have definitely had some sects involved. Even we would have been interested in buying them.” An elder in charge of the repository spoke.

Lin Mu nodded his head and spoke, ”You are right, elder. Which is why I think these were not meant for open sale at all. But rather for some private deals…”

You Yi furrowed his brows and stroked his beard as he thought of something.

”If it is as you say, then… the places where these materials went must be to the Zither Wind alliance members?” He guessed.

”That's what I think as well.” Lin Mu replied.

”If that's so, then why was the Horse Manticore near the Hong Lin Kingdom?” High Elder Sunsen questioned.

”While I can't say that accurately, my best guess is that either it was needed somewhere else or someone specific needed it for something.” Lin Mu answered.

”You mean to say, the beast was specifically sent to be taken over by the invader?” You Yi asked.

”No… I don't think that's what happened. If that was so, there would have not been that other corpse before. Instead of that, I think what happened was that the Horse Manticore was supposed to be brought to someplace else, but ended up meeting the monkey beast that had been taken over by the invader.

A battle must have ensued between the person who was transporting the Horse Manticore and the infected beast. Seeing the state of the corpse, there is a chance that the beast did sustain injuries, but we could not perceive them due to how horribly it had mutated.

The injuries must have caused it to die and then the invader chose to take over the Horse Manticore.” Lin Mu hypothesized.

Patriarch You Yi and the others thought over it and found it to be possible. While it took a little extra liberty in terms of events, these did seem to be the most likely events.

”Wait… if all this did happen, then doesn't it mean that Gu Yao ended up harming his own interest?” Jing Luo suddenly spoke. ”If he had ordered the Horse Manticore to be moved somewhere and his allies also sent the Invader here, it would mean the ended up clashing.” He added.

”That is indeed possible.” Lin Mu nodded his head. ”But there is another probability that the invader actually appeared there on its own. Since the main body of the invader is hidden somewhere in the void, it could have finally tracked down our world and sent more avatars.”

This was the second, more alarming possibility that Lin Mu and Senior Xukong had discussed. It was far more dangerous than the Northern tribes sending the invader since it would mean there was no controlling method for it and that the true body of the invader might arrive in the world some time.

If that rule happened, then Lin Mu was unsure if even all the powers of the world would be able to stop it with their combined strength. An entire continent was sunk into the ocean the last time a pseudo immortal beast arrived in the world fully. If an invader that was many times stronger than that appeared, Lin Mu was sure the Xiaofan world would not be able to exist.

'I'd rather have the Northern Tribes brining the invader than the invader coming here on its own terms…' Lin Mu thought to himself.

Hearing Lin Mu's words, Patriarch You Yi was very concerned and made some decision.