DEATH… AND ME

think the herbs here are of much use.
At least, I don ’t feel much Spiritual Energy inside them, nor can I recognize any rare one. ”

Rovan shook his head.

”None of us are alchemists, so we can ’t really guarantee if these herbs are wrong or not.
The important part is that we did find this Four Peaks Mountain.
Even if they say that this wasn ’t what they were looking for, it will still serve the purpose of building a good relationship. ”

Ervan, who was also hearing their conversation, then asked something else.

”What if what they are looking for are not herbs? Could this mountain have something they want instead? ”

Rovan pondered a bit as he looked around.
However, he couldn ’t see anything out of the ordinary with his Spiritual Sense.

”It seems pretty normal for me. ”

Yet, Ervan felt like he was missing something after they failed to identify any valuable herb.

”Father, I ’ll go take a look around.
Is that okay? ”

Roan nodded, not minding too much.

”Alright.
Just make sure to not leave the range of my Spiritual Sense. ”

Rovan then looked at the other two elders before saying.

”You two go with Ervan as well.
I ’ll stay here on the peak to watch around.
Fortunately, there are no clouds around this mountain, so I have a privileged vision here. ”

The two elders nodded, and they immediately departed with Ervan.

Meanwhile, the three Umbral Sect groups had just gathered once again somewhere in the Core Region.

Their leader, Lian Buran, looked at the other two groups as he narrowed his eyes.

”Where is Gugo ’s group? They were supposed to have arrived already. ”

The others looked at each other, but they all shook their heads.

”We ’ve been here for quite some time already.
Still, we haven ’t seen even a shadow of Gugo and his group members. ”

Lian pondered a bit before taking a Thoughts Transmission Talisman from his robe.
Right after, the Talisma burnt as the message was sent.
Lian then took another Thoughts Transmission Talisman from his robe and began to wait.
He had just used one Talisman to send a message.
Now Lian was using the other to wait for an answer.
Obviously, the one he tried to contact was the so-called Gugo ’s Group.

However, even after ten minutes of wait, no answer came back at all.

”This… ”

”Could it be that something went wrong? ”

Lian nodded.

”Most likely. ”

Vio then guessed.

”Would there be a group capable of taking Gugo ’s group down without giving him a chance to contact us back? ”

”If that is the case, I can only think about Nascent Soul Realm cultivators or Stage Five Demon beasts.
Even a Peak Core and Soul Fusion Realm cultivator wouldn ’t be able to finish Gugo that easily.
Besides, Wilk was with him.
With two Core and Soul Fusion Realm cultivators in the group, at least one would have been able to escape. ”

Lian shook his head in response.

”That way of thinking is too simple.
They might have been ambushed as well, which didn ’t give Gugo a chance of contacting us back.
Don ’t forget that only Gugo has the Thoughts Transmission Talisman on him.
If he died straight away, the others wouldn ’t be able to do anything to warn us. ”

Sames, another Core and Soul Fusion Realm cultivator, then asked.

”Could it be the Dalamu Sect? Considering the importance of Rean to that Sect, it wouldn ’t be weird if he had Thoughts Transmission Talismans on him.
Maybe he called for reinforcements after finding that we were here somehow? If that is the case, we might be really dealing with higher-level cultivators here.
Should we give up this search? ”

Lian shook his head once more.

”No.
The chances of that happening are too low.
Let ’s keep searching for them.
However, keep your Thoughts Transmission Talismans in your hands all the time.
If you see that you get ambushed or found something wrong, use it immediately.
That should at least give the other remaining two groups time to react. ”

Vio and Sames nodded.
After that, their group discussed a few more things before once again separating.
The search continued.