158: Chapter 158 Heading to the Azure Thunder Tribe

"Who is it?"

Hearing the voice, that young Foundation Establishment Cultivators with a face full of pain hurriedly turned his head, his face filled with vigilance.

Having just suffered betrayal from a close friend, he was currently at his most vigilant and defensive state, naturally full of wariness toward Lin Shen who had appeared before him.

"Hehe... Fellow Daoist, you are too disappointing. It was I who saved you just now. If it weren't for me, you probably would have been swallowed completely by now. To still look at me with such vigilance—could it be that this is how you treat your savior?"

Watching the young Cultivator's guarded expression, Lin Shen couldn't help shaking his head and let out a cold, mocking chuckle.

"Many thanks, Senior, for stepping in to save me! This Junior will never forget this life-saving grace."

Hearing Lin Shen's words, this young Foundation Establishment Cultivators couldn't help recalling the scene that had just occurred.

It was indeed Lin Shen, dressed in a black robe and wearing a mask before him, who had stepped in to save him. Otherwise, at this moment, he probably would have been swallowed into a dry corpse by that older Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

He expressed sincere gratitude to Lin Shen, but the wariness in his eyes did not decrease by even half.

That older Foundation Establishment Cultivators had just taught him a solid lesson.

No one would treat him well for no reason, and this strange black-robed, masked Cultivator before him would not have saved him without a reason.

Presumably, by suddenly stepping in to save him from danger, he must want to obtain something from him.

Of course, if these things were not important to him and would not endanger his life, he would still be willing to give them.

After all, regardless of what reason Lin Shen had, at the end of the day, he had saved his life.

"There's no need to say more words of thanks. This deity has been in seclusion here for many years. As the saying goes, Cultivate knows no time, and I do not know how long has passed. I wonder how the Canglei Tribe is doing right now?"

Lin Shen waved his hand, cast his gaze at the young Foundation Establishment Cultivators before him, and asked.

At this moment, bursts of lightning radiance emanated from his body, and he had deliberately altered his aura to match the image of people from the Land of Leize.

Upon hearing Lin Shen's words, this young Foundation Establishment Cultivators had already mistaken Lin Shen for someone who was merely Cultivate in seclusion here and had accidentally been disturbed by their appearance.

Nor did he detect that Lin Shen was not a native of the Land of Leize. After all, over so many years, very few people could mistakenly wander into the Land of Leize from the outside. Unless one deliberately and carefully observed, coupled with Lin Shen's disguise, it was fundamentally hard to discover.

Therefore, upon hearing Lin Shen's inquiry, this young Foundation Establishment Cultivators had no doubts whatsoever. Without even thinking, he directly replied: "In recent years, the Canglei Tribe has developed steadily, and nothing major has happened."

"Oh? That's good!"

Lin Shen nodded, rubbed his head, and continued to ask: "Because this deity has been in seclusion for too long, I am now somewhat unclear about the directions. I wonder if you, little friend, have a map showing the direction of the Canglei Tribe?"

Step by step, he lured this young Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators, wanting to get an accurate answer from his mouth.

Actually, this also had some trouble.

Mainly, Lin Shen still lacked some soul-searching methods. If he could obtain a soul-searching Cultivation Technique, he wouldn't waste so many words with this young Foundation Establishment Cultivators before him.

Hearing Lin Shen's inquiry, although that young Foundation Establishment Cultivators harbored a slight doubt as to how Lin Shen could possibly forget the direction, he did not raise any other suspicions.

Right now, he nodded, took out a sheepskin scroll from the Storage Pouch at his waist, respectfully handed it over, and replied: "Naturally I do. This records the locations of all tribes throughout the Land of Leize, and inside there is the map marker for the Canglei Tribe. This place is not far from the Canglei Tribe. Senior just needs to follow the map, heading all the way east, and at most in ten days' time, you can reach the Canglei Tribe."

"Oh? Then many thanks, little friend!"

Taking this sheepskin scroll and looking at the accurate map markers inside, Lin Shen nodded.

With this sheepskin scroll map, he could head to the Canglei Tribe, first find that female Cultivator named Leixi, and have her help find a lightning-attribute Cultivate Cultivation Technique suitable for himself.

"Senior, if there is nothing else, this Junior will take my leave first."

Having suffered heavy injuries and with the Azure Dragon totem within his body mostly melted away, this young Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators only wanted to return to the tribe first and properly go into seclusion to heal his wounds.

In his heart, he no longer had any greedy desire for the position of Saint of the Azure Dragon Tribe; he just wanted to survive properly.

As for other matters, he would wait until his own injuries recovered and his Realm Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm before talking about them.

"Don't rush, don't rush."

Watching this young Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators wanting to leave, Lin Shen spoke with a smile: "You are heavily injured right now. Why don't I give you a ride first!"

"This... Very well! Then sorry to trouble Senior!"

Hearing that Lin Shen wanted to give him a ride, thinking that Lin Shen had stepped in to save his life once, this young Foundation Establishment Cultivators didn't think much else and immediately nodded in grateful agreement.

However, just as he nodded, in the very next instant, the blood fiend flying knife surged forth and directly pierced through the head of this young Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators.

Shortly after.

The soul-absorbing banner waved, and another Foundation Establishment Realm dead soul was swallowed into it, becoming nourishment for the soul-absorbing banner.

"Look at you, trusting others lightly again!"

Lightning flickered in his palm, and that Foundation Establishment Realm corpse instantly turned to ashes. Watching this scene, Lin Shen couldn't help shaking his head.

With his cautious personality, how could he easily let this young Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators leave?

What if some other unexpected changes occurred while he was heading to the Canglei Tribe?

Then wouldn't the news of him asking for directions from this young Foundation Establishment Cultivators before him spread out?

Furthermore, he had just killed someone right in front of him. What if this young Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators before him was an ungrateful person?

Lin Shen never dared to place his own safety on others; the only thing he could trust was his own strength.

Destroying the body and obliterating all traces, Lin Shen snatched his Storage Pouch away and quickly headed east according to the map on the sheepskin scroll.

...

Ten days later.

Canglei Tribe.

Amidst Lin Shen's unhurried journey, after ten days of travel, he had already arrived before the gates of the Canglei Tribe.

As a relatively large tribe in the Land of Leize, the entire Canglei Tribe covered an extremely vast area. Rather than calling it a tribe, it was more like a magnificent and grand city.

At the city gates of the Canglei Tribe, quite a few caravans draped in animal skins went in and out. Most of these people were nomads, and there were also those from other tribes heading here to do business.

Lin Shen mingled among the crowd, concealing his aura. Under deliberate drawing, there were also totems similar to those of the Land of Leize on his face.

Therefore, under the circumstances of an extremely massive flow of people, Lin Shen directly and smoothly entered into the Canglei Tribe without arousing anyone's suspicion.