248: Chapter 248 Entering the Southern Region

Lin Qing sped all the way and didn't stop until he had crossed more than half the distance of the Hengduan Mountains.

After waiting in place for a moment, two figures flew over from the distance, and they were precisely Zhang Wang and Hua You.

The commotion Lin Qing caused in Qingai City was quite significant. Afterwards, various major forces would definitely conduct a deeper investigation into his identity. Cultivators with ten-thousand-zhang dharma images in the Central Continent were countable on one's fingers, and by using the process of elimination, it could be determined that Lin Qing was a wild Cultivator.

It was hard to say what decisions the major forces would make by then, but if Zhang Wang and the other person contacted him publicly, they would inevitably be implicated. Therefore, Lin Qing went on his way to the Southern Domain by himself, and Zhang Wang and the other person indeed quietly followed behind.

Their relationship with Lin Qing was currently just a simple transactional one, and Lin Qing naturally wouldn't demand others to step out and bind themselves to him. Everyone tacitly understood such matters, not to mention that Lin Qing himself could change his form at any time.

"Senior Yun, you kept the two of us in such bitter suspense."

The two said with a bitter smile. Since Lin Qing's strength had already been exposed, the two naturally no longer believed that Lin Qing had any Revered Master; his true trump card was Lin Qing himself.

As for this title of Senior, under normal circumstances, it wasn't called incorrectly at all. Although both the Early Stage and Peak of Level 11 were in the same Realm, ordinary people might spend a thousand years on this bit of improvement, and of course, even more people would never be able to reach the Peak in their lifetime.

"Just call me Yundu or Fellow Daoist. You two will lead the way next."

After cupping their fists at each other, the two flew forward. After a while longer, they completely crossed the Hengduan Mountains, and the three of them unconsciously became cautious, suppressing the fluctuations of their Divine Thought as much as possible.

Although the number of Level 11 Yao Beasts in the Southern Domain was not as large as the Level 11 Cultivators in the Central Continent, they were equally not to be underestimated. Moreover, unlike the Central Continent—where those Level 11 individuals were mostly located inside various major Sects and relatively concentrated in distribution—the Level 11 ones here in the Southern Domain were completely scattered everywhere.

Encountering a Level 11 entity in the Central Continent wouldn't spark a conflict as long as both parties had no grievances. However, if one encountered a Level 11 Yao Beast in the Southern Domain, the probability of the other party launching an attack was very high, and the higher a Cultivator's Realm was, the greater the probability of being attacked.

On one hand, Level 11 Cultivators could pose a threat to them; on the other hand, the higher a Cultivator's Realm was, the more delicious they were to the Yao Beasts.

Sometimes, if low-tier human Cultivators appeared within the territory of a Level 11 Yao Beast, they would turn a blind eye. Only when they were truly quite hungry and those low-tier Cultivators were truly very close to them would they strike at these low-tier Cultivators.

Therefore, in the Southern Domain, the probability of high-tier Cultivators and low-tier Cultivators encountering danger was almost the same. Although Lin Qing had the confidence to deal with any Level 11 Yao Beast, he didn't want to engage in meaningless battles.

Having stayed in Wanyan Spirit Pavilion for two years, Lin Qing's Divine Thought had become much stronger than before. If he returned to the Cloud Origin Immortal Sect now, he would be able to directly cover the Ten Thousand Mountains from within the Sect just like Juechenzi back then, and perhaps even exceed this range by a lot.

In the following few days, the three of them naturally encountered quite a few Level 11 Yao Beasts. However, among them, there were no particularly formidable entities. Lin Qing was often able to perceive the other party a step ahead and then lead Zhang Wang and the other person to quietly bypass them.

The three of them advanced toward their destination like this until Lin Qing sensed a tribe experiencing a beast tide.

Just like how there were mountains in the Central Continent where Yao Beasts gathered, there were also human settlements in the Southern Domain, which existed in the form of individual tribes.

Lin Qing was not the only wanted criminal in the Central Continent. Some people or forces committed crimes and could no longer survive in the Central Continent, so they traveled far away to the Southern Domain. Over time, individual tribes formed.

Of course, there was also a tiny fraction of tribes whose ancestors might have come to the Southern Domain tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years ago, counting as thorough locals.

The tribe Lin Qing sensed right now was precisely such a tribe. Most of the people in the tribe covered themselves with animal skins, and their cooking tools were also primitive campfire earthenware pots. On the stone-paved walls of the tribe, some strange symbols were also carved, and they had even developed the tribe's unique totem.

Lin Qing was not a softhearted do-gooder. Coupled with the fact that his current goal was to find the Qingyan Beast, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't care about such a tribe encountering a beast tide. However, he recognized this tribe's totem—it was precisely the other kind of Yao Beast he wanted to find: the Lanwen Tapir.

The Lanwen Tapir possessed a unique talent in the application of Divine Thought. It could even directly construct illusions for opponents. Possessing such strong Divine Thought, the Lanwen Tapir could naturally resist other people's Divine Thought detection to a certain extent.

Therefore, the Lanwen Tapir was an extremely rare Yao Beast, and Xunshan Pavilion in Qingai City also hung a bounty for it. It was just that the bounty poster had obviously been hanging there for several hundred years.

Now that Lin Qing had found a clue, he naturally wouldn't easily miss it. Most importantly, if he found the Lanwen Tapir, coupled with the Qingyan Beast he was currently searching for with Zhang Wang and the other person, his Formation Materials could be gathered.

Back then, to prevent certain Materials from being too scarce, Sun Shaoping provided plans for two sets of Level 12 Formations, and Lin Qing had always been collecting Materials for both sets of Formations simultaneously.

The Materials Lin Qing still lacked were three kinds: the Lanwen Tapir molt, the Wuji Fang, and the Qingyan Beast Horn. Among them, the Lanwen Tapir molt and the Qingyan Beast Horn belonged to one set of Formations, while the Wuji Fangs belonged to the other.

"Two Fellow Daoists, please wait a moment."

After sensing the tribe's totem, Lin Qing stopped Zhang Wang and Hua You. The two thought Lin Qing had sensed another Level 11 Yao Beast, so they immediately stopped, looked at Lin Qing, and waited for Lin Qing to lead the way around it.

"I sensed that a tribe is suffering an attack from a beast tide. There is a clue to another Yao Beast I need in this tribe. I want to go over and take a look first."

Lin Qing had to give a detailed explanation. After all, the target of the two of them was only the Qingyan Beast. If the tribe weren't under attack, Lin Qing could well have waited until after hunting the Qingyan Beast to come back.

"Since that's the case, the two of us will accompany Fellow Daoist Yun there first."

Zhang Wang and the other person didn't have any dissatisfaction. Firstly, they still needed to rely on Lin Qing for this trip; secondly, they were inherently quite easygoing people, which could be seen from back inside Xunshan Pavilion.

Back then, before Lin Qing even mentioned having a Revered Master, when they saw that Lin Qing was only a Tenth Rank Cultivator, they directly addressed him as Fellow Daoist. Later, when they questioned Lin Qing's strength, they were also quite tactful.

Lin Qing cupped his fists toward the two to express his apology and gratitude, and subsequently, the three of them hurried together toward that tribe.