Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Wang Xiong's words were surprising to most here. After all, the gathering was of influential powers and not giving them to face for another new power didn't make sense.

Kai Li raised her brow, finding it strange to be rejected.

"You won't even give face to your patriarch?" Kai Li questioned, feeling intrigued.

Wang Xiong was about to speak, but was interrupted by none other than the patriarch in question.

"Junior Elder Kai Li need not waste her time speaking about it. I do not know about it either and won't force my disciple to reveal it either." Patriarch Bing stated.

The elders were certainly not expecting this answer from the patriarch and were rather surprised.

"Oh? Does Patriarch Bing not feel curious, or do you want to keep it hidden for your own gain?" The one who spoke this time was an elder from Chan sect, one of the top sects.

"It's not that I want to hide it for my benefit, Elder Enlai. But rather that even I don't dare to offend that power. My disciples have kept a vow to that power and I don't intend on breaking it for him." Patriarch Bing said, much to the shock of everyone.

After all, these words were the same as Patriarch Bing accepting that he was inferior to the power of the Millennium forest. And at the same time, it also revealed to them that Patriarch Bing knew more than that. At least enough that the man had possibly gained some information about that power before.

"If patriarch Bing himself says so, then I'll leave it for now." Kai Li spoke. "But I hope that we won't be at a disadvantage later on." She added.

Patriarch Bing didn't respond to it and simply continued onwards. Wang Xiong and others of the Frozen Cloud sect had already expected to be questioned here today. After all, those there were the ones who had experienced the millennium forest and gained the inheritance there.

Additionally, the Frozen Cloud sect was the first major sect to provide their support and initiate an alliance with the millennium forest. If there was anyone here that would know the most, it would be them.

They were already prepared for this and had already prepared enough excuses for them. Wang Xiong had already had a talk with the patriarch and Yun Bai had joined in as well. Both of them had given enough of an idea to the patriarch that offending Lin Wu was not a good idea.

Patriarch Bing was not convinced for the most part, but when Yun Bai attested to his strength, he had no choice but to accept.

Patriarch Bing might be proud, but he wasn't stupid as to think that he was stronger than everyone.

Shirong listened to it all silently and was intrigued by it too.

'The millennium forest certainly changed in the decade… was it linked to that too?' Shirong thought to himself.

He was frankly upset when he had been called out of seclusion by his father. But after hearing that he was being sent on a mission to the Millennium forest, he changed his stance immediately.

"Perhaps this is the opportunity I need to awaken it again…" Shirong muttered to himself.

The group of envoys continued flying through the first and second ring of the millennium forest without any obstacles. There were no beasts in their path, which was surprising to them and made them think if the beasts had all disappeared.

It was only when one of the elders used a spirit tool to sense the beasts in the area did they find out that the beasts were actually moving away from their path. It could certainly be considered a strange phenomenon, but they could only attribute it to the change in the forest.

Only when they reached the border of the third ring did they find the number of beasts returning to normal. But even then, the behavior the beasts were showing was certainly not normal.

The beasts did the same as before, giving way to them, but they didn't leave the area entirely. Instead they ended up standing in two rows with the path they were going on in the middle.

"What in the name of heavens… what are these beasts doing?" Someone questioned.

"Are they… welcoming us?" Lian Xiaojian spoke.

The actions of the beasts were certainly like that and left little to question.

"They don't seem to be afraid of us either… despite the fact that we have Dao Shell realm and Dao Treading realm experts among us." The Elder from the Solitary Blossom sect, one of the top sects, spoke.

Shirong too was intrigued by it all.

'Greater intelligence than before, indeed. But what could cause it? Was there more than just the spear that landed here?' Shirong attributed it to that.

"Not just that… these beasts are all at the core condensation realm." Junior Elder Kai Li added.

A few of the elders had a thought, and they did a little calculation.

"Senior, even if we consider our entire sect… the number of core condensation realm beasts we are seeing just in these two lines are enough to exceed our entire population." One of the mid tier sect envoys spoke.

This certainly roused the curiosity of the others, as they understood so many core condensation realm beasts couldn't just appear naturally.

The elders continued onwards and saw the beasts repeating the same thing. The fourth ring was passed like that and when they finally sensed the spirit Qi change.

"No wonder… the beasts are getting strong. This spirit Qi concentration is already higher than many sects." Shirong muttered.

And when they reached the Fifth ring, they understood just how little they knew about the Millennium forest. For they were greeted by a significant group of beasts.

"Welcome, envoys of the human powers." A monkey beast that was dressed in the robes of a monk greeted.

He was accompanied by twenty other beasts, all at the Nascent soul realm.