Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Having understood the thinking behind the Tian clan, Lin Wu could only shake his head.

"They can either become really strong, or become weak in the long term. Though they do have different factions in their clan that think differently and want a different approach." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

But this didn't reduce his interest in the Tian clan. There was still a lot of information that the Tian clan had which the others didn't. Because the Tian clan had stayed hidden for the most part over the years, they had the lost information with them.

'If the assumption is correct, then the Tian clan should have existed since before the time of the Three Guardian clans. They probably have the true records of the world with them.' Lin Wu thought.

With this in mind, Lin Wu decided to visit the Tian clan one day. But that day was not today or any time in the future.

"They have Immortal Ascension realm experts with them… and not all of them are I seclusion. They may actually find out if I get close." Lin Wu said in a serious tone.

He reckoned that until he himself reached the Immortal Ascension realm or at least the Dao Treading realm, going to the main Tian clan would be a bad choice. From all the information that he had obtained, the system had surmised that there were at least four Immortal Ascension realm cultivators along with several Dao Treading realm cultivators.

"Wouldn't this strength match the Long Clan itself?" Lin Mu reckoned.

After taking one last look around the area, Lin Wu decided to return.

'Hopefully Tim hasn't cause any trouble…' Lin Wu thought as he made his way back.

About fifteen minutes later, he was at the place where he had left Tim and found him right there. The beast was still sleeping and didn't seem to have moved at all.

~phew~

"Good," Lin Wu said, but just as he was about to resurface, his spirit sense caught something.

"Oh?" Lin Wu became alert and scanned the area.

Some distance away from where Lin Wu and the Weasel where, a small group of humans were traveling. Lin Wu checked them in detail and found them to be none other than the Tian clan branch's clansmen.

"It's those two," Lin Wu recognized.

Lin Wu glanced at Tim one last time before deciding to follow after the clansmen. Once he got close, he could hear their conversations.

"This is strange? Where are the Fragrant Parrot Bamboo flowers?" one of the clansmen questioned.

"Were the reports we got wrong? We should have started encountering them here, shouldn't we?" Another clansman asked.

A slightly plump but decent looking girl at the front furrowed her brows and kneeled down to check the ground.

"This area has been harvested already… someone was here before us." Tian Chu said.

"Hah, looks like Cousin Chu's delay in beginning has cost us now." Tian Han said from the side.

"Speak for yourself, Cousin Han. Don't forget that there are beasts in the forest not to mention other cultivators we might encounter. Don't be so arrogant to think that you are strong to fight all of them." Tian Chu scoffed.

The other clansmen didn't dare speak or interfere in the conversion. The two cousins were of a higher rank than them, not only in terms of cultivation base, but also the ranking in the clan.

Both of them were clansmen that had the direct bloodline and were the closest linked to the Main branch's bloodline. 

"I know my limits, and how to prepare the best. You simply lost time in over preparing and now we will be slow in gathering the flowers, not to mention that others might have already started to gather the flowers before us." Tian Han replied without backing down.

"Humph, I won't dignify that with an answer." Tian Chu said as she continued walking.

Tian Han frowned and clenched his fist secretly.

'This girl… if it were not for her father, would she even be able to speak.' Tian Han thought. "I'll show you…" he muttered silently as a dangerous light appeared in his eyes.

The group continued to explore and couldn't find any of the Fragrant Parrot Bamboo Flowers anywhere. All the areas looked like they had been dug out and there were even some strange marks on the ground, which made them feel confused.

"Are these… beast marks? Is it beasts that have come to eat these?" A clansman questioned.

Tian Han furrowed his brows and used his spirit sense to scan the area. His nose wrinkled, and he withdrew a small hoop from his spatial storage treasure.

"Aural Exposure Hoop!" Tian Han chanted.

~whoosh~

The hoop flew out and expanded in size, before becoming about a meter wide in diameter. Glittering particles fell out of the hoop as it flew across the ground. It made a circle around the area that Tian Han had selected and returned to him.

Tian Chu was looking with curiosity, having never seen something like this.

"What is that spirit tool?" A clansmen questioned.

"I don't know, but it seems like a tracking or analytical spirit tool?" A second one guessed.

Lin Wu who had been seeing it all, was intrigued too.

"This is new," he muttered and saw as Tian Han used the hoop.

He turned it vertical, and a screen appeared in the hoop. On the screen, several yellow dots could be seen and along with the faint black marks, were spread across the area. The marks were unusually long and looked like strings.

"This was certainly caused by beasts… not humans." Tian Han said as he saw the marks.

"What is this tool?" Tian Chu couldn't help but ask.

"Not something, someone like you would know. But I will be gracious enough to explain." Tian Han smugly said, irritating Tian Chu.

But since she wanted the answer, she didn't speak anything.

Tian Han smiled in pleasure and started to speak, "it can sense the traces of auras left in the area that were recently there."