My disciples are all villains.

Lu Zhou was not surprised. Instead, he asked, "How's the situation in the other places?"

Meng Changdong shook his head and said, "We haven't found anything in the other places for the time being. Mr. Seventh said that there shouldn't be too many of them in the early stages. Those who can come from the red lotus domain and golden lotus domain within three months should have runic passages. The runic passages are usually controlled by a very small number of people. Moreover, runic passages are usually narrow."

Lu Zhou nodded. "Continue to observe. If there are any unusual movements, report immediately."

"Understood."

After Meng Changdong left, Lu Zhou looked at Ying Zhao and asked, "You're from the Unknown Land near the Southern Kingdom. What are the effects of the imbalance there?"

Ying Zhao seemed to have thought of something unhappy.

Conch said, "Fierce beasts are crueler than humans. Overall, humans have higher intelligence compared to the fierce beasts. Only a small group of fierce beasts have intelligence comparable to humans. However, many of them are under human's control. Once the imbalance phenomenon appears, the fierce beasts will fall into disorder. Migration is a way to solve the problems, but it can't solve all the problems. A large number of fierce beasts will brutally kill each other… and it's only going to crueler in the Unknown Land." She paused for a moment before she continued to say, "It said that due to the imbalance, even the periphery of the Unknown Land, there's a risk of running into powerful fierce beasts."

When Lu Zhou asked about the reason for the imbalance, Ying Zhao said that it did not know.

Lu Zhou had a vague feeling that the imbalance had something to do with the heaven and earth shackles or the law of conservation. However, he could not quite put his fingers on it."

…

In the evening.

In the Preservation Hall.

Lu Zhou had been thinking about how to spend his merit points. When he pulled up the system interface he looked at the beast essence and decided to purchase it.

"Ding! You've used 100,000 merit points. Obtained: Beast essence."

Lu Zhou flicked his sleeve and a green orb that resembled a pearl appeared in front of him. He could sense a strong vitality in the beast essence; in fact, it was not inferior to the Green Cicada Jade.

"So this is the beast essence?"

The reason he had chosen to buy the beast essence was due to the cost-effectiveness of the current item cards not being as good as before.

His disciples had the Great Void Seeds so they could rely on themselves to improve. On the contrary, these mounts had a lot of room for improvements.

If all of them were as powerful as a beast emperor like Lu Wu, even the four Venerable Masters of the green lotus domain would not dare to provoke the Evil Sky Pavilion.

Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!

"Doggy! Don't just charge in blindly! Are you tired of living? Do you want to be put into a pot of boiling water to be made into dog meat?"

Soon enough, Mingshi Yin and Qiong Qi appeared at the entrance of the hall.

"Come in." Lu Zhou looked over.

Only then did Mingshi Yin and Qiong Qi walk in.

Mingshi Yin scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Master, this dog is disobedient. I really didn't intend to let it charge in."

Qiong Qi opened its mouth. It was drooling as it looked at the beast essence in front of Lu Zhou.

Upon seeing this, Mingshi Yin asked curiously, "Master, what's this?"

"An orb." Lu Zhou did not know what it was exactly so he called it an orb.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

Qiong Qi's tail wagged vigorously. The current Qiong Qi was no longer like the little Qiong Qi of the past. Not only did it grow up, but it had become strong as well. At this moment, it really wanted to eat the orb in front of it.

Lu Zhou thought Qiong Qi really behaved like an ordinary dog sometimes. It had a very sharp nose and was only second to Bi An.

Lu Zhou waved his sleeves and said indifferently, "Leave."

"Understood."

Mingshi Yin patted the Qiong Qi that was still staring at the beast essence. As long as he took Qiong Qi away, everything would be fine. Hence, he steeled his heart and hugged Qiong Qi that was lying on the ground pitifully before he dragged it out of the hall.

Lu Zhou looked at the beast essence. For it to attract Qiong Qi here, it should be pretty good.

"Whitzard," he called out softly.

Sensing his master's call, Whitzard rushed over from the vicinity of the Preservation Hall.

After Whitzard entered the hall, Lu Zhou summoned someone to order the runemaster to seal the Preservation Hall before he waved his sleeve, slamming the doors shut.

Lu Zhou studied Whitzard.

Among all the mounts, he was most comfortable with Whitzard, and Whitzard was also the most helpful to him. Now that the supreme mystic power had been upgraded to the divine power, Whitzard's effect should have also been strengthened. Perhaps, the beast essence would benefit it the greatest.

"Eat it."

Lu Zhou waved his hand casually and sent the beast essence into Whitzard's mouth.

Whitzard caught it in its mouth and swallowed it whole. It did not even have time to taste it before it had already melted in its stomach. He looked at Lu Zhou with an expression that seemed to say, "Is there more?"

Lu Zhou frowned. "The beast essence is rare and precious. How can you ask for more?"

Whitzard felt helpless and could only lie on the ground with its stomach upturn, releasing a wave of heat.

Lu Zhou ignored it and continued to meditate on the Heavenly Writing.

…

The next morning.

When Lu Zhou opened his eyes, he discovered Whitzard had doubled in size.

Whitzard stood in front of Lu Zhou energetically as though it was now a different beast. It nodded repeatedly at Lu Zhou as though it was thanking its master.

Lu Zhou wanted to test Whitzard's ability but felt that it would be a waste since Whitzard would go into a long period of rest after using his ability. Hence, he let Whitzard leave the hall in the end.

…

Meanwhile, on a mountain in the northern region.

In Venerable Master Qin's training hall.

At this moment, two elders appeared at the foot of the mountain. They looked at the peak shrouded by the clouds and bowed. "Greetings, Venerable Master."

After a while, a voice rang from the peak. "What's the matter?"

"Venerable Master, something bad has happened. Moshang… is dead…"

The elder had spoken clearly and calmly. After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and waited for the Venerable Master's wrath.

However, after waiting for a while, there was no response at all. They exchanged a look and tentatively raised their heads to look at the peak again.

The clouds and mist swirled around the peak; it was silent.

"The murderer?"

"We don't know for the time being. Apart from Moshang, two ghost servants have perished as well. Moshang's… body is outside. However, our Qin clan's Free Man, Qin Naihe, is alive. However, he has gone missing," an elder replied.

"Bury Moshang. In addition, investigate and find the murderer at all costs," Venerable Master Qin said.

"Understood," the two elders said in unison. However, they did not leave.

After a beat, one of them said tentatively, "Venerable Master… About the Unknown Land…"

"Both of you are in charge of investigating this matter. I'll personally make a trip to the Unknown Land."

"Understood."

The two bowed and left.

Soon after, dozens of green-clad cultivators flew over from all directions. There were 49 of them altogether, hovering near the peak.

A voice rang from the peak again.

"Follow me to the Unknown Land."

"Yes!"

The 49 cultivators flew toward the peak.

Following that, a beam of light soared into the sky before it disappeared again.

…

In just a short time, Venerable Master Ye Zheng, who was in the Blessed Land in Yannan, received news.

In less than an hour, dozens of cultivators left the Yannan's Blessed Land.