Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

Goliath left the cave and hid on a nearby tree to keep watch. Atop the tree, he observed the surroundings and was instantly alert when he sensed multiple auras around them. This happened repeatedly; auras of a few people appeared, and then disappeared without a trace. They never came near.

Time passed quickly, and soon, the moon was high above the trees. Zachary departed from the cave, and Goliath appeared before him.

"It's my turn to keep watch. You can go in and rest, Goliath," Zachary said to Goliath and patted his shoulder lightly as he passed.

"Thanks." With one last nod at Zachary, Goliath turned and entered the cave to rest. His steps were heavy with exhaustion.

Zachary waited until it was quiet, and when there was no sign of Goliath or anyone else, he summoned Blazing Roc. "Orion, guard the entrance of the cave. Inform me immediately if anything happens. I'll just take a walk and see if I can find any treasures."

The Blazing Roc raised its head and chittered at Zachary in response. Then, it flew into the air and hovered above the cave, its eyes glowing once.

With everything in order, Zachary picked a direction and started walking. At the same time, he released the power of the Dog Soul Ring to search for treasures.

After a while, Zachary found Holy Cloud Mountain's unique characteristic that set it apart from others. He had been looking for a while, but there were no martial beasts to be found. The whole mountain was unnaturally quiet. There were no traces of any beasts, which was strange because many martial beasts were only active at night. It was impossible that all the martial beasts in the area only appeared by day, so what was happening?

Since there were no martial beasts at night, he could look for treasures without being disturbed.

He searched for two hours and successfully found three treasures of Imperial Level. They were all formed by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth and were all more than thirty years old.

"This place is great! If I can stay here for a few more days, I will harvest a lot!" Zachary muttered to himself, brimming with satisfaction.

However, he could sense that there were at least two hundred people gathered in the Holy Cloud Mountain at that moment. Most of them were warriors of Imperial Level, while some were at Sage Level or above. It would be bad if he met them along the way, so he was very cautious. He decided that since he had already found something good, he would just return later.

Just as he was about to travel back, he suddenly heard the sound of a waterfall that came from the southwest. At the same time, he also sensed the aura of a warrior, although it wasn't too powerful.

'I'll check it out. If this person is weak, perhaps I can take the chance to rob him or her. Anyway, it would be best to strike first. The fewer competitors there are, the better, ' Zacha

to hide, and all that time, he was just standing by the waterside, a few meters away from the woman. Despite that, it seemed that she didn't sense him! Although she had left quickly, he could tell from her movements that she was quite strong. Logically, it was impossible that she didn't sense his presence.

'Is she blind?' Zachary couldn't help guessing. But even if she was blind, she would at least be able to sense his scent or his aura!

His mood sank, and he frowned morosely, upset that the woman had ignored him.

"Never mind. I'll just forget it and pretend that nothing happened." Zachary shrugged and shook off the feeling of being ignored. Then, he disappeared from the spot.

Before long, the woman who was disguised as a man, together with the beast appeared in a large camp. There were about a dozen people in the camp, and almost half of them were warriors of Imperial Level, while two of them were warriors of Sage Level.

"Young Master, where have you been? Why did you come back so late?" An old man in a black robe walked up to the woman as soon as they touched down. He seemed strong, with an aura at the Sage Level.

"I became sweaty, so I found a place to take a bath," the woman who was dressed like a man answered.

"Young Master, our master has warned us a thousand times to protect you. What if you encounter orthodox warriors? They are very cruel to us, all the members of the Ghost Clan, and they would kill us mercilessly! If they find out that you are the young master of the Ghost Clan, it will be even more troublesome," a man in a white robe interjected. His face was marred by a frown, and he seemed as strong as the other man, with an aura at the Sage Level too.

Meanwhile, Zachary had no idea that he had just seen the young master of the top heterodox clan in the Devil Kingdom—the Ghost Clan. And to top that off, she was actually a young female master dressed as a man.