"We really have to thank the Red Feather Hall for spreading this rumor so quickly that we were able to collect the cultivation techniques so quickly."
Upon returning to the realm of gods, Lu Tao couldn't help but smile after adding points to yet another domain.
As rumors spread, almost every creature in the entire wasteland knew about the bounty.
Those beings who possess various special techniques will, to varying degrees, visit major merchant guilds to inquire about the specific bounty details.
Therefore.
In just half a day, Lu Tao acquired more than twenty kinds of cultivation techniques and added points to twenty-three domains.
It's only thirty-odd more than three thousand perfect realms away.
This speed far exceeds that of before.
It can be said that Chiyu Hall's rumor-mongering not only did not have any negative impact on Lu Tao, but actually helped Lu Tao publicize the bounty.
This was an unexpected delight.
"Boss, something's up."
Just then, the Celestial Hound seemed to have noticed something and hurriedly transmitted his voice to Lu Tao.
Lu Tao remained expressionless as he approached the Howling Celestial Dog and asked, "What is it?"
“Outside Qingyue Residence, more than a dozen God-Kings have secretly set up multiple arrays. Come and take a look.” Xiaotianquan handed the telescope to Lu Tao.
Lu Tao took the binoculars and looked in the direction of Qingyue Residence.
Lu Tao immediately noticed.
Outside Qingyue Residence, there is a massive array, which is extremely strange.
Any living being that enters the formation will not be affected in its movements; whether walking or flying, it will be perfectly normal.
But their expressions were blank and lifeless.
It seems that his soul has been affected.
Meanwhile, the dozen or so god-kings took this opportunity to conduct various searches on all the beings, whether they had entered or left Qingyue Residence.
They searched not only for their bloodline and aura, but also for their stored treasures, and even for their souls.
Once these creatures left the formation, they instantly returned to normal.
They knew nothing about what happened during the match.
They were completely unaware that their souls had been searched.
Not only did these creatures fail to notice anything amiss, but even the powerful figures of Qingyue Residence did not detect anything wrong.
Looking at Ao Yu, the True Dragon Clan member within the formation, Lu Tao knew that this action was for his sake.
"That Ao Yu guy is really persistent."
While feeling helpless, Lu Tao also admired the power of the True Dragon Clan, who could even come up with such a method.
It's no exaggeration to say that...
Even the most extraordinary geniuses would easily fall victim to the schemes of the True Dragon Clan.
Unfortunately, they were facing Lu Tao.
Lu Tao immediately sent a message to his clone who was negotiating the deal at Qingyue Residence, asking, "Cloner, how's the negotiation going?"
"We'll finalize it immediately."
The clone responded immediately, and within moments, another message arrived: "Main body, the cultivation technique is in hand!"
"Alright, don't leave Qingyue Residence yet, and tell that cultivator not to leave either."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Tao immediately used his divine sense to descend upon the statue in the clone's cave, took the obtained cultivation technique, and then returned to his main body.
The whole process was completed in one go, taking less than a breath.
Then, Lu Tao continued to send a message to his clone: "Tell the elder of Qingyue Residence that there is a formation set up by the Great Elder of the True Dragon Clan outside Qingyue Residence. Tell him to keep the other cultivator calm and not to make any rash moves."
"good!"
The clone, naturally without suspicion, directly informed Elder Qiu of Qingyue Residence about the matter.
Is this really true?
Elder Qiu was about fifty or sixty years old, with half-white hair. He was quite easygoing and his cultivation level was not high, only at the Divine Lord realm. Upon hearing what Lu Tao said, he was immediately shocked.
He subconsciously wanted to glance outside the attic, but remembering Lu Tao's reminder, he stopped himself from doing so.
Lu Tao's clone transmitted his voice, "Of course, I have no reason to lie to you."
"Sect Leader Lu has misunderstood. It's not that I doubt Sect Leader Lu, it's just..."
Elder Qiu gave a forced smile, then hesitated before transmitting his voice, "The main thing is that everything outside seems normal, with nothing unusual about it."
Lu Tao's clone transmitted a message: "Wait a moment."
Elder Qiu nodded silently, then, with a hint of doubt, calmed the other cultivator in the room.
Just a few breaths later, Elder Qiu noticed that the teleportation array inside Qingyue Residence had lit up.
"Sect Leader Lu, please forgive me."
He apologized to Lu Tao's clone and then passed by with some suspicion.
When he saw the figure inside the formation, he was startled. "Greetings, Lord of the Tower, greetings, elders."
No need for formalities.
Cui Yi, the owner of Qingyue Residence, had dark skin and a resolute face, but at this moment, his face was full of gloom. He didn't say much, and led more than ten elders to the window of the Qingyue Residence branch pavilion to look out.
Instantly.
With his perfected God-King cultivation, he could see the faint light and shadow outside the pavilion at a glance, so faint that it was invisible to the naked eye. Even a strong soul would not be able to detect it.
"snort!"
A cold snort, imbued with the power of the divine soul, suddenly rang out in mid-air. A ripple appeared in mid-air, and when it landed on the light and shadow, it immediately made it visible.
then.
Lord Cui looked coldly at the thirteen god-kings within the light and shadow, and said in a cold voice, "Brother Ao, what do you mean by this?"
"Damn it, how come the God King of Qingyue Residence suddenly appeared at this branch?"
"How could our highly secretive operation be discovered?"
"Hmph, it's not just that we were discovered, we didn't even realize we'd been exposed."
The sudden appearance of the formation caught the thirteen god-kings within it off guard, and their faces turned extremely ugly.
Especially the Grand Elder.
His face was so gloomy it was almost dripping with water.
They never expected that such a secretive operation would be discovered less than a quarter of an hour after the formation was set up.
That's incredibly fast.
You need to know.
Their actions were a deliberate attempt to force the Xuan Turtle Clan's God-King to pay a heavy price to divine when a prodigy with special skills would enter the Chamber of Commerce to trade with Lu Tao.
They even specifically chose to attack a branch of Qingyue Residence that was not guarded by a God-King.
The truth was still revealed.
What are you doing?
Who are you? What have you done?
"Robbery!"
When the formation is attacked, it not only becomes visible, but its functions are also affected at the moment of the attack, allowing other creatures within the formation to return to normal.
When they saw their bloodline, aura, and treasured possessions being searched indiscriminately, they couldn't help but feel terrified.
The other creatures outside the formation watched this scene with astonishment and uncertainty.
"snort!"
The Grand Elder looked at these weak creatures screaming in terror and couldn't help but want to kill them all. But in the end, it glanced at the God King of Qingyue Residence and did not choose to do so.
With a cold snort, it finally dispelled the formation, releasing the creatures. Then, it looked at Master Cui and asked in a deep voice, "Brother Cui, how did you discover us?"
"Couldn't Brother Ao guess it himself?" Cui Louzhu asked instead of answering.
"Lu Tao!!"
The First Elder, Ao Yu, couldn't help but spit fire in his eyes. When he uttered the name, he gritted his teeth, his whole body filled with intense killing intent.
But after the anger subsided, a deep sense of powerlessness suddenly arose throughout its body.
Their infallible methods repeatedly failed when used against Lu Tao.
The various races were clearly stronger, but it was Lu Tao who was arrogant.
That's right.
In Ao Yu's view, Lu Tao was simply arrogant.
Seeing this, Master Cui didn't care. He glanced at the creatures outside the pavilion who were looking at Qingyue Residence with wary expressions, his face darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Brother Ao, shouldn't you give me an explanation for this matter?"
"I have offended you greatly, please forgive me!"
Ao Yu took a deep breath, cupped his hands slightly, and then threw a spatial treasure to Cui Louzhu, saying, "Consider this my apology from the True Dragon Clan."
After saying this, Elder Ao Yu did not linger and left in a rather disheveled manner with the other God-Kings.
As Cui Louzhu watched the Grand Elder's departing figure, he stroked the spatial treasure in his hand, lost in thought.
After a long while, Master Cui finally came to his senses and handed the spatial treasures to Elder Qiu, saying, "Invite back the cultivators who left my Qingyue Residence earlier, and use these items to compensate them for their losses."
Those creatures may seem to have suffered no loss, but this incident will undoubtedly cast a shadow over their entire lives.
Especially the soul-searching technique.
All their secrets were exposed.
Although the elders and others might not care about these secrets, they themselves do not think so.
"Yes, OP!"
Elder Qiu nodded upon hearing this and immediately went to handle the matter.
"Sorry, I was startled."
Master Cui then walked towards the room where Lu Tao's clone was located, first expressing his apologies to another cultivator before finally speaking with Lu Tao.
After a conversation.
Lu Tao's clone decided to stay at Qingyue Residence for the time being, and leave after the bounty was over.
Of course, Cui Louzhu would not refuse.
...
"Sigh! It seems that every time Lu Tao's clone comes to trade cultivation techniques, his main body is secretly watching."
"Yes, that means we have no way to catch Lu Tao's clone."
On the other side.
Ao Yu and the other god-kings, having left Qingyue Residence, felt deeply exhausted.
Lu Tao easily discovered the meticulously prepared plan.
One of the God-Kings said bitterly, "I think that instead of placing our hopes of preventing Lu Tao from obtaining the Three Thousand Domains on Lu Tao's clone, we should directly target those geniuses."
"It's easier said than done. Who knows how many of Lu Tao's remaining bounty cultivation techniques are in the desolate region? It would take a tremendous amount of effort to find all these creatures."
"Not necessarily. We don't need to find them all. We just need to make it so that Lu Tao can't gather the three thousand domains."
“That’s right. We only need to divine the one technique he’s missing; we can ignore the others.”
Many top god-kings were discussing it.
Ao Yu nodded and said, "Yes, this should be the only way to stop Lu Tao from collecting all three thousand domains."
“However, now that this matter has been exposed, Lu Tao must have guessed that the Xuan Turtle Clan was involved in divination. Will he use curses?” Some God Kings worried.
“It’s alright, we have treasures to ward off the curse; besides, Lu Tao’s last curse was very minor, so he probably doesn’t have much to offer as a sacrifice.”
Ao Yu wasn't too worried.
It immediately sent a message to the Xuan Turtle Clan, instructing their God-King to perform divination once more.
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