His question struck Lu Zheng’s mind.

  Seeing his reaction, Bai Yujin was amused. His beast-like eyes reflected arrogance as he was staring at his prey, seemingly acting fearful after it was caught.

  He leaned forward and stood straight, continuing to tease Lu Zheng.

  He said, “Also, aside from his foresight being accurate, we made a bet. Whoever discovers the rat from the Azure Tide Clan would have his treasure in his possession. I did not think I would win. After all, if I can’t have the treasure, then I’ll annihilate his clan, too.”

  At this point, Lu Zheng was listening to him. His oceanic eyes regained its vigor after falling into a daze.

  Bai Yujin was amused by the situation. In fact, his body began to tremble from the excitement of winning the bet.

  After all, he always lost, but even then, he would use his power to cheat and make it he won in the end.

  It has been a while since he won genuinely. The scared prey was his reward.

  He said, “Even if we did not say it, it’s obvious you would try to disguise yourself as the members of the Scorching Blade Clan. After all, you massacred some of them. However, to think you are this young?”

  His eyes moved downward, glancing at Lu Zheng’s sword.

  He said, “Even if you paint it, it’s still obvious in my eyes its rank. After all, I have one, too. Only that, I did not bother bringing it. I left it in the clan. Who knows? Some unreasonable greedy individual might kill me for it.

  Anyway, I wonder how you became powerful. Even if it’s a legendary rank weapon, it should not be able to help you increase your comprehension.”

  His eyes then moved, meaningfully landed on his necklace.

  He said, “I thought that Necklace only provides you protection. Does it increase your comprehension, too? I’m curious. Will you answer my question?”

  Lu Zheng remained quiet, causing Bai Yujin to feel more exhilarated. After all, Lu Zheng now appeared to have frozen in terror.

  Bai Yujin continued, “May I also know where your internal and external techniques are? Did you bring it with you? Can you let me read it? Do you think it will be a big help to my plan in creating my own subsidiary clans I can fully control?

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  I’m being polite here now.”

  However, even then Lu Zheng remained quiet. From his oceanic eyes, it appeared he was thinking quite a lot for some time now.

  Bai Yujin was not infuriated. On the contrary, he always enjoyed the sight of his enemy frozen in fear. The more he teased them, the more his bestial instinct screamed in hysteria.

  He said, “I’m curious, how are you related to the Clan Head of the Azure Tide Clan? How were you able to get access to the clan’s treasures, when even some of the core clan members we have captured had no idea about it.

  How could an insignificant ant like you have access to it?”

  He then slowly walked towards him, startling Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng tilted his head upward, causing his ego to inflate. After all, he was looking down on Lu Zheng now.

  He thought. And he was indeed acting like a terrified prey now. I really like this feeling.

  He said in the middle of walking, “But, well, enough of that. It’s fine by me. I have a proposal, by the way. This is also the second… Wait, third, was it? Or fourth?

  Well, it’s not a question, and I guess, not a proposal, either.”

  He grinned. “It’s a direct order. Become the leader of my subsidiary clan I’m planning to create. After all, I want to take control of the whole continent once I have become the head of the White Tiger Clan.”

  …

  Lu Zheng was surprised. He did not expect that the individual in front of him was actually an heir of the White Tiger Clan.

  Ravyn asked in his mind. “What does he mean by that? The White Tiger Clan did not control all the clans in their own continent?”

  Lu Zheng replied in his mind. “They actually are not. Some are their direct subsidiary clans, but some, like in this city, are not. It’s simply because the White Tiger Continent, as they named it themselves, are rather large, so cities like Ebonshade City would take weeks for them to get access to.

  It’s also not easy for them to control, either. After all, there might be a single large-size clans, but there are hundreds of cities, which contain one, two, or even three middle-sized clans, depending on their size and environment.”

  Ravyn asked, “Hmmm. Did not a single hundred, or if not, almost half a thousand middle-sized clans thought of banding together to take down the White Tiger Clan?”

  Lu Zheng replied in his mind, “I actually don’t know. But from what I believed, the White Tiger Clan was not abusive on their power, so the middle-sized clans did not have enough reason to take them down. On the contrary, having a large-sized clan, who has a Grandmaster cultivator on their continent could help them protect from the invasion of cultivators from the Central Plain, who have hostile intentions.”

  Ravyn was amused. “Are the cultivators in the Central Plain that strong?”

  Lu Zheng eagerly replied, “Of course. Crossing the great seas to reach the Central Plain requires the protection of the Grandmaster, so obviously, there are many Grandmasters there. Furthermore, according to the rumor, there is a living Saint there!

  Saints! A rank higher than Supreme Grandmasters!”

  Ravyn chuckled. He replied, “Saints, huh? That was also the rank I was called to. Well, we shall see if it was the same from what I know. But first, you have to survive.”

  Lu Zheng was then awakened in reality.

  Only a second passed during their conversation. At this point, Bai Yujin was staring at him up close, grinning from ear to ear.

  He then recalled Bai Yujin’s question, and replied with a grin.

  “I’ll answer your question about which is stronger, d

  emons or beasts? How about we find out?”