"We are the same clan — we shouldn't be killing each other. Even if it wouldn't be fatal, seizing someone's Light Runes shouldn't be done like that. That's exactly why Tiemian had the Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan come help us." When Linghu Lun said this, a cold, sinister smile curved the corner of his lips.
"So that's how it is."
Upon hearing this, the members of the Linghu Heavenly Clan suddenly saw the light, finally understanding what Linghu Lun meant.
It turned out they hadn't been sitting there waiting to die. They had deliberately let the Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan take the cultivation resources, so that Light Runes would condense on them.
And what they needed to do wasn't spend time mining cultivation resources — they could simply enjoy the fruits of someone else's labor.
Because in the end, the Linghu Heavenly Clan intended to seize the Light Runes from both the Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan.
This scheme was ruthlessly clever. After all, the Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan were allies of the Linghu Heavenly Clan.
"But if we do this, it will inevitably provoke the Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan," a clansman said worriedly.
"Tiemian has already discovered that the Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan have been secretly colluding and working together to steal cultivation resources in the main domain that don't belong to them."
"This is simply giving them a little warning," Linghu Lun said.
"So that's what happened. If that's the case, then the Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan have it coming," the clansmen agreed.
"In that case, why should we stop Chu Feng and the others from coming in? We should just let them in, then seize their Light Runes."
"Exactly. Fortunately Chu Feng brought them in — otherwise, wouldn't we have missed out on a whole batch of Light Runes we could have seized?" another clansman quickly added.
"The fact that Light Runes could be seized was only discovered last time. Even just before, we still couldn't confirm for certain whether Light Runes could actually be taken from others."
"So at the time, the plan was to use the Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan as a test."
"If it worked, we'd take their Light Runes. If it didn't, then we'd simply let them enjoy the benefit."
"But if we had let Chu Feng and the others in from the very start and it turned out we couldn't seize their Light Runes, wouldn't that have been handing an advantage to that bunch of trash for nothing?" Linghu Lun said.
"That's true enough," the others nodded.
"All I can say is that heaven is on the side of our Linghu Heavenly Clan. We had already blocked these newcomers on the outside, but they insisted on coming in. Thinking they'd gotten a bargain, they never could have imagined they would become stepping stones for our Linghu Heavenly Clan to advance in cultivation."
Linghu Lun spoke with a cold smirk.
At the same time, the other members of the Linghu Heavenly Clan all wore that same smile — half relieved, half sinister — at the corners of their lips.
The Dream Spirit Clan and the Heaven-reaching Beast Clan had no idea about the Linghu Heavenly Clan's scheme. Relying on those tracking runes, they began furiously hunting down the newcomers who had condensed Light Runes.
And as soon as they caught one, they would immediately bring them to the Linghu Heavenly Clan to hand over for disposal.