Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Another month passed while Lin Wu stayed at the tomb.

In this time, he saw a few humans entering the Millennium forest again. This time though, the humans were not normal. They were far stronger than the average cultivators that entered the forest.

They were at the Nascent soul realm and had clearly been sent by the kingdoms around the millennium forest, namely the Ling Kingdom, the Pale Marble Kingdom and The Luguo Kingdom. These were the three kingdoms that surrounded the Millennium forest.

Along with them, there were also other sects that were located in the kingdom's territories too, but they were all small compared to the Frost Cloud sect.

These cultivators didn't come at the same time and were clearly from different powers. They came at different times and there was no coordination between them. Hesitation was obvious in their actions, as they were treading carefully in the forest.

Most didn't even go past the second ring, feeling uncomfortable even there.

The couple that were braver went up to the border of the third ring, almost into the fourth ring, but didn't go past that feeling, an oppressive presence beyond that.

They kept on coming every few days, trying to learn about the situation of the millennium forest.

Lin Wu didn't care much about them either, as long as they didn't cause any problems and let them do as they wanted.

That was until today, when Lin Wu saw something different.

"Oh? Did they have a new agreement or something?" Lin Wu said as he saw a large entourage of cultivators entering the forest.

~DING~

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NOTIFICATION: Twelve Nascent soul realm cultivators detected

CURRENT LOCATION: Second ring of the millennium forest.

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The system quickly informed.

Lin Wu checked the map and saw that the group was moving rather fast this time. Till a few days back, they were very hesitant to enter the inner rings, and approached carefully, but now it was like they were speeding in.

Lin Wu saw the robes they were wearing and could tell that they were from the difference powers around the forest.

"The Ling Kingdom seems to be in the lead this time, huh… they probably had a meeting with the other powers and decided this excursion." Lin Wu guessed.

He looked at the cultivators wearing the robes of the Ling Kingdom and actually recognized them.

"Oh? Weren't those three in the royal court of the Ling kingdom back then?" Lin Wu identified.

Lin Wu recalled that he had seen them in the court when he was still with Shirong. One of them was a minister while the others were elders with high authority. It was unusual for them to leave the capital like this, as they were powerhouses that kept the kingdom and the king safe.

'If the King sent them on this mission, it's obvious my attempt at fishing them worked…' Lin Wu thought to himself as a smile appeared on his face.

He looked at the other nascent soul realm cultivators but didn't recognize them. Still, their robes were enough to give away their identities. In total, there were two nascent soul realm cultivators from the Pale Marble kingdom and two more from the Luguo kingdom.

The rest of the five nascent soul realm cultivators were from the smaller sects around the millennium forest. Each sect seemed to have sent one cultivator to represent them. This 'coalition' was the expedition team they had come up with.

Lin Wu couldn't help but praise it a bit. As far as he knew, the three kingdoms did have an alliance but were still a bit against each other. The alliance was merely a facade for peace but in reality, if it were not for the Millennium forest existing between them, the three kingdoms might have ended up fighting.

Small skirmishes had happened in the past, but the peace was mostly there now.

The sects were located within the three kingdoms as well, with them having independent territories where they could control as they wanted. This was the agreement between sects and kingdoms all over the Long continent.

When the nascent soul realm cultivators finally reached the third ring, Lin Wu decided to act.

"Time to send my own 'team' to meet up with them. Heheh~" Lin Wu chuckled.

He quickly sent command to his subordinates, and they responded almost instantly.

With that little command, the entire millennium forest started to liven up, unbeknowst to the twelve nascent soul realm cultivators.

After some time, at the border of the third ring…

"Elders, are we sure we want to continue? I can't help but feel an ominous feeling." One of the nascent soul realm cultivators from a sect asked.

"We've already tested the areas the past month, so far we haven't had any bad encounter. The beasts also seem to be a lot 'calmer' than before." One of the nascent soul realm cultivators from the Luguo kingdom replied.

"The elder of the Luguo kingdom is correct. We cannot just keep on doing half hearted excursions. If something is truly wrong with the millennium forest, we need to know it. This is after all our 'backyard'." An elder from the Pale Marble kingdom agreed.

"There is an old saying, a hidden snake in one's backyard is more dangerous than a lion on the front door. Even if the beasts are calmer, we need to know the reason for it. The heavenly tribulations that happened simultaneously aren't something we can take lightly after all." The nascent soul realm minister of the Ling Kingdom stated.

The other nascent soul realm cultivators couldn't help but nod upon hearing his words, finding them very wise.

"Very well, we shall continue." They others said and flew ahead.

The third ring was crossed, and they entered the fourth ring. And as soon as they went a certain distance in it, they felt the difference.

"This… what is this spirit Qi?!" The elders were all stunned.

"Such dense spirit Qi? Has a treasure appeared in the forest?" one of the elders wondered.