"What if it's a trap?" Rocky asked doubtfully.
"I don't think so. I've already inquired about it before I came here. Many of the clan leaders of the spiritual race have been invited by the Heavenly Demon Clan to this meeting, including the leaders of several high-level spiritual race clans. The leaders of the Phoenix Master Clan and the Wood Clan are both among them. Although the Heavenly Demon Clan must have some ulterior motives, I don't think that it will be a trap," said Marcia.
A short silence ensued as Rocky thought about whether he'd like to go or not. Finally, he nodded to himself and said, "If that's the case, then I don't mind participating. Let me see what the Heavenly Demon Clan is up to!"
"I'll go with you," volunteered Marcia immediately. It was expected, of course, because she would not let Rocky take that risk alone.
The spiritual race's meeting would be held in two days, so Rocky and Marcia immediately set out to the place where the meeting would be held—the Divine Burial Valley.
The valley was inside the territory of the Heavenly Demon Clan. It was spring all year round there, so plenty of flowers and plants were always blooming. Magnificent buildings also added elegance and grandness to the place, making the valley an enchanting sight to behold. Clearly, the Heavenly Demon Clan knew how to enjoy life.
As soon as Rocky and Marcia arrived at the valley, the Heavenly Demon Clan's ordinary spiritual beings came to greet them. They led the two of them to the group of buildings in the valley, where they stopped in a magnificent hall.
When Rocky and Marcia entered the hall, they saw that it was filled with figures from various clans of the spiritual race. There were about twenty to thirty of them, and each one exuded a strong aura that belonged to the spiritual masters'. On closer look, the pair identified all of them as leaders of several spiritual race clans invited by the Heavenly Demon Clan this time. Except for a few advanced spiritual race clans, the rest were the leaders of secondary spiritual race clans. The patriarch of the Wood Clan and Jill, the Phoenix Master Clan's matriarch, were also among them.
And when Jill saw Rocky and Marcia enter the hall, she immediately jumped up from her seat and greeted them with a charming smile. "I didn't know Prince Crimson would present as well!"
The other patriarchs in the hall were also very surprised to see Jill so enthu
re ready to fight against the calamity beasts at any time. Now, it's up to you to decide whether you will join us!" Townsend said with great confidence.
"Patriarch Townsend, it's easy for you to say that. Although I don't oppose the plan of gathering the spiritual race' power to fight against the calamity beasts, you should at least make it clear how to deal with them, right?" Jill said coldly. Last time, the Phoenix Master Clan almost lost their legendary guardian beast because of the most powerful ancient demonic beast. Obviously, Townsend was behind all this. Unfortunately, she had no evidence, so she could do nothing to the Heavenly Demon Clan. If this meeting weren't held to deal with the calamity beasts that had already done harm to the Wild Spirit Land, she wouldn't have been willing to have anything to do with the clan.
"To deal with the calamity beasts, we need to have the power to resist them. But the power of our spiritual race is far from enough, so I hoped to gather the power of nine spiritual treasures to deal with them..." Townsend said calmly.
"You must be kidding, Patriarch Townsend. You know it's impossible. The spiritual treasures are crucial to any spiritual race clan. It's not something that anyone would take out easily," the Ghost Master Clan's patriarch protested at once. After all, once anyone took out a spiritual treasure, it would attract the attention of the other spiritual race clans who didn't have a spiritual treasure. If there was any spiritual race clan who had ill intentions, it would be very dangerous for the person or the clan who held the spiritual treasure.