My clan is super powerful

Upgrading the Trial Tower is the most convenient way to solve this problem.

However, after upgrading the Trial Tower's rank, the daily consumption of Boundary Power for maintaining the Trial Tower is no small amount.

Zhang Zhi's mental strength has indeed increased significantly during this period. If he were to force an increase, he could barely maintain the boundary power consumption of the fifth-tier trial tower.

However, if he does this, he will not be able to store much boundary power for a long time afterward, which will greatly reduce his ability to protect himself when facing crises during this period.

For him, there wasn't much difference between the fourth-tier and fifth-tier trial towers, since he rarely received cards from the trial towers anymore.

Therefore, he lacks the motivation to upgrade the Trial Tower's rank again.

After wandering around the trading market, Zhang Zhi finally decided to wait until his mental strength growth rate slowed down before upgrading the Trial Tower to the fifth tier.

As for the Rune World region, we'll think of other solutions later.

After returning to the main world from the Qi Refining Small World, Zhang Zhihe and Liu Wanwan, who had also just finished inspecting the Small World, exchanged their experiences in cultivating the Qi Refining path.

It should be said that Liu Wanwan and Liu Xiaoxiao asked Zhang Zhi for his cultivation experience on the path of Qi Refining.

The two of them are now inspectors.

Everyone knew that the two of them became inspectors because of Zhang Zhi, and no one would have any objections even if they did nothing.

However, Liu Wanwan and Liu Xiaoxiao did not want the outside world to treat them as mere ornaments or as Zhang Zhi's appendages.

Both of them genuinely wanted to do a good job as inspectors, or rather, they wanted to prove themselves.

Especially Liu Xiaoxiao, after all, Liu Wanwan's ability to enter Fengjing University has already proven herself.

Therefore, whenever they had time these days, the two of them would ask Zhang Zhi for advice on all the cultivation methods of Qi Refiners and their cultivation insights related to the corresponding supernatural powers.

This is so that no mistakes will be made during future inspections.

At the same time, it is also hoped that the cultivation level of the Qi Refiner path can be improved more quickly.

Zhang Zhi was naturally pleased with the two girls' actions. In the past few days, he spent much less time at the library, basically returning after class to answer Liu Wanwan and Liu Xiaoxiao's questions.

About an hour later, seeing that it was getting late, the two women said goodbye to Zhang Zhi and went back to their rooms to rest.

The following day, based on previous predictions, the delegation from the Desolate Sky Continent was expected to arrive at the Spirit Treasure Small World around this time.

Although Zhang Zhi had instructed Ao Guang to notify him immediately upon learning of the delegation's news, he still occasionally glanced into the small world during class that day.

To Zhang Zhi's surprise, even after he had finished everything and was about to enter the small world again for inspection, the delegation from the Desolate Sky Continent still had not arrived.

Zhang Zhi pondered, wondering if he had arrived after resting, which would mean he would have to get up in the middle of the night.

However, he did not receive any requests from Ao Guang throughout the night.

Upon waking up early the next morning, he immediately checked the situation within the Lingbao Small World and discovered that the delegation from the Desolate Sky Continent had not yet arrived at the Lingbao Small World.

Zhang Zhi estimated that a little over a day in the main world would take about forty days in the small world. If the delegation traveled slowly, it would indeed take forty to fifty days.

We should arrive around today during the day?

However, even after class ended and he finished explaining the path of Qi Refining to Liu Wanwan and the others that evening, the visiting delegation from the Desolate Sky Continent still hadn't shown up.

On the third day, Zhang Zhi woke up in the morning and still hadn't found the visiting group in the small world, so he started to have some doubts.

Even if you dawdle, it's impossible for a journey that takes about thirty days to complete to still be here after almost fifty days.

Is there something wrong with the delegation?

Or perhaps the delegation members planned to first survey the situation within their own small world, verifying whether the creatures within were actually extraterrestrial demons in disguise, before making their visit?
After pondering for a while, Zhang Zhi connected his thoughts to the World Bead and began to check if any external creatures had infiltrated the small world.

After a thorough search, no abnormalities were found within the entire small world.

They went to see Ao Guang again, but Ao Guang had not received any new information from Jin Da.

Unable to find any useful clues, Zhang Zhi left the Lingbao Small World with a heart full of doubts.

During class in the afternoon, Zhang Zhi received an urgent message from Ao Guang: Jin Da's soul lamp has gone out!

Upon learning that Jin Da's soul lamp had gone out, Zhang Zhi was stunned for a moment, wondering what was going on.
Why did Jin Da's soul lamp go out?
Kim Dae-soo is gone, but what about the other two?

He connected with the World Pearl to enter the small world and found that the soul lamps of the other two members of the clan who had gone to the Desolate Heaven Continent with Jin Da had also all gone out!

After discovering this, he was completely bewildered, wondering what was going on.
Were they killed by cultivators from the Desolate Heaven Continent?

But it shouldn’t be!
If they wanted to kill, the people of the Desolate Heaven Continent would have done it long ago. After all, the humans on the Desolate Heaven Continent are not unaware of the location of the Spirit Treasure Small World.

Why wait until they were almost at the Lingbao Small World before making their move?
If the humans of the Desolate Heaven Continent truly harbor hostility towards the Spirit Treasure Small World, and genuinely believe that Jin Da is connected to the extraterrestrial demons who previously attacked the Desolate Heaven Continent, then Jin Da and his companions would be directly killed by the humans of the Desolate Heaven Continent upon their arrival.

There's no need to wait until we're almost back in the Lingbao Small World before killing Jin Da and the others.

There's absolutely no need to send a delegation to Lingbao Small World.

Or, to put it another way, if they were truly hostile to the Lingbao Small World, they wouldn't have sent a delegation, but rather an army to conquer it!

Therefore, the decision to kill Jin Da was definitely not made by the human race on the Desolate Sky Continent, but rather a problem within the delegation itself.

It was probably the monks within the visiting delegation who did it.

However, why did the delegation encounter such a problem just as they were about to arrive at the Lingbao Small World?

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Zhi deduced a possible reason: it was related to extremists on the Desolate Sky Continent.

He remembered that Jin Dayou had mentioned before that due to the heavy losses suffered by the Desolate Heaven Continent during the last invasion by extraterrestrial demons, some intelligent beings and organizations that were extremely hostile to any non-Desolate Heaven Continent still existed on the Desolate Heaven Continent.

Those people believed that any intelligent being outside the Desolate Sky Continent could be an extraterrestrial demon and should be eliminated.

Any contact with intelligent beings outside the Desolate Sky Continent could lead to another attack by extraterrestrial demons.

Therefore, they will try every means to prevent any contact with intelligent beings outside the Desolate Sky Continent.

They will also try their best to eliminate all living beings outside the Desolate Sky Continent. These extremists are found among all races on the Desolate Sky Continent, including humans.

When Jin Da and his group first arrived on the Desolate Sky Continent, they encountered difficulties caused by extremists.

However, as the exchanges between the Lingbao Small World and the human race of the Desolate Heaven Continent deepened, those extreme voices gradually disappeared.

I used to think that those extremists had accepted the Lingbao Small World, but now it seems that they have not actually given up. They have just gone into the shadows and are lying in wait for an opportunity.

It is highly likely that one or more extremists infiltrated the delegation, or that some members of the delegation were actually infiltrating extremist groups.

Only when the human race within the visiting group suddenly launches an attack can they catch the others off guard.

Kim Dae-jae didn't even have time to deliver the message.

As for why those extremists waited until they were almost at the Lingbao Small World before making their move.

It is highly likely that the human race on the Desolate Sky Continent knew that there were extremists within their ranks, and in order to avoid any accidents, they did not widely publicize the location of the Spirit Treasure Small World.

Therefore, not many people know the location of the Lingbao Small World.

Therefore, those extremists who infiltrated the Desolate Sky Continent only took action after confirming the exact location of the Spirit Treasure Small World!
As for why they only took action after knowing the exact location of the Lingbao Small World?

That was naturally to make it easier to gather manpower to destroy the Spirit Treasure Small World.

It is highly likely that the human delegation from the Desolate Heaven Continent had just left when a number of extremist cultivators from the Desolate Heaven Continent followed them.

Those cultivators may not be limited to just the human race.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhi let out a deep breath, realizing that the Spirit Treasure Small World was in danger!
Those extremists from the Desolate Heaven Continent, who came to attack in order to destroy the Spirit Treasure Small World, must have had cultivators of considerable strength.

Even if a powerful cultivator at the Divine Power Realm appears at that time, Zhang Zhi wouldn't be surprised.

After all, the power system of the Desolate Heaven Continent is not weak, and there are quite a few powerful Divine Power Realm cultivators. It is quite normal for a few of them to become extremists.

Zhang Zhi sighed, thinking that it seemed he would have to ask Professor Confucius for help again.

With their own strength alone, they really couldn't cope with the power of the extreme cultivators from the Desolate Heaven Continent who were attacking this time.

Moreover, if his guess is correct, the cultivators who attacked the Lingbao Small World might already be on their way.

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate any longer. He reached into his storage ring and took out a paper crane. Then, with a thought, he activated the paper crane.

Shortly after, the paper crane emerged from the space in front of Zhang Zhi and then transformed into a teleportation portal.

After letting out a soft breath, Zhang Zhi slowly stepped into the portal in front of him.

Professor Confucius, looking at Zhang Zhi who had emerged from the portal, jokingly asked, "What trouble have you gotten into this time that you're asking me for help?"

"Or has another major discovery been made?"

Zhang Zhi chuckled awkwardly after hearing Professor Kong's teasing, then said, "I came to ask you for help, but I didn't cause any trouble."

Professor Confucius gave a soft "oh" upon hearing this, and then asked, "Is it about the Myriad Races World region?"

"Long Yun has discussed the matter with me over there."

"You don't need to worry about the Multi-Armed Slaughter Clan. If anything happens, Long Yun will handle it properly, and there won't be any problems."

After hearing Professor Confucius's reply, Zhang Zhi realized that Professor Confucius had misunderstood and thought that he had come to see him because of the group of multi-armed demons.

He shook his head slightly and said, "With Lord Long Yun overseeing the Myriad Races World region, I am naturally at ease. I have other matters to discuss with my teacher."

Hearing that Zhang Zhi hadn't come to see him about the Myriad Races World region, he looked at Zhang Zhi with some surprise: "Not about the Myriad Races World region? Then where is it about?"

Zhang Zhi coughed lightly, then said, "It's about the world region where my second small world is located, which I mentioned to you before."

Upon hearing this, Professor Confucius immediately understood: "Is it related to that desolate continent?"

"You said you came here seeking help, so it's the second small world that the Desolate Sky Continent is preparing to attack?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhi quickly nodded and said, "Yes, the cultivators from the Desolate Heaven Continent will probably attack the student's second small world in the next few days."

Upon hearing this, Professor Confucius said in a somewhat strange tone, "Didn't you say before that your little world was preparing to communicate with the human race from the Desolate Sky Continent?"

What went wrong?

"Why are the cultivators from the Desolate Heaven Continent preparing to attack your small world now?"

Upon hearing Professor Confucius's question, Zhang Zhi meticulously recounted all the relevant events concerning the Desolate Continent to Professor Confucius during this period.

After listening to Zhang Zhi's explanation and his speculation, Professor Confucius pondered for a moment and then slowly nodded, saying:

“Indeed, according to what you said, the sudden extinguishing of the soul lamps of the three clansmen who went to the Desolate Heaven Continent in your small world is very likely due to a problem with that delegation.”

"If there really are cultivators with such extreme views on the Desolate Heaven Continent as you described, their next step will indeed be to destroy your second small world."

"Judging from the strength of those guys on the Desolate Heaven Continent, the cultivators who attacked your small world this time are indeed beyond your ability to handle."

"Under normal circumstances, sending two or three beings at the half-step God Realm is sufficient."

"It's just that your little world has too many secrets, and it's not advisable to let too many people know about it."

"In that case, there won't be many people to choose from."

At this point, Professor Confucius paused for a moment before saying, "If your protector's cultivation were to recover, he would actually be the most suitable candidate."

After pondering for a while, Professor Confucius said, "How about this, I happen to have an avatar at the school. I'll have him make a trip there later."

"Perfect timing, let's also take a look at what's going on on that desolate continent."

Upon hearing Professor Confucius's words, Zhang Zhi bowed deeply to him with a beaming smile and said, "This student thanks you for your kindness, Teacher." (End of Chapter)