Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

"What?!" Cang Ci exclaimed upon hearing Lin Wu's words before hurriedly apologizing for her actions.

Lin Wu didn't mind her actions and knew that he was reacting like this too internally. He had simply managed to control it a lot better due to having the system.

"How much land did they offer?" The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape narrowed his eyes.

"All of it… Basically, the Wide Crag Kingdom and Steel Frost Island wouldn't exist if that alliance went through. They would become part of the Millennium Forest Kingdom completely." Lin Wu replied.

"This…" The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape had several thoughts appear in his mind, and none of them were about the advantages of the deal that was offered.

This offer might seem really good for Lin Wu, but at the same time, it rang a bell of concern for Lin Wu. He knew for a deal this good, there must be a catch hidden somewhere.

There was no way he would be stepping into it blindly and would want to be careful. Especially now that he knew there were more hidden powers in the Ming Dao world.

There was no saying if there were more of them hidden in the Long Continent too. The Ghost of Tian was already a big player hidden away for a while. If more were added, Lin Wu would have to adjust his game accordingly.

Cang Ci had several thoughts go through her mind too and she only snapped out of them after Lin Wu spoke.

"Cang Ci, I want you to investigate them and see what's going on in their land. It seems a little too unusual for them to put an abrupt request like this, especially at the chance of offending me." Lin Wu stated.

"Yes, master." Cang Ci nodded. "I'm thinking that someone else might have put them up for this." She added.

"That does seem likely. Using a borrowed blade to inflict damage… It could be the Weiyuan Chamber? They've gone silent after the Millennium Forest kingdom rose to power and master displayed his might at the battle of the Cang Lan sect." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape guessed.

Hearing this Even Lin Wu was wondering if it could be them.

'It would be perfect according to their image. They've done this several times in the past.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

And while this seemed like a far-fetched attempt at establishing contact with Lin Wu, there was no saying how far the Weiyuan chamber was willing to go.

"Ji Yuan is the only elder sibling of Shirong that is still living. He had wiped out all the other competitors for the position of heir, thus there is a chance he could be behind it." Lin Wu spoke after thinking for a bit.

"Can you also investigate this for me? It might be time we put an end to the Weiyuan chamber." Lin Wu stated, his voice a bit cold and firm.

"Of course, master." Cang Ci replied in a serious tone. "It shall be done at once." She said before taking her leave.

The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape also left to do some work, leaving Lin Wu alone for the time being.

"Stranger things are coming into being… I'll just have to wait and see—" Lin Wu suddenly felt a change within his body.

His spirit sense quickly dived into his Dantian and observed the situation there.

"Huh? The Totem of Upheaval is growing?" Lin Wu saw his main body's Dao Embryo glowing and increasing in size.

His Dao Embryo had been steadily growing all this time due to the work of the Shadow legion and the conflicts that were rising. But the growth he was seeing right now was a little too sudden and rapid.

'I don't think I did anything to cause this?' Lin Wu wasn't displeased with it, but it did leave him confused.

He went through the things he had done recently and quickly struck off the meetings from it. None of them were big enough to cause a change like this.

"It's definitely not the marriage alliance either, they haven't even left the forest yet." Lin Wu wondered what could have caused this.

Just as he was thinking about all this though, Lin Wu got an emergency message.

"Huh? Hu Dagao?" Lin Wu quickly pulled up the message.

'I've been trapped, culprits unknown, I don't know where I am and I cannot move either.' Was the content of the message.

Hu Dagao knew for an emergency message the content needed to be concise so he formulated it correctly. This was also due to the fact that the message would be traveling a very long distance and depending on the restrictions it could get distorted.

After seeing this, Lin Wu knew for sure it was the cause behind the rapid growth of the Dao Embryo.

"He is trapped? Despite the weapon I gave him?" Lin Wu had not expected this.

With the weapon in Hu Dagao's hands, he was strong enough to go against several Dao Treading realm experts. Not to mention, the man also had several other life saving measures with him too.

'Whoever trapped him must have done it in one go, leaving him no opportunity to act. And since he's immobilized, he cannot use the Emeraldine Heart Claws either, he won't be able to escape on his own.' Lin Wu quickly analyzed the situation.

Since there was rapid growth of the Totem of Upheaval, it was clear that disappearance of Hu Dagao must have caused a big uproar in the Hu continent. And since he was acting according to Lin Wu's wishes originally, he had ended up getting the feedback to his Dao Embryo.

Lin Wu fell silent for a few minutes after this.

His expression was cold and his thoughts unknown.

"Hmm… very well, since the upheaval is already triggered, I may as well add more fuel to the fire." Lin Wu said before calling Cang Ci back and switching to his Avatar.