When Louis saw how serious the Grand Elder looked, it startled him. He hurriedly shook his head and answered nervously, “No, I… I have never left the Dark Forest.”

“Are you honest with us?” the Grand Elder asked him again.

Louis nodded earnestly and answered, “Grand Elder, why would I lie? Besides, I know the consequence of leaving the Dark Forest. Do you think I would leave the forest to hunt at the risk of wiping out the entire clan? I certainly would not do it.”

“Okay, that is good. That is good…”

The Grand Elder felt relieved. As long as the Martial Saint was not from the Holy Land of the Light Clan, he did not need to worry. Perhaps the person was randomly passing by and did not come to deal with the Sucking Blood Clan. But as far as they knew, the Four Kings of the Light Clan were the only legendary Martial Saints. However, the Arcana Land was so vast, with so many creatures living there. There might be another Martial Saint from other places in the Arcana Land.

“Grand Elder, Brother. What has happened?” asked Louis, who was at a loss.

His older brother Lester said, “An important person has come to the Dark Forest. We think he is a Martial Saint.”

Martial Saint?

Louis gasped. He was as powerful as a human Martial Emperor, but he still felt pressure when faced with a more powerful man, who is at the top of the pyramid of strength.

He could not figure it out. He asked, “Why would a Martial Saint come here?”

“Nobody knows the reason yet. Tell us everything that happened in the Dark Forest. Do not skip any detail,” said Lester, staring at Louis with seriousness.

Louis knew that his older brother and the Grand Elder wondered if he had anything to do with the presence of the Martial Saint. So, he dared not hide anything from them. Louis gave them every detail of the capture of the Silver Wing Mercenary Group. He also told them their sister Ghost had challenged him to a duel for the sake of a human.

“What? Those people used an iron claw to pierce into Ghost’s shoulder blade?” asked the Grand Elder, who turned pale when he heard the story.

“Yes, Grand Elder. If I had arrived a little later, I am afraid they would have taken Ghost out of the Dark Forest to sell her in the Mu City,” Louis answered.

“Detestable! Where are you keeping those people? Do not let any of them go. Suck their blood and make them into jerkies. We will eat them at our leisure,” said the Grand Elder in a rage. He opened his eyes so wide that they looked like they were about to explode. He cared a lot about Ghost.

However, a detail had caught Lester’s attention. Intrigued, he asked Louis, “Brother, did you say two of them escaped?”

Louis nodded. “Yes. One of those men is Ghost’s friend. It was what she claimed. He has an annoying duck as a pet beast, and it can fly fast. It took the man into the air, and they disappeared in a second. I have sent my men to look for them. But after a night’s search, they found nothing. I am pissed off. If I find him, I will peel off his skin and pull his tendons out.”

He gritted his teeth with contempt at the mention of Xiao Luo.

“What about the other one?” asked Lester.

“The other one is the deputy leader of the mercenary group. I do not know what happened, but he freed himself from the rope that bound him. We were focusing on searching for the first man, and he found an opportunity to run away. That pig was like a loach. We did not even know when he escaped. When we found out, he had already disappeared into thin air. I was afraid the other pigs would escape as well, so, I hurriedly brought them back to the castle to imprison them, just in case,” said Louis honestly.

What could the presence of the Martial Saint have anything to do with those two humans on the run?

The Elders wondered.

Louis seemed to have guessed what they were thinking. Waving his hand, he said confidently, “Elders, Brother, I can promise you the Martial Saint who has arrived has nothing to do with the two pigs who escaped.”

“How can you be so sure?” the Grand Elder asked him immediately.

Patting his chest, Louis said, “One of them is a mercenary. If he knew any legendary Martial Saint, why would he be a mercenary and come to the Dark Forest to risk his neck? As for the other one, it is even less possible. He is simply a human Martial Master. How could a Martial Master be compared with one of the strongest men in the world?”

He has a pet duck that talks. But it is just an ordinary duck and not a beast demon. I am sure it became intelligent and developed the ability to talk only after taking some precious food or panacea.”

The Elders felt a little relieved. They did not think those two humans on the run had anything to do with the presence of a Martial Saint either.

“Maybe he came to the Dark Forest by accident?” Lester looked at the Grand Elder.

The Grand Elder glanced at the sky in the distance. “Perhaps. But at least, we know he is not from the Holy Land of the Light Clan!”

“Exactly. We did not break the agreement. So, the Holy Land of the Light Clan has no reason to come here. The Martial Saint must be a hermit from other places.”

An elder echoed the sentiment. His eyes were suddenly full of excitement. “If we can discuss the mysteries of cultivation with the Martial Saint, it will very much benefit the Sucking Blood Clan. We could improve our attainment quicker and be strong enough to compete with the Holy Land of the Light Clan.”

Oh?

The Elder’s proposal thrilled everyone there. Their eyes lit up from excitement.

“Third Brother is right. As Elders of the Sucking Blood Clan, we have lived for hundreds of years, but we are still at Martial Guru level. We cannot increase our attainments further—we cannot even make a breakthrough to the Martial Venerable level, let alone the legendary Martial Saint level. Throughout the thousands of years of history, the Martial Guru is the best attainment we have ever achieved. After achieving Martial Guru status, no matter how much human blood we consume, we cannot achieve a higher level.”

“That is right. We have hit a bottleneck. If we cannot get to the Martial Saint stage, the Sucking Blood Clan can never stand up to the Holy Land of the Light Clan. We will live in this Dark Forest forever.”

“If we can get instructions from the Martial Saint, just as Third Brother proposed, then we might solve the mysteries that have eluded us for hundreds of years.”

The Elders were now getting more excited. The more they spoke, the more elated they felt. They saw an opportunity for the Sucking Blood Clan to rise again.

The Grand Elder’s eyes lit up with hope, but it worried him as well. “But we do not know what kind of person he is. I am afraid those legendary powerful people are all proud and aloof. If we visit him to ask for his instructions…”

There was no doubt he was throwing cold water on the ideas.

“Grand Elder, I think we had better stay away from that person.”

Frowning, Lester said, “Humans are the sworn enemy of the Sucking Blood Clan. This person is possibly aligned to some human sect. I am afraid he would be hostile to us the minute he knows we are from the Sucking Blood Clan. It would not be possible to ask him for instructions on cultivation. A Martial Saint is not someone we can risk offending.”