Chapter 3410

"Since you are going to the Cold Toad Clan to retrieve the dark god pearl, why kill the creatures of the West Pole beforehand?"

"And I noticed you killed more than one group, didn't you?" Daoist Tang Feng replied:

"I won't hide anything from Fellow Daoist Lin."

"We have been in the West Pole for over five hundred years, and we have killed over a dozen groups of West Pole creatures, numbering in the thousands."

"We actually didn't want to kill them, knowing that it would easily trigger a great war between the West Pole and the Central Domain, causing suffering to all living things."

"But we had no choice. Only by doing this could we successfully infiltrate that place. Tang Bing said that Fellow Daoist Lin would be able to help us."

"I am not sure how Fellow Daoist Lin can help, but please rest assured, as long as I am alive, I will not let anyone harm Fellow Daoist Lin." Daoist Tang Feng's words were very sincere; at least, Lin Moyu could tell.

He was not lying. With his current soul strength and level, it was not easy to deceive him.

Tang Bing had merely seen him through the deduction of the Dao of Destiny; with him present, the success rate of this mission could be increased from fifty percent to eighty percent.

As to why this was the case, he did not know. Destiny is also called fated numbers.

All living beings have fated numbers. Fated numbers can be set or changed, which also means that destiny is constantly changing.

Such changes happen every moment and are influenced by various factors. For example, a person might be destined to die.

Their cause of death was meant to be someone at the Chaos Realm Small Success, but a stronger person suddenly intervened and killed that person at the Chaos Realm Small Success.

The person originally destined to die temporarily survived, and this cause and effect was taken on by the stronger person. The fated number of the person destined to die was changed; they might still die, or they might live for a long time.

Of course, one could also consider their rescue to be part of their fated number as well.

The fated numbers within are fickle and have no pattern, which is the most difficult part of this Dao.

For the same event, separated by a single breath, the result could be different due to some small changes. At this moment, Lin Moyu had become a member of their team, the cause being Tang Bing's deduction.

It was also because Lin Moyu wanted Daoist Tang Feng to take him to find the Cross-Domain Array; the root reason was to save some time, but the result might actually end up costing more time.

All of this seemed to be related to destiny. Regardless, Daoist Tang Feng's words made Lin Moyu come to a decision. If he could, he would help him. In his conversation with Daoist Tang Feng, Lin Moyu learned how they had come here.

Daoist Tang Feng possessed a magic treasure—or, to be precise, the Tang Shen Sect possessed a powerful magic treasure. This treasure had been obtained from the Ancient Wilderness by a fallen ancestor of the Tang Shen Sect. It was of an extremely high level and contained an independent space within it.

It could house living creatures. Using his status as a member of the Central Domain Divine Alliance, Daoist Tang Feng had utilized the Cross-Domain Array to bring his sect members to the West Pole, hoping to retrieve the dark god pearl. As for what the dark god pearl was used for, Daoist Tang Feng did not know. He only knew that it was the sect's supreme treasure, without equal.

The several ancestors within the sect regarded this as the most important matter, also without equal. If it were not for the rules set by the Great Venerable, the ancestors of the sect would have come personally. The sword formation they were using at this moment was a secret technique of the Tang Shen Sect.

It could slightly exert the Power of Time and Space, allowing them to enter different time-spaces to sneak through and finally arrive at their destination. This secret technique had strong stealth capabilities, but its drawback was that it consumed immense power and was very slow.

The Chaos Realm was too vast. Along the way, Daoist Tang Feng had stopped several times to recover before continuing. After sneaking for over ten days, they were finally about to arrive at their destination. The location of the Cold Toad Clan was very remote.

It was close to the edge of the West Pole; a little further, and one would touch the Desolate Scar. This place was already affected by the power of the Desolate Scar. Fortunately, the influence was not significant; the dominant force was still the Chaos Realm, and this place was very cold.

It was different from other areas. According to Daoist Tang Feng, that was due to the Cold Toad Clan. Their clan grounds were a piece of ancient ice that had not melted for countless years. The Cold Toads were born and bred on this piece of ancient ice.

It was said that this ancient ice came from the North Pole and was not something originally belonging to the West Pole. No one knew why it had remained in the West Pole.

Lin Moyu was not interested in the origin of the Cold Toad Clan; what he was truly interested in was that piece of ancient ice. Little Tree's power passed through time and space and saw the ancient ice. It transmitted the information to Lin Moyu and said, "Master."

"This so-called ancient ice is the corpse of a Han Gu Giant Beast." Chaos Child also clicked his tongue and said:

"So it's this guy. Back in the day, this guy was incredibly powerful, freezing the sky and the earth. Even the Golden Winged Peng had to give him a wide berth."

Little Tree said, "It is an object of extreme cold. Without exerting power, it freezes for a hundred million miles. Once it exerts power, it freezes for a trillion miles. The Golden Winged Peng would be frozen before it could even get close. It might not freeze to death, but its speed would definitely be greatly reduced."

"All things have mutual generation and restraint. The speed of the Golden Winged Peng restrains hundreds of millions of powerful creatures, but the freezing of the Han Gu Giant Beast restrains the Golden Winged Peng. The true form of the Han Gu Giant Beast was the first piece of ancient ice in heaven and earth. After it died, it returned to its true form."

"This piece of ancient ice was partially destroyed in the ancient war. What remains now are just scraps, but it is still as large as a Domain. And the Cold Toad Clan was born upon it. One can imagine how huge the Han Gu Giant Beast was back then."

The creatures at that time were all huge. To be called a giant beast back then, its size was unimaginable. The corpse of the Han Gu Giant Beast—the ancient ice in Daoist Tang Feng's words.

It was very useful to Lin Moyu. Its status was special; it could not become a Revenant. Once resurrected, the Dao would inevitably descend. But if it were used as material for cultivating a Domain, it would be the best of the best, especially since Lin Moyu wanted to compress the power of the Domain; it could become the cornerstone.

After the introduction and analysis by Little Tree and Chaos Child, the thought of taking the ancient ice for himself sprouted in Lin Moyu. Lin Moyu said softly:

"Daoist Tang Feng, have you ever thought about what to do if the theft fails?"

Daoist Tang Feng shook his head. "I haven't thought about that. Since we have come, we must succeed. If we fail, then we shall die in battle here. With our strength, we might not be able to wipe out the Cold Toad Clan."

"But at least we can severely injure their vitality. In the future, when the West Pole and the Central Domain go to war, the several Perfection-stage ancestors of my Tang Shen Sect will naturally come. Following the blood we leave behind, they will come here in person to avenge us."

Daoist Tang Feng had set his resolve to die on this trip; success or death, he had not even considered failure. He continued:

"However, that was my previous thought. Before, our success rate was not high. Now that we have Fellow Daoist Lin, the success rate has increased to eighty percent. We will definitely succeed."

Lin Moyu captured information from this. "Daoist Tang Feng said that the West Pole and the Central Domain will go to war?"

Daoist Tang Feng nodded. "Tang Bing has deduced it; the probability of war is as high as ninety percent."

Ninety percent—that meant war was certain, Lin Moyu instinctively thought. It should be related to the things coming from the Ancient Wilderness. The team stopped; they had already infiltrated the clan grounds of the Cold Toad Clan.

They had entered the ancient ice but were in another layer of time and space. Once they removed their technique, they would instantly appear inside the ancient ice. Daoist Tang Feng took out a bagua compass magic treasure and began to locate the position of the dark god pearl.

They were here to be thieves, not to rob. At the same time, Tang Bing began the final deduction; he wanted to check the success rate one more time. Beside Tang Bing were ten experts at the Chaos Realm Great Success, guarding him tightly. Tang Bing's combat power was weak; if no one protected him, he would easily die.

The bagua compass magic treasure operated, and after a moment, it locked onto the position of the dark god pearl. Daoist Tang Feng's eyes lit up. "Found it!"

At this moment, Tang Bing also completed the deduction. His expression was full of excitement. He sent a voice transmission, "Big Brother, the success rate has reached ten out of ten."

"Ten out of ten!" Daoist Tang Feng was stunned. Although he did not understand the Dao of Destiny, he knew that there was no such thing as ten out of ten in destiny. Destiny was always changing, with all kinds of variables.

Where could ten out of ten come from? The limit was nine point nine; this was the conclusion obtained after countless deductions. But this time it was ten out of ten. Daoist Tang Feng asked:

"How can it be ten out of ten? Could there be a mistake somewhere?"

Tang Bing also realized something was wrong. He immediately said, "I will deduce it again." However, Lin Moyu spoke up, "No need."

"Ten out of ten is also normal. Daoist Tang Feng, you go retrieve the dark god pearl in a while. I want this piece of ancient ice!"

Chapter 4480: Quite Powerful, Aren't They

Lin Moyu knew very well why Tang Bing's deduction had reached ten out of ten. Although Lin Moyu did not understand the Dao of Destiny, he knew the basic principles; destiny was constantly changing.

The Great Dao always leaves a glimmer of hope. For the Cold Toad Clan, they must also have a glimmer of hope. Therefore, there should not be such a thing as ten out of ten. But this time it had reached ten out of ten, which meant that the glimmer of hope belonging to the Cold Toad Clan had been severed. The reason why this was the case was because of himself.

When he joined this team, he did not intend to make a move at first; at that time, the glimmer of hope for the Cold Toad Clan was not severed. Daoist Tang Feng and the others only had an eighty percent probability, but now that he had decided to make a move, the glimmer of hope belonging to the Cold Toad Clan was completely severed.

Their destiny was already determined. Unless he changed his mind, there would be no more accidents. This was why Tang Bing's deduction had become an unprecedented ten out of ten. Lin Moyu discovered a trace of abnormality.

His decision had influenced destiny and severed their glimmer of hope. His influence on the Great Dao had actually reached such a point. This influence was subtle and imperceptible.

It could not be seen on the surface, but internally, it was extremely terrifying. A single thought, a single idea, a single action of his could cause many things to change. Daoist Tang Feng looked at Lin Moyu.

"I didn't quite understand what Fellow Daoist Lin said." Lin Moyu said:

"It means exactly what it says." Daoist Tang Feng frowned. "Fellow Daoist Lin wants the ancient ice? But the ancient ice is the clan grounds of the Cold Toad Clan. How can this be taken?"

Lin Moyu smiled and said, "Daoist Tang Feng, just go and retrieve the dark god pearl. Leave the rest to me." Daoist Tang Feng still did not understand.

But now was not the time to dwell on this question. The bagua compass had already locked onto the dark god pearl. Daoist Tang Feng led the team to make the corresponding preparations.

His voice entered everyone's ears. "We are about to act. This mission can only succeed, not fail. Either we return to the sect with the dark god pearl, or we die here." A surging fighting spirit rose from everyone.

Silently, killing intent permeated the air. Daoist Tang Feng gave a low shout, "Act!"

The secret technique was removed, and time and space shifted. The group appeared in the physical world. A biting cold wind blew in their faces; even those at the Chaos Realm Great Success felt a bone-chilling cold.

Here, bloodlines and souls were about to be frozen, and the operation of the Dao of Strength was much slower than usual. Daoist Tang Feng and the others were all affected to varying degrees. Only Lin Moyu was like a person with nothing wrong, feeling absolutely nothing.