940: Chapter 933 Intentionally Attracting Attention 940: Chapter 933 Intentionally Attracting Attention The scorching sunlight poured down upon the earth.
The site where the Ghost King Sect ruins emerged continued to draw more and more people.
As the interior of the Ghost King Sect remains was unclear, the people from the four major factions did not enter immediately.
But as time slowly passed, the Sect Leader of Cloud Soaring Palace, Li Dongtian, was clearly becoming impatient.
He addressed the other three major factions, saying, “Everyone, are we just going to sit around here waiting?
Why don’t our four major factions join forces and enter the ruins of the Ghost King Sect to explore?”
As soon as Li Dongtian’s voice fell, the Valley Master of Red Flame Valley, Lie Yan, immediately responded, “I’m only here for the excitement.
Our people from Red Flame Valley have no plans to enter the ruins of the Ghost King Sect for the time being.”
Li Dongtian paused briefly upon hearing this, and then replied with a cold laugh, “Valley Master Lie, I think you’re waiting for your Second Elder from Red Flame Valley, right?
It’s said that your Second Elder is proficient in all kinds of mechanisms and traps.
With your Second Elder’s arrival, the mechanisms inside the Ghost King Sect ruins will probably pose no difficulty for you, will they?”
Indeed, as Li Dongtian had suggested, Lie Yan was indeed waiting for the arrival of the Second Elder from Red Flame Valley.
When he set out for the Ghost King Sect ruins, the Second Elder had just come out of seclusion and needed some time to adjust his physical condition, which was why Lie Yan and his group had arrived here first.
Seeing that Red Flame Valley had refused, Li Dongtian’s son, Li Zihao, showed a hint of murderous intent on his proud face, and spoke softly to Li Dongtian, “Father, why should we care whether they enter or not?
Later, we’ll just say that anyone who wishes to enter the Ghost King Sect ruins may do so freely.
At that time, we can use the people from the smaller sects as cannon fodder to probe the way for us, ensuring our safety.”
Li Dongtian nodded in approval of his son’s ruthless strategy, raising his voice slightly as he announced, “Our Cloud Soaring Palace will soon enter the ruins of the Ghost King Sect.
We will not stop others present from entering.
Those here can join us in entering the ruins of the Ghost King Sect.”
The moment Li Dongtian spoke these words, the crowd immediately boiled with excitement.
After the tumult, many astute onlookers quickly grasped Li Dongtian’s intentions.
Even if treasures were found within the Ghost King Sect ruins, could they possibly snatch them away from the people of Cloud Soaring Palace?
Thus, most present had indeed come just to observe.
They considered that if they risked their lives entering the ruins of the Ghost King Sect and lost them, it would be far from worth it.
After Li Dongtian made his loud declaration, he cautiously stepped into the entrance of the Ghost King Sect ruins, followed closely by his son Li Zihao and the Great Elder of Cloud Soaring Palace, Qian Dongwan.
After the people from Cloud Soaring Palace entered the entrance of the Ghost King Sect ruins, the Sect Leader of Earth Demon Hall, Mo Wusha, and the Great Elder Gui Tianlin exchanged glances before they too entered without any hesitation.
Wang Zhongtian from Yun Tian Sect and Fang Zhiyong from Tianshan Sect, after a moment’s hesitation, also followed into the ruins of the Ghost King Sect.
After all, these ruins belonged to a sect that was among the two most powerful centuries ago, rich enough to make any top-ranked force covet its wealth.
As the saying goes, people die for riches as birds die for food.
Although many factions present had no intention of entering the Ghost King Sect ruins, there were still some greedy and wishful-thinking factions.
Seeing that Cloud Soaring Palace, Earth Demon Hall, and Yun Tian Sect had taken action, they too gradually made their way into the ruins, and Ye Chenfeng along with Xia Zining blended into the crowd and entered as well.
The Valley Master of Red Flame Valley, Lie Yan, watched the scene unfold with disdain, shaking his head as he said in a low voice, “A bunch of brainless idiots.
Those entering the Ghost King Sect ruins are nothing but cannon fodder for Cloud Soaring Palace, Earth Demon Hall, and Yun Tian Sect.”
Standing beside Lie Yan, Lie Yang, who was as burly as Lie Yan as if carved from the same mold with the only difference being that Lie Yan appeared simple-minded on the surface yet his eyes gleamed with keen intelligence, while Lie Yang appeared unsophisticated from head to toe.
Lie Yang spoke frankly, “Father, I really dislike that Li Zihao from Cloud Soaring Palace.
If I had the strength, I would surely kill him.”
To his straightforward son, Lie Yan shook his head helplessly, saying, “Yang’er, before you have the strength, it’s best to keep some thoughts to yourself.”
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Ye Chenfeng, who had blended into the crowd to enter the Ghost King Sect ruins, was tightly holding onto Xia Zining’s jade hand.
After they stepped into the entrance of the ruins, all was pitch black inside, the ground beneath their feet formed a series of stairs leading underground.
After roughly twenty minutes of descent, everyone completed the stairs and arrived on flat ground.
While at this moment, lights suddenly ignited around them, and everyone saw they were in a seemingly endless corridor, with torches fixed along both sides that had automatically sparked to life.
It was known that the Ghost King Sect had vanished seven or eight hundred years ago, and no one expected that countless torches would suddenly light up around them.
The people from Cloud Soaring Palace, Earth Demon Hall, and Yun Tian Sect stood at the forefront of the crowd.
Roughly fifty to sixty people had followed these three major sects into the ruins of the Ghost King Sect.
The Sect Leader of the Cloud Soaring Palace, Li Dongtian, gazed at the long corridor before him and, after a moment of silence, turned his attention to the crowd behind him.
He pointed to the two closest individuals and said, “You two, go ahead and scout the path.
If you can find the treasure of the Ghost King Sect, we will share some with you.
Of course, you can refuse right now, but I believe you are aware of the consequences of refusal, aren’t you?”
The two people Li Dongtian pointed at were a middle-aged man and a young man.
The middle-aged man was named Zheng Qijiang, whose strength had reached the peak of the Sky-Breaking level, the Valley Master of Mingjian Villa.
The young man was his son, Zheng Zhiming, with a strength that was at the peak of the Innate level.
Mingjian Villa was barely considered a third-tier power amongst the top forces.
Upon hearing Li Dongtian’s command, the expressions of Zheng Qijiang and Zheng Zhiming turned extremely ugly, but they dared not defy Li Dongtian’s wishes and reluctantly moved to the front.
After Zheng Qijiang and Zheng Zhiming took their positions at the front, Li Dongtian looked at the people who had followed them down and said, “All of you must take turns scouting the path.
If you want a share of the spoils, this is the price you must pay.
If anyone now wishes to leave the ruins of the Ghost King Sect, we three major sects would not mind sending him to meet the King of Hell.”
With these words, the people who had followed into the ruins of the Ghost King Sect realized they were in a perilous situation.
But it was too late for them to retreat.
After Li Dongtian instructed Zheng Qijiang and Zheng Zhiming to move forward, the rest could only silently follow behind the three major sects.
Hidden among the crowd was Ye Chenfeng, who, while holding Xia Zining’s hand, recalled the layout of the traps inside the Ghost King Sect ruins in his mind.
After a moment, Ye Chenfeng whispered to Xia Zining, “Zining, let’s walk close to the wall.”
As Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining walked closely along the left wall, their odd behavior quickly attracted the attention of everyone present, including members of the three major sects.
Ye Chenfeng had kept his aura controlled at the level equivalent to the initial stage of a Sky-Breaking expert, while Xia Zining had not concealed her aura, her strength being in the middle stage of Sky-Breaking.
Members of the various sects, who were feeling quite disgruntled, began to mock Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining after seeing their actions.
“Which sect do you two belong to?
Do you really need to be that scared?
I think it’s better for you to just die early, hugging the wall like that to muster the courage to walk forward.”
“I think these two should be sent to scout ahead.
People like them are bound to die sooner or later; what’s the point of keeping them here?”
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Having Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining scout ahead would also be advantageous for the people of the other sects, as they could then delay their own turn to scout.
“Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh—”
Just as Li Dongtian, the Sect Leader of the Cloud Soaring Palace, was about to chastise the foolish behavior of Ye Chenfeng and Xia Zining, a series of whistling sounds suddenly filled the long corridor, followed by a dense array of dark spots approaching quickly.
As the dark spots neared, everyone present could clearly see they were a barrage of sharp arrows.
Ye Chenfeng had already learned of this first trap from the internal layout of Ghost King Sect he had memorized.
Only by hugging the wall could they avoid being hit by the arrows.
By acting this way under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ye Chenfeng’s intention was to deliberately draw the attention of the three major sects.
Afterward, they would surely ask him to scout ahead, and with the map of traps in his mind, he could lead these people into a deadly situation.
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(To be continued.
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