"So it seems everyone has indeed arrived." Bai Yuanhong said somewhat awkwardly.
He only meant to offer a reminder, but he didn't expect it to lead to such a fact.
Su Yuewan's words were not directed at him, but everyone sensed a hidden meaning in them.
Even Feng Qingjue is no match for Su Yuewan and her group, so other sects should think twice before acting rashly. Otherwise, they risk making a mistake and becoming the next Divine Sea Sect.
This is Su Yuewan's warning to them!
Sensing the sudden somber atmosphere around them, Gu Changsheng finally broke the silence and continued:
"Sect Leader Su and the Empress have only just arrived, so let me first tell you about the current situation. In this forest that we can see in front of us, there is an invisible barrier, and this barrier is very strange. None of us here can break it, no matter how much we heal. Perhaps you two have a way to break it? I won't comment further on that."
But more concerning than the barrier itself is the fact that a powerful figure, or perhaps several, seems to reside on the opposite mountain. We've only vaguely spotted various figures these past few days, unable to discern their full forms, and dare not venture in rashly. I'm sure everyone encountered a man of astonishing cultivation at the entrance when they entered.
Even someone with such profound cultivation as that person was merely a gatekeeper; one can only imagine how unfathomable the master atop the mountain must be. I speculate that perhaps the owner of this ruin wasn't dead, but rather living in seclusion on the opposite mountain!
Gu Changsheng's long-winded explanation ultimately led to a conjecture: the owner of the ruins was likely not dead, and was on the opposite mountain.
This is something that almost everyone present probably thought of, so they all agreed with it.
Su Yuewan and the others still need some time to process this.
[The owner of the ruins is still alive? This is ridiculous! A ruin can exist even when the person is still alive? What kind of clues did those sects get back then? Not a single useful one!]
[It was agreed that each sect possessed different clues, but everyone who was supposed to come in has already done so. Now, no one knows how the current situation will end. What a waste of clues!]
Bai Hao was speechless.
Everyone back then said how important it was to have clues, but it's been completely useless so far, and he hasn't seen any sect gain an advantage because of it.
Everyone's stuck here now, it's useless.
Su Yuewan raised an eyebrow, turned to Gu Changsheng and the others, and said in an ambiguous tone, "So, all the sect leaders obtained so many so-called clues about the ruins back then, but none of them were able to solve the problem at hand?"
The question, once raised, caused a ripple, like a pebble thrown into the sea.
They all sensed the sarcasm in Su Yuewan's words.
Initially, many sects remained neutral towards the Falling Sea Sect because they possessed clues about the ruins. But now, even those clues haven't allowed them to shake off the Falling Sea Sect.
But didn't their Fallen Sea Sect also obtain the clues by cooperating with the Great Cang Kingdom? What right do they have to mock them here? It's like the pot calling the kettle black.
"Sect Leader Su, there's no need for such sarcasm. Didn't you also share clues with the Empress to get here?"
The speaker was a woman whose appearance could only be described as pretty—Fang Yao, the Palace Master of Lengyue Palace!
Cold Moon Palace is the only sect that accepts only female disciples. The entire sect is composed of women. The first Cold Moon Palace Master established the sect's status on the continent with her profound cultivation and superb Cold Moon Sword Technique.
Back then, the Cold Moon Sword Technique was arguably the number one sword technique on the Divine Radiance Continent, unmatched in the world, making the Cold Moon Palace the strongest sect for a time.
However, after the fall of the first Cold Moon Palace Master, subsequent Cold Moon Palace Masters never brought the Cold Moon Sword Technique to its fullest potential, and the palace gradually declined.
Until later, Su Yuewan suddenly appeared and took the title of the number one sword technique with her Wind-Following Sword Technique. Then she even took the title of the strongest sect from Lengyue Palace.
This marked the beginning of the Falling Sea Sect era. Although the Cold Moon Palace had declined considerably, through the efforts of several generations of palace masters, it had completely stabilized the Cold Moon Sword Technique. Although it could still only unleash about 80% of the Cold Moon Sword Technique's power, it was enough to maintain the Cold Moon Palace's status as a first-rate power.
However, it was precisely because Su Yuewan had taken away the titles of "strongest sword technique" and "strongest sect" from them that Lengyue Palace had always been hostile to Luohai Sect.
Although it hasn't reached the point of a life-or-death struggle like the Falling Sea Sect and the Divine Sea Sect, they are still considered enemies.
Therefore, Fang Yao, the current Palace Master of Lengyue Palace, also looks down on Su Yuewan.
"Palace Master Fang, it seems you have quite a bit of prejudice against me. I admit there's some truth to what you say, but if our Falling Sea Sect had obtained the clue independently back then, I believe our progress today wouldn't be any worse," Su Yuewan said calmly.
Fang Yao snorted coldly and said, "But you don't have that now. You, Su Yuewan, only got in by relying on others. What right do you have to point fingers here?"
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Gu Changsheng quickly stepped in to mediate.
"Alright, alright, now is not the time to argue. Both of you, take a step back, take a step back."
It's quite embarrassing that two important figures would start hurling insults at each other.
The two didn't continue arguing, which was a way of giving Gu Changsheng face.
Seeing that Su Yuewan and Fang Yao had stopped arguing because of Gu Changsheng's words, Bai Hao was somewhat surprised.
[I didn't expect Gu Changsheng to have such a lot of influence. Does a mere Pill Sect have that much influence?]
His gaze swept over the disciples surrounding Gu Changsheng, but he didn't see the figure he was looking for, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed...
Seeing that the two had stopped arguing to save face for him, Gu Changsheng continued.
"Thank you both. Getting back to the main point, we now only have two choices: one is for everyone to work together and see if we can break this barrier; the other is to continue waiting here and see if the people on the mountain will come over."
Without exaggeration, the people present represent the most powerful forces on the entire continent. If they joined forces, their combined strength would be unstoppable, and this barrier would likely be unable to withstand it either.
But the premise is that everyone is willing to work together; otherwise, if everyone has ulterior motives, nothing can be accomplished.
As for the second method, it is not actually a good solution.
Who are the people present? In the past, it was usually others who waited for them; there was no reason for them to wait for others.
Even if the situation were different now, they couldn't bring themselves to wait quietly like servants.
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