The sound had already reached Zhao Di's ears before the person arrived.

  "Wang Shixiong, are we going directly to that place? Shouldn't we wait for those few shixiong?" This was a slightly sharp voice of a young boy.

  "No need." This was a low, middle-aged man's voice. He paused for a moment and continued: "Wu Shi Zu clearly instructed that there can be at most half a month of gathering preparation time. Even then, less than half of the fellow disciples will gather together. However, if at least two out of Ming Shi Di, Cheng Shi Di, and I are present, we must continue to execute the task. At this moment, nearly half of the time has passed, although Cheng Shi Di is still not seen, but Ming Shi Di and I are both here. Moreover, there are about twenty fellow disciples here, which is more than enough to start taking action. If we delay any further, we won't be able to complete Wu Shi Zu's task, and the foundation-building pills promised by the sect will be wasted!"

  "This time, Wu Shi Zu is so generous! Not only did he give us many extremely powerful artifacts, but also promised that as long as we find a clue, even without going deep into the place, every brother who enters the place will be rewarded with a foundation-building pill. This kind of good thing has never happened in any previous task of Dragon Valley!" It was still that sharp-voiced youth.

  "Come on, young man, you think it's that simple?" The middle-aged man said in a low voice, with a somewhat disbelieving tone.

  The young man shouted in a sharp voice: "Oh, Master Wang, don't you know something about that place?"

  A middle-aged man let out a long sigh and said, "I know very little too. But one thing is for sure, that place is extremely dangerous. Otherwise, Wu Shi Zu wouldn't have rewarded us with so many treasures all at once. And think about it carefully, the treasures he rewarded us are actually some attack-type consumables that even foundation-building cultivators can't withstand a direct hit from, as well as a few life-saving foundation-building talismans! These things aren't meant to deal with Qi-refining cultivators and first- or second-grade demonic beasts."

  "You mean to say that there's a level three demonic beast in that place, equivalent to a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator?!" The youth's voice became even sharper.

  Although it's not certain, the possibility is very high. Think about it, if there weren't these extremely dangerous demonic beasts, how would Master Wu repeatedly say that our mission only needs to investigate the terrain and basic situation in depth? If we encounter any restrictions or obstacles, we can try to probe them slightly, and even if we can't break through the restrictions, it's not a big deal. Moreover, Master Wu also emphasized repeatedly that we must gather as many fellow disciples as possible, just in case we encounter an enemy that is too powerful to defeat, everyone will only need to escape for their lives. From these words, it's easy to judge that the place is absolutely not simple, and it's not just a matter of whether there are treasures or not. There must be some extremely secretive major event hidden inside." The middle-aged man said in one breath.

  "That place has been listed as one of the forbidden areas of Dragon Descent Valley because several second-level dragons have appeared there. This time, our master is offering a generous reward to us brothers to go and scout out the area, and he claims that regardless of whether we find any treasure or not, as long as we bring back some useful information about the place, each of us will be rewarded with a Foundation Establishment Pill! Compared to such favorable conditions, the threat of second-level dragons is nothing!"

  The young man said, "What Brother Wang said is absolutely right. With our current manpower and equipment, we can deal with second-level demon beasts without the need for those treasures given by Master Wu. But what's puzzling is why Master Wu suddenly became so interested in that place, to the point of making us abandon other tasks and gather all our people to explore that place together."

  "Hey, I've heard that this arrangement wasn't even decided by Wu Shi Zu himself, and that he's also following orders!" the middle-aged man said in a mysterious tone.

  The young man's voice immediately became surprised: "You're saying that the place is where the Taishang Laojun of the Yuan Dynasty period in the door specified to go?"

  "It's possible! I once asked Master Wu, why did we have to come here for an adventure. As a result, Master Wu's face sank and said that this was a major decision made by the upper echelons of our sect, telling me not to ask any more questions." The middle-aged man said slowly.

  After a while, the young man's voice came again: "Wang Shixiong, you said that our adventure to that place is good or bad?"

  "Hey! This is really hard to say. If we're lucky and don't run into any extremely terrifying monsters or trigger any extremely dangerous traps, the chances of returning safely from that place are still quite high. On the other hand, even with all these treasures in hand, it's likely to be a case of more losses than gains!" The middle-aged man said this sentence, let out a long sigh, and suddenly raised his voice, as if speaking to everyone:

  "Everyone, this task is uncertain whether it will be auspicious or ominous! However, I am not a coward who fears death, nor am I a ruthless killer. This time, the action was directly entrusted to me and Ming by our Master. If everything goes smoothly, everyone will naturally complete the task and receive a Foundation Establishment Pill, and we'll all be delighted! If we encounter danger, you must strictly follow my orders! I will judge the situation according to the circumstances. If we have the strength to fight, we cannot retreat; if the danger is too great, I will remind everyone to retreat at the first opportunity. At that time, each person will only care about escaping with their lives, and everyone will be safe! Whoever can escape from the valley and report back to the sect on the situation of that place will also receive a Foundation Establishment Pill as a reward!"

  The middle-aged man's voice paused for a moment, and then he continued: "Before entering the valley, everyone had trained in some formations to deal with high-level demon beasts that might appear. However, now that we are short-handed, the formation has undergone some changes, and each person's responsibilities and positions have changed slightly. Master Ming will explain it clearly to everyone. Everyone, I want to emphasize again: if you encounter danger and cannot resist, I will naturally remind you; but if a battle is necessary, you must strictly guard your post. If someone disobeys orders, Master Ming and I guarantee that he will not be able to leave the Dragon Subduing Valley alive!" The middle-aged man's tone was threatening when he said his last sentence.

  The group of monks, who had been chattering and whispering to each other, fell silent for a while, seemingly intimidated by the middle-aged man's words.

  "Huh, there are signs of a fight here!" The boy's sharp voice rang out again.

  "Not bad, and judging from the nearby spiritual energy fluctuations, it was a big battle that just ended!" The middle-aged man also echoed.

  "Could it be that white-faced cultivator from the Taiyu Sect?" the young man asked.

  "It's possible, hey, what does it have to do with us! Let him go, this task is urgent, if not for the ignorant monk who came to our door to die, we wouldn't bother." The middle-aged monk said calmly.

  "Not bad, the treasures on these people can't be compared to what Master gave me, it's not worth taking action for this!" The young man said, after saying this sentence, the young man intentionally or unintentionally glanced at a pile of rocks over 100 meters away to his right, and then stopped speaking.

  A line of over twenty people gradually disappeared into the distance.

  Not long after, a sharp voice came again: "Wang Shixiong, the Corpse Dragon Plate has reacted!"

  "Is that so," said the middle-aged voice with a hint of excitement, "Not bad! My Corpse Dragon Plate has also reacted. It seems there should be a corpse of a dragon-like demon beast nearby! But it's not right, according to the Star Dragon Plate's direction, it's still some distance away from that place, seemingly near the Azure Cold Pool."

  "Let's go and take a look first, if we don't find anything, it won't be late to head to that place afterwards, anyway the direction is the same." The young man suggested.

  "The younger brother is right. Although the master said that what we are looking for might be in that place, it's not certain. We can go take a look anyway." The middle-aged man said in agreement.

  "There are quite a few dragon-like beasts in this valley, I don't know why the master is particularly interested in the corpses of those dragons in that place, and even specially made these few Dragon Corpse Plates, which can specifically detect the corpse aura of dead dragons." The young man muttered to himself.

  "I'm not quite sure about this either, but Master said that we just need to get to that place and then take out the Corpse Dragon Plate. According to the direction indicated by the plate, we can try to get as close as possible..." The middle-aged man's voice became fainter and fainter, apparently having walked very far away.

  It wasn't until everyone had left for a long time and his divine sense could no longer detect any cultivators that Zhao Di emerged from the crack in the strange rock.

  He curiously looked at the direction where the Tianyou Sect cultivators had gone, shook his head and continued on to Ping'an Valley.

  These people mentioned mysterious places and dragon corpses, he listened to them in a daze. Anyway, these people had ulterior motives and didn't conflict with him at all, so he naturally didn't bother to pay attention. Moreover, there were so many of them on the other side, he didn't dare to stir up any trouble!

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