The vast hall was filled with scattered figures standing about.
Aside from a few lone wanderers, most belonged to major factions with considerable renown across the Central Continent. Besides the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Wind Lightning Pavilion, forces such as Ice River Valley and Burning Flame Valley had already arrived.
Clearly, their objective was quite definite. The moment they entered the ruins, they had headed straight here.
As soon as Lu Yunxiao and his group entered the hall, they immediately drew everyone's attention.
At once, gazes filled with either doubt or vigilance turned toward them.
Lu Yunxiao's group clearly possessed no weak aura, and more importantly, they were unfamiliar. This naturally made the various factions wary.
Lu Yunxiao ignored those gazes completely, paying them no mind. A faint smile rested at the corner of his mouth as he led his group slowly into the hall under countless watchful eyes, then came to a stop within it.
Only after entering the hall did Lu Yunxiao discover that more than a dozen figures sat cross-legged around the towering stone seat.
Their bodies were entirely ash-gray, and from afar they looked like stone statues. Their eyes were tightly shut, and no one knew how many years they had remained in that posture.
Yet even so, those dozen stone-statue-like figures prevented everyone from daring to step within thirty meters of the stone seat.
"Puppets again?"
Xiao Yi Xian raised her brows, looking somewhat surprised.
"Yes, and they are not weak puppets either. They should be similar to Heavenly Demon Puppets, all at the Dou Zun level."
"However, judging from this, the refining method seems somewhat different from that of Heavenly Demon Puppets. If we get the chance, we can capture a couple and study them."
Curiosity flickered in Lu Yunxiao's eyes. He