Hearing Jiang Mushan speculate that this mural might lead to a deeper, more central region of the ruin, where even greater opportunities lay hidden, Zhu Xingyan and Wu Jianghan's eyes instantly flashed. Their previous indignation was swallowed in an instant by even fiercer greed.
If that was true, then the treasures the Dan Chen Sect disciples had taken first were indeed nothing much. If they could follow the trail and catch up, they would not only reclaim their losses, but seize even greater opportunities.
Wu Jianghan piled a smile onto his face, his tone carrying a hint of flattery as he cupped his hands. "The urgent matter is to ask Senior Brother to display his divine ability, unravel the mysteries of this mural, and open the Teleportation Portal. Once we catch up to those two thieves, capture and kill them, and reclaim the stolen goods, all subsequent opportunities will likewise depend on Senior Brother's direction."
By linking the potentially greater opportunities ahead to Jiang Mushan's leadership, he was both flattering him and declaring his intention to follow Jiang Mushan's lead.
Hearing this, Jiang Mushan stroked his beard and nodded faintly. There was not much pride on his face; his eyes instead held the focus and interest of a researcher encountering a difficult problem. Without another word, he poured all his attention back into the Stone Tablet Mural before him.
The gentle, placid light in his eyes gradually deepened, as though countless tiny runes were being born and extinguished within them.
Jiang Mushan did not immediately attempt anything. Instead, like an appraiser, he examined the entire mural inch by inch.
At times, his gaze fixed on the turn of a seemingly casual line; at other times, he focused on the indistinct cloud patterns and phantom mountains in the mural's background.
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