Gu An cast Lifespan Inspection at the thirteen figures in the forest one after another and discovered that their cultivation levels were identical, all at the third level of the Body Integration Realm. Their ages were identical as well.
All of them bore the surname Li.
Gu An could not help thinking of the Thirteen Fiends of the Nine Serenities, who had previously stirred the cultivation world.
What were these people doing at the Taixuan Sect?
There were still several years until the Golden Ranking Assembly.
Seeing that they were not moving quickly, Gu An did not rush to stop them. He wanted to see what these fellows were after.
That enormous coffin caught Gu An's attention. When his divine sense entered it, he found a skeleton within. It exuded an eerie sensation, and on its head sat a dark-golden crown. The gems embedded in it had already vanished, leaving behind hollow sockets, yet it still appeared extraordinary.
About half an incense stick's time passed.
The thirteen figures stopped in unison. Li Shouyou, at the front, turned around and waved his hand. The four people carrying the huge coffin set it down, then began to open it.
Just as the coffin lid was lifted, a hand suddenly pressed down on it.
All thirteen turned to look toward the end of the coffin. Gu An stood there, his entire body wreathed in dark-purple demonic qi, his right hand resting atop the lid.
The forest fell silent.
The thirteen did not flee, nor did they attack. The other twelve all looked toward Li Shouyou.
Their bodies were pitch-black, like ghostly shadows. Their true appearances could not be seen, and their emotions were impossible to discern.
Li Shouyou nodded slightly, then knelt. Seeing this, the other twelve followed suit.
"Thirteen Fiends of the