Everyone present was taken aback when Qian Dai Zhenyi abruptly stopped, apparently exchanging voice transmissions with someone unknown.
Just as they were puzzling over this, a muffled Boom! once again reverberated through the cave. As the thunderous sound rang out, the Cave Dwelling Restriction's glow flickered, and the earth trembled violently.
"Hmm? Which fellow Daoist has arrived? That attack was even a little stronger than the one I used to knock." Qian Dai Zhenyi had just finished his voice transmission when the tremendous boom sounded outside the cave, drawing a murmur of surprise from him.
At the sudden boom, the people inside the cave did not cry out as they had before.
With a Mahayana Existence present, they felt perfectly at ease. Even if the newcomer was also at the Mahayana stage, they would be in no danger.
"It's all right. Go and see which fellow Daoist has arrived. Hahaha! I imagine that fellow Daoist has come to gather materials as well. This time, he'll be disappointed—I beat him to the prize."
Seeing the man and woman who had welcomed him into the cave approach and salute with grave expressions, Qian Dai Zhenyi chuckled, waved a hand, and spoke calmly.
As he reached the end of his remarks, the smile on his face broadened, and he burst into laughter.
The two dared not delay. They bowed and hurried out of the cave.
At that moment, the cultivators of the Three Great Merchant Alliances felt an indescribable sense of frustration. They had never imagined that this exchange gathering would suffer so many calamities. Terrifying Mahayana cultivators had actually descended upon them one after another.
Though deeply displeased, none of them dared show the slightest trace of it.
Qian Dai Zhenyi had not yet finished negotiating with Qin Fengming, so naturally he