"Hehe... of course." Feng Zhen's familiar voice soon reached my ears.
"That couldn't be better. At least Xing Ling didn't lure away this mountain-guarding divine beast for nothing. Let's hurry and set up the formation, then bury the binding cords in its nest. As long as we tame it, we'll be able to order it to open the gate." One of the voices belonged to a middle-aged man.
"But are you sure this formation and spirit cord will work? If we can't force this mountain-guarding divine beast into submission, even dealing with it together will be troublesome." The woman's voice rang out again.
Then an old woman's voice sounded. "Hehe. If we slaughtered this Luomu beast, things would actually be easier. Why go to all this trouble?"
"Good things come hard, Fellow Daoist Lihuo. How could obtaining a treasure be that easy?" This laugh was even older than Feng Zhen's voice.
Chang Jie listened silently, then soon said in a low voice, "Besides Feng Zhen, there's also Xing Ling, who lured away the Luomu beast. Among them are Lihuo, Zhizhen, Haohai, Mingchen, and Tao Xiao. They're all Spirit Integration Realm immortals from the Star Soul Sect and the Wrath Spirit Palace."
"Since they want to bind this spirit beast, why don't we use some means to dismantle their grand formation, then let the maddened beast kill them?" I suggested.
Chang Jie thought for a moment, then quickly shook her head. "No. Once those binding cords are fastened, the guardian beast will be under control. If we make them fail and the spirit beast wipes them all out, we can't guarantee that we'll be able to open the gate either. So we might as well let them succeed, then find a way to seize the treasure."
"Mm, that works too. For