Chi Xue and the others hadn't practiced the kind of powerful archery techniques Ling Tian and his companions used. It took them a long time to kill even one guardian Stone Person. By the time they had entered six or seven secret realms, Chi Xue's group had only entered two, leaving them deeply dissatisfied.
Of course, the best option now was to form an alliance with Ling Tian and the others. But they had already been rejected once, and these people couldn't bring themselves to "beg" them to join forces a second time.
Hearing Chi Xue say they might learn even more secret arts than Ling Tian's group, most of the others were perplexed. Only Meng Du and Jiu Jie seemed to understand; their expressions were somewhat complicated, clearly showing that they already knew what Chi Xue was about to say.
"Heh, the guardian Stone People outside the secret realms Ling Tian and the others entered have already been killed. That means we can enter those realms as long as we have the corresponding Nine-Colored Soul Crystals," Chi Xue said with a broad smile. "So we can learn the secret arts available in the realms they can enter. And if we add the realms we enter by killing the Stone People ourselves, we'll be able to learn more secret arts than they will."
Wen Yan, everyone's eyes lit up. The Dragon Scale Pangolin was thrilled. "Exactly! They can't attack us in this plane, so they can't stop us from entering those secret realms."
"But that feels a little like taking advantage of Ling Tian and the others..." one cultivator said hesitantly, sounding somewhat opposed.
"Heh, compared to learning secret arts, what else matters?" Jiu Nan said with a snort. "Besides, we're taking advantage of Ling Tian. Hmph, we've suffered so