Chapter 838: Locked onto by His Aura
After the group reached the east side of the mountain, they were greeted by a somewhat surprising sight.
At the foot of the mountain, crowds bustled in every direction. It looked like all the groups had set up camp there, and at a glance there seemed to be hundreds of people, large and small.
Jin Shanshan's eyes widened. "What's going on? Why are there so many people?"
Hu Xian'er smiled wryly. "Could it be that everyone's heard the legends about the Desolate Plains?"
Ling Xiaoxiao came back to her senses and shrugged. "This is only the outer edge of the Desolate Plains. Strictly speaking, it isn't part of the desolate region, so there's no danger."
"So most of these people came to check things out first, then decide whether to go in?"
Bi Fan smiled and answered for her. "More or less. After all, no cultivator would want to miss the chance to see a peerless treasure like the Heavenly Emperor Treasure Pagoda open. They come to see what it's like first. Even if they can't enter, they have to see it with their own eyes before they'll give up."
As he spoke with a smile, he suddenly felt an aura sweep past everyone and lock directly onto him. He looked up and saw a man in a golden robe staring at him with narrowed eyes.
From the look in the man's eyes, Bi Fan could tell they had never met. But the other man clearly meant trouble.
Bi Fan hated having someone lock onto his aura. He immediately activated Perceive the Minute, silently dissolving that thread of detection without a trace.
Turning his gaze slightly, he spotted a familiar face standing nearby: Ao Kun of the Star Sea Dragon Clan, along with