Fishing for Porridge in These Five Bowls?
As the light flickered, everyone's gaze was drawn toward it.
At the stairwell connecting the first and second floors, silver-white light slowly faded, revealing a broad staircase leading up to the second floor.
Bi Fan couldn't help smiling. "So this is how the Heavenly Emperor Treasure Pagoda works—you climb it one floor at a time."
Everyone smiled at that. Jin Shanshan couldn't help asking softly, "Big Brother, should we go in first?"
He smiled and shook his head. "No need. It won't hurt to let those people go in first."
Feng Xuanzhi looked at him and nodded with a smile, seeming to admire his refusal to fight for the limelight.
Bi Fan merely smiled back. When Jiang Guifan and Nangong Hongye led their people inside first without the slightest hesitation, he remained unfazed.
Getting in first didn't mean much. The real winner was whoever had the last laugh.
After the large groups from the Great Roc and Kirin Clans and the others had gone up, many sects turned their gazes toward the Phoenix Clan, their expressions full of respect.
Feng Xuanzhi turned around and asked with a smile, "Brother Bi, Brother Hong, shall we go together?"
Neither man hesitated. They smiled and nodded, becoming the second group to enter.
As they made their way along, they could hear people below them talking.
"That Bi Fan—isn't he the so-called External Clan Elder of the Golden Crow Clan? I heard Nangong Hongye went all the way to Cangming to cause trouble for him. Looks like he didn't manage to take him down?"
"Don't even get me started. Didn't you see the look on the Kirin Clan's faces when they came back a while ago? They were green! I'd say Nangong Hongye took quite a loss