The once-prosperous city lay in ruins, its former outline all but erased. Weeds grew everywhere. Had it not been for the broken walls and rubble scattered among them, no one would have known this place had ever been a thriving city.
At that moment, quite a few cultivators had gathered there, and quite a few had fallen.
Di Liuxin glanced at the corpses sitting cross-legged and gave a cold laugh.
They deserved to die. They had actually hoped to seize power that didn't belong to them.
If all they'd done was sense the rules, how could they have died? It didn't take much guesswork to see that they'd wanted power so badly they were willing to risk their lives.
Those who were still alive had probably only thought to notify them after seeing so many others die.
Though Di Liuxin looked down on them, he was no different himself. After receiving a report from his subordinates, he'd come rushing over ahead of the others without informing the other three.
Striding forward, he followed the cultivators below to an open space.
Rather than sit cross-legged, he simply closed his eyes and entered that wondrous, long-forgotten realm...
"Do you think Fourth Brother knows we know he snuck off to get there first?"
Jiang Xinyuan's words came out rather awkwardly.
The other two just sneered. Shang Wanfeng, Second Brother, spoke coolly. "Forget him. He's always been too clever by half."
Di Liuxin was indeed too clever by half. He'd never imagined there was anything they couldn't find out.
They'd naturally learned that a rule had been discovered in Dongling City, but they'd pretended not to know.
"Let him test the waters first. I'm worried there's a trap."
Wuxian sneered as he spoke. He didn't believe Yin Mang would be so kind.
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