The disciples qualified to enter the Monument Realm were obviously no fools.
There were still three years until the Monument Realm, which opened once every ten years.
Yet with a single command from Mountain Lord's Madam, the Monument Realm was to open today.
The Inner Disciples in particular had all but heard that the true opening of the Monument Realm each time came at a cost too immense to imagine.
Even a colossal force like Shuiyue Mountain needed nearly ten years of preparation before it could open it.
Opening it ahead of schedule this time might not be said to be an enormous expenditure, but it was certainly terrifying in scale.
It might even leave Shuiyue Mountain short of funds in some regard for a period of time.
Yet Mountain Lord's Madam had done exactly that.
She had even taken the initiative to explain so much to Qin Shaofeng. Every sentence seemed laden with meaning, as though this opening of the Monument Realm was not normal at all, but had been arranged specifically to help that kid cultivate.
Considering how well Mountain Lord's Madam treated that kid, along with everything that had happened before...
If they still could not guess that this opening of the Monument Realm had been for that kid from the very beginning, then they might as well stop cultivating.
With that level of intelligence, they would be better off going home to farm.
The more they realized this, the greater the shock in their hearts.
There was envy, jealousy, and naturally, hatred as well.
In one corner of the square, more than a dozen extravagantly dressed young men had gathered together, their eyes blazing with fury.
The veins on their faces bulged as they clenched their fists tightly, looking as though they had seen the murderer