Sunlight slowly spread across the land. Chen Fan realized that this place did not resemble a secret realm in the slightest, but he soon noticed something wrong—it was far too open, open in a way that felt abrupt.
There had originally been hills of varying sizes here, yet this particular stretch had been left completely empty.
"A more profound Concealment Array." Chen Fan was slightly taken aback.
And here, he saw only a dozen or so powerful cultivators at the Spirit Refining Stage, three of whom were the same three experts who had arrived from the Kingdom of Wu earlier. As for the others, dressed in all manner of attire, Chen Fan did not recognize any of them.
But he could be certain that the Kingdom of Wu's Human Emperor was absolutely not among this crowd. Even the rulers of the other kingdoms, along with the leading figures of the major powers, had not appeared here.
Before long, people gradually returned from outside, and this empty place slowly became packed shoulder to shoulder. There were humans and Monster Beasts alike, all standing below as though they had received orders long ago to gather here.
Watching from a mountaintop, Chen Fan spotted the people of the Kingdom of Wu. Among them were the two young men, as well as the Wu princess with pale blue eyes. The golden character on their foreheads still gleamed brilliantly, but Chen Fan also discovered that the other Monster Beasts present bore golden characters on their foreheads as well. They simply did not bear the character "Wu," but more complex characters such as "Eagle," "Tiger," and "Roc," as though each enjoyed the protection of a different master.
At this moment, a Spirit Refining Stage expert slowly stepped forward. He raised his head to observe the skies,