Seeing this, Master Wuji gently comforted her, "Miss Wen Luo, there's no need to worry. As long as the people outside don't discover you're here, nothing will happen."
Wen Luo's lips twitched. All she knew was that her entire body kept going numb...
Meanwhile, outside Imperial Artifact Infinity Castle, Pei Yufeng and the Ice King Sect Master had already arrived before the stone stele.
When he saw the words "Those below the Emperor Martial Stage may not enter," Pei Yufeng could not help but laugh. "If we're going to beat the grass and startle the snake, we should destroy this stele first. After all, I haven't reached the Emperor Martial Stage either."
At those words, the Ice King Sect Master asked with a slight tremble running through his body, "Young Master Pei, isn't this too rash?"
What Pei Yufeng had said earlier was that they would beat Xiu Hanzhi's grass, not Qi Wuji's.
If they blasted this stele apart now, wouldn't that make Qi Wuji suspicious? And to destroy it, they would have to unleash the power of an eighth-grade battle body.
Qi Wuji might very well begin to suspect Young Master Pei's identity.
"If I don't blast it apart, then how am I, someone below the Emperor Martial Stage, supposed to get in?"
Pei Yufeng remained calm. "It is indeed a little rash, but Qi Wuji was merely a minor artifact craftsman at Su Old Devil's side back then. He isn't a strategist like Xiu Hanzhi—he isn't that clever."
"There's no way he'll immediately suspect the Thousand Kings Holy Tower. We have no shortage of major forces hidden beneath our banner. Faking the identity of a genius with an eighth-grade battle body would be easy."
"I intend to enter and meet Qi Wuji as a genius."
"I intend to