The Strategy of Waiting by the Stump

Because he was too far from the plaza, Chen Changming could not hear what the Nascent Soul Cultivators were discussing. He remained patient, waiting silently.

After the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, most of the people had recovered from their injuries. They rose one after another and flew toward the entrance of an underground palace at the back of the plaza.

There were still some members of smaller factions who had not moved.

Chen Changming had no choice but to continue waiting. After a while, these people also finished healing and began to move toward the underground palace one by one.

Now, only twenty or thirty people remained beside the Essence Well.

These individuals generally did not have high cultivation bases, with the strongest among them only at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Chen Changming waited a while longer, and the number of people beside the Essence Well dwindled once more. Only seven or eight cultivators at the first or second level of the Nascent Soul Realm lingered by the well, unwilling to leave.

They seemed utterly infatuated with the well.

Chen Changming understood that these people knew their own strength was meager and held no hope for the opportunities that lay ahead, so they had begun to pin their hopes on the Essence Well instead.

"Move."

Chen Changming coughed, then led True Person Skull Ghost and Black Charm Immortal as they flew toward the plaza.

The three of them landed outside the Essence Well.

"It's them!"

Upon seeing True Person Skull Ghost and Chen Changming's group, the remaining Nascent Soul Cultivators' expressions shifted. During their time inside the Ancient City, they had all seen this trio.

Because this small team had not participated in any operations to slay ghosts and monsters—almost