Neither Ouyang Xing nor Zong Hedong had expected Guo Ding to be willing to pay such a steep price, using a rare spiritual medicine like the Yanhui Great Pill to win them over. This showed that Guo Ding must believe there was something good in the depths of this enormous, abyss-like sinkhole.
"Anything capable of moving Guo Ding is certainly no ordinary treasure... Heh, but for Zong Hedong and me, even if there's nothing down there, obtaining this Yanhui Great Pill means we haven't made a loss..."
This was what Fort Master Ouyang of Heavenly Palace Fort thought. He felt that Guo Ding was quite tactful. For instance, in this expedition to investigate the depths of this mysterious Abyssal Realm, whether they gained anything or not, a Yanhui Great Pill alone would make the trip more than worthwhile.
"Time waits for no one. Let's move quickly!"
Zong Hedong gave a chuckle. With a sweep of his true qi, he took the Yanhui Great Pill through the air. Then he sprang skyward, soaring like a great bird through a circuit in the air before plunging into that pitch-black giant pit.
At the same time, Ouyang Xing and Guo Jing'an had no intention of wasting time. The two leapt down as well, their powerful true qi and magical power enveloping their forms as they scattered clouds and swept aside air, tore through the void, and used exquisite escape arts to descend into the abyss. Just as the three moved, faint points of light flickered in the void and instantly slipped into their bodies and minds.
Ouyang Xing, Zong Hedong, even Guo Jing'an—all three had been planted with demonic seeds by He Ping, who watched from afar.
"Good. With these three going down ahead of me, I'll be spared quite a bit of