Regarding this, the several Great Emperors did not explain in detail what its purpose was. Clearly, most of them harbored selfish motives and did not want their disciples to learn the specifics, lest greed arise in their hearts and ruin their plans.
Yang Chen could understand that. In truth, Wang Tong and the others knew as well. They all understood that one could only eat as much as one's ambition could swallow; without becoming a Great Emperor, obtaining more would ultimately be useless.
For now, slaying a Bronze Dao Slave counted as an auspicious start.
After that, their group began slowly feeling their way through the Pingyang Mountain Range.
The Pingyang Mountain Range was astonishingly vast. Yang Chen's group searched throughout the range for an entire day, yet still found no boundary.
Perhaps the Pingyang Mountain Range truly was enormous, or perhaps it was due to the mist. Either way, they had no fixed route or direction to follow.
However, their gains were substantial. Along the way, their group slew three Bronze Dao Slaves and even encountered a True Silver Dao Slave.
When they encountered the True Silver Dao Slave, Wang Tong had wanted Ming Xu to go up first and test its strength. But the True Silver Dao Slave swiftly displayed its power. Ming Xu was defeated in a single move and nearly suffered severe injuries.
In the end, Zhu Kai had no choice but to step in. Yet even he found it difficult to contend with the True Silver Dao Slave. Only when Wang Tong and Zhu Kai joined forces did they manage to subdue it.
No matter what, having obtained a True Silver key fragment, everyone was exceedingly satisfied.
They had originally thought everything would proceed according to plan. Who would have expected that, for some unknown