A moment later, someone let out a soft sigh.
With a helpless look, they said, "Alas... cultivators in the Cultivation World who possess insights like Fellow Daoist Xu Qingfeng's are few and far between. Even if there were others capable of glimpsing the mysteries of the Purple Bamboo Forest's formation, they must have realized the situation at once and followed Fellow Daoist Xu inside."
Others muttered dissatisfiedly.
"This... Fellow Daoist Xu really ought to have said so beforehand if he knew it would be like this. Isn't this just making fools of us?"
As soon as the complaints arose, someone immediately rebutted them.
"You cannot put it that way. We came here seeking the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect in order to find a method to claim the Half-Immortal Artifact. In this matter, we are all competitors."
"Exactly. Fellow Daoist Xu was already kind enough to give us a subtle reminder. If it were this old man, I fear I would not have said a word at all. If anyone is to blame, it is only ourselves for being overly cautious!"
Quite a few cultivators still approved of Xu Qingfeng's character.
At those words, the cultivators who had been dissatisfied lowered their heads sheepishly and said no more.
"What should we do now? Are we really... giving up just like this?"
"What else can we do if we do not give up? Of the notable fellow daoists present, eight or nine out of ten have already followed Fellow Daoist Xu into the Purple Bamboo Forest. With the attainments in Formation Dao possessed by people like us, there is simply no hope of passing through this forest."
"Hm? There are actually still people unwilling to give up, intending to rely on their own strength to cross the Purple Bamboo Forest?"
"No, these