At his words, the Five People nodded, no longer harboring any doubts about him.
Although he was not the strongest of the six, he had made the most thorough preparations for seizing the banner.
Rumble...
Just as the six were quietly waiting for the Heavenly Might within the Black-Eagle Banner to run out, a deafening rumble of turning door hinges suddenly came from the entrance to the Main Hall.
"Someone is pushing the doors open!"
An old man in Confucian robes, the closest to the doors, cried out.
Shortly after they entered, the Main Hall's two stone doors had closed automatically.
Hearing this, the Five People, including Song Tianshu, turned toward the entrance in unison. Just as the old man in Confucian robes had said, someone was slowly pushing open the stone doors of the Main Hall.
"Our journey here was conducted in utmost secrecy. Who could have leaked the news?"
The expert from Wang You Valley spoke with a puzzled expression.
The others looked equally puzzled.
As far as they were concerned, no outsider could possibly have known that the Black-Eagle Banner was buried here.
"Tower Master Song, could someone from your Faceless Tower have leaked the news?"
The expert from Wang You Valley looked at Song Tianshu with a dark expression.
"Elder Ji, others may not know how strict our Faceless Tower's Silencing Curse is, but surely you do?"
Song Tianshu countered.
At this, Elder Ji of Wang You Valley was momentarily at a loss for words.
Rumble!
As the two spoke, the Main Hall's stone doors were pushed a little farther open.
But to the six men's utter frustration, the Black-Eagle Banner's Heavenly Might had yet to dissipate. Any rash movement would leave them gravely wounded by it, so they could only watch helplessly as the person