"Senior Brothers, please don't do this!"
"We endured a thousand hardships and spent a full six months getting here!"
"Our team originally had five people, but one of our members has already died from poisoning!"
"We can't turn back. We have to go to Divine Dream Mountain to gather divine herbs!"
"Please let us through, Senior Brothers!"
The woman cupped her hands and pleaded desperately.
Yet the two men blocking the path shook their heads and said, "No... we already gave you a chance. You were the ones who failed to cherish it!"
"That has nothing to do with me!"
"Besides, didn't you just say someone on your team died? If we let you in, all of you might die!"
"Junior Sister, listen to me and go back!"
"Fellow Daoists!" A member of the team stepped forward from behind the woman and said, "Could we speak in private?"
The two men blocking the path were delighted to hear this. "Of course... come over here!"
The man walked over, and they exchanged a few whispered words. He Pingsheng saw the man take out his nameplate and transfer some divine gold to them.
Then the two men cleared the path and let the four leave.
Soon, only He Pingsheng and Niu Ding remained in the valley.
"You two... want to go in to gather herbs too?" one of the men, dressed in black with a large saber over his shoulder, asked as he stared at He Pingsheng.
He Pingsheng said, "That's right!"
"Go back..." Before He Pingsheng could finish speaking, the man waved him off. "One at the second layer of the Divine General Realm, one at the third layer, and there are only two of you."
"You have no idea how dangerous it is in there!"
"There are so many demon