At Mei Niang's suggestion, everyone clapped in praise.
Many cultivators surged forward together, amplifying their wisdom to deduce the mysteries of the [All-Heavens Banner].
Ruo Jinghong and the others still could not let themselves go and did not join in.
However, everyone used crystal balls, tortoise shells, and the like to deduce what Mei Niang and the others were deducing, continually refining it.
This way, they could not be considered slackers.
At that moment, Mei Niang struggled amid the crowd, finally poking her head out to call to Wang Quan, "Brother Flower-Scatter, come join us!"
Wang Quan coughed. "Another time!"
"You carry on researching. I'll go investigate the situation!"
"Oh!"
Whoosh!
Wang Quan passed through corridors, skirted courtyards, and went past gardens.
After entering a garden, he unexpectedly discovered:
There were far more Underworld walkers here than before.
What surprised him was:
The many Underworld walkers all carried signs on their backs, bearing the large characters [Fierce Tiger Daoist].
Beneath the flowers and plants, they excavated underground palaces, dug tunnels, built little wooden huts, and so on, as though running a tribal settlement.
Upon seeing Wang Quan, they hurriedly bowed and scraped.
Yet Wang Quan saw that even as they bowed and scraped, they secretly held Thunderfire at the ready and prepared their magic artifacts.
It seemed that at the slightest sign of trouble, this band of Underworld walkers would swarm him and kill him.
"Underworld walkers used to turn tail and run whenever they encountered an Underworld creature."
"Why have they become so bold now?"
"Could it have something to do with [Fierce Tiger Daoist]?"
"I'll ask him when I have time."
As he pondered, he passed through one garden after another, finally reaching a hall up ahead.
This hall was where all the residents of the great