Chun Xiaobai noticed Mu Qinglan standing in a daze by the gap in the formation and hurriedly waved her over.
"What are you spacing out for? Hurry up and keep up!"
Suddenly, something occurred to Chun Xiaobai, and he barked at Li Yuanqiu and the others beside him, "Who the hell let a newcomer come along?!"
"It wasn't me!" Li Yuanqiu scratched his head.
"I did! I did!"
Zhang Xuanhe hurriedly jumped in.
He knew that as long as they took the Sect Master along for a job and let her taste the rewards, she would naturally stop blaming them.
If the other old fellows recognized the Sect Master now, the pressure would surely cause this deal to fail!
If they failed, their Azure Cloud Sect might have to stay here forever!
He could only silently shoulder the blame for now.
Mu Qinglan looked at the familiar elders before her, then at Chun Xiaobai leading them, and again felt that they probably weren't thieves.
After all, this was a sacred land!
She knew perfectly well how much courage these elders of the Azure Cloud Sect had!
How could they possibly dare set their sights on a sacred land?
Had... had they drunk fake liquor? But I didn't see them drinking before we set out!
Besides, without the sacred land's secret art incantation, how could they have opened the cave abode entrance and brought so many people inside?
After all, this was a sacred land. In tens of thousands of years, no one had ever been heard of opening a sacred land's grotto heaven entrance without using its secret art.
At that thought, Mu Qinglan suppressed her doubts again. But when she looked at their surroundings, those doubts resurfaced.
"But... why come in through this remote spot?"
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