Jiang Man had been inside for eight days.
His fourth gourd was now twenty percent full.
As for the beam of light...
Its progress had originally reached seventy percent.
Today, it had fallen back to sixty percent.
It seemed to recover faster the further they progressed, especially the larger beams.
The things inside were anything but easy to obtain.
He wondered what purpose this arrangement served.
Were they supposed to cooperate to open the beam, then fight over what was inside?
Jiang Man did not know, but he happened to need to improve right now, so he did not care how quickly or slowly they progressed.
He needed forty days, and more people would certainly arrive during that time.
He just needed to capture a few more people to help pound away at it.
It was no problem.
While Jiang Man was thinking this...
He suddenly heard a flute.
Its sound was gentle, inviting people to lose themselves in it.
Jiang Man frowned slightly. "It feels like it's trying to trap me mentally."
He did not mind, though. Something like this could not possibly trap him.
He immediately looked toward the sound.
A man holding a saber came flying over on a sword.
His eyes held a chill when he saw Jiang Man.
But upon seeing Shen Yao and the others, he frowned.
Though surprised, he soon formed a guess: Jiang Man had thrown in his lot with these people.
It differed somewhat from the ambush he had expected, but its nature was much the same.
Facing so many people, Golden Core cultivators who did not look ordinary, either...
He was naturally outmatched.
He immediately said politely, "Fellow Daoists, I have a grievance with this man and would like a word with him."
As he spoke, he pointed at Jiang