They knew they had spent eight days within the formation. The auction at the Guangjin Consignment House had long since ended.
"Forget it. I thought we'd be trapped in the formation for at least ten days. This isn't bad, all things considered," Huang Xiao said with a long sigh. "Every extra day inside meant another day of danger. We'll just have to collect spirit crystals slowly."
The monthly auctions were smaller in scale. Treasures like spirit crystals were actually quite rare, with only a few appearing occasionally.
So Huang Xiao still had his sights set on the year-end auction.
Though they had missed this one, they could not say they had gained nothing.
At least they had discovered Hu Pursuing Wind and the others' Spirit-Gathering Divine Formation, as well as this place.
These inkstone crystals were worth an incalculable fortune.
"Let's head out. Those people probably still haven't broken through the formation at the entrance," Huo Lian said.
He had detected no movement outside, which meant no one had likely entered the valley yet.
If they had entered the valley, with so many people searching it, they would probably have discovered this passage.
When the two reached the valley entrance, Huang Xiao was somewhat surprised to find that at least a thousand people were still alive within the formation, while nearly another thousand had died.
These people all but filled the formation.
"The formation has reached its limit." Huo Lian had noticed its instability as soon as he arrived.
But neither of them cared about that now. It no longer mattered whether this formation was broken.
"Patriarch, I think we'd better lure them away," Huang Xiao said.
"Indeed. It would be best if no one discovered this place's secret." Huo Lian nodded. "Never mind, I'll just casually set up another