An hour later, the five of them buried all the bones left over from their meal, which also served to cover their tracks.
They glanced at the sky. The sun was sinking in the west, and dusk had fallen.
"Come on. Let's wait at the main route they have to take up the mountain," Hong Yi said.
Huang Xiao nodded and followed.
Their current location was still some distance from the mountain path leading to the Five Divine Temple, another precaution against exposing their movements.
By now, it was about time, so they naturally had to lie in wait at the junction for Duan Siying's party.
After Huang Xiao and the others had waited at the entrance to the mountain path for roughly half an hour, there was finally movement in the distance.
They saw a dozen or so people racing toward them. Judging by their lightness skills, every one of them possessed extraordinary strength. Their leader was an old man with graying hair, but despite his gray hair, his complexion was exceptionally ruddy, and he brimmed with vitality.
The five hurriedly reined in their auras and concealed themselves behind several large trees dozens of yards from the junction.
These experts possessed profound internal power, after all, and they dared not be careless.
The dozen or so men swept up the mountain. Only after they had vanished from sight did Huang Xiao and the others emerge from behind their respective trees.
"Not a single one of them is ordinary!" Hong Yi said with a frown.
"Especially that old man. His internal power was simply unfathomable. I didn't even dare breathe loudly for fear he'd discover us," Meng Jiu sighed.
"That old man's internal power might be astonishing, and we might fall somewhat short of him, but with Brother Huang here,