Yan Xishan's words made Lin Heng laugh.
He's supposed to be a Heavenly Firmament Realm, what's wrong with his brain?
"What? So whenever anything happens to any of your Eight Great Imperial Clans, it's all because I, Lin Heng, orchestrated it?"
"Ha! I'm truly honored. I never knew I was so capable."
Lin Heng's disdainful gaze and sarcastic remarks caused Ascenders to burst into laughter.
Ye Feng raised an eyebrow and glanced sideways at Yan Xishan, teasingly saying, "I was originally thinking about whether to lend a hand, but judging from Brother Xishan's words just now, with such strong spirit, I'm afraid we don't need to help, right?"
With Ye Feng taking the lead, the others on the Ascenders side naturally followed suit and spoke up as well.
" The Eight Great Imperial Clans are noble families of the Nine Heavens; how could they allow us to help them?"
"That's right, I think we should continue searching for treasure ahead."
" Yan Xishan, then we won't disturb you as you rid the Nine Heavens of this scourge and annihilate the Hunt Clan. We wouldn't dare compete with you for this credit."
Led by Lin Heng and Ye Feng, the Ascenders crossed the battlefield and flew directly towards the mountain peaks behind it.
Seeing Lin Heng and the others fly away leisurely, and then noticing that they had jumped over two mountain peaks and flown directly to the mountain behind them, I realized that they were agile.
They were not attacked at all during the entire process and entered the mountain to search for treasure safely.
This enraged the other members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans.
" Yan Xishan, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."
" Lin Heng clearly has a way of distinguishing the illusions of the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range. If we had just given in, we could have safely followed behind them."
"Even if we can't get any treasures in the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range, following them would at least guarantee our safety. But now, you've offended them. Do you really expect us to fight our way out?"
Faced with the angry rebukes from the other three races' Heavenly Firmament Realm, Yan Xishan dared not utter a word in rebuttal.
It's no wonder others are so angry; it's simply the prevailing trend.
They were entangled as soon as they entered the mountains and could only watch helplessly as Lin Heng and his group went treasure hunting.
In the end, their Eight Great Imperial Clans might not gain any benefits within the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range, and might even suffer losses.
Rather than doing that, it's better to back down and follow behind the Ascenders.
Since there's no chance of competing with them for the treasure anyway, let's preserve our strength first.
But Yan Xishan has twice angrily confronted Lin Heng. Will Lin Heng still allow them to follow him now?
Now, don't even talk about giving in. Even if you kneel on the ground and call them grandpa, they won't accept you as their grandson.
In this way, they still couldn't get any benefits and had to fight their way out, which naturally angered the other Eight Great Imperial Clans.
But since things had come to this point, there was nothing they could do but complain a few times. The members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans had no choice but to join forces and begin to besiege the three monsters in front of them.
The fierce battle outside continues, and Lin Heng and his team have completed their search of the second mountain peak.
There were no caves on the mountain. Flying upwards along the mountain, we finally saw more than ten pieces of equipment hanging on a large tree at the summit.
There are a total of fourteen items, all of which are Primordial Chaos Spirit Treasure.
Unfortunately, it was only the lowest grade of Primordial Chaos Spirit Treasure.
However, once taken back, it can be refined to extract the Primordial Spiritual Qi and forge weapons again, so it's not entirely useless.
As previously agreed, the items were divided among the six families, with each family receiving two items.
The two extra items were collected by Ye Feng and will be given to Ling Wushuang later. After leaving the ancient ruins, they will be handed over to the higher-ups to discuss how to distribute them.
Led by Lin Heng, the Ascenders then avoided all the mountains that possessed a real aura and leisurely searched for treasure.
On the other hand, the Eight Great Imperial Clans finally managed to join forces to eliminate the Hunt Clan's Heavenly Firmament expert and two other monsters.
Originally, they thought they wouldn't go to other peaks and would just pass through the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range safely.
But as they walked forward, seeing Lin Heng and his group happily emerging from their treasure hunt, they began to feel resentful.
We can't possibly fight our way through the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range and end up with nothing, can we?
Just then, led by Lin Heng, the Ascenders crossed several more mountain peaks and arrived at a mountain peak in the distance.
Seeing this scene, the Eight Great Imperial Clans families were naturally itching to get involved.
Therefore, some people have made analyses.
"Have you noticed that Lin Heng always jumps over three or four mountain peaks before entering?"
"Hmm? You mean this is a pattern?"
"That might be it. We can't just come all this way and leave empty-handed, or we'd become a laughingstock and be ridiculed by the Ascenders."
Once a person is overcome by greed, there is no turning back.
Previously, they thought that everything would be fine as long as they could get through it safely. Now that the Eight Great Imperial Clans have dealt with those three monsters, driven by self-interest, their ulterior motives have resurfaced.
In other words, they didn't know that Lin Heng and the others had only obtained some insignificant things from several mountain peaks in succession.
Otherwise, they would probably rather give up everything and just dash off forward.
After some discussion, the Eight Great Imperial Clans families set their sights on the tallest mountain peak behind them.
This mountain peak is four units away from the one Lin Heng and his group entered.
This was also carefully selected by Yan Xishan and others after analysis.
After all, we definitely can't go to the mountains ahead.
They've already let Lin Heng and his men fleece everyone they have.
The only places left that Lin Heng and his group didn't go into must be places where danger lurks.
In this way, one can only look backward.
As previously agreed, Lin Heng would leap across three to four mountain peaks each time.
Unfortunately, the fourth mountain peak from the right is the largest mountain in the entire Hundred Illusions Mountain Range.
Since we're going to gamble anyway, we might as well go for the big prize.
This thing has the most advantages; wouldn't you recoup your investment in one go?
If they actually manage to get something good, they can come out and mock Lin Heng and his group. Why not?
"Let's do it!"
After making the decision, Yan Xishan once again took the lead, and the group flew straight towards the mountain peak.
The mountain peaks are comparable in size to ten Mount Tai. Upon approaching, one can scan them from top to bottom at a glance.
Soon, Yan Xishan and his group discovered a cave entrance at the foot of the mountain.
Yan Xishan led the way down again, but this time, when they arrived at the cave entrance, they hesitated slightly.
As luck would have it, at the same time, Lin Heng and his group had already flown out from the mountain peak in front of them.
When Lin Heng saw the mountain where Yan Xishan and the others were staying, his eyes widened in surprise.
This subtle change in expression was noticed by Yan Xishan and the others; it was good news.
"Looks like we made the right choice. Judging from Lin Heng's expression, there's probably something good in here."
"Let's go, we can't let them get the upper hand again."
Yan Xishan shouted loudly and, without any further delay, flashed into the cave.
The other members of the Eight Great Imperial Clans behind him followed suit.
Ye Feng then looked at Lin Heng and asked, "Brother Lin Heng, should we go in together?"