Preparing to Snatch Them Up
"Someone has completely beat the game? This is the sound of the final bell!"
A gasp drew everyone at the entrance of the secret cave; who wouldn't be stirred by that deep, resonant bell sound?
"It's been so many years since anyone has managed to completely beat the game. Who on earth has such amazing skills?"
Before the onlookers could finish speaking, the heavy tolling of the bell rang out again from inside the cave, nine precise strikes that were impossible to miss.
"Hiss, another one? Where did all these cultivators come from today? I've never heard of them before. I didn't expect that two of them would have such high comprehension!" The Yin Mountain Sect disciple in charge of collecting Spirit Stone exclaimed in surprise.
They had previously assessed those cultivators, but hadn't yet noticed the potential in this group.
Liu Duanyue hurriedly said to her junior brothers, "Quickly go and get the list of those who entered the secret realm today. We must capture these two!"
Wuyue Qing immediately lost interest in arguing with Liu Duanyue and quickly found her family members, preparing to wait at the cave entrance until everyone came out before leaving.
However, just as they were getting into the swing of things, another set of bells rang nine times in their minds.
If the first chime excited them, and the second surprised them, then the third chime left everyone somewhat speechless.
Liu Duanyue's junior brother scratched his head and asked bluntly, "Is the bell in the Severed Vitality Minor Secret Realm broken? Or is the trial ground broken?"
Liu Duanyue slapped him hard on the head. "What nonsense are you talking about? How could there be a problem with the Severed Vitality Minor Secret Realm? It seems that this time, our Moonless City has received a group of formidable figures."
He pondered for a moment, then quickly pulled his junior brother aside and whispered, "You first quietly return to the sect and inform my father of this matter. Then bring all the high-ranking disciples from the sect here! Today, we must capture those three!"
For the sake of this competition between their two families, and for the future prosperity of the Yin Mountain Sect, he had to win over these three people no matter what, and he absolutely could not give the Moonless Clan any chance!
The Yin Mountain Sect then sprang into action, Moonless Household naturally wouldn't be left behind.
Almost as soon as the second bell rang, Wuyue Qing informed her Lineage of the matter, urging them to send people immediately to find the two people and recruit them into their family.
After all, the competition between the Yin Mountain Sect and Moonless Household is about to begin, but Wuyue Qing seems confident on the surface. In fact, this time the Moonless Household has not found any good outside help candidates.
The last high-level cultivator was someone the Moonless Household had paid a hefty price to bring in from a major sect in another small world.
Disciples of major sects are inherently proud and arrogant, and they have to give up a lot of good things to invite such a person. It's okay to bleed like this once in a while, but if it were like this every time, the Moonless Household would probably have fallen into ruin long ago.
That's why the Moonless Household Head sent his most intelligent third daughter to the Severed Vitality Minor Secret Realm this time, wanting to assess these people's aptitude so he could snatch them away in advance.
Who could have known that the Yin Mountain Sect would actually send their young sect leader over, and even have him hear those three bell tolls together?
Wuyue Qing grew angrier the more she thought about it, so she had to send several more messages urging the people in her clan to come over quickly.
Meanwhile, Liu Duanyue's junior brother had already returned to the Yin Mountain Sect. He had barely entered the sect gates, barely catching his breath, when he shouted to everyone, "Three people have completely cleared the Severed Vitality Minor Secret Realm! The Young Sect Master sent me back to lead everyone to rescue them!"
As soon as he shouted, almost all the disciples of the Yin Mountain Sect stopped what they were doing and emerged from every corner of the Yin Mountain Sect.
"Then what are you still standing here for? Hurry up and take us to find the young sect leader!" Someone shoved his junior brother and urged him repeatedly.
The junior disciple was startled by the excited expressions on his fellow disciples' faces, and explained in a low voice, feeling wronged, "But I haven't told the sect leader yet."
"Hey, wouldn't it be the same if we snatched him back and then told him? The sect leader would definitely be even happier then!" The senior brother was strong and didn't give his junior brother a chance to continue speaking before pushing and pulling him away from the sect.
The young junior disciple thus lured away all the disciples of the sect with just two sentences.
When Sect Master Liu finished dealing with his business and came out, all that was left for him was an empty sect.
He scratched his head, somewhat puzzled. "Why are all these boys and girls so quiet today? Aren't they causing any trouble?"
Unfortunately, the same scene did not occur in the Moonless Clan. The steward, who received a message from his third young lady, learned that the clan head and the elders were discussing important matters and that no one was allowed to enter for the time being. He had no choice but to go and find the eldest young master who was still at home.
After explaining the message to the other party, Wuyue Hao, the young master, simply yawned lazily and sent the butler away.
After the butler left, he chuckled and tossed the communication talisman left behind by the butler aside.
"What do you mean by 'completely cleared'? Forget Moonless City, no one in the entire Hidden Nether Realm has been able to even enter the sixth level for years! Trying to use this to trick me into going out and helping her? Dream on!"
Recalling his younger sister who always competed with him for their father's attention and seemed to have designs on the position of family head, Wuyue Hao felt no affection for her whatsoever.
Ignoring the message from his unpleasant younger sister, Wuyue Hao slumped back onto the chaise lounge and fell comfortably asleep, completely unaware of how anxious Wuyue Qing was waiting at the entrance to the secret realm.
After sending the message, she lingered at the entrance of the small secret realm. Seeing many flying magical Law Artifact flying out of the city, she immediately assumed they were people from her own village.
After subtly casting a smug glance at Liu Duanyue, Wuyue Qing took the initiative to go forward and waved happily at the batch of flying magical Law Artifact.
The flying Law Artifact was fast, and in the blink of an eye, it appeared above the small secret realm.
The sheer number of flying magical Law Artifact made it clear that a large number of people had come this time.
Seeing this, Wuyue Qing felt relieved. It seemed that her father still valued the message she had sent, which was why he had arranged for so many people to come; they were sure they could snatch those three people from the Yin Mountain Sect!
Thinking this, Wuyue Qing's smile became even brighter, and even the way she looked at Liu Duanyue was much gentler than before.
But to Liu Duanyue, her gentleness was nothing short of showing off!
Seeing the dense mass of flying magical Law Artifact, he couldn't help but pull out a communication talisman and bombard his junior brother with questions. "I told you to go find someone, and you haven't contacted me for so long! Where have you gone?!"
"I didn't go anywhere, I'm back!"
A familiar voice came from above his head. Liu Duanyue was stunned for a moment. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw his junior brother's head sticking out from the flying Law Artifact closest to him, grinning at him.
Liu Duanyue released the communication talisman and turned to look at Wuyue Qing. Sure enough, realizing something was wrong, the smile on her face had completely vanished.