All Parties Gather

The Fox of Doom soon recovered. Its sight cleared little by little. As soon as it was perfectly cleared it completely calmed down.

Then it remembered the human who injured it despite being weak. The fox paid the price of being overconfident. It should have killed the human on the first it had.

It looked around and noticed that Han Feng disappeared. It then smelled the air for Han Feng's scent and followed it. Soon, the fox reached the conclusion that Han Feng fell into the lake.

After reaching the shore, it immediately jumped into the lake. It was right, there were some traces of blood in the water. It was the blood that flowed from Han Feng's wounds. The fox quickly followed the trail to look for the source of blood.

After a long time of thorough search, the fox couldn't find anything. As if Han Feng's body dissolved into water.

The fox left the water unwillingly.

*ROAR*

After reaching the ground it gave a roar of fury. The prey that managed to hurt it was nowhere to be found. The anger had nowhere to vent.

After a few more roars, it could only leave the area to search for him elsewhere. It believed the human couldn't' run away that far.

Soon the fox left and the lake regained its calmness and silence.

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Somewhere in the Chaotic Forest.

On the foot of a mountain, a large number of people were gathered. Most of them were wearing black robes while only three were wearing blue robes and there was only one person who wore loose purple robes.

They were the disciples of the Fleeting Cloud Sect. They were gathered together to wait for the arrival of the superiors of the sect.

After some time, someone shouted, "Look! it is the profound tool of the sect. They are here!"

A cloud suddenly tore itself away from the sky and moved in their direction.

It was the famous profound tool of the Fleeting Cloud Sect. Some people believed that this tool was the reason that the name 'Fleeting Cloud' came into being. It was above Grade-9 which was very rare for a transportation tool.

The different grades of weapons from Grade-1 to Grade-9 had corresponding strength until the Divine Tribulation Realm.

The cloud came in front of the crowd and stopped a few meters above the ground.

Suddenly, a large number of people appeared from the cloud. There was a man with a tall figure and a lean body, walking in the front of the whole group with a smile on his face. He looked extremely harmless.

He was the current sect master of the Fleeting Cloud Sect, Zou Yan.

Behind him, there were seven ordinary-looking old men. Each had long-white hair. They walked very slowly and their aura was completely reserved. They were the Grand Elders of the sect.

Following them was a large group of Elders, each of them completely exposing their cultivation base, causing discomfort to all the disciples.

"Greetings to the Sect Master, Grand Elders, and the Elders." Fu Tian bowed and saluted everyone upon their arrival. The rest of the disciples followed his example and quickly bowed.

"At ease. You have worked hard this time. There will be generous rewards you upon the completion of this task." The Sect Master said while smiling. He waved his hand and everyone felt that their backs were straight again.

"Sect Master, let us quickly move towards the location of the array. It should be solved anytime now." One of the old men said in a feeble voice. He looked very impatient and urged the sect master to quickly scale the mountain so that he could set his sight on the array.

The sect master smiled at the old man. Just as he was about to speak, he sensed something and looked in that direction.

There were a lot of powerful auras gathering towards their location. Especially one that stood out from all others. It was vast and profound. Even the sect master felt the horror of this person.

As soon as that aura appeared, a more violent pressure passed from the cloud. It completely suppressed that aura and kept on pressing it.

Just when the aura was about to disappear completely, two more appeared and supported the diminishing one. All four pressures somehow reached an equilibrium. Still, the aura from the cloud was faintly stronger.

After a brief confrontation, all the auras disappeared. Only the Grand Elders and the Sect master were aware of this and the rest were completely oblivious. Not even the elders found something wrong.

The sect master gradually lost his smile and spoke, "It looks like we have some uninvited guests."

As he was saying that, he revealed his entire cultivation base. Just due to the pressure being generated by him, even the weather was starting to get affected.

The Grand elders were comparatively calm. They just became more alert and were ready to battle at any time.

Everyone else looked confused as they didn't feel anything. But still, they became alert and observed the changes for now. After all the high level of the sect was there to deal with the trouble.

After a short time, a large number of people walked in their field of vision. They were divided into three groups wearing green, white, and red clothes. They all walked in a neat manner.

This whole group was headed by three people. Jiang Long who was wearing a green robe, another man wearing a white robe, and the last one was a woman who wore a fiery red robe.

They were the Heads of the Jiang clan, the Xia clan, lastly the Duàn clan.

The Head of the Xia clan was a thin man having a mustache and properly combed brown hair. He looked simple, neat, and someone with a great experience. His white robe was laced with a golden pattern that faintly shined. His name was Xia Yanlin.

The Head of the Duàn clan was women with a voluptuous body, wavy red hair that dropped down to her round hips, and had bright-red eyes. She was wearing a plain red robe but her beauty was enough to make it look extraordinary. Her name was Duàn Li.

Standing behind them were three grand elders of their respective clans. Xia Bingwen didn't come but there was another grand elder present in his place.

Following them were the Elders. Each had the cultivation base in the Divine Soul Realm.

The Sect master walked towards the group and everyone else from the Fleeting Cloud Sect followed him. A huge pressure enveloped the whole area. Both sides were contending with spiritual pressure alone but it started affecting the physical state of the area. The weather started to become dark and there were flashes of lightning every now and then.

Soon both sides were standing face to face.

"I believe this is not the territory of Red Stone City... Why are you people here? Is this a provocation to my Fleeting Cloud sect?!" Zou Yan spoke with tranquility but his voice echoed in the surroundings for a long time.

"Sect master Zou, let us not complicate things any more than they already are. Although this not the territory of Red Stone city, It is also not the territory of your Fleeting Cloud sect. It would be best if you think before you speak." Duàn Li spoke in a teasing tone. Her voice had a strange compelling power. Whoever heard her voice would be spellbound.

The disciples looked at the figure of Duàn Li that had all the curves at just the right places. They just looked at her foolishly and lost their capability to think. Only Fu Tian was able to control himself a little. But even he was astonished by her charm.

"Duàn Li! Do you also want to mix in this matter?" Zou Yan's expression sank. He immediately covered all the low-level cultivators of his sect with his spiritual consciousness. Only after that could they recover from their trance.

He knew who Duàn Li was and what power she represented. He spoke to her but his eyes were always fixed on a middle-aged man behind her. He looked very normal but Zou Yan couldn't sense his cultivation base at all. But this definitely didn't mean that he was an ordinary man.

As if feeling his gaze, the man looked at him and smiled. Zou Yan quickly averted his gaze back to Duàn Li. He felt that the matter became more thorny.

"Of course I will participate, after all, I am a part of Red Stone city. How could I sit this one out?" Duàn Li replied with a chuckle.

"Zou Yan, we all know what is really going on here. You don't need to beat around the bush. Just come to the point." Jiang Long didn't give him any chance of making an excuse and spoke with a heavy tone.

"Oh really? And what is it that is going on here?" Zou Yan narrowed his eyes. Since even the old undead from their clan came, he knew that they know something.

'If breaking through the next realm was easy, I would have slapped the hell out of you Idiots. I wouldn't be asking these pointless questions. Instead, I would have just pinched you all like ants.'

"We know that there is a grade-6 array here and that you have been trying to break it..." Xia Yanlin started speaking with eloquence and confidence, "... Meaningless wars are just going to increase our losses. Instead, we should work together on this and increase our gains. Even you don't know what is behind that array. It would be best to increase our strength by uniting."

Xia Yanlin was the head of the biggest Chamber of Commerce after all. Influencing people was something he could do in his sleep.

The expressions of everyone from the Fleeting Cloud Sect became more gloomy the more they listened. They knew that they were going to be discovered, but they didn't think they would be discovered this quickly.

"We were the ones to find it! It's the property of our sect!" Spoke one of the grand elders of the Fleeting Cloud Sect. He completely unleashed his cultivation base as if he was going to fight anytime.

"Hey! Does that mean everything you find first in your property? Fuck! I have not seen a shameless person like you in my whole-fucking-life." The grand elder of the Xia clan spoke. His name was Xia Lin. He looked like a lunatic with messy hair and kept his upper body bare.

"Xia Lin! Come, let us fight a few rounds and find out who is shameless!" Another one from the Fleeting Cloud sect exploded.

"Hahaha... are you sure you want to fight? I might kill you in a fucking punch." Xia Lin laughed savagely and made a fist towards that person.

"Who is afraid of who! Let me beat the shit out of you and then we will see who dies." A grand elder spoke.

"Hey, I haven't fought in a long while... It will be fun." Jiang Bao also spoke in his loud voice.

The atmosphere between both parties was quickly heating. The situation was about to go out of hand.

"Silence." Zou Yan spoke. "If we really fight, you clearly know who is going to suffer the most. So you better leave this place and we can assume that this never happened."

"You can do the same because we don't fear you. You know that even the Ancestors of our clan came here personally. Do you think it is possible to send us away so easily?" Jiang Long spoke calmly.

'Of course, I know you fucking fool or I would have beaten the shit out of you by now.' Zhou Yan spoke in his mind. He was trying to intimidate them... he was just taking his chances.

"What do you need?" He calmed himself and asked.

"We want a share of the treasure." Duàn Li said in a flat tone. Their ancestors told them that the thing being guarded by the array must be obtained at all costs. If not completely, then at least a part of it.

"But we don't even know what it is and thus I am not sure that it can even be shared. How about taking spirit stones in exchange of-..." Zou Yan tried to bargain but was immediately cut off.

"That's something to think about later. We only want a share of the treasure. Or you can take spirit stones and we will have the treasure? Or do you think I lack spirit stones." Xia Yanlin spoke at this time. Xia clan owned the Golden Chamber of Commerce and was not lacking in spirit stones.

Zou Yan was annoyed. The group of people from the Red Stone city had weak individual strength but collectively they became a real pain in the ass.

"Okay. But let me make this clear. If you tried to be smart or did anything funny. I will kill you regardless of the consequences." Zou Yan spoke in a heavy tone. He was not joking this time. He would kill anyone who tried to act against the Fleeting Cloud Sect. That was his bottom line.

"Relax... we know what to do and what not to do and you better know the same." Duàn Li giggled coquettishly.

Zou Yan felt a chill in his spine 'Woman. At least act according to your age!'

He coughed a little and spoke, "Okay, everyone in the Divine Tribulation Realm can follow me. The rest should stay here for now."

After saying that he disappeared from his position. Soon, the head of three clans along with the grand elders followed him and disappeared.