Chapter 943: Firewood Gathered By A Crowd Makes a Bigger Fire (1/2)

Lu Yin slowly closed both of his eyes, as the commotion in the city ruins was just getting started. He needed to wait a bit longer for more people to arrive.

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Ten days later, the city could no longer be considered a ruin anymore. It had become a normal city, as tens of thousands of people had settled down within it. These people were mostly experts from various great powers, and the number of powers that had gathered here was not much less than what had been forcefully gathered to defend the border from the Sixth Mainland’s invasion.

Xuan Jiu had also arrived, and when he did, he unfurled his large flag in an ostentatious manner. Whenever he met anyone, he would proclaim that they were Gu Yue’s heir, which caused many people to chase him around. He felt wronged by their reaction, as in his mind, he was obviously sharing kind words. Xuan Jiu did not know who had ruined his reputation, but it was now common knowledge that everything he said was wrong.

Xi Qi had also arrived. She had been roaming the Outerverse during this period, searching for more sourceboxes to unlock, which was a rather decent way to live.

Any location with a ruin was a potential source of sourceboxes, and she was greatly anticipating finding some at this place.

Atop her head, the fish looked about in a contemptuous manner as it raised its fins, mocking every person it encountered.

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Another ten days passed like this in the city ruins. During this time, the experts from the Great Eastern Alliance had fought against the experts from the central region’s various forces for several rounds already. Mu Nichang, Meng Tianlong, and the others had all taken action, and if Yuehua Mavis and some other neutral experts had not stopped them, then the battles might have gotten out of control and affected the entire city.

Even though the two sides temporarily stopped, there were still two clearly distinct sides.

Surprisingly, nobody from the Great Yu Empire arrived, which left many people quite puzzled. However, nobody thought much of it, as they all simply ȧssumed that this was because Lu Yin was in seclusion and that none of his subordinates dared to make a move without his express permission.

Lan Si indifferently watched the situation develop from the sidelines. Although some people from the central weaves wanted to enlist his help to deal with the Great Eastern Alliance, he did not agree.

He was competing with Lu Yin for the position of an Honored Chosen, but Lan Si did not actually have any grudges with Lu Yin himself. Moreover, Lu Yin was a major factor in why so many people had been able to escape from the Innerverse, and Lan Si still felt slightly guilty towards Lu Yin for it.

However, the path of cultivation was an emotionless one, and this was simply the way of the universe. Lu Yin could not keep the position of an Honored Chosen from him.

Qiong Shanhai did not intervene either. The ruins had become a maelstrom of tension, and it would be difficult to emerge once one entered.

Elder Daggs also made the trip to the ruins, along with a number of other experts from the border, which intimidated many others. The revelation of Yuan Shi’s existence had reinforced the power of the Hall of Honor, and it was even more intimidating than before the Outerverse had been cut off from the Innerverse. Nobody dared to underestimate the Hall of Honor any longer.

Expert after expert arrived at the place that was reportedly Gu Yue’s ruins, and they all searched through the city alone. Five Enlighters had already been spotted, and some people had even seen Elder Lohar moving about.

The five Hunters whom Lu Yin had knocked unconscious also finally awakened at this time. They had all been thrown onto nearby planets, and they immediately reported back to Zi Tianchuan as soon as they woke up. However, he ordered them to not reveal themselves, and they were absolutely forbidden from contacting anyone else. If the others learned that the Zi family had sent five Hunters to guard over these ruins, then the Zi family would be in serious trouble. Zi Tianchuan did not know what Lu Yin’s goal was, and the Zi family patriarch was simply scared that he would be forced to pay back this debt to Lu Yin in the future.

The city had already been thoroughly searched, and at this time, only the building that had been constructed in a different style remained untouched. Everyone had gathered at that place, each person trying their own methods to break through the door.

Qiong Shanhai made an attempt, and he could not open it.

Lan Si tried, and he also could not open it.

Elder Daggs acted, but he similarly failed.

Even Yuehua Mavis tried, but the door remained closed.

The large door was very sturdy, abnormally so.

Finally, Yu Mu secretly tried to open the door, but even he could not open it. Even when the gathered powerhouses united and acted together, they still could not open the door. It was only then that the crowd finally realized that this door could not be opened unless an Envoy-level powerhouse acted. However, once such a powerhouse appeared, they themselves would have nothing to do with whatever was inside the building.

Countless watched the large door with fervent eyes; Gu Yue’s inheritance was definitely inside.

Under the eyes of countless experts, Xi Qi forced herself to move forward. She softly mumbled, “I’ve never seen a sourcebox like this before. Is this really a sourcebox?”

The fish raised its fin and said with absolute confidence, “Listen to Lord Fish! Nothing will go wrong.”

Xi Qi acted, only to be stumped as the door was actually just a door. There were absolutely no solidified energies to lockbreak, so how could she unlock this thing? What was this? She could not even find a palace to begin.

The fish incessantly slapped Xi Qi with a fin. “Stupid! You’re stupid! You’re actually trying to unlock it! Lord Fish merely came up with a way for you to come to the very front so that whenever some fool opens this door, you’d be in the best position to charge in. Really stupid!”

The crowd was furious, as this damned fish’s words were just too demeaning.

“Steam, steam steam…”

Someone else in the crowd shouted, “Add some chilli powder!”

The fish looked back and glared at the person. “It’s that bastard! The one surnamed Ku—you still dare appear before Lord Fish?”

Xi Qi felt sullen, and her face was also flushed a deep red. She turned around, looked at the crowd in a pitiful manner, and shouted, “Just stop talking!” After that, she quickly slipped away.

After Xi Qi left, Xuan Jiu walked up. “Cough, cough. That- I have a way to open the door, but it’s too precious, and a disaster will spread once this building is opened. If-”

Before he could even finish speaking, the furious crowd shouted at him, “Scram, stupid liar!”

“Stupid liar, go away…”

Xuan Jiu was infuriated. “A bunch of rotten goods! Idiots! I am the heir of Heaven's Enigma! What do you guys know?!”

“Scram!”

“Scram, liar!”

“Stupid blind old man.”

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