Chapter 1039: Playing Hard to Get
Several minutes later, a rowdy group began passing through on a nearby path.
The group was led by Yu Kuohai of the Spirit Heaven Sect, and trailing along behind him were Elder Yang of Blazing Light City and Valley Master Fu of the Azure Lock Valley, followed by all of the other cultivators of the three sects.
"That bastard better pray that I don't get my hands on him! Otherwise, I'm going to skin him and grind his bones down into powder! I've never met anyone so shameless in my entire life!" Elder Yang grumbled, clearly still feeling extremely bitter and enraged.
"Calm down, Elder Yang. Back when the secret area opened up, all of us entered it together, and we were sent out to our designated areas under the arrangements of the Heavenly Water Sect and the Almighty Sword Sect, so there shouldn't be anyone capable of getting here ahead of us," Yu Kuohai mused.
Elder Yang faltered slightly upon hearing this, then asked, "Are you saying that there's been some foul play from those two sects?"
"I wouldn't put it out of the question. Perhaps they had already sent out people in secret to loot all of the places ahead of time before assigning us our areas of exploration," Valley Master Gu speculated.
The three of them fell silent at this notion. Even if the two sects really had played a trick on them, did they have the power required to oppose them?
"If that's the case, then we're most likely going to continue to be at their mercy unless we do nothing. Do any of you have any counter strategies?" Yu Kuohai asked.
Elder Yang and Valley Master Fu exchanged a glance with each other, but neither of them said anything.
After a long silence, Elder Yang sighed, "All we can do is take things one step at a time and proceed with caution. If we can fight for some opportunities, then don't hesitate to do so, but if we can't, then at the very least, we should do our best to ensure that we won't be used by others."
"Indeed, that appears to be all that we can do for now," Valley Master Fu sighed.
As the three of them were conversing with one another, they suddenly heard a loud commotion coming from the forest up ahead, immediately following which a large cloud of dust rose up into the air from afar.