"The time is almost upon us, Gu Shen entered the cemetery and... has not sent any messages yet."
The Gong Family Master had a solemn expression.
He and Elder Chairman Zhou Wei stood at the entrance of the cemetery, silently gazing towards the distant Gate of Heaven.
According to the plan... within one hour, the transcendent teams from the five major families and three major institutions should all have gathered and entered the cemetery.
As for the situation inside,
Gu Shen had already entered the Qingzhong Cemetery with the A-level Taboo Seal "Million Miles" from the Security Committee, but like the explorers before him, he went silent.
Slowly approaching Gong Qing’s side, Mu Yi, the Mu Family Master, said, "Perhaps... the situation inside the cemetery is not as simple as we imagined."
The Gong Family Master looked at Mu Yi silently.
Gong Zi was still on her way back to the East Continent... The Gong Family had been stirred by the annulment of her engagement with Duke Duan Yang, and just when there was internal turbulence, the Mu Family had got involved in a scandal regarding a new engagement.
The relationship between the two families had subtly changed.
He and Mu Yi had been old friends for many years, but... as family heads, personal friendships had to come second to the interests of their clans.
"I’ve used the Taboo Seal ’Snow Mirror’ from our ancestral hall," Mu Yi said earnestly. "The exterior of the cemetery is covered by an immensely strong spiritual power, and all the Extraordinary Essence projected by the Snow Mirror has been absorbed by the cemetery..."
"So, ’Million Miles’ is also ineffective inside the cemetery?" Elder Chairman Zhou Wei looked somewhat resigned.
He had anticipated this possibility before sending the seal.
After all, the spiritual power inside that mausoleum was extremely strong.
Regardless, they had to try. But if "Million Miles" could not be activated at all,
then the situation was indeed not optimistic.
With limited time to wait, if Gu Shen entered the cemetery and no intelligence was relayed... then the following transcendent squads entering the cemetery would have to explore on their own.
Most importantly, all who entered next would face the same issue.
That was, losing contact with the outside world.
No one knew exactly what was happening inside.
And the only way to find out... was to enter the cemetery themselves.
This was an unsolvable vicious cycle.
after a moment of thought, Mu Yi said seriously, "Please be extremely cautious when entering the cemetery. The absorption of the Snow Mirror’s power is likely a warning. Sending in too powerful a Transcendent might lead to a great setback. I suggest that the first wave of explorers not include High Order Transcendents. To ensure safety, our two families can join forces and watch out for each other..."
"Thank you for the good intentions of the Mu Family Master, but I have my own arrangements when it comes to entering the cemetery," Gong Qing replied indifferently, his tone revealing that he was not interested in further discussion with Mu Yi.
Mu Yi could only sigh inwardly.
He knew that under these circumstances, his words would hardly be convincing. With large amounts of unclaimed Flame Dream scattered inside the cemetery, was he asking the Gong Family to stand by and watch other explorers take them away?
Before the incident of the Long Street Sea of Flames, there might have been room for discussion.
there was nothing left to discuss.
"It’s getting late; the Gu family’s Transcendents... have already set off."
"Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll take my leave," Gong Qing said softly.
It seemed they would not get Gu Shen’s intelligence.
And after an hour of extrapolation and calculation, Deep Sea had produced an evaluation report of the Extraordinary Aura inside the cemetery.
The phenomenon of Extraordinary Essence bursting forth was not observed within the Golden Gate.
Theoretically... the transcendent squads of the five major families that had assembled were ready to enter.
Gu Lushen’s team had already taken the lead and entered the cemetery.
Seeing this, the others also began to move, no longer waiting.
The long night of the Snow Forbidden City was momentarily illuminated by a Fire Meteor.
Then silence was restored.
At the end of Bai Family’s long alley stood a woman.
Behind her were countless sounds of liveliness and clamor.
The entire Bai Family was gathering... It had been nearly a decade since such a grand and solemn scene had taken place.
After the meeting concluded among the high echelons of the Snow Forbidden City, the Bai Family’s Elder Council immediately consolidated the Transcendents of the second level and above, according to Deep Sea’s assessment, all capable of entering the cemetery... and those within the clan whose power had reached the third level of Transcendence could become "squad" leaders, with each squad having five to ten people, forming several squads in no time.
Due to the terrifying scene of the explosion,
the clan was not prepared to commit all of their Transcendents at once.
However... to ensure a head start in collecting Flame Dream among the efforts to repair graveyard order, the power of the first wave of Transcendents had to be substantial.
Lanterns swayed on the other side of the alley, and there were shadows everywhere.
This side of the alley, however, remained engulfed in the long night.
Bai Lu stood at the entrance of the alley, waiting.
Her demeanor seemed as calm as water, but in truth, she was quite uneasy... It had been a year.
That old mansion had been silent for a year.
At such a critical moment, it was time to make some noise, right?
"It seems... Little Xiuzi is still in seclusion and won’t be entering the cemetery this time,"
a deep voice rang out.