Watching the ruin beast withdraw, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and the thick tension began to dissipate.
The Mystic Path Academy teachers looked at the departing ruin beasts, their gazes turning deadly sharp.
Quickly, they exchanged subtle glances and nodded. Immediately, one of them left to report to the academy.
Apart from the Mystic Path Academy, elders from other clans began to appear, walking toward the wall.
Jun Wu looked at the newcomer without any change in his expression before retreating from the city wall.
Below the city wall, Jun Wu’s carriage was already ready in place. Mao Yun and Zhang Wei sat at the coach.
The carriage began to move. The guards protecting the city gate saw the carriage and quickly opened the gate.
With Jun Wu’s current fame, the guards did not dare stop him from leaving the city.
On the city wall, everyone saw Jun Wu’s carriage and was confused. But a few people quickly recognized what was happening.
Without hesitation, they quickly rushed to follow him.
When ruins appeared, they brought many changes. Some lower ruins would only affect their surroundings while some would release ruin beasts.
For example, the Bright Pearl Village only affected its surroundings, releasing pure spiritual energy.
However, the more powerful ruins produced powerful ruin beasts. This was common knowledge, but for the inhabitants of the Soaring Cloud Region, only a few people knew about it.
"Follow the ruin beast. But don’t get too close."
Mao Yun and Zhang Wei heard Jun Wu’s voice and nodded. Although they were confused, they did not doubt him.
They continued to trail them for thirty minutes before the beasts disappeared into a forest.
Without hesitation, Jun Wu jumped down from the carriage and followed the ruin beasts together with his retainers.
Stopping a couple of meters from the ruin beasts, they watched as the beasts disappeared into thin air.
In less than five minutes, all the ruins had disappeared, leaving no traces behind.
"I-Is that a ruin entrance?" Zhang Wei asked with a trembling voice.
Jun Wu nodded, his gaze never leaving the entrance of the ruin. Now, it dawned on them why Jun Wu asked them to follow the ruin beasts.
This was to find out the entrance of the ruin.
"Young Master, should we enter?" Mao Yun asked.
"Let’s wait, we don’t know what is on the other side."
He only learned of the secret of discovering ruins from the ancient soul’s memory and he was not sure if following the ruin beasts was safe.
Thus, he decided to play it safe.
Suddenly they tensed up and turned back. For a moment, no one uttered a word but their expressions spoke volumes.
They had been followed.
Jun Wu was not surprised. Anyone with a bit of sense would have followed them.
"Let’s go..." He whispered and headed toward the ruin entrance.
Arriving at the ruin entrance, Jun Wu examined the pulsating formation around the entrance and knitted his brows.
The Array Formation was a higher grade.
’This is going to be interesting...’
A ruin protected by an Array Formation higher than Grade-1 would be anything but ordinary.
Thinking of this, his heart raced in anticipation as he stepped into the ruin.
He disappeared from the forest. Watching this, Mao Yun and Zhang Wei took a deep breath and followed him.
Likewise, they vanished from their spot.
Just then, a group of men appeared from the forest and stared at the glimmering ruin entrance in the distance.
One of them whispered in shock.
Leading the group was a middle-aged man in his mid-forties. At the corner of his lips was a bright smile.
"My Lord, what should we do? Should we enter?"
The man did not respond. He creased his brows and thought for a moment before he shook his head.
Although a ruin contained many rare resources, likewise its danger could not be underestimated.
"Did any of you see Jun Wu?" He asked.
His men shook their heads. Although they followed his trail, they did not see him.
The man was not surprised, but his instinct was telling him Jun Wu and his men had already entered the ruin.
However, when he remembered who Jun Wu was— a powerful Grade-1 Array Master— he sighed and shook his head.
There was no helping it. Without an array formation master to confirm if this was a safe ruin, going inside was nothing but suicide.
"Quickly, go and find an array master from the association." He commanded.
"My Lord, if we do that, the secret of this ruin will be known by everyone." One of his men advised.
"Hahaha. Do you think such a secret can be hidden?" He shook his head. "Just like me, others will be curious about our sudden departure. I believe they are already on their way."
True to his word, ten minutes later, another batch of people arrived, staring at them.
The two groups stared at each other for a moment before the leader of the new group asked,
"Patriarch Luo, what are you doing here?" Patriarch Hu asked with a knitted gaze.
Just then, one of his men pointed to the distance.
"Yes. We followed Young Master Jun and discovered a ruin entrance." Patriarch Luo replied with an indifferent expression, though he was cursing in his heart.
"What!" Patriarch Hu widened his eyes and stared at the ruin entrance.
Quickly, a sharp and knowing look appeared on his face. He looked at Patriarch Luo and said,
"I believe you need an Array Master to check if it is safe, right?"
Patriarch Luo nodded, not denying it.
Quickly, the two clans dispatched their men to summon the best array masters from the city.
Back at Mystic City, everyone in the city was discussing the ruin beast attack and Jun Wu’s terrifying talent in array formation.
But once in a while, they would ask where he was.
Suddenly, they saw the Luo clansmen and Hu clansmen returning with urgent expressions.
"What happened?" The guard commander asked in a cold voice.
Looking at the commander, the two clans men looked at each other and knew there was no way they could bypass the commander without revealing the truth.