It didn’t take long for that pavilion to be surrounded by the disciples.

They just couldn’t resist the aura that came from that pavilion. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

It was something that they couldn’t help wanting for themselves.

Which was why they just gathered around that pavilion like moths to the flame. Just like moths to the flame, they were being burnt when they tried to enter the pavilion.

But none of that mattered since they were being distracted.

That was the main goal that Lin Fan’s group had been trying to achieve by opening up this pavilion in the first place.

While everyone was distracted, Lin Fan’s group would go around clearing out all the different pavilions and upgrading his authority. He was certain that they wouldn’t be able to solve that pavilion that quickly like he would be able to, which meant that he would have a certain amount of time.

There was a moment where they had even thought about causing trouble for the disciples attempting that pavilion, but Ye Qing Huan stopped that thought.

"It’s too much trouble if we cause an accident. The older ones are still watching and they’ll know if someone dies."

Ye Qing Huan was right about this.

There were still those elders from the Five Great Sects that were lurking in the shadows watching everything. They had no idea where those elders were, but they knew that they wouldn’t just let anything happen to the disciples of the Five Great Sects.

If one side were to go too far, then it would become very troublesome.

Until Lin Fan had gained enough authority, it was best to avoid those elders of the Five Great Sects.

However, there was still one thing that Lin Fan wanted to do.

It wasn’t considered a smart thing since it was rushing this matter a bit, but he wanted to have a peek at what would be waiting for them at the end.

Neither Ye Qing Huan or Xiao Mu seemed to have a reaction when Lin Fan proposed this.

In the end, Ye Qing Huan just nodded in agreement to the proposal that Lin Fan made.

In fact, it looked like she had been thinking the same thing as him with how her expression changed afterwards.

However, Xiao Mu didn’t seem to have the same reaction.

Once Xiao Mu had some time to think it through, the look on its face showed that it didn’t seem to approve of this idea.

Only when asked about it, Xiao Mu just said, "I have a bad feeling about this."

A strange look appeared on Lin Fan’s face when he heard this.

After all, it was strange to hear an AI talking about bad feelings like this. One would think that there would be more concrete reasons for Xiao Mu to not want to go with this plan.

But since it was just a feeling, it didn’t seem like it even convinced Xiao Mu.

The only thing that Xiao Mu said in the end was, "We should run as soon as any kind of danger appears."

Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan both found it weird that Xiao Mu was acting this way, but they knew that there had to be some kind of reason. If Xiao Mu wasn’t able to tell them the reason, it was most likely related to the extra information that it had received from the library.

Though in the first place, it wasn’t as if Lin Fan was planning much.

The only thing that he wanted to do was take a look at the place that they were supposed to be heading to.

With that decided, Xiao Mu led the way forward.

Xiao Mu’s database had a much more comprehensive map of the entire Dao Sect ruins, so it had been leading the way the entire time. As long as they let Xiao Mu lead the way, it was very unlikely that they would ever get lost.

It was just that after a while, Xiao Mu started moving slower.

Even without asking what it was, it was easy for Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan to understand why Xiao Mu had slowed down like this.

It seemed like the place that they wanted to have a peek at was right in front of them and Xiao Mu was hesitating because of this.

Lin Fan patted Xiao Mu on the shoulder before saying, "It’s fine, we’re just taking a peek and then we’re leaving."

Xiao Mu still seemed hesitant even though it could see the way that Ye Qing Huan and Lin Fan looked at it, but it gave a deep nod in the end and seemed to throw away its hesitation.

When they came close, Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan could feel the spiritual energy fluctuations that came from that place.

But even before that, they could feel something else happening.

It seemed like there were people that were here ahead of them.

From those fluctuations, they could tell that these people were anything but weak.

But at the same time, they could tell that there was something familiar about these fluctuations. There were some auras that they recognized as soon as they felt them.

After all, these were the auras of their masters.

For the ones that they didn’t recognize, they could tell that even though they were weaker than the aura of their masters, they were still close to them. They were just at a single level lower than their masters.

"So this is where the elders went." Both Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan were able to figure this out once they felt this aura.

Only from the spiritual energy fluctuations, it didn’t seem like anything was happening.

In fact, it felt like everyone that was here was just having some kind of staring contest with each other since it didn’t feel like any of them were moving. It really felt like there was something that prevented them from entering.

When they came closer, they saw what it was that was keeping the elders of the Five Great Sects at bay.

It wasn’t that they saw what the elders were seeing, they were able to see what stretched around this core area of the Dao Sect.

There was this wall that stretched out around the area that the main hall of the Dao Sect was. But not only did it surround the main hall, it seemed to surround several other pavilions that were also there.

From the way that this was all arranged, it really looked like this was a very important place for the former Dao Sect. Since it was arranged like this, one could guess that there would be something quite valuable inside of this main hall and the other pavilions.

Though as for what that was exactly, that was up to people’s imagination.

With how Xiao Mu was looking at this place, it seemed like it had some ideas of what was contained in this place. But since it didn’t say anything, Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan both understood that it was remaining silent because there was something restricting it.

Since it wasn’t able to say anything, there was no reason for them to force it.

After all, they already knew what the path forward for them was.

As long as Lin Fan was able to gather enough authority, then it wouldn’t be a problem for him to access this place.

"If we enter this place, there’s no doubt that we’ll even involve the elders in this matter."

Both Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan knew this, but there was one other thing that they couldn’t help thinking of. After all, it had been proven possible, so they wondered if they could use this method to enter this core area.

When Xiao Mu saw Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan looking at it, it wasn’t as if it couldn’t figure out what they were thinking.

So that was why Xiao Mu just honestly said, "I don’t know unless I try it, but we can’t try it right now."

There was no need to ask Xiao Mu why it said this.

Lin Fan took one last look at the wall before giving a satisfied nod and saying, "Let’s go then. There’s no point remaining in this place."

Xiao Mu even gave a sigh of relief when it heard this.

Both Lin Fan and Ye Qing Huan once again couldn’t help looking at Xiao Mu with strange expressions. But after that, the two of them couldn’t help looking around as if they were trying to see if there was anything here.

After all, it really seemed like there was something here that they weren’t seeing.

If Xiao Mu was acting this way, there had to be a reason for it to act this way.

In the end, they just weren’t able to see anything and it didn’t seem like Xiao Mu was going to tell them anything. So it wasn’t as if there was anything to gain from wasting more time here.

Though before leaving, Xiao Mu suddenly stopped.

There was nothing in the direction that Xiao Mu was looking in, but it seemed like Xiao Mu was seeing something that they just weren’t seeing.

It didn’t matter how the two of them looked at that spot, it really didn’t seem like there was anything there.

After a long silence, that was when Xiao Mu started moving again.

Xiao Mu didn’t say a single word to explain what had happened, so it wasn’t as if the two of them could ask anything.

However, it was clear that Xiao Mu had seen something just now.