Xiao Ming and the others didn't go back to the same area that the spirit beasts had been in before.
After all, the plan was only to run away from them and not defeat them, so the spirit beasts would go back to where the herbs were once they lost sight of their targets.
As such, they met in a location not far from where the herbs had been before.
When Xiao Ming arrived, she found that she was the last one to arrive.
Everyone else was already there as if they were waiting for her.
When she arrived, Huang Xie and Yu Huang immediately came forward to ask, "You're late. Did something happen?"
Xiao Ming shook her head before saying, "I'm fine, it's just that..."
She quickly explained what happened with Wu Yun and how she had formed a secret alliance with the Holy Myriad Land.
It wasn't just Huang Xie and Yu Huang, the others that had been listening in on this also knitted their brows when they finished hearing what Xiao Ming had to say.
The Love Sect group remained silent, but Mo Sha came over to ask, "Are you sure that this person is trustworthy? They could just be pretending to reconcile with you to make you let your guard down."
Xiao Ming didn't deny this as she nodded in agreement, but she also said, "Even so, it isn't as if we have anything to lose from this secret alliance. If they really are setting a trap for us, it isn't as if we are obligated to step into it. For now, the more allies that we have, the better. Even if those allies aren't as trustworthy."
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Mo Sha raised a brow with a bit of doubt in his eyes, but he slowly nodded in agreement.
He could understand where Xiao Ming was coming from, so he decided to trust her judgement on this matter.
"Roar!"
There were roars filled with rage that suddenly rang out while they were talking.
Turning to look in the direction of the roars, they suddenly revealed smiles as they looked in that direction.
That was because...that was where the herbs had been located. It was also where the spirit beasts would converge once they had lost sight of their targets since they would go back for the herbs.
But the herbs were all gone because they had taken them all, so there was nothing left for the spirit beasts.
The only thing that the spirit beasts could do was...roar out in rage.
No, it wasn't the only thing that the spirit beasts could do.
There was one other thing that they could do.
There were large explosions that came from the direction all of a sudden which made the smile on their faces become even wider.
The spirit beasts were venting their anger on each other by attacking each other.
It was a shame that they wouldn't be able to harvest those spirit beasts after they were done attacking each other, they had no other choice.
The Love Sect and Demon Palm Sect group didn't know what to do after the three of them disappeared, but Mo Sha seemed to take the lead once the three of them were gone.
Tie Yong or the other elder disciples could have taken the lead of the Love Sect group while Xiao Ming was gone, but they listened to Mo Sha since he had the most logical plan.
"We're splitting into two groups. One group will remain up here and wait for them to return. The other will go down and see if we can find them." Mo Sha suddenly gave this order.
They wasted no time at all as they split up into two different groups.
...
This moment had also been captured on the screens outside, so there were quite a few people that had seen this happen.
Once they saw what happened to Xiao Ming, Huang Xie, and Yu Huang, there were quite a few people that...turned to look at Lin Fan and the Love Sect group with smug looks.
In the beginning, there were few people that even liked the Love Sect group since they were biased against them because they came from different empires. Not to mention, the Love Sect did make a few enemies during the few days before the tournament started.
So now that misfortune had struck the Love Sect, naturally they would seize this chance to laugh at them.
The elders of the Love Sect glared at those around them before turning to look at Lin Fan with worried looks. While they were angry at the other sects, they were more worried about Lin Fan since two of the ones affected were his disciples.
They also looked at one of the generals with a worried look since Yu Huang was his grandson.
The general was worried, but there was nothing that he could do.
Lin Fan...wasn't worried at all.
"This cliche...isn't it used all the time?"
That was what he thought when he saw the three of them fall off the cliff.
Huang Xie had the title of Heaven's Chosen, so his providence wasn't something that was normal.
Even if he fell off a cliff, it would only be a chance for him to gain a treasure rather than him suffering.
And this was a trope that was often used in the cultivation novels that Lin Fan had read in his past life...
There would normally be some kind of treasure or hidden inheritance under these cliffs.
So he couldn't help looking forward to seeing what kind of special treasure this main character disciple of his would find.
...
"Where is this? What happened?"
When Xiao Ming woke up, she looked around herself to find what had happened.
She found that she was sitting in a cave that had a pool in the center of it and by the pool...
There was Huang Xie and Yu Huang sitting there around a fire with their clothes off.