As they were traveling deeper, there were many times where everyone looked at Huang Xie with strange looks.
It wasn't just because of how he had acted earlier, but rather they were shocked by the power that he had demonstrated.
This was a level of power that he didn't have before.
Something must have happened after he had fallen off the cliff.
Tie Yong was the one that came forward as someone who joined the sect at the same time as Huang Xie to ask him about it.
Huang Xie was silent for a bit before saying, "I just found some treasures when I fell down and it helped me become stronger. It really isn't anything that is worth mentioning."
Tie Yong couldn't help slightly knitting his brows when he heard this.
After all, it was clear that Huang Xie was trying to avoid telling him what happened.
Both Xiao Ming and Yu Huang knitted their brows when they heard this, but they didn't expose him.
They had been there, so they knew about how Huang Xie became stronger.
So they were surprised that he would hide such a thing from the other members of their group. After all, they were supposed to be close enough that they could share this kind of thing.
Why would Huang Xie suddenly hide it like this?
In the end, they didn't expose him and went along with it, but they couldn't help looking at Huang Xie with a concerned look.
There was no doubt that there would be a rift formed between him and the rest of the sect after this...but it wouldn't be that big. In the Love Sect, they knew to trust each other unlike other sects where everyone competed with each other for resources.
They had plenty of resources, so there was no need for competition between themselves.
They trusted that Huang Xie had a good reason for hiding these things, which he actually did.
He just didn't want to get these friends he had made who he considered his real family after his family had abandoned him to get caught up in his family's grudges. Especially since he had no idea just how strong those five families that had betrayed them were.
But for them to betray the family of a top expert like Hei Gui, they certainly wouldn't be weak.
They would even be stronger after absorbing the resources that they had obtained from the Hei Family over the generations.
So Huang Xie had to be cautious.
Leaving this matter aside, they progressed steadily deeper into the forest.
As the sun was slowly moving across the sky, it eventually started to dip.
The sun was setting and it was about to become night, but that was when they came across something.
It was the sound of fighting from ahead of them.
After considering it, Xiao Ming gave the order for some members to go scout it out.
These were the members that were skilled at hiding themselves and obtaining information.
But of course, they were best against people.
It was like the ones that were being used to monitor everyone who was in the Ten Thousand Beast Valley.
This would record the scene that it was shown as long as spiritual energy was injected.
This was considered quite the valuable object, so it was strange for Xiao Ming to have such a thing. This was part of the reason why Mo Sha had his doubts.
But the reason why Xiao Ming had this was...
It was all because of the Five Great Sects, or rather those two old men from the Five Great Sects.
Lin Fan knew that the two of them would try something during this first round, so he had given those disciples of his Love Sect the Recording Crystals.
Just in case something happened, they would be able to use the Recording Crystals to capture that scene.
While it wouldn't be that helpful if they couldn't escape, they could at least keep a record of what happened to use against the Five Great Sects later on.
So that was why Xiao Ming had this Recording Crystal.
But now she was planning on using it to record the misdeeds of the Martial Might Sect.
Luckily Lin Fan had already expected this and gave them a total of five Recording Crystals.
Those had cost quite a bit of DP, so it hurt him to hand it over to Xiao Ming's group. But for the safety of the disciples of his Love Sect, it was a price that was worth paying.
Since Mo Sha looked like he agreed with the plan, Xiao Ming didn't waste any time in explaining what she wanted them to do.
...
"How is it looking?" Senior Brother Tian asked one of the people watching the Clear Lake Sect from above.
"It seems like it'll take some time before they'll be able to take down those spirit beasts."
Senior Brother Tian gave a snort of disdain before saying, "Struggling with spirit beasts at that level, it seems like the Clear Lake Sect really is lacking in good disciples."
The scout above chuckled before saying, "Well, there's a reason why they're under our Martial Might Sect. Though that flashy kid might seem like a problem."
Senior Brother Tian gave a chuckle as well before saying, "Just watch and wait, he can't compare to the elites of our Martial Might Sect."
The scout just gave a simple nod before turning back to watch over the Clear Lake Sect group.
Senior Brother Tian didn't mind as he walked back over to the main group that was just lounging around.
After coming back, Senior Brother Tian suddenly gave a sigh before saying, "Just what is happening with the Love Sect group? We haven't been able to find a trace of them..."
The others all revealed concerned looks as well after Senior Brother Tian said this.
After a moment of silence, Senior Brother Tian asked one of the people, "Does the main sect still not have information for us? Weren't they supposed to be monitoring the Love Sect group and giving us information on where they were?"
That person revealed an awkward look before saying, "They've lost sight of them and are trying to find them as soon as possible."
Senior Brother Tian had a dark look on his face when he heard this before saying, "Get them to go faster. If we can't finish the mission given to us by those two lords..."
Everyone gave a gulp when they heard this.