541: Enemy gathering

"Senior Brother Ji, can you sense what power cleaved this open?"

Gan Yue asked, voicing the shared question in the minds of the others.

Ji Wuchang glanced at the sky, noticing thunderclouds faintly gathering, and couldn't help but smile as he said, "Lightning!"

As soon as he spoke, Gan Yue and the others widened their eyes simultaneously, their faces showing disbelief!

The power of lightning is certainly strong, but it shouldn't be this terrifying!

"You might find what I just said hard to believe, but I can tell you with certainty: it is lightning."

"The reason Bu Yixian was able to find the Myriad Manifestation Grass here is precisely because this is a place where lightning converges!"

"If I'm not mistaken, that stalk of Myriad Manifestation Grass must have been found on this platform."

Ji Wuchang explained with a smile, his gaze fixed on the bottom of the cliff, his eyes shining brightly.

The reason he could determine it was the power of lightning was that the Thunder Dragon in his Purple Mansion had become active.

He made this judgment based on the Thunder Dragon's reaction!

Furthermore, the power of lightning here likely doesn't manifest daily, but rather strikes down periodically.

This is also why thunderclouds are slowly gathering in the sky.

Ji Wuchang couldn't determine how long this gathering process would take, but lightning power should not descend in the short term.

He had a premonition that there must be Myriad Manifestation Grass down below.

Upon hearing Ji Wuchang's explanation, Gan Yue and Xie Zhen nodded slightly simultaneously. Combining this with what Bu Yixian had said, they felt Ji Wuchang's judgment must be correct!

"Hehehe!"

"Thank you for leading the way and allowing us to find this place!"

"You may leave now; this place belongs to us!"

Just then, a sinister voice sounded from the exit of the valley, and seven figures clad in black appeared from the exit.

These newcomers were entirely dressed in black, with black scarves covering their faces, leaving only their eyes exposed.

Seeing this group, Ji Wuchang was greatly startled. He hadn't expected people from the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls to appear here as well.

Ji Wuchang swept his Divine Soul over the seven individuals. The one with the highest cultivation base had reached the sixth layer of the Dao Severing Realm, and the weakest was at the fourth layer of the Dao Severing Realm.

Although there were only seven of them, their strength was immense.

When Gan Yue, Xie Zhen, and the others saw this group appear, they were simultaneously shocked and instantly tensed up!

They felt a terrifying sense of danger emanating from these seven individuals!

Watching the members of the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls continually approach them, Ji Wuchang's expression instantly darkened, and killing intent surged in his eyes.

The people from the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls were not polite; they walked directly to the edge of the cliff and looked down, a hint of greed appearing in their eyes.

The members of the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls naturally possessed strong stealth abilities, and coupled with the strange mist in the valley, Ji Wuchang truly failed to detect this group from the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls this time!

"Since you've all arrived, why hide? Come out together!"

Ji Wuchang looked toward the valley exit and spoke slowly.

He hadn't actually discovered anything; it was merely a probing attempt to see if anyone else was following close behind.

As his voice fell, the few individuals who had emerged from the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls frowned slightly and also turned their heads to look at the valley exit.

"Such keen perception. I didn't expect us to be discovered as soon as we arrived!"

Just then, more than ten figures appeared again from the valley.

This group consisted of both men and women. The leader was also a woman at the sixth layer of the Dao Severing Realm cultivation base, and she was the one who had just spoken.

"Senior Brother Ji, they are from the Su Nü Sect. This Sect has more women than men. The leader should be Qu Yi, the number one Genius of the Su Nü Sect!"

Gan Yue whispered to Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang nodded slightly. Since Gan Yue said so, it must be one hundred percent correct!

The people from the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls frowned slightly as they looked at the newly arrived group, and killing intent flashed in the eyes of their leader.

Ji Wuchang looked toward Qu Yi, finding that she was also looking at him, her eyes filled with curiosity.

"It seems there are still some dishonest people trying to hide in the dark and reap the benefits of others' struggles!"

Ji Wuchang's Divine Soul surged. This time, he clearly sensed fluctuations of aura coming from the valley entrance.

As soon as he spoke, both the members of the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls and Qu Yi's group turned their attention toward the valley entrance.

Sure enough, figures appeared one after another from the valley entrance. In the blink of an eye, more than twenty people emerged, divided into three separate groups.

Ji Wuchang recognized one of the groups. They belonged to the royal Family of the Heavenly Star Dynasty. Their leader was named Li Shaosen, a fifth-layer Dao Severing Realm cultivation base expert.

The Ninth Princess Li Xueqin had specifically mentioned this group to Ji Wuchang. They were all royal descendants, and she hoped Ji Wuchang could look after them.

He didn't recognize the other two groups, but Ji Wuchang could sense their hostility.

One of these two teams was led by a woman named Zuo Yilin, who possessed a fifth-layer Dao Severing Realm cultivation base.

Her younger brother, Zuo Yaohai, had been killed by Ji Wuchang, so her killing intent toward Ji Wuchang was overwhelming.

The people following Zuo Yilin were not from the Nine Stars Sect, but came from the Wei Family and the Zhang Family—the Families of Wei Feiluan and Zhang Meier.

The reason these people gathered with her was naturally not by coincidence, but Zuo Yilin's deliberate arrangement.

Their team's strength was formidable. Besides Zuo Yilin, who was at the fifth layer of the Dao Severing Realm, there were two other fifth-layer Dao Severing Realm experts.

One of these two came from the Wei Family, and the other from the Zhang Family.

Furthermore, there were two more at the fourth layer of the Dao Severing Realm and four at the third layer of the Dao Severing Realm, totaling nine people.

These individuals were specially arranged to enter by the Zuo Family, Wei Family, and Zhang Family, specifically to kill Ji Wuchang.

The reason they were willing to follow Zuo Yilin's command was naturally because the Nine Stars Sect stood behind her.

To prevent any mishaps, the individuals sent by the Wei Family and the Zhang Family this time were all expelled from the Zhang Family and the Wei Family, ensuring that they had no apparent connection to the two great Families.

After all, since both Families now served the Ninth Princess, they naturally needed to take precautions.

When Ji Wuchang looked at them, Zuo Yilin and the others also looked back at Ji Wuchang, their eyes indifferent.

Besides Zuo Yilin's team, the other team consisted of only five people: Ji Long, Ji Botong, Ji Bofu, Ji Yongxing, and Ji Keguan!

As for Ji Yunshu, he had also arrived, but he was still hiding in the canyon!

It could be said that there were quite a few people here currently hostile toward Ji Wuchang.

The appearance of so many people caused everyone, whether they were from the Hall of Souls or Qu Yi's group from the Su Nü Sect, to frown slightly.

Their arrival here was no coincidence.

The original location arranged by the Heavenly Star Dynasty for the Thousand Cities Great War was not here.

However, more than a dozen Sects, including the Nine Stars Sect, Su Nü Sect, Tianyuan Sect, and Tianxian Sect, pressured the Heavenly Star Dynasty, forcing them to choose this location.

The reason was singular: the Myriad Manifestation Grass!

The Heavenly Star Dynasty was even forced to hand over a map that marked the approximate location where the Myriad Manifestation Grass grew!

Many of these people came because of this!