When Yang Qi and the other two arrived, the seven practitioners also looked at them. It was obvious that they had already noticed their arrival.
However, unlike what was expected, the seven practitioners did not seem to be too defensive when they saw Yang Qi and his two companions coming, and they did not seem to be worried about what Yang Qi and his two companions might think. This was not surprising, as the seven practitioners on the other side were all in the late Nine-Star Martial Emperor stage, and Yang Qi had three people, and one was a practitioner in the middle Nine-Star Martial Emperor stage, so the other side naturally would not worry that Yang Qi and his two companions would harm them.
Emperor Ji Yan looked at the seven practitioners not far away and bowed slightly, saying, "Fellow Daoists, we have no ill intentions in coming here. We are just a little curious about why you have joined forces."
Emperor Ji Yan did not hide the purpose of his three people's visit. In fact, if he wanted to ask them something, the practitioners in front of him would definitely be able to guess their purpose.
In this case, there is naturally no need to conceal their purpose. Just stating it directly will make it appear that they have no other intentions.
A man in gorgeous clothes looked at Emperor Ji Yan and said slowly, "From the looks of you, you have come all the way to the top of the mountain. You should have seen the murals on the stone pillars in the corridor, right?"
"That's right." Emperor Ji Yan nodded slightly.
The corridor itself did not have any restrictions. As long as the practitioners reached the corridor, they could enter the corridor and view the murals on the stone pillars. Yang Qi and the other two had never expected to see it. They were the only three practitioners who had seen the corridor. It was not strange for other practitioners to know the existence of the corridor.
"According to the murals in the corridor, the opportunity at the deepest part of Dark Heavy Island is on the top of Dark Heavy Mountain." The man in fancy clothes paused for a moment before continuing, "But we didn't see the giant palace on the way here, so our two teams decided to join forces to look for it."
I see!
After hearing the explanation from the man in fancy clothes, Yang Qi and the other two immediately understood why the two teams in front of them chose to join forces. It was all for the giant palace on the top of the mountain.
You know, at this moment, everyone has almost reached the top of the mountain, but at a glance, there are only some sparse forests, and there is no sign of the giant palace at all. In this case, it makes sense that the two teams of practitioners chose to unite and search for the giant palace together.
A woman in sky blue looked at Emperor Ji Yan and smiled, "Three fellow Taoists, are you interested in joining our team? We are just working together to find the giant palace. As for whether to continue working together after finding the giant palace, it will not be too late to decide then."
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Hearing the other party's proposal, Yang Qi and the other two fell silent. At present, it seemed that the huge palace was still unknown, and it might take some time and energy to find it. Choosing to cooperate with other teams of practitioners could indeed speed up the progress of finding the palace, which was also beneficial to Yang Qi and the other two.
Therefore, Yang Qi and the other two did not have any objections to the proposal of the woman in blue. Emperor Ji Yan glanced at Yang Qi and the other two, and seeing that neither of them had any intention of objecting, he immediately looked at the woman in blue and said, "How should we cooperate?"
Seeing that Emperor Ji Yan was willing to cooperate, the practitioners on the opposite side were not surprised. After all, this kind of thing was a win-win for both parties, and they could not think of any reason why Yang Qi and the other two would refuse.
Immediately, the woman in sky blue stated the conditions for cooperation. Although it was called cooperation, it was actually just a simple alliance. Even the oath they made was only a simple oath of Tao, rather than the blood oath of Tao which had a stronger binding force.
There was nothing wrong with the cooperation proposed by the woman in sky blue. Yang Qi and the other two did not hesitate too much and quickly agreed to it, and then took the oath of Tao.
Yang Qi looked at the man in fancy clothes not far away and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoists, you came here before us, have you found anything?"
The man in fancy clothes was a little surprised when he heard this that Yang Qi, a cultivator in the middle stage of Nine-Star Martial Emperor, would actually ask about this matter at this time.
However, since everyone had cooperated, the man in fancy clothes did not care too much about it and said directly, "Although we have not yet reached the top of the mountain, it is almost certain that we cannot see the giant palace recorded in the murals at the top of the mountain at present."
After these words were spoken, Yang Qi and the other two couldn't help but frown. They also couldn't see the giant palace recorded in the murals, but that didn't mean the giant palace was not on the top of the mountain.
"The records on the murals should be correct, especially for such an important building, it is unlikely to be wrong." The man in fancy clothes paused for a moment and continued, "So we guess that the giant palace may have some special means to prevent ordinary practitioners from seeing it."
Special means
Yang Qi's eyebrows slightly raised. Emperor Ji Yan and Emperor Luo Feng also had this idea, but Yang Qi did not particularly agree with this idea. Because in his opinion, the mountain gate left by such a strong man is unlikely to need to be hidden deliberately.
"So on this last stretch of the journey to the top of the mountain, we deliberately slowed down in order to better explore the surroundings, hoping to find some clues about the existence of the giant palace." The woman in sky blue clothes at the side added.
I see!
After hearing this, Yang Qi and the other two understood why, in their perception, the seven practitioners in front of them were not moving very fast. It was not because they did not want to travel quickly, but because they wanted to find some useful clues.
Otherwise, even if they reached the top of the mountain and couldn't see the giant palace, they would still have to find a way to try, or even go back to look for clues. It would be better to slow down and search for clues when climbing the mountain.
With the addition of Yang Qi and the other two, the scope of the search for clues by the group of ten people was expanded significantly. Immediately, everyone dispersed slightly and began to investigate the area near the peak of Anzhong Mountain.
As they explored, they headed towards the top of the mountain, but as time passed, they got closer and closer to the top of the mountain, but they did not find any useful clues.
"On the top of Dark Mountain!"
Yang Qi and his group of ten people came to the top of Dark Heavy Mountain. What caught their eyes was a slightly desolate mountaintop with no trace of a palace. To be more precise, there was no trace of any cultivators at all, let alone traces of a giant palace.