When it was about time they parted ways to prepare, they wouldn't work together in the exploration since Huang Qian Yang couldn't disclose anything.
Many people had already arrived by the time Zi Hua and Xue Lian went to the meeting place.
Zi Hua looked around to see if Tang Zen Zen was there since it would be a good chance for her friends to meet but she couldn't find her with the entourage from Deep Sky Dragon Sect, who were in charge of organizing.
It was both good and bad, she couldn't meet Tang Zen Zen but Tang Zen Zen wouldn't be dragged into the mess if she really did find the flame fragment and got found out.
She couldn't sense it from here so she could only confirm the existence of the flame fragment when she enters the ruins.
Suddenly, she could feeling an intense hostile glare towards her direction, she turned around to the direction of the source to find Xia Meng Meng glaring at Xue Lian as if she had just murdered her entire family.
Though, she didn't realize that there was actually someone who did that right next to Xue Lian.
Xia Meng Meng couldn't make a ruckus in these circumstances but once they entered...
Zi Hua could guess what they thinking, if it was merely bumping into her she wouldn't have been so vengeful however that dumb Huang Qian Yang had humiliated her in front of all those people from various powers, she couldn't swallow that bitter pill.
Huang Qian Yang was trying to protect Xue Lian and get them back for her but he really didn't take this into account, love can be blinding (in more than one way), he usually wouldn't make such a careless mistake. (A/N: To all the third wheels out there, you will know what it means by more than one way)
However, Xia Meng Meng really didn't stop to think that she deserved it since Xue Lian had only accidentally bumped into her and apologized yet those people with her had been so unreasonable and she had just stood there in agreement with their actions, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, she was no different than her sisters.
If Xia Fei Yan hadn't died she might've ended up like the rest of her sisters, however even if it was so, Zi Hua was someone who drew the line between debt of gratitude and vengeance and believed that there wasn't a definite right and wrong in this world, everyone has the right to have their own beliefs.
"Ahem! Deep Sky Dragon Sect has found a ruin recently and decided to gather the sects together for an exploration" The Sect leader's voice echoes throughout the venue.
He clearly claimed that Deep Sky Dragon Sect was the one who found it so they had ownership for it.
He wouldn't have allowed them if the news hadn't spread out due to those two b*stards, when he finds them...
But what's done is done, it was the place from the map that their lord had gave them for safekeeping and after so many years of search, they had inadvertently stumbled upon it, such a place would definitely be dangerous so the more people the better and if there really is any mishap, it would be a chance for the other powers to be weakened.
"We will bring you to the ruins so please follow along" They hadn't explored much since the various powers had been keeping an even closer eye than usual on them so it was also their first time doing a proper search.
A large group of people followed the Sect leader, from elders to geniuses to wondering cultivators.
Not long later, they reached a snow covered plain, Xue Lian put on the extra layer, the others had similarly brought extra layers but they would be no where as effective as the two ladies' clothes in keeping warm.
The ruins were underground but due to the entrance being opened, the places surrounding it had been covered in snow.