Chapter 183: The Conspiracy Behind The Engagement

“Any sense of familiarity? I’ve seen him before. He was a waiter at the inn.”

Zhou Shu said warily.

“A waiter at the inn?” Jin Yu was a little surprised, but he was like Zheng Xi.

“I find him familiar too. I think I’ve seen him somewhere.”

“Inn? Oh, I remember now. He’s from the Ninth Summit.” Zheng Xi said excitedly.

“He’s our Senior Brother from the Ninth Summit. I remember that I had an opportunity to meet him in the inn. At that time, the first eight of us were eliminated. Only this Senior Brother from the Ninth Summit cleared the test in one go, and everyone fell into an epiphany because of it.”

“I remember where I saw him too.” Jin Yu added. “At that time, I was standing at the front. I saw Senior Brother during the Kunlun Grand Ceremony. He was standing with the Goddess.”

Zhou Shu: “…”

He had just taken a consecutive series of blows.

Furthermore, their leader was the person who was going to marry the Goddess?

His status was completely different from other Senior Brothers. Even if this Senior Brother was criticized by others, he was still slightly more special than other Senior Brothers.

This time, he had really messed up.

He regretted it.

As long as he did not show his superiority, it would definitely not have been like this.

…

Somewhere in the maze, on a giant tree in the center.

Ao Longyu stood on a branch and looked at the maze with a slight frown.

A light breeze blew, and her blue and white sleeves fluttered in the wind.

At this moment, she was in her normal mature form. She had long black hair and a graceful figure.

“The mystic realm has already closed. If there are any abnormalities, it’s about time for it to occur.”

Ao Longyu looked around and felt that something was amiss, but she couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

A moment later, she understood.

“The array formation. Someone did something to the maze formation. It’s just—”

However, she had no way of knowing the other party’s motive. It was also not impossible for the other party to merely test her attainments in array formations.

But if the other party wanted to use it to do some dirty work, she needed to intervene.

Ao Longyu then turned toward Jiang Lan and the others.

“There are no obvious changes in the place where the last batch entered. It seems that you are still safe.”

Jiang Lan was the last batch to enter, and Ao Longyu knew this.

The ones who had tempered with the array formation must have their own agenda. She was one of the obvious targets.

Now that she was engaged to Jiang Lan, Jiang Lan might also become one of the targets.

“Junior Brother’s knowledge in array formations is extraordinary. The people in the dark should not be able to harm him with their array formation. If it is someone with powerful cultivation… I will handle it.”

With that in mind, Ao Longyu headed toward the direction with the smallest abnormality.

At this moment, she had discovered three places with abnormalities. None of them were obvious, but the scale was different.

The most important thing was that if she did not go now, she was most likely going to be ambushed.

Everyone knew that she would come as well as she was the leader of this trip. Naturally, she was also responsible for overseeing the entire situation.

Using an abnormality was the best way to bait Ao Longyu over.

The place that had the smallest abnormality should have the lowest chance of it being a trap.

It might not be an ambush, but it was always right to be cautious.

…

Jiang Lan, who was walking through the maze, didn’t go too far. He was still constantly checking the surroundings.

He could roughly sense the situation of Zhou Shu and the other two.

Although they had encountered some problems, none of them had caused them any harm.

The three of them were rather cautious.

Jiang Lan walked slowly. Naturally, he wouldn’t make things difficult for them like the three people guessed.

However, he would not help them if there was no need for him to do so.

It was more suitable for them to handle the dangers themselves.

As for whether they could obtain any treasures, it had nothing to do with him.

“The commotion is getting bigger and bigger.”

Jiang Lan looked at the surrounding array formation and felt that someone was controlling the outermost formation.

The impact was not big, but it could bring trouble to many people.

Woosh!

Suddenly, branches started attacking him.

Bang!

Jiang Lan pointed with his finger.

With just a light touch, the tree branch collapsed.

“It’s not too dangerous.”

He had gauged the danger of the attack. This wasn’t too much of a threat to those at the Golden Core Realm. As long as he was careful enough, he should be safe. One shouldn’t think that one would be safe just because one was walking in his own backyard.

That afternoon.

Jiang Lan saw that sand monsters were starting to appear in the maze and were heading towards his area in groups.

“Where did they come from?”

Woosh!

With that thought in mind, Jiang Lan swung his sword and started killing the sand monsters.

Boom!

Sand and dust scattered, merging into the earth.

Not many were killed.

“They have the strength of a Golden Core.” Jiang Lan frowned.

“I can’t let these sand monsters pass.”

If they passed him, the three Golden Core rookies would definitely not be able to withstand it.

He had to escape with the three of them, which would affect his subsequent actions.

Without any hesitation, he activated his Heavenly Thunder Descent.

Boom!

Boom!

The entire road was covered by lightning and large numbers of sand monsters shattered on the spot.

After clearing the sand monsters, Jiang Lan looked in another direction. He could feel that there were more sand monsters there.

“It’s condensed from an array formation? I have to find the source.”

This was not the way.

However, now that the sand monsters were out, he had to be careful.

Late at night.

As he slashed out with his sword, his sword intent wreaked havoc while sand and dust drifted into the air.

Jiang Lan stood on the sand.

This was the first wave of sand monsters he had cleared.

Fortunately, he had finally arrived at the source.

It was an empty desert where many sand monsters were forming.

There was a black-robed figure sitting by the sand, using it to manifest sandmen.

The sandman condensed was different from the sand monsters. The sandmen he condensed had the strength of an early-stage Essence Soul. Furthermore, there were more than ten of them.

Jiang Lan looked at the black-robed man and sheathed his sword.

It seemed like there was no need to use a sword anymore.

However, he hadn’t signed in yet. Although this wasn’t the center, it was close.

He could sign in first to see what he could get.

However, he needed to deal with this person first.

“Impressive.” At this moment, the black-robed man hid behind a sand monster.

“You actually managed to arrive here alone? Looks like the rumors aren’t true. The disciple of the Ninth Summit isn’t as bad as the rumors say.” The black-robed man’s strange voice continued.

It was impossible to deduce the person’s gender.

However, how could someone who wasn’t an immortal be fully disguised in front of Jiang Lan?

A pale man was hiding under the black robe.

Like a puppet.

There was something wrong with his strength. He should have barely reached the mid-stage Essence Soul Realm.

Jiang Lan didn’t act immediately. This person was being controlled.

Or rather, he was willingly controlled.

He could try to find the mastermind.

He needed some array formations to assist him.

At this time, Jiang Lan had one hand behind his back, runes condensing in his hands.

With his One Leaf Vision, the other party was unable to detect the appearance of the runes.

“Junior Brother, do you want to know why you were chosen as your engagement partner?” The black-robed man’s voice carried a deep smile.

“Junior Brother, have you ever thought about the conspiracy behind this? With Junior Brother’s strength, background, and talent. How could you be the one who marries the Goddess?

Would a pie fall from the sky? Would there be a free lunch in the world? There certainly might be, but those who got them normally paid the price with their lives. Have you ever thought that your fate might have already been arranged? ”

“Continue.” Jiang Lan’s gentle voice rang out.

He seemed very interested in this topic.

At that moment, the runes in his hand were almost complete.

It wouldn’t take long before he finished them.