The crowd heard Yao Liangbi's words, their expressions stiffened slightly, then they forced a smile and said, "Elder Yao, you must be joking..."
"Yes, after all, Elder Mu left Yinlong Mountain many years ago, and no one knows where he went. He's likely passed away by now, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed away for so long!"
"Moreover, even if he hasn't passed away, he probably wouldn't guess that we've taken the spiritual medicine that grew in the medicine field here. So as long as we're careful, there shouldn't be any problems!"
"Fortune favors the bold. Even if he finds out eventually, with the power of these spiritual medicines, we can ascend to the God Realm. We wouldn't have to fear him then!"
These last words directly pointed out their ambition.
They all knew of Young Master Mu Shao'ai's existence and were aware of his strength, being at the Peak Energy Transformation or perhaps he had already stepped into the God Realm. Therefore, Yinlong Mountain, which had been a secluded home for Young Master Mu, was always declared off-limits by them.
No one dared to trespass lightly.
But now, with Young Master Mu's whereabouts unknown, and as others began ascending to the status of God Realm powerhouses in this grand era, they started to entertain thoughts of taking a gamble.
If they were lucky, they all might reach the God Realm, rapidly ascending in ranks and possibly earning a place on the Divine Rankings. Why should they then fear that old man, Young Master Mu?
"Alas..."
Yao Liangbi sighed deeply after hearing their words and said, "Alright, then this old man will join you in this gamble today!"
He felt that things wouldn't likely be as simple as they thought.
But since members of the Seven Great Families had been here causing a stir for several days without incident, for the development of the Medicine Alliance, Yao Liangbi decided it was worth the risk!
After all, the medicine field inside Yinlong Mountain contained many herbs that were indeed very much needed by their Medicine Alliance!
"However, I need those few herbs!"
After agreeing to act, Yao Liangbi pointed towards several peculiar-looking herbs within the Secluded Valley Medicine Fields.
"Agreed!"
The crowd consented.
The itemized herbs were unfamiliar to them, their effects unknown, so even during distribution, they might not consider those as their selections. Besides, after breaking through the Mountain Protection Array, how the treasures would be divided wouldn't necessarily hold to current promises!
They didn't care whether they agreed or not. They could just agree for now!
Seeing that they had all agreed, Yao Liangbi knew what they were thinking. But once the Mountain Protection Array was breached, how the treasures were divided wouldn't be up to them to decide.
With a cold laugh in his heart, Yao Liangbi had the beautiful young girl beside him step back, and he stepped forward, gathering his energy and shouting, "Follow my lead and attack here together. This is the weak point of the formation!"
"Yes!"
The crowd was invigorated by Yao Liangbi's words. They hurriedly executed their moves, channeling their energy and striking in unison at the targeted spot!
"BOOM!!!"
The combined strike of over ten martial artists at the formation's weak point immediately caused the sturdy protective shield to ripple intensely, seemingly on the verge of shattering after a few more hits!
"It really works!"
"Elder Yao is incredible! Let's give it our all and break open this Mountain Protection Array!"
Seeing the shield's intense reactions, everyone got extremely excited and loudly called out to launch another wave of attacks!
"HAAAH!!"
"BOOM!!!"
...
A stretched Rolls-Royce pulled up at the foot of Yinlong Mountain.
Mu Jinyu and several women stepped out of the car. He stood at the car door, his brow furrowing immediately.
Because he sensed that the nature's spiritual energy around Yinlong Mountain was very agitated and chaotic, mixed with other energies.
"What is this?!"
Mu Jinyu had a sense of what might be happening and instantly extended his Divine Sense into the Secluded Valley within Yinlong Mountain!
As his divine sense spread out, he immediately detected that someone was constantly attacking the protective array of Yinlong Mountain!
Mu Jinyu's expression instantly darkened, and he couldn't help but laugh angrily.
"Hahaha... how interesting, how interesting..."
He found it utterly ridiculous. The people of Yinlong Mountain had been on the frontline fighting demons, and it turned out that their home was almost stolen!
"I'll go up first; you do as you please!"
Gu Xiyan and the others didn't know why Mu Jinyu suddenly sneered, feeling somewhat at a loss when he suddenly turned to them and spoke.
After speaking, he soared into the air and flew directly towards Yinlong Mountain!
"Huh? What's gotten into Jinyu?"
The women, seeing Mu Jinyu's reaction, couldn't help but ask worriedly.
Although Wen Rou had reached the God Realm, there was still a distance from Mu Jinyu, so she didn't notice the changes within Yinlong Mountain.
But Mu Hongchen noticed something was wrong. Her divine sense probed out and sensed wavering sounds from within, likely indicating someone was causing trouble in Yinlong Mountain. Her face slightly changed as she said to Wen Rou, "Xiaorou, let's help together and bring them along!"
"Oh, okay!"
Wen Rou, not knowing what had happened, but seeing Mu Hongchen's face turn solemn, immediately agreed.
Mu Hongchen then took half of the women and followed after Mu Jinyu, flying toward Yinlong Mountain.
Wen Rou also took the remaining people and followed behind Mu Hongchen.
Mu Hongchen knew that Mu Jinyu would probably be able to suppress the troublemakers single-handedly, but just in case something unforeseen happened, she and Wen Rou, both at the God Realm, and Gu Xiyan and Jian Ruyan, both at the peak of Energy Transformation, combined their efforts, they wouldn't be a drag!
Otherwise, Mu Jinyu wouldn't have said he was going first and they could do as they pleased; he would have asked them to stay here and not go up!
...
Mu Jinyu took the lead and headed toward the center of Yinlong Mountain!
From afar, he saw a group of people standing at the protective array, joining forces to attack the weak points of the array.
The protective shield formed by the array was also trembling with their attacks and developed several cracks, about to collapse immediately!
"Hmph!"
Mu Jinyu's eyes flowed with murderous intent, and he immediately made a move, drawing Heaven and Earth Vital Energy to form a Giant Elemental Qi Sword, stirring the winds and clouds violently, and launched it towards them!
And he was careful to measure his force, ensuring not to accidentally kill anyone, lest they use the force to break the protective array!
"Everyone, put in more effort, we're about to break through!"
The bearded man, seeing the shield's increasingly violent reaction that was about to be broken, excitedly roared.
"Huh?!"
At this moment, Yao Liangbi suddenly sensed something was amiss, his eyelids twitching, his sharp intuition sensing danger approaching, he quickly shouted, "Retreat quickly!"
He was the first to pull back!
He didn't care if others followed his retreat or not!
Other Martial Artists, hearing Yao Liangbi's words, didn't hesitate and immediately stopped their attack, retreating backward.
"Boom!"
The Giant Elemental Qi Sword arrived in an instant, and although it didn't hit anyone, it left a deep pit in their original position!
Yao Liangbi and the others, seeing this scene, couldn't help but gasp in shock!
"Who is this?!"
At this moment, everyone realized something was wrong and turned back to look.
They saw Mu Jinyu stepping on the stone steps, walking up step by step with his hands behind his back, his eyes coldly watching them, and he coldly said, "Who allowed you to intrude into Yinlong Mountain?!"