What the Snake King said was a solution within a solution.
There were three major factions and more than ten smaller factions. If no one gave in, then no one could enter the Demon Emperor's cave abode.
Instead of continuing the stalemate, it was better to put aside the dispute and participate together. As for who could obtain that page of the Heavenly Book, it would depend on their own abilities. Even if they couldn't obtain it, they could only blame themselves for being inferior.
After the Snake King made his suggestion, the sloppy Taoist priest looked at Li Mu. Li Mu nodded slightly.
It was impossible to monopolize the Demon Emperor's cave abode now. If they competed fairly, they had a high chance of winning. It wasn't unacceptable.
The sloppy Taoist priest said, "We agree. You can ask that little tabby cat if it agrees."
The Demon Grand Elder didn't agree, but he didn't reject either. It was a tacit agreement.
There were so many powerhouses here. His opinion wasn't important.
Seeing that no one objected, the Snake King continued, "After the Demon Emperor died, the cave abode has no owner. Those above the Sixth Realm cannot enter, so we can only send in our subordinates. For the sake of fairness, including us, no matter if it's the Great Zhou court, the six Daoist sects, or the various Demon Dao sects, each faction can only send in five subordinates below the Sixth Realm. Does anyone have a different opinion?"
The Snake King's words were fair. No one raised any objections.
Including Li Mu, there were a total of six Fifth Realm Consecrators in the imperial court. One of them had to stay outside.
Only five of the Elders brought by the six sects could enter.
Very quickly, they decided on the candidates.
The four Demon Dao sects and the Demon Kings also chose their strongest subordinates.
For now, the three factions reached a temporary compromise.
The next problem was to enter the Demon Emperor's cave abode.
If there were only a few Sixth Realm powerhouses in the valley, they would have to put in a lot of effort to find the entrance. However, there were a total of 17 Sixth Realm powerhouses here. Under the influence of benefits, the 17 of them joined forces to cast spells. Their magic power focused on a point in the void.
A hole was immediately torn in that space. One could vaguely see that it was connected to another space.
The Snake King said in a low voice, "Go in quickly. We can't hold it for long!"
The five shadows behind him were the first to fly into the crack.
Then, the subordinates of the other three Demon Kings also jumped in.
Following them were the people from the four demonic sects. Seeing Huan Ji and the others fly in, Li Mu, the other four consecrators, and the five elders of the Fu-lu School also flew in.
In the valley, more than ten people withdrew their spells. The spatial entrance also disappeared, and the sky returned to normal.
The three forces stood in three different places, each on guard against the other.
At this time, Li Mu looked at the vast expanse of whiteness around him and raised his vigilance to the highest level.
The White Emperor's Cave Mansion was not like what he had imagined. In front of him, there was only a white fog. He could only see three or four steps away from him. Beyond five steps, there was only a thick white fog, and he could not see anything.
When Li Mu's spiritual awareness left his body, the range it could explore was no more than ten steps.
Suddenly, he felt a sense of danger. His body moved a few feet to the side, and a flying sword brushed past his neck.
Li Mu squinted his eyes and looked at the thick fog in front of him. A figure walked out from there.
He glanced at Huan Ji and asked indifferently, "What, do you want to fight?"
The flying sword flew back and floated above Huan Ji's head. She looked at Li Mu with a face full of anger. Just as she was about to activate the flying sword to attack again, the people beside her advised, "Lord Huan Ji, finding the Heavenly Book is more important …"
Huan Ji took a deep breath and glared fiercely at Li Mu again. Then, she turned and disappeared into the thick fog.
The Fox Clan clearly distinguished between kindness and hatred. They would not refuse to repay kindness, nor would they not take revenge.
It was not easy for her to persuade her father to leave the Demon Country and complete the mission alone.
At that time, she was heroic and heroic. She vowed to prove her ability to her father.
Then, she met Li Mu.
Li Mu gave her the first setback in her demon life, and it was during her first mission. This kind of blow made her depressed for a few months, and she couldn't recover from it.
Towards this human who ended her first mission and humiliated her, if she did not return the humiliation a hundred times over, she would live in humiliation for the rest of her life.
However, for now, finding the Heavenly Book was more important.
Three days later, the experts outside would open this space again. As long as she found the Heavenly Book, she would have enough time to take revenge.
Huan Ji had just provoked him to fight, but she left irresponsibly. The situation in the thick fog ahead was unknown, so Li Mu could not chase after her.
The Demon Path people who came in first, the Demon King's subordinates, were nowhere to be found. Beside Li Mu, the leading elders of the other five sects cupped their hands and said, "Martial Uncle Ling Jizi, we will also go elsewhere to search."
Although the six sects were close, they each represented their own interests. After entering the Demon Emperor's cave, they scattered and searched on their own.
Li Mu finally looked at the five people from the Fu-lu School and asked, "What about you?"
The leading Taoist priest said, "Before we came, the Sect Master said that we will listen to Martial Uncle Ling Jizi's command in this operation."
Li Mu nodded and said, "That's good. The situation here is unknown. If we move together, we can take care of each other."
The Demon Emperor's cave was very different from what Li Mu had imagined. It was all white and there was no sense of direction. They did not know how big this space was and where should they find the Dao Page?
Could it be that they had to search around like headless flies?
At this time, the leading elder of the Fu-lu School took out a piece of Fu-lu from his sleeve and handed it to Li Mu, saying, "The Sect Master asked me to give this to Martial Uncle. He said that this piece of Fu-lu will lead us to the location of the Dao Page …"
"Why didn't you say so earlier …"
Li Mu glanced at him, took the piece of Fu-lu, and threw it into the air. The piece of Fu-lu turned into a paper crane and slowly flapped its wings, flying to the left.
Li Mu and the others followed the paper crane. While being vigilant of their surroundings, they slowly moved forward.
In the thick fog not far ahead, an elder of the North Sect took out a compass from his chest. After inserting his Fa Li, the compass needle spun rapidly and stopped after a while. At this time, the compass needle was pointing in the same direction as Li Mu and the others.
In another direction, the five people of the Spirit Array Sect followed behind a small flag in the air and silently moved forward.
Although the elders of the six sects were separated and did not travel in the same direction, if they were to extend their route, they would find that sooner or later, they would meet at a certain place …
At the same time, the ten people of the Meizong Sect and the Mirage Sect, under the guidance of Huan Ji, were still heading in the same direction.
Li Mu slowly walked in the thick fog. Besides the footsteps of a group of people, he could not hear anything else.
Dead silence.
All he could feel in this space was a deathly stillness.
There were no living creatures here. The ground was bare. Not to mention trees, there was not even a blade of grass or a flower.
Other than the lack of living creatures, there was no spiritual energy in this space. This also meant that the Fa Li in their body could only be replenished with spiritual jades. Once the Fa Li in their body was depleted, the spiritual jades would also be used up. A cultivator at the peak of the fifth level would not be much stronger than a normal person.
In this situation, all the sense of security that a cultivator had came from the Fa Li in their body.
Li Mu reminded, "Everyone, be careful. Try to conserve your Fa Li as much as possible and avoid any unnecessary consumption of Fa Li."
At this time, a consecrator of the imperial court who was leading the way suddenly stopped and said, "Lord Li, there is something in front …"
Li Mu took two steps forward. Indeed, in the thick fog ahead, he saw a black shadow.
The black shadow was half the height of a person. It was squarish and motionless. It did not look like a living thing.
Li Mu took a closer look and realized that it was a stone tablet.
Along the way, other than the ground under their feet and the thick fog around them, the entire world was empty. This stone tablet was the first thing they encountered here.
The consecrator stood in front of the stone tablet. As if he had discovered something, he said, "There are words on the tablet."
The few of them took a closer look. Indeed, they found some marks on the stone tablet.
However, those crooked marks were not in the common language of the Great Zhou. The group could not recognize a single word.
Li Mu did not recognize it either. He only felt that the handwriting was somewhat familiar. He had seen Xiao Bai's handwriting before. It was very similar to this handwriting. If he guessed correctly, this should be the ancient language of the Demon Clan. As for the specific content of the tablet, he did not know.
A consecrator took a few steps forward and said, "There are more in front!"
"There are more here too!"
"There are many more stone tablets in front."
"Why do I feel like these are gravestones?"
…
The few of them continued forward. They realized that they seemed to have entered a forest of stone tablets. There were hundreds of densely packed stone tablets here. The images of the tablets were faintly discernible in the thick fog, making the already strange space even more strange.
This made the group more cautious. They went around the stone tablets and continued forward slowly.
However, even Li Mu did not notice that when they walked past the gravestones, some of the aura emitted from their bodies was attracted by the gravestones and entered the ground.
In this space that had been dead for who knows how many years, their entry brought life to this place.
At the same time, a few thousand steps to their left, Phantom Princess looked at the words on a stone tablet and read softly, "Spiritual Ape King's seventh personal guard …"
A handsome man beside her revealed a joyful expression and said, "According to the ancient records, the Spiritual Ape King was one of the ten great Demon Generals under the Demon Emperor. This is indeed the Demon Emperor's cave …"
As soon as he finished speaking, Phantom Princess's expression changed. She said, "Be careful!"
Before the person could react, he suddenly felt something tighten around his leg. He looked down and saw a bone-like hand grabbing his ankle and pulling it down.
The ground cracked open and he was directly dragged underground.
After a violent spiritual energy fluctuation, the handsome man broke out of the ground. His face was extremely pale. He floated in the air. The position of one of his legs was empty …
Kacha …
Creak …
At the same time, there was a scalp-numbing chewing sound from underground.
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