The little gourd children disappeared one after another, too quickly for anyone to react.

Fang Zhou's Divine Sense surged instantly, enveloping everyone left and isolating all probing.

However, it was useless. After the little gourd children disappeared, it was Wu Lin's turn, and then the four members of the Avengers Alliance.

In the blink of an eye, only Fang Zhou, Yu Qing, and Han Li were left.

Yu Qing tightly held Fang Zhou's hand, and then disappeared together with Han Li.

"Who is it?!"

Fang Zhou let out a stern shout, his voice booming like thunder, rolling out in all directions.

He had just thought that with his current strength, he could protect everyone, but in the next moment, they all vanished right before his eyes.

It was a slap to the face that came too swiftly and fiercely.

No one answered Fang Zhou's question, and the circle of red light around him persisted, with a powerful force tugging at him.

Fang Zhou felt he could break free from this force, but he did not resist, allowing it to pull him along as well.

With a swish, he felt just like entering a teleportation array; after a moment of dizziness, Fang Zhou landed on solid ground, taking in his surroundings.

It was a bluestone brick plaza with a diameter over a kilometer, bordered by statues of beasts crouching on the ground.

There were already quite a few people on the plaza, all with bewildered expressions.

The ones who had disappeared earlier were among them and, upon seeing Fang Zhou, rushed over to him in delight.

With Fang Zhou there, the fear and anxiety in everyone's hearts were greatly reduced.

Xuan Ling, who had been out of sight all along, was also teleported there, quietly hiding to the side, not approaching Fang Zhou.

"Are we still in Refining Immortal City?"

"We should be. Let's wait and see."

Fang Zhou sensed that the concentration of spiritual energy in the air hadn't changed, likely indicating they were still within Refining Immortal City.

This place had a dark sky with no stars or moon, making it unclear whether it was night or a sealed space.

Surrounding them were vaguely undulating hills, with no vegetation, just exposed reddish rocks.

Including Fang Zhou's group, almost eighty people had been teleported here, all part of this venture into Refining Immortal City.

Xiao Yin and Ming Aoshuang were among them, wearing solemn expressions.

Ming Aoshuang glanced at Fang Zhou, who was surrounded by others, without approaching.

Strangely, Ling Xiaoyue was not there, and Fang Zhou couldn't see her anywhere.

When Fang Zhou was being teleported, he felt he could resist the force, so perhaps Ling Xiaoyue had resisted it as well, which is why she hadn't appeared.

Someone suddenly burst into tears, and upon asking, it was revealed that the person had just found a relic, overcoming numerous dangers to finally resolve the threat, and was about to claim the treasure when they were teleported away, rendering half a month of effort fruitless.

Fang Zhou empathized upon hearing this. In his past life, while playing a game, he had also struggled to get a rare item, and in his excitement to boast in front of his friends, he chose to take a screenshot instead of picking it up.

Just as he finished taking the shot, the network disconnected, breaking his heart.

You probably don't need me to tell you which game it was.

"Junior Sister Xiao, what on earth is going on?"

A female Taoist from Taixu Temple who had coveted Fang Zhou during the alliance meeting immediately inquired of Xiao Yin, as the two were from the same sect and had a good relationship.

Xiao Yin calmly said, "Senior Sister Yu Hua, we don't know either. Let's wait and see."

Another voice suddenly interjected, "This Refining Immortal City is being watched over by your Righteous Alliance, and you claim to know nothing? That seems unlikely."

Xiao Yin and Ming Aoshuang turned to look, and the person who spoke was the female monk from Great Leiyin Temple, who had previously made things difficult for Fang Zhou during the conference.

Xiao Yin looked helpless, "Master Hong Guan, Refining Immortal City is mysterious and unpredictable. The Righteous Alliance has only explored up to the twenty-seventh layer."

"Are you suggesting this is above the twenty-seventh layer?"

Another voice chimed in, from Donggong Fu, the true disciple of Piaomiao Mountain.

Although Ming Aoshuang had a great personal relationship with Xiao Yin, she was from Taixu Temple and had a competitive relationship with Piaomiao Mountain.

Master Hong Guan immediately concurred, "Indeed. Are you saying this place is above the twenty-seventh layer, and you don't recognize it?"

Xiao Yin hadn't responded yet, but Yu Hua immediately defended her junior sister.

These three true disciples had long been at odds with each other, and quickly descended into a bickering match, mocking and ridiculing one another.

Ming Aoshuang did not want others to know her changed personality, so she pretended to be cold and refrained from speaking.

Xiao Yin, looking exasperated, stepped aside, unable to leverage her position within the Righteous Alliance against these three prominent disciples.

"Heh, there's a good show to watch."

Qiu Yueming, along with a few disciples from Yuheng Sect, gathered around Yu Qing, gloating.

Taixu Temple, Great Leiyin Temple, and Piaomiao Mountain had always been at odds with each other.

Meanwhile, Heavenly Sword Sect and Yuheng Sect clustered together, indifferent to the other three sects.

Fang Zhou watched, speechless, as these three sects' true disciples didn't unite in the face of unexpected events but instead shirked responsibility and argued.

With this attitude, it's a wonder they could unite against external threats. No wonder the Demon Sect and True Mother God Sect could grow and thrive, without being eradicated.

After a while of arguments going nowhere, the dispute finally came to an end under Xiao Yin's mediation.

Fang Zhou thought the farce was over, but unexpectedly, the female monk turned her attention to his side.

"Who are those people? Why haven't I seen them before?"

Hong Guan glared at the little gourd children and Luo Jingsong and others, asking sharply.

The little gourd children were a bit frightened and could only hide behind Fang Zhou, while Luo Jingsong and the other two lacked confidence in the face of these prominent disciples.

The cultivators around immediately began whispering, their eyes focused on Fang Zhou.

A total of only about sixty people had entered, and with the memory of a cultivator, they could easily remember each person's face.

The little gourd children and the three with Luo Jingsong were clearly not among them, especially the three with Luo Jingsong, as there were originally not many males, including Fang Zhou, among the sixty plus people. Now, three more suddenly appeared, making it too obvious.

The sudden appearance of eleven unfamiliar strangers clearly meant they had snuck in, and since they were all hiding by Fang Zhou's side, there was little doubt who was behind it.

"President Fang, please tell me, where did these people come from?"

Master Hong Guan glared at Fang Zhou, pressing him with questions.

This female monk had been tricked by Fang Zhou during the alliance meeting and was looking for an opportunity to vent.

Yu Hua from Taixu Temple and Donggong Fu from Piaomiao Mountain both watched with amusement. They had no ties with Fang Zhou and were even happy to see the Heavenly Sword Sect and Yuheng Sect suffer, so they had no reason to help.

Ming Aoshuang had known all along that these people were brought by Fang Zhou. She instinctively wanted to speak up for Fang Zhou and take the blame, but was pulled back by Xiao Yin.

"Calm down, Brother Fang should have a way to handle it."

Ming Aoshuang could only wait patiently and keep silent.

Under Hong Guan's questioning and everyone's gaze, Fang Zhou remained calm outwardly, but inside, he was growing very impatient with the female monk.

Did this woman shave her brain along with her head? Suddenly being teleported to this unfamiliar place, and instead of finding the cause quickly, she was interested in trivial matters.

Fang Zhou could only suspect that the female monk was going through menopause, making her so unreasonable.

He had no patience to waste time with such a person, so he directly said, "I brought them. What does it matter to you?"

The crowd immediately erupted into an uproar.

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