In the nearby cave, all the elders of the Hidden Family are seated here.

At this moment, their faces don't look very good!

The reason for this is because they suffered a bit of a setback earlier...

Previously, they had discovered a very pure stream of True Qi in the mine deep within the family...

After discovering it, they began to study this True Qi carefully, and soon they found out it was an absolutely pure Wood Series Spiritual Energy...

Excitement!

Knowing how good the pure Wood Series True Qi was, they were extremely excited, because they knew Wood Series True Qi was extremely precious!

After confirming its value, they wanted to make good use of it.

But then they found it was really hard because it had developed spiritual wisdom...

Knowing it had developed spiritual wisdom, they wanted to subdue it...

To achieve this, they tried various methods during this time, but no matter what, they completely failed, and even today, they suffered a setback, which made them depressed, even wanting to vomit blood...

Soon, one of them, pale-faced, spoke dejectedly...

"I still can't understand, earlier, weren't we about to succeed? Why... why did it suddenly reverse?"

"That's what I'm saying!"

"I can't understand it either!"

As they spoke in agreement, they all furrowed their brows tightly!

They were really depressed at this time, because earlier, they were clearly about to succeed...

But in the end, it was a complete failure...

Hearing their dejected words, a person with the worst face spoke lowly: "I have a guess about this!"

These words made everyone quickly turn their heads towards him...

In that instant, everyone showed enough respect because they all knew he was the most powerful Array Master in the family.

Each year, it was him who constantly reinforced the outer array, and without him, the days in The Valley of the Wicked would be much harder.

"Grandmaster Gu, please tell us!"

"Exactly!"

As they spoke respectfully, they recalled his various records!

His name was Gu Yan, and he was the oldest person in The Valley of the Wicked...

He had reached the Array Heart Clarity realm early on and was an absolute master among Array Masters...

Sweeping his eyes over everyone, Gu Yan spoke in a low voice: "Previously, the array I arranged was completely without problems, so earlier, we should have thoroughly subdued it. Now, the reason for failure might be because it suddenly sensed something!"

"Sensed something? What... what does this mean?"

No one quite understood what he wanted to express, so they murmured with curiosity!

"Fools!"

Slightly furrowing his eyebrows, Gu Yan spoke with a slightly hoarse voice, "Now, isn't it the day for the competition with those Four Great Hidden Families?"

"Yes!"

Hearing the affirmative answer, Gu Yan smiled and said, "So, does that mean the four people from the Hidden Families have arrived?"

"Yes, they have arrived! Huh? Grandmaster Gu, do you mean they attracted this spiritual wisdom wood-element True Qi?"

As these words were spoken, everyone widened their eyes.

Gu Yan gently nodded and said, "That's quite possible!"

"Then..."

They were ready to say something when they heard footsteps, and soon, they saw several people approaching!

Recognizing them as Gu Zhentian and others, they quickly asked without hesitation, "Have the people from the Four Great Hidden Families arrived?"

"Yes! They're here!"

Even though they didn't know why they cared so much, they still responded quickly...

Upon hearing such a certain response, they nodded and spoke again, "Tell me about the strength of the four people who came this time!"

"Alright!"

Although they still didn't know why they asked, Gu Zhentian detailed the information about the four people.

After finishing, they stood quietly waiting here...

As they waited quietly like this, those elders turned to Gu Yan...

Gu Yan squinted slightly and said with a hoarse voice, "According to Zhentian's words, the four people who came this time are not simple, so it's really possible that one of them caused the reaction of that Wood Series Spiritual Energy."

Upon hearing Gu Yan's words, they quickly said, "Yes! What should we do then? Just kill them directly?"

Smiling, Gu Yan didn't speak but looked at Gu Zhentian and the others, saying, "What do you think?"

Knowing they couldn't hide from Gu Yan, they didn't have that thought, and honestly expressed their opinions...

"Earlier, we also wanted to eliminate them, after all, there will inevitably be a battle between us and the Four Great Hidden Families, so killing them could reduce a lot of trouble for us later."

"Hmm, quite thoughtful!"

After saying this, Gu Yan squinted his eyes and said, "Zhentian, did you say earlier that several of them were very skilled in arrays, didn't you?"

"Yes! Three of them have touched the Array Heart Clarity realm, and the other has already reached this realm."

"This... is this true?"

As these words were spoken, everyone except Gu Yan widened their eyes...

Because they knew the Array Heart Clarity realm was difficult...

They had spent half their lives just touching the threshold.

"Yes!"

Getting such a certain answer, they looked at Gu Yan, and Gu Yan noticed their gazes, calmly saying, "Some people are truly gifted, these may be such people! Previously, each competition the Hidden Families lost to us, so this time, they should be trying with all their might!"

"This..."

Hearing this, they thought about it and nodded with approval!

Actually, they were overthinking...

This time, the Hidden Families indeed put in all their effort but even with all their might, they were quite useless...

Now, the reason for such a transformative change is because of Xiaobei...

Of course, they did not know this.

So they all guessed that the Four Great Hidden Families had presented their best abilities.

"It seems that earlier, we somewhat underestimated these Four Hidden Families!"

"Indeed!"

After saying this, they looked at Gu Yan again...

They wanted to know what Gu Yan planned now.

Having an elder at home is like having a treasure!

They really respected Gu Yan, because they knew, he truly had various strategies...

Seeing everyone gazing at him expectantly, Gu Yan squinted slightly and said, "Earlier, according to my plan, we would have successfully subdued this Wood Series True Qi by now, but now, we've failed, so we can only use another plan. I initially planned to let Zhentian and others help us, but now, I have a better plan."

"A better plan, what is the plan?"

With a sinister laugh, Gu Yan coldly said, "My plan is to let those people from the Hidden Families help us!"

"This... isn't this impossible! If so, all our secrets will be known!"

"It's useless for them to know! They can't get out alive, and who said I'm letting them here to use their array skills! I want to use them as our bargaining chips!"

"Bargaining chips? We don't quite understand!"

Glancing at them, Gu Yan chuckled...

"I understand you don't quite understand, I'll explain to you! Just now, I thought of a plan that is sure to succeed in subduing this Wood Series True Qi. This plan involves me designing an array, which requires four people as bargaining chips, and they are very, very suitable!"

Hearing these chilling words, they felt their hearts chill...

In the next moment, they curiously asked, "The so-called bargaining chips, will die after it's over?"

With a cruel grin, Gu Yan spoke fervently, "Of course, otherwise, how could they be called bargaining chips!"

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