Once they had finished harassing them, Lin Fan said to Ye Qing Huan, "Where did you want to take us earlier?"

Ye Qing Huan just waved her hand for them to follow her.

She had received information about these ruins before coming here, so she knew the places where there were certain things that were far more rare compared to the items that were all around them.

Though that didn't mean that the items that Lin Fan found weren't good.

But in the end, it wasn't just them alone that arrived at this place.

Since they had already found the others to harass them, they knew where the other four groups were located. From the way that they moved, Lin Fan's group could also tell that they were heading to the same place.

Or rather, Ye Qing Huan could tell since she was the one that led the way.

That was why before arriving, she had them wait before the others arrived first.

She made sure that they were the third group to arrive in this area, right after the first two groups arrived.

The moment that they arrived, they saw the way that the other two groups turned in their direction. Even though they couldn't actually see the faces of the ones glaring at them, it was easy to tell that they were full of doubt when they turned in their direction.

"It seems that the seeds have grown quite well." Lin Fan thought to himself as he watched them act this way.

He was even more satisfied when he saw the last two groups arrive and look at everyone in a doubtful manner.

It was clear that there wasn't a single one of them that trusted each other.

Though technically, the four righteous sects should have worked together against the Heavenly Demon Sect since that was what the relationship between the Five Great Sects was like in the first place.

Only in this place where they all hid their identities, they didn't know who was who.

They had no idea who was from the Heavenly Demon Sect like this.

At the same time, they all wanted the most benefits from this, which was why they didn't reveal themselves in the first place. With their identities hidden, it made it much easier for them to act.

That was why Lin Fan suggested causing trouble for them in the first place.

It was only by causing this gap between them that there would be something to exploit.

Once everyone gathered, there was a long silence that lingered in the air as no one wanted to make the first move.

The two groups that had arrived first would have already gone to get the item that they all came for, if not for the fact that they had arrived at the same time. Then with the arrival of Lin Fan's group, it made it even harder for them to move.

Even this was all planned by Ye Qing Huan who insisted on waiting for the others to arrive first.

If they had gone in for the items earlier, then there was no doubt that they would have had everyone chasing after them. They would have thought that they were the ones that had it and would have become everyone's target.

It was easier to snatch something when one didn't have all the attention.

But as time passed, it meant that they had less and less time in these ruins. With all of the different things that they had been told about, it wasn't as if they wanted to stay in this place for long.

The more time that they wasted, the less time that they had to gain benefits.

So in the end, the silence was broken by one of the groups, "Let's just go together and see what happens? If we remain here like this, it would be what the one from the Heavenly Demon Sect would want. If we go together, it will be hard for them to act since they will be wary of the rest of us."

The way that they looked at the person that spoke made it clear that they were suspecting this person of being from the Heavenly Demon Sect. But that person just looked back at all of them in a calm manner as if they weren't bothered at all by everyone looking at them like this.

So in the end, everyone agreed to this since they knew that they were right.

But what they didn't know was that this was what Ye Qing Huan and Lin Fan had planned all along.

With everyone agreeing to work together, they started heading to the place where the item they all came for was. However, it didn't seem like any of them were willing to actually trust each other with the way that they all kept their distance from each other.

The space between them all was like some kind of neutral zone that had been established that no one dared to cross.

"It seems like the tricks that we've played on them has already ruined all chances of them cooperating." Ye Qing Huan said with a faint smile to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan gave a nod, but he didn't really respond as he kept looking around them.

Ye Qing Huan was surprised and a bit confused to see Lin Fan looking around like this, but she could also tell that there was a reason for him to do this. After all, the look in his eyes showed that there was something here that was taking his attention.

But instead of asking him, she just waited to see what he would say with an excited look in her eyes.

After looking around for a while, Lin Fan suddenly said, "Have you thought about causing a bit more trouble?"

Ye Qing Huan was surprised to hear this at first, but then she said with a chuckle, "Can you actually cause even more trouble here?"

Lin Fan gave a slow nod before saying, "It's possible, but I have no idea how much trouble it will be. It might even be a threat to us."

Ye Qing Huan didn't say anything at first, but then she said with a chuckle, "If it's a threat to us, then it'll certainly be more than enough to take care of them. If you find a chance, then go ahead and do it."

Lin Fan had already been half expecting Ye Qing Huan to say something like this.

Just because it was a threat to them, that didn't mean that it would actually be able to harm them. A threat was completely different from being a danger to them.

As such, Lin Fan continued looking around while taking note of different things around them.

After they walked through the forest for a while, they finally arrived at their destination.

This was a pond that had a waterfall right above it.

However, there was something strange about the pond.

Even though the water from the waterfall was falling right into the pond, it didn't seem like there was a single ripple that was coming from the pond. It really seemed like there was something that was stopping all the force from the falling water.

When one looked closely, they could see that there was a lotus that was floating there in the center of the pond.

The moment that they saw this lotus, everyone turned to look at each other.

That was because this lotus was the one thing that they had all come here for.

The name of this lotus was the Divine Stand Lotus.

In particular, the ones from the Buddhist Sect were the most interested in this lotus since it was an item that would be very useful to them if they brought it back. This Divine Stand Lotus was filled with the dao of buddhism and could be used to create a proper lotus throne for them to meditate on.

If they were to use a lotus throne created from this Divine Stand Lotus, it would allow them to have twice the gains with half the effort.

That was why this Divine Stand Lotus was very important for those from the Buddhist Sect.

Only it wasn't as if it would only be useful to those from the Buddhist Sect.

Even if they couldn't use the buddhism dao inside of the Divine Stand Lotus, other people could still use the large amount of spiritual energy inside of this Divine Stand Lotus to cultivate with.

If they were to refine a pill with this Divine Stand Lotus, it would be strong enough to help them break through their current cultivation level.

That was just how powerful of an item this Divine Stand Lotus was.

And that was why everyone became wary of each other.

Seeing that no one made a move, Lin Fan was the one that actually moved first as he suddenly turned to leave.

The others were all confused why Lin Fan was leaving like this, but they didn't stop him.

In fact, it was a good thing if he wanted to leave this area.

Though they also didn't let their guards down as they spread their own people out to guard this area. They wanted to make sure that Lin Fan wasn't sneaking around just to make a sneaky move.

That wasn't the case as Lin Fan really left the area.

He went for the different spots that he saw earlier as he prepared to cause a lot of trouble for them.

"I wonder just how much trouble it'll cause if I do this." Lin Fan couldn't help wondering to himself.