After Ding Fan heard Xia Ling’s words, a look of horror instantly surged into his eyes. His gaze locked tightly onto that mound, and a doubtful voice slowly came out of his mouth:

"So this mound really is unbelievably strange..."

A trace of contemplative light flickered in Ding Fan’s eyes. The corner of his mouth trembled slightly as he looked toward Zhuge Qing at his side and said to everyone in a calm tone: 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Brother Zhuge, you’re saying that behind this mound is where your Skeleton Sect is hiding?"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, a glint flashed in Zhuge Qing’s eyes as well, and he slowly nodded toward Ding Fan.

When Ding Fan saw this, a look of surprise surged into his eyes. His gaze fell onto Xia Ling’s body, the corner of his mouth quivered slightly, and he spoke to her in a faint voice:

"Xia Ling, you can sense something unusual about this mound?"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, a look of surprise also flashed through Xia Ling’s eyes. She slowly nodded toward Ding Fan.

After seeing Xia Ling’s reaction, a look of shock instantly surged into Ding Fan’s eyes. The corner of his mouth trembled slightly as his gaze fixed itself on that eerie mound.

When Zhuge Qing saw Ding Fan’s reaction, a look of surprise also surged into his eyes. The corner of his mouth twitched, and his voice slowly came out of his mouth:

"Brother Ding, do you feel there’s something wrong?"

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, the corner of Ding Fan’s mouth slowly curled up. His tone paused slightly, and he spoke with great composure:

"No, I’m just rather curious about this matter..."

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, a look of sudden realization instantly rose in Zhuge Qing’s eyes. He nodded his head lightly twice, and a faint voice came from his mouth:

"Brother Ding, in that case, what should we do now?"

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, light flickered in Ding Fan’s eyes. He pondered for a moment, then his voice slowly came out of his mouth:

"Within this Skeleton Sect, have you cultivated any trusted subordinates of your own?"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, the corner of Zhuge Qing’s mouth also slowly curled up. He slowly opened his mouth to Ding Fan and said:

"Brother Ding, I’ve been in the Skeleton Sect for so long—if I didn’t even have a bit of my own trusted power, wouldn’t all my time in the Skeleton Sect have been for nothing?"

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, the corner of Ding Fan’s mouth slowly curled up as well. His tone paused slightly, and he spoke very calmly:

"Very good. Since that’s the case, let’s first go find your trusted men!"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, a sharp light also flashed through Zhuge Qing’s eyes, and he slowly nodded toward Ding Fan.

"All right! Brother Ding, then we’ll first find my trusted men, and then we’ll discuss how to seize the Skeleton Sect!"

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, the corner of Ding Fan’s mouth slowly curled up again. He spoke very calmly:

"Good! Brother Zhuge, please lead the way!"

As he spoke, Ding Fan made a gesture of invitation. After Zhuge Qing saw Ding Fan’s movement, he also nodded lightly twice, and his body began to sway slightly on the ground. As Zhuge Qing’s body swayed, an inexplicable fluctuation surged out from him.

Bursts of incomparably eerie fluctuations swept out. On top of that mound, a faint radiance also began to flicker. When Ding Fan saw this, a look of shock instantly surged into his eyes, and his gaze fixed itself on Zhuge Qing’s body.

As the light flowed over the mound, a giant pit more than two men tall gradually appeared atop it. Within the pit, a huge Bronze Gate emerged, and from that Bronze Gate, faint terrifying waves of air emanated outward.

When Ding Fan saw this, a look of shock instantly surged into his eyes, and a startled voice came out of his mouth:

"This... could this be the true entrance to the Skeleton Sect?"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, the corner of Zhuge Qing’s mouth also slowly curled up. The corner of his mouth trembled slightly as he slowly opened his mouth to Ding Fan and said:

"That’s right. The real Skeleton Sect is hidden behind this Bronze Gate..."

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, a sharp light flashed in Ding Fan’s eyes as he looked toward Zhuge Qing at his side and said faintly to everyone:

"Brother Zhuge, from here on, we’ll be relying entirely on your care..."

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, a somewhat embarrassed look flashed through Zhuge Qing’s eyes. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he patted his chest as he promised Ding Fan:

"Brother Ding, rest assured. Now that the Skeleton Sect is like a dragon without a head, within the entire Skeleton Sect, as long as I step forward, no one will dare to so much as touch you!"

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s assurance, the corner of Ding Fan’s mouth slowly curled up as well. He nodded lightly and slowly spoke to Zhuge Qing:

"Brother Zhuge, in the matter of the Skeleton Sect, we’ll follow your arrangements completely!"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, Zhuge Qing also nodded lightly twice, and his body walked outward.

Zhuge Qing slowly arrived before that Bronze Gate. A faint radiance flickered on his palm, and as the light flashed, that Bronze Gate was pushed open by Zhuge Qing.

When Ding Fan saw this, a look of shock instantly surged into his eyes. He followed in Zhuge Qing’s footsteps and slowly walked into the Bronze Gate.

As Ding Fan stepped through the Bronze Gate, dim light began to flicker along the corridor. The wavering glow illuminated the figures ahead, making them flash unceasingly.

Zhuge Qing slowly turned his head back, looked in Ding Fan’s direction, raised the corner of his mouth, pointed toward the front of the corridor, and said:

"Ahead is the place that truly leads to where our Skeleton Sect disciples live. There, a great number of Skeleton Sect disciples reside!"

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, light flashed in Ding Fan’s eyes. He nodded lightly twice and said faintly to everyone:

"Since that’s the case, let me have a look at the inside of this Skeleton Sect. But are you sure bringing us in won’t be discovered by others?"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, a sharp light instantly surged into Zhuge Qing’s eyes, and an incomparably cold voice came from his mouth:

"With my current status, within the entire Skeleton Sect, I’m afraid there really aren’t many who dare stand in my way!"

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, Ding Fan also nodded lightly twice and slowly spoke to him:

"Very good. Since that’s the case, let’s hurry and go in!"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, Zhuge Qing also nodded lightly twice. His figure flickered as he walked toward the depths of the corridor, where there was actually an incomparably eerie Formation slowly revolving.

When Ding Fan saw this, a look of shock instantly surged into his eyes, and he spoke with great calm:

"So this is actually a Teleportation Array?!"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, a look of shock instantly surged into Zhuge Qing’s eyes as well. He slowly opened his mouth to Ding Fan and said:

"That’s right, this is a Teleportation Array. Beyond the Array lies the location of the Skeleton Sect..."

After hearing this, a sharp light also flashed in Ding Fan’s eyes, and he slowly nodded toward Zhuge Qing.

"Brother Zhuge, in that case, let’s set out!"

After hearing Ding Fan’s words, a grave look instantly surged into Zhuge Qing’s eyes. He nodded lightly twice, and a faint radiance subtly flowed out from his body. As the light slowly flickered, it produced bursts of incomparably profound fluctuations with the Teleportation Array, and wisps of faint light were released from that Teleportation Array.

As the light was released, a wondrous Spatial Tunnel appeared before Ding Fan and the others. When Ding Fan saw this, a look of shock instantly surged into his eyes, and the corner of his mouth slowly curled up.

When Zhuge Qing saw this, the corner of his mouth also slowly curled up. He slowly turned his head, and facing Ding Fan’s direction, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Brother Ding, the Teleportation Array has been opened. We’d best hurry and go in!"

After hearing Zhuge Qing’s words, Ding Fan also nodded lightly twice and walked into the Teleportation Array.

After seeing Ding Fan’s movement, Xia Ling’s figure also slowly followed him in.

Not long after, Ding Fan, Zhuge Qing, and the others all stepped into the Teleportation Array.