"Elder Yuehua, what's wrong?" Kong Xuanlian and Kong Moyu asked in unison.
"There's been another disturbance within the Sorrow Mountain Range. That intruder has activated something inside it!!!" Kong Yuehua said.
"What?!!" Upon hearing this, every person present had their expression change dramatically.
"Elder Yuehua, are you certain that something was activated, and that the intruder didn't simply trigger a killing formation?" Kong Moyu asked.
"I can confirm — it was not a killing formation. But it was indeed a formation, and that formation… has already been broken by that intruder," Kong Yuehua said.
BOOM—
An earth-shattering clap of thunder.
The members of the Kong Heavenly Clan felt as though invisible bolts of lightning had torn through their physical bodies and struck their very souls.
The Sorrow Mountain Range — that was the place where the ancestor of the Kong Heavenly Clan had buried their heritage. That heritage… one could say it was the most precious thing the Kong Heavenly Clan possessed.
If they obtained that heritage, the Kong Heavenly Clan's lineage would be complete. It was entirely possible that their clan would surpass the other three first-rate powers and become the strongest force in the Hundred Refinements Lower Realm.
Over the countless years, how many of their predecessors had entered the Sorrow Mountain Range seeking that heritage, only to meet with failure — or even lose their lives in the attempt.
And now, an outsider had not only infiltrated the Sorrow Mountain Range, but had actually activated a formation?
What kind of formation was it? What if it happened to be the very formation that housed the heritage?
Wouldn't their Kong Heavenly Clan's last remaining heritage be seized by someone else?
Unacceptable. For the people of the Kong Heavenly Clan, this was absolutely something that could not be tolerated.
"Damn it!!!"
Panic. The moment they imagined their Kong Heavenly Clan's heritage being snatched away by an outsider, every member of the clan was consumed with fury — yet they didn't know what to do.
That was their clan's treasure! That was the heritage their own ancestor had left for them — how could they allow some outsider to take it?
"Now do you believe what I said?" Kong Xuanlian swept his gaze across the crowd, then strode outward. He intended to go to the entrance of the Sorrow Mountain Range and wait for the intruder to leave — then block his path.
"This person's crime is unforgivable." As Kong Moyu spoke, he too headed outside. At this point, he no longer needed Kong Xuanlian to persuade him. He would of his own accord join forces with Kong Xuanlian.
At this moment, he could no longer afford to disregard that intruder.
"Wait!!!" But just then, Kong Yuehua's gaze shifted once more, and an expression of utter shock surfaced in his eyes.
"How can this be? This… how is this possible?" Kong Yuehua stared intently at the formation, his face filled with disbelief.
"Elder Yuehua, what is it now?" Seeing Kong Yuehua like this, even Kong Xuanlian and Kong Moyu hastily stopped in their tracks and turned back to ask.
They had known each other since childhood. They knew exactly what kind of person Kong Yuehua was. In all these years, they had rarely seen him display such a shocked expression as the one on his face right now.
Yet now, at a moment of crisis like this, that very expression had appeared.
And so, Kong Yuehua's expression alone was enough to tell them one thing — whatever disturbance the formation was registering at this moment, it was absolutely extraordinary. Something far more serious might have happened.
"According to the formation's readings, the person who activated a formation within the Sorrow Mountain Range at this very moment is a junior who has not yet reached one hundred years of age," Kong Yuehua said.
"A junior?!"
"You're telling me a junior infiltrated our Sorrow Mountain Range and activated some kind of formation?" Upon hearing this, let alone the others, even Kong Xuanlian and Kong Moyu wore looks of horror on their faces.
"Elder Yuehua, surely you've misread it?" Kong Moyu asked. In his mind, this was absolutely impossible.
"Although this formation has rarely shown disturbances over the years, I have studied how to interpret its signals since I was a child. The disturbances it produces — I can deduce from them what has occurred within the Sorrow Mountain Range."