As Qingyuan King's words fell, several beings from the Upper Realm walked out from the crowd to stand behind him. This action undoubtedly demonstrated to everyone that they supported Qingyuan King's statements.
Huang Zhongtian's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected Qingyuan King to be so self-degrading, abandoning the pride of the Fifth Heaven Domain and choosing to lower himself to unite with beings from other Heaven Domains.
He wanted to say something, but after glancing at Qingyuan King's followers, he found that the beings supporting him were all well-known experts with considerable strength. Among them were even a few who, although from lower Heaven Domains, were not inferior to him in terms of background and power. Therefore, he immediately swallowed back the words he wanted to say.
Huang Zhongtian silently clenched his fists, a forced smile on his face, and looked at Qingyuan King, saying:
"Brother Qing, is it necessary to go this far? Things will definitely become more dangerous, and we must stick together to safely overcome the risks ahead."
Qingyuan King shook his head, saying:
"Brother Huang, people with different paths cannot work together. Since you're such a good person, I'll leave the rest to you. I hope you can truly lead these burdens away from this place in the end!"
Then, without another word, Qingyuan King prepared to leave with his followers.
Hearing Qingyuan King's undisguised labeling of them as burdens, they were filled with anger. They glared fiercely at Qingyuan King. If looks could kill, Qingyuan King might have died eight hundred times over. However, they wouldn't dare to attack Qingyuan King. After all, Qingyuan King was above them in both background and strength. They could only place their hopes on Huang Zhongtian, hoping he would step in and stop Qingyuan King, or at least make him leave behind the Phoenix Feather Scarlet Gold, which was everyone's harvest and shouldn't be enjoyed by him alone.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Huang Zhongtian wanted to curse inwardly, but ultimately didn't say it out loud. His gaze fell on Qingyuan King, and after a long while, he squeezed out a sentence:
"Brother Qing..."
Qingyuan King turned around, his eyes cold, and stared at Huang Zhongtian: "Brother Huang, what else is there to say?"
Huang Zhongtian opened his mouth, awkwardly raised his hand, and said:
"It's nothing. I just wanted you to be careful, as there are too many dangers lurking here."
After Huang Zhongtian said this, he felt like he had a big red nose on his face, like a clown.
He originally wanted to target Qingyuan King and make him the target of public criticism, but he didn't expect that he would end up shooting himself in the foot, allowing Qingyuan King to take away a group of powerful people. This undoubtedly greatly weakened the team's strength.
The key point was that the remaining people in the team still hoped that he could make Qingyuan King leave behind the Phoenix Feather Scarlet Gold. If he couldn't do it, his prestige in the team would definitely be greatly reduced. Thinking about it this way, he might as well have kept his mouth shut. He had lost everything, even his underwear, and it was a complete loss.
"Brother Huang is kind. If Brother Huang isn't having a pleasant time, I still have the same words: there will always be a place for Brother Huang here!"
Qingyuan King was adding insult to injury.
Huang Zhongtian felt so depressed that he was about to vomit blood.
He already disliked Qingyuan King. The seemingly peaceful dialogue was just him being hypocritical. If he were to really rely on Qingyuan King and lower himself, he would rather die directly, as that would be more pleasant. Anyway, he was determined that he could never be subordinate to Qingyuan King in this lifetime.
Not long after Qingyuan King left with his group, several other people stood up and told Huang Zhongtian that they wanted to take a group of people away, implying that, like Qingyuan King, they were unwilling to carry burdens, so they would leave all the burdens to Huang Zhongtian.
What could Huang Zhongtian say to this? He had already been labeled as a good person. If he quit now, what would others think of him? So he could only swallow the bitter pill and force himself to accept it, and even had to send several groups of people away with a smile on his face.
Soon, only a dozen or so people remained in the crowd. Among these dozen or so people, only one was from the Fourth Heaven Domain, but his strength was completely inferior to the others from the Fourth Heaven Domain. This was because the benefactor behind him had blood relations with his family, which made an exception to let him come down to harvest flesh and blood medicine. Otherwise, he would never have been qualified for this lucrative job.
The rest were all from lower Heaven Domains. These people, as Qingyuan King said, were weak and had no trump cards, no different from burdens.
Huang Zhongtian looked at the uneven team and even had the urge to break away from the team and become a lone wolf. It would probably be easier than carrying these burdens. However, doing so would damage his reputation, so he could only forcibly suppress his impulse and look at everyone with a serious expression:
"You all know that this place is not simple, and there are many risks. Therefore, for the sake of everyone's safety, all your actions must be under my command. Otherwise, if anyone accidentally provokes trouble due to unauthorized actions, don't expect me to come to your rescue!"
Huang Zhongtian's words were a warning in advance. If anyone disobeyed, he would let them fend for themselves, which would also reduce his burden.
Everyone agreed to Huang Zhongtian, promising not to act without authorization. After all, they also knew that they couldn't safely enter the depths of this place on their own. They still needed to rely on Huang Zhongtian's strength to enter the depths of the tomb and obtain certain opportunities under Huang Zhongtian's protection. So at this time, they would never contradict Huang Zhongtian.
Seeing everyone's attitude, Huang Zhongtian sighed inwardly, but didn't say much. Instead, he comforted himself a few times, thinking that it was good to have a few burdens, after all, they weren't completely useless, at least they could be used for exploration.
Huang Zhongtian didn't stay in place for long, leading his people and rushing quickly in a certain direction.
There were only so many opportunities, and Qingyuan King and the others had already set off for a long time. Maybe they had already found some opportunities. Thinking of this, Huang Zhongtian felt that time was pressing, and they had to catch up with the people in front as soon as possible in order to seize the opportunities, otherwise they could only drink soup behind them.
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