80: Gathering outside the Hall of Heritage

"Senior Brother Ye, two Junior Sisters, the time is almost up. Should we go gather in the center of the city?"

In front of a four-story building, Gu Chen spoke to Night Owl and the two others.

This building had already been completely ransacked by them. To continue searching for treasures, they would have to find other houses.

However, Dugu Nianyu only gave them half a day, and that time was almost up. It was clearly inappropriate to continue searching for treasures.

After all, they had promised Dugu Nianyu not to break their word at this critical juncture.

"Mhm, let's go gather in the city center then." Night Owl nodded upon hearing this.

"We two have no objections either," Mu Xueqing and Qin Fei'er echoed.

"Alright, since everyone agrees, let's hurry up and go."

Seeing that the three had agreed, Gu Chen said no more. He and the three others immediately rose into the air and flew toward the city center.

At this moment, in front of a magnificent palace in the city center.

Dugu Nianyu and over a thousand cultivators from the Xuan Yue Dynasty stood quietly at the palace entrance.

In the sky above her, cultivators from areas within the Xuan Yue Dynasty's sphere of influence constantly landed behind the group.

Every time Dugu Nianyu saw someone land,

she would glance over, wanting to see if The Four Night Owls were among them.

In this struggle for the inheritance, Night Owl was her trump card, and the most crucial one.

Without Night Owl's terrifying combat strength, the Xuan Yue Dynasty's chances of obtaining the azure emperor inheritance would be greatly reduced.

"Why aren't these guys here yet? They truly have no sense of time!"

Dugu Nianyu frowned tightly, pouting her small mouth with an unhappy expression.

It was one thing for Night Owl not to respect her outside, but now that they were inside the inheritance area, he still didn't bother to gather here in advance.

Did he think that if she said half a day, it meant exactly half a day?

"What's wrong, Ninth Princess? It looks like you're waiting for someone."

"That's right. We heard you recruited a very formidable guy a few days ago. Why don't you introduce him to us?"

Not far from Dugu Nianyu, two Handsome Youths, dressed in luxurious robes and looking imposing, said with smiles.

Both of them stood on their own side, and the number of people behind them was similar to Dugu Nianyu's group.

And in the sky above them, cultivators from various directions were also landing behind the two.

"Hmph, why should I introduce him to you two? Just because you two look like presentable dogs?"

Dugu Nianyu glared at the two youths who had spoken and retorted angrily.

These two guys, one was the Twelfth Prince of the Sheng Tian Dynasty, named Zhao Fei, and the other was the Eighteenth Prince of the Ao Shi Dynasty, named Nie Yu.

They were both her competitors today, so she wouldn't give either of them any face.

"Haha, Ninth Princess truly is well-read, using adjectives so perfectly."

"Hehe, Ninth Princess is so talented. After we leave the inheritance area, I will ask my Imperial Father to propose marriage to the Xuan Yue Dynasty. We two must have a good exchange then."

The two were not angry at all when they heard Dugu Nianyu call them 'presentable dogs.'

Instead, they teased her with faces full of smiles.

As princes of top dynasties in the Southern Region, they wouldn't get angry over such a trivial matter; that would make them seem lacking in magnanimity.

Even if they were truly angry, they would keep it inside and wait for an opportunity to retaliate properly.

"Hmph, two smiling tigers."

Seeing the two men smiling amiably, Dugu Nianyu quietly complained.

How could she not understand people from the Imperial Family?

Although the two were speaking kindly and smiling now, if she truly fell into their hands, life would be worse than death.

"Ninth Princess, we're here!"

Just as Dugu Nianyu was growing impatient and preparing to send someone to look for Night Owl and his companions,

Gu Chen and the three others, including Night Owl, landed in front of Dugu Nianyu.

"You finally made it! I thought you had disappeared."

Dugu Nianyu said irritably, looking at The Four Night Owls.

"Hehe, we are truly sorry. There were too many treasures, and we couldn't resist."

Hearing Dugu Nianyu's slightly complaining tone, Gu Chen quickly offered an explanation.

After all, they had accepted help, and the four of them were indeed a bit late.

Night Owl and the two others remained silent, standing quietly to the side.

They had only agreed to help Dugu Nianyu once; they were not her subordinates, so Gu Chen's explanation was sufficient.

"Oh, so this is the formidable guy Dugu Nianyu recruited?"

The Twelfth Prince of the Sheng Tian Dynasty and the Eighteenth Prince of the Ao Shi Dynasty,

seeing Gu Chen and his companions land next to Dugu Nianyu, secretly sized them up.

They had heard a few days ago

that Dugu Nianyu encountered a Red-haired Cultivator with extremely strong combat power on the street.

That person, with a few casual punches, blasted the Wushuang Sect's Earth Venerable Ranker #1, who was wielding an Imperial Artifact, into a mist of blood.

To recruit that person, Dugu Nianyu forcefully secured four slots from the Imperial Family for that person's Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters.

Now it seemed to be Night Owl and Gu Chen and his companions.

"Tsk!"

After observing Night Owl and his companions for a moment,

both men revealed contemptuous smiles.

Among the group, besides Night Owl, none were even Peak Earth Venerables.

With such strength, even if Night Owl's combat power was formidable, he couldn't cause much trouble.

Each of their factions had about five or six thousand people. No matter how strong Night Owl was alone, could he possibly wipe them all out?

"Ninth Princess, Brother Nie Yu, almost everyone from our three factions has arrived. How should this inheritance be allocated? Do the two of you have any suggestions?"

Zhao Fei glanced at the Eighteenth Prince of the Ao Shi Dynasty and Dugu Nianyu, and spoke indifferently.

The last time the azure emperor inheritance opened,

the Three Great Dynasties fought fiercely over the ownership of the inheritance, resulting in countless casualties.

As a result, none of the three parties obtained the inheritance, and they suffered massive losses of Peak Earth Venerables for nothing.

Now that the forces of the three parties were gathered, if they repeated the mistakes of last time, the inheritance would never appear.

Therefore, he wanted to gauge the attitudes of Dugu Nianyu and the Eighteenth Prince of the Ao Shi Dynasty.

It would be best to ensure the inheritance could be revealed first, and then dispute the ownership.

"Oh? Brother Zhao Fei, what do you mean by that? If you have any ideas, why not speak frankly?"

The Eighteenth Prince of the Ao Shi Dynasty asked, sounding slightly confused by Zhao Fei's words.

"If you have something to say, spit it out quickly. Don't hold it in and keep us guessing."

Dugu Nianyu also spoke up.

She originally intended for these people from the Xuan Yue Dynasty to use their lives to cooperate with Night Owl and buy her time.

Now that Zhao Fei spoke this way, it seemed he didn't want to start a chaotic battle. She might as well listen to Zhao Fei's idea.

If they could open the inheritance first before fighting, it wouldn't be a bad thing for her.

"Hehe, since both of you are straightforward, I won't keep you guessing either."

Zhao Fei smiled and said again, "The last time the inheritance opened, none of our three families benefited because of the chaotic fighting."

"This time, why don't we first work together to open the Formation outside the Inheritance Palace, and then compete based on strength? This way, no matter who gets the inheritance, we won't have come here in vain."

"What do the two of you think?"

After Zhao Fei finished speaking, he looked at Dugu Nianyu and the other person and asked.