It took a while for Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu to break through the illusion that Lin Fan set.

Even though they had already seen the theory behind it when they saw him breaking through the illusion previously, it wasn’t as if this was something that was easy to copy.

This was a technique that one couldn’t just copy by simply observing it once, it was something that required practice.

Lin Fan was more than happy to give them this chance to practice.

During this time, Lin Fan went around this pavilion with the painting ink brush in hand and started collecting all of the things that were useful. However, it didn’t seem like there was much that was left behind.

The only real things that he obtained were pieces of paper that he could paint on and a few special ingredients for ink.

The real prize that should have been the paintings left behind by the Dao Sect had already been taken away.

He didn’t even need to think about it to know where those paintings had gone since there was only one place that they could have gone.

It was just like the situation with the poetry pavilion.

They had been taken by the Dao Sect and used when they faced that disaster of theirs.

When it came to precious items like this, it wasn’t as if they would leave it behind to rot. They would naturally take it out to use when the Dao Sect faced a disaster that would wipe them out.

So there wasn’t anything worth taking from this place.

After he finished going through this pavilion, Lin Fan went back to find that Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu had broken free of the illusion.

Though when they looked at him, he couldn’t help shaking his head with a wry smile.

The way that they were looking at him was as if they hadn’t had enough and wanted him to create another illusion for them to break through.

So in the end, he had no choice but to do this.

In his eyes, they were like kids that had found a new game and were obsessed with it.

However, it wasn’t as if this was a bad thing.

The only concern that Lin Fan had was that they would tire themselves out when they needed to preserve energy.

When it was all over, they left the pavilion behind and headed to the next place.

But this time, it didn’t seem like the road was smooth.

While they were traveling, they heard something coming from in front of them.

The moment that they heard this, they knew that it wasn’t a simple commotion. It seemed like there was something quite big that was happening in front of them.

"Stop them!"

"Don’t let them escape!"

"Get them!"

While they were following this, Lin Fan couldn’t help asking Xiao Mu, "Weren’t they being distracted by the pavilion that you opened?"

Xiao Mu didn’t say anything at first as it closed its eyes while looking like it was sensing something. Then it said, "It seems like there are less people that are over there. It seems like they lost interest and are wandering around again."

Neither Lin Fan nor Ye Qing Huan were surprised to hear this.

After all, they had already distracted them for this long, it only made sense that they would lose interest in that pavilion when they weren’t able to get anything out of it./

Though they still couldn’t help wondering what was happening in front of them.

Did someone find some kind of treasure and now they were fighting over it?

But when they approached, they realized that it wasn’t what they thought.

In fact, they recognized one of the groups that had been involved in this incident.

"So they’re chasing after the people from our Heavenly Demon Sect. It seems like they’re determined to finish off the Heavenly Demon Sect."

However, there was still one question that had to be answered.

"Why are they suddenly turning against the Heavenly Demon Sect like this?"

In the first place, it was accepted that the Heavenly Demon Sect would be allowed to join in this exploration of the Dao Sect ruins. After all, there were elders of the Heavenly Demon Sect that ensured that they would be able to explore without a problem.

Yet now the four righteous sects were suddenly ganging up on the Heavenly Demon Sect like this.

"Does this mean that something has happened in the inner parts of the Dao Sect?"

With a shake of her head, Ye Qing Huan said, "No, if something did happen, then they would be much more ferocious. They are still holding back and don’t dare cause any real harm to our fellow disciples. That must be them losing patience and trying to gain some profits from them."

Since Ye Qing Huan was saying this in a firm voice, she should know what she was talking about.

In that case, it shouldn’t matter if they were to help them.

Especially since they could see someone that they recognized among the Heavenly Demon Sect disciples.

"Let me test this out."

When they saw Lin Fan taking out the scroll, both Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu stepped back. However, they also paid close attention to what he was doing since they wanted to see what he would do with this scroll.

They wanted to see just what kind of illusion he would make with this painting.

A few strokes was all that it took for Lin Fan to finish the painting which made Ye Qing Huan and Xiao Mu a bit skeptical, but they didn’t say anything as he released this illusion.

That scroll that Lin Fan threw out flew through the air before releasing a bright glow.

The moment that this glow was released, the disciples of the righteous sect suddenly stopped moving. They looked around themselves as if they were seeing something incredible, which made them unwilling to move.

However, that wasn’t the only thing that Lin Fan did.

He also released a few words just like before that seemed to strengthen the illusion around the righteous sect disciples.

When those golden words entered the illusion, the righteous sect disciples started taking out their weapons and sending out attacks all around them. It was as if they were seeing something that was dangerous around them and they were defending themselves against it.

But all this did was cause them to start attacking each other.

The attacks that they released were large attacks that had a large area of effect, which meant that they were hitting the ones around themselves with these attacks.

It was just that they didn’t seem to care that they were allies.

The way that they looked at each other, it was as if they were looking at enemies.

Whatever was happening inside of the illusion, it was making them think that they were enemies with each other. This was just causing these righteous sect disciples to completely turn on each other.

The Heavenly Demon Sect disciples just had no idea what was happening, they only knew that it was best if they didn’t get involved in this matter. After all, it looked like these righteous sect disciples were prepared to fight each other to the death.

If they really did end with someone dying, then there was no good ending as elders would be drawn in. At the same time, they would be in a bad position since they were disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

It would be impossible for the elders from the righteous sects to accept the reasoning of the disciples from the Heavenly Demon Sect.

They would rather die than accept that the Heavenly Demon Sect wasn’t responsible for what happened to their disciples.

Which was why it was best to leave while they could.

At the same time, it wasn’t as if staying near here was good since there were plenty of attacks that were coming from the righteous sect disciples. Just staying here meant that they would be taking hits for nothing.

"Come over."

Han Ba was surprised to hear this, but he was even more surprised to see the ones waving at him.

Though that didn’t mean that he wasn’t happy to see them.

Since they were here, he had an idea of what happened to the righteous sect disciples.

Which was why he led them over without a single thought.

When they came over, the other Heavenly Demon Sect disciples were also filled with joy. Though it wasn’t for the same reason that Han Ba was filled with joy, it was because they saw that Ye Qing Huan was here.

They went forward to surround her as if they had things to report, but they were silenced with a single glare from her.

Han Ba on the other hand came over to Lin Fan’s side with a side smile and said, "It seems like you’ve picked up a few tricks."

It only took him a single glance to figure out who it was that had trapped the righteous sect disciples in that illusion.

But then he said in a more serious voice, "It’ll be bad if you take it too far though."

Lin Fan wasn’t worried as he patted Han Ba on the shoulder and said, "That’s why we should leave this place, that illusion won’t last long."

Han Ba immediately nodded in agreement as he understood what Lin Fan meant and he led the other Heavenly Demon Sect disciples to follow him.

Though it was better said that they were following Ye Qing Huan.