Chapter 535 Illusion array
With the spiritual boat, it didn't take them long to arrive at the border.
When they arrived at the border, they naturally had to stop at the border checkpoint before heading into the wilderness.
Even if they had the support of Mu Bao Bao, they still needed to follow the rules of the Mu Empire. Otherwise people might think that they were looking down on the Mu Empire and misconstrue all kinds of things.
The trouble that came from that wasn't worth it, so it was easier for them to just follow the rules.
Of course, since they had a signed decree from Mu Bao Bao, it was easy for them to get through the checkpoint.
As for how they got that, it was because Lin Fan made a trade with the ministers.
They naturally wouldn't let Mu Bao Bao follow the Love Sect out into the wilderness, so Lin Fan had used that as part of a trade.
He would stop Mu Bao Bao from following as long as they allowed her to write this decree.
They knew that it was impossible to stop Mu Bao Bao from writing this decree in the first place, so if they could stop her, that was the best case scenario. But at the same time, this helped establish Lin Fan's status in the court of the Mu Empire.
He was the only one that could stop Mu Bao Bao, that was what the ministers would remember from now on.
Of course, Mu Bao Bao knew that she wouldn't be able to go in the first place.
Even if she was willful, she understood what her position as the empress of the Mu Empire was.
So this was all a trick played by them to establish Lin Fan's position in the court.
After getting through the checkpoint, they were in the true wilderness.
In the area outside of the checkpoint, there was a small bazaar town that had been set up.
This was a place where both the Mercenary Guild and the Merchants Guild had branches set up.
The spirit beast corpses were worth money, so as long as there was money to earn from fighting them, there would be people drawn by that money.
That was where the Mercenary Guild and the Merchants Guild came in.
So there were actually quite a few people that were outside this checkpoint.
When they saw the spiritual boat flying past, they couldn't help being surprised.
After all, they had been here for a while and it had been a long time since they had seen a spiritual boat flying past here.
Of course they knew that this meant that a sect was heading into the wilderness to kill some spirit beasts. No one was surprised by this since they knew how precious spirit beasts were.
But they were surprised when they saw the symbol of the sect on the spiritual boat.
Love Sect…
This was the sect that had become famous recently among the world of cultivators in the Mu Empire.
There were many that admired this sect because of the power that they demonstrated, but also because of the treatment that they had heard from the sect's disciples.
If every disciple was treated that way, they really wanted to join the Love Sect too.
But there were a few people with sharp eyes that immediately started following the spiritual boat when they saw it past. These people had been waiting here for a few days now just for this spiritual boat.
They followed it into the wilderness without revealing themselves.
The spiritual boat continued for a bit before setting down in a place in the wilderness.
There were already some supplies and a simple structure here, as well as a few of the elders waiting for them.
Since they had decided to hold this event, they would naturally send a few people ahead of time to prepare everything.
That was what these elders had come here for.
When the spiritual boat landed, the elders first greeted Lin Fan and the other elders before settling the disciples.
This camp would be their home for the next two weeks since it would serve as the base of their spirit beast hunting operation.
This location would be where they would turn in spirit beast corpses, get food, and sleep when they needed it.
The disciples of the Love Sect were still low grade cultivators, so they weren't able to ignore sleep and food just yet. So they would still need a safe place to sleep and eat, which was what this camp was for.
Once they were settled, the disciples all revealed excited looks as they were prepared to fight the spirit beasts.
The sooner that they were released, the sooner they could get to fighting.
But the disciples were divided into groups.
The normal disciples were allowed to head out, while the elite disciples who were the disciples of elders were all kept in the camp. The reason was that the elders wanted to talk to their disciples before they left.
When the normal disciples left, Lin Fan gave a nod to Senior Brother Ying.
Senior Brother Ying gave a nod back, but he acted like nothing had changed as he just stood there.
However, it didn't take long before something changed.
There was an array that appeared around the camp, but this was an array that only those that were inside of it would notice. Even the disciples that had left the camp would have no idea that it had gone up.
As for what this array was…it was an illusion array.
To the people outside, they would see that everything was normal in the camp.
But for those that were in the camp, they would see something different.
The elite disciples couldn't help being surprised by this array that suddenly went up, but they didn't panic. They knew that the elders would have a reason for putting up this array and they trusted in their elders.
Those were their masters and uncle and aunt masters after all, there was no reason for them not to trust them.
Once the array was set up, Lin Fan gave a satisfied nod before turning to the elite disciples to say, "Now I'll tell you the real purpose that we have come to this place."
The elite disciples couldn't help giving a gulp, but they all had excited looks.
For the Love Sect to go all out like this to bring them here, it definitely wasn't a normal matter.
They could smell that there was something big happening and when something big happened, there was definitely something good for them.
So they all waited for Lin Fan to tell them just why they were here.
"We have discovered some ruins and we will be bringing you all to explore it."
When they heard this, all of them revealed even more excited looks.
Ruins!
That was something that everyone had heard of before, but they had never been able to explore one.
After all, whether it was the Love Sect or the Hidden Dragon Sect, they had all been closed up sects that never went out into the world.
So of course they were excited when they had a chance to explore a set of ruins like this.
But before they left, Lin Fan made sure to give them the same warning as the elders.
"We might be exploring these ruins for treasure, but you have to remember that your lives are the most important things. When we are in the ruins later, make sure that you follow the instructions of the elders and make sure to keep your lives safe."
Seeing the serious way that Lin Fan said this, all of them revealed serious looks too as they nodded in response.
Lin Fan gave a satisfied nod seeing this and then he turned to Senior Brother Ying to say, "Let's go then."
Senior Brother Ying gave a nod before turning to the other elders.
All of the elders worked together to lift up the disciples.
Since they were traveling in secret, they wouldn't be able to use the spiritual boat like before. They would have to travel in small groups to avoid being detected by the watchers, which is why the disciples were traveling with the elders.
The illusion array would hide them and allow them to appear like they were still returning to the camp, but they had to make sure that they were careful so that they weren't followed.
With that, all of them left the camp though the illusion array made it seem like they left in different directions than they actually left in.
In these small groups, they moved across the wilderness without attracting much attention.
Even though there were people watching over the camp, they didn't actually dare follow the members of the Love Sect.
If it was discovered that they were following the members of the Love Sect, it would be hard for them to explain.
It could be even considered an attempt to attack the Love Sect's disciple if they weren't careful.
At worst, it might even start a war between their sects since this could be considered an aggressive move.
So none of them dared to do this.
With this, the elders of the Love Sect were able to bring the elite disciples to the meet up location.
This was a spot that wasn't that far away from the location of the ruins.
Once he saw that they were all gathered, Lin Fan waved his hand and said, "Let's go then."
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