Seated at the head of the table is the convener of this meeting, and also the biggest victim of this incident: Wuxin City Academy...
Ke Cong, the academy president of Wuxin City, sat in the main seat with a beaming smile, looking at the heads of aristocratic families and the leaders of various forces in Wuxin City, none of whom dared to be negligent.
"Hey, I think most of the people have arrived, let's get started."
Lin Moya said impatiently. As the only fourth-order Golden Core Realm expert in the entire Wuxin City, Lin Moya's words carried considerable weight.
Ke Cong naturally didn't want to offend such a person.
Seeing that almost everyone who was supposed to come had arrived, Ke Cong smiled and tossed a first-tier magic weapon into the center of the round table.
This item is called a "storage stone" and can store and record sound or images.
The image stone contains a record of a conversation between Gu Yuan and Shanggong Changqing not long ago.
Although three days have passed, no one has yet begun to explore the academy's death row.
If we can get valuable information from the survivors, that would be the best outcome.
Blindly exploring the unknown death row is something even high-level cultivators dare not attempt, for the evil creatures within often possess unexpected abilities...
After hearing the contents of the memory stone, everyone fell silent for a moment.
"Heh, according to them, the last three Tier 2 evil creatures at the end of this level are all dead? And their bodies haven't even been disposed of yet."
Lin Moya spoke first, "Moreover, since it's a pass, but the death cell hasn't collapsed, it means there's a deeper part to this death cell."
After listening to Lin Moya's analysis, everyone nodded slightly.
"Then those two kids are of no value. After all, the deep layer is completely different from the shallow layer. Only by entering the deep layer can you truly explore the Death Cell."
At this point, Lin Moya's lips curled up slightly. The leaders around him also knew that very few of the powerful figures present had ever actually been to the death row.
Lin Moya had a fortuitous encounter in his early years, and successfully survived from the depths of a third-level death row!
Although no one knew what happened inside except for the Tianyan Martial Sect cultivators who entered the death row at the same time, Lin Moya also kept silent about it.
However, Lin Moya had already broken through to the fourth-order Golden Core Realm when he came out!
In the past few decades, apart from the old master of Shanggong and a few cultivators who entered the Tianyan Martial Sect, there have been no other fourth-level cultivators in Wuxin City.
There are vast differences between each level of cultivators.
This is also why the Lin family is now at its peak, thanks to Lin Moya's existence.
"Then... what does Patriarch Lin mean?"
"The reason why this incident resulted in such heavy casualties is that the academy failed to do its best to educate its students."
"I think you're getting senile, Ke Cong. You should step down and hand over the academy to someone more capable. I think the Gong family would be a good choice."
Lin Moya snorted coldly, while the other cultivators nodded slightly, though some also felt indignant on behalf of the academy.
"Patriarch Lin, these remarks are somewhat unfair. Elder Ke has already done his best!"
"The academy has done so much for Wuxin City over the years, and everyone has witnessed it. How can it be dismissed with a single sentence?"
However, such voices still seem small, after all, the impact of this incident was enormous. In addition to the four major families, many cultivators from smaller families also perished during the incident.
Large families may not care about such losses, but small families cannot.
Dean Ke Cong gave a wry smile. "Patriarch Lin is absolutely right. This was due to my oversight in failing to teach the seed cultivators about the death row in a timely manner."
But the next moment, Ke Cong's words made Lin Moya's smile come to an abrupt end.
"I, Ke Cong, am willing to lead the team and serve as the vanguard to explore the depths of the academy's death row in Wuxin City!"
"If I unfortunately perish in this death cell, then the position of Dean of the Academy shall be handed over to the first cultivator among the academy's instructors to break through to the third rank."
"Old Ke!"
"Stop talking. This matter was caused by my oversight, and I should take responsibility for it."
"Hmph, isn't this what you're supposed to do?"
Lin Moya said this as if mocking, then plopped back down in his seat, seemingly having no intention of continuing.
But Lin Moya's slightly gloomy expression revealed that he was not satisfied.
But all the cultivators understood that Ke Cong was risking his life.
As a veteran third-tier cultivator who has been in charge of Wuxin City Academy for many years, Ke Cong is now nearing the end of his lifespan, and his cultivation has stagnated.
This journey into the deeper levels is likely to end badly.
But it was also a last resort. The academy's death row was like a sword hanging over the necks of the academy's cultivators. As long as the death row existed, the academy could not open for business.
Ke Cong really went all out.
Upon seeing Ke Cong's statement, many leaders of various factions also stood up and echoed, "The Iron Hand Sect of Wuxin City is willing to send three second-tier elders to assist Elder Ke in expanding the Death Prison."
"The Great Sword Village of Wuxin City is willing to follow Elder Ke!"
"The Shanggong family of Wuxin City is willing to do their utmost to assist Elder Ke in conquering the death row and restoring a bright and clear world to Wuxin City."
In the end, Shang Gong Shen Shuo, the current city lord of Wu Xin City, made the final decision, and all the cultivators showed joy on their faces.
With the strong support of the Uemiya family, the success rate of this strategy will naturally be greatly increased.
"Hahaha, Ke Cong, you old fellow, you really make me happy. Don't worry, I, Lin Moya, will naturally go with you!"
When Lin Moya said this, it seemed as if he was deeply moved, and he even squeezed out a few tears, but he quickly turned from sorrow to joy.
Lin Moya then shouted, "My two sons are in this death row for one more reason: to find the bodies of my sons, Lin Ao and Lin Tian!"
"If you can find him for me, then you will be a guest of honor in my Lin family forever!"
Lin Moya said with a smile, and the eyes of the cultivators were also burning with excitement. This was the Lin family, one of the four great families!
If you can get in, you'll enjoy endless wealth and luxury for the rest of your life!
No one doubted the truth, after all, the two most outstanding cultivators among the new generation of the Lin family had died in the death row.
Among them is a prodigy with a single spiritual root; it's unknown how many will rejoice and how many will grieve over this.
"Well... before entering the death row, there is one more thing I need to ask Patriarch Li."
Shanggong Shenshuo interrupted Lin Moya's empty promises, changing the subject abruptly, "I've heard that an evil creature has escaped from death row..."
"That evil creature was able to harm many cultivators, so it must have been around the second level. I hope Patriarch Li can provide the remains of this evil creature."
"If we can conquer the death row in the future, the Li family will definitely be a great contributor."
Although it was a very reasonable request, Li Canguang broke out in a cold sweat, but his expression remained unchanged.
"Haha, of course!"
After saying that, Li Canguang took out a mutilated corpse of an evil creature from his storage ring. The corpse had several terrifying arms and its body resembled that of a tiger or leopard.
Its entire body was black, and its evil aura had not yet dissipated, suggesting that it had just died.
"This evil energy seems to have just advanced to the second tier..."
"Is this really the beast? I've heard that it has many arms, but I never imagined it would be such a strange creature."
Listening to the whispers of the cultivators, Li Canguang remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he felt somewhat uncertain.
Because this corpse is certainly not the evil creature from that day!
That evil creature was naturally not dead.
Not only is he not dead, but he is currently being properly imprisoned in the Li family's secret prison, where he is being suppressed by several sealing magical artifacts.
Although it was unclear why, the evil creature was wearing a necklace, which was the very necklace that Li Canguang had personally given to Li Shubo during his coming-of-age ceremony.
This necklace is not a legal artifact; apart from being expensive and beautiful, it has no other merits.
Such things are of no value to evil beings.
If there is no connection, then why would this mindless evil being wear this ornament?
Therefore, Li Canguang chose to protect this evil creature and secretly went to the Northern Territory to purchase this multi-armed evil creature that had recently died.
"Is this the thing?"
Looking at the corpse of this second-tier evil creature, Shanggong Shenshuo asked in confusion, "The multi-armed evil ape... has nothing special or outstanding about it."
"Um...."
Just as everyone was analyzing the situation, Lin Moya sneered and then directly transmitted his voice to Li Canguang.
"Won't you talk?"
"What should we talk about?"
"You don't want to hand over that evil creature, do you?"
"...."
Seeing Li Canguang's expression freeze, Lin Moya continued to transmit his voice, "Although I arrived late, I still sensed that you used a magic artifact to take something away. Don't try to fool me unless... you want to fight me."
"How about a salt mine, the one north of the city?"
"Haha, smart people are so easy to deal with!"
"Then..."
"no."
Lin Moya still looked like he had Li Canguang completely under his thumb, "There's another trade route, preferably the one closer to the northern border."
"Isn't your appetite a bit too big?"
"There's nothing left to discuss?"
"Thirty percent, that's the most I'll give you."
"Sixty percent."
"...."
Li Canguang's breathing became more and more rapid, but he quickly calmed down. "At most 30%, at worst we'll just hand over the real thing. We, the Li family, haven't figured out its value yet."
"Then, deal!"
After saying that, Lin Moya simply tilted his head back and kicked his feet up on the table, causing Wu Tao, the head of the Wu family, to frown repeatedly, but there was nothing he could do.
Seeing Lin Moya's nonchalant attitude, Shanggong Shenshuo and the others ignored him.
Unfortunately, despite everyone's analysis, they were ultimately unable to find a definitive answer.
Li Canguang, however, insisted that it was this evil creature.
After much research, everyone concluded that this was a "dirt-path death cell" with second-tier evil creatures in the shallow layers.
Then, in the deeper layers, you will most likely find evil creatures of the third or fourth order.
The danger is evident.
By the end of the meeting, all that had been drafted was a timeframe for entering the dungeon.
It is estimated that in about two months, Tianyan Martial Sect will also send people to provide support. After this meeting, apart from the Lin family and the Shanggong family still sending people to monitor Gu Yuan and others, the other families and sects have given up.
In their view, Gu Yuan and the others were of no value.
At best, he's a cultivator seed that barely survived a death row inmate; not to mention, Gu Yuan's spiritual roots are practically nonexistent...