The Yanbao Sect group naturally knew their elder was blatantly lying, and the reasoning wasn't hard to guess—it was all about sticking together in hardship or survival of one's own over others. Regardless, the more people there were, the stronger they were, and they couldn't afford to scare people away.
Besides, the lightning strikes earlier had destroyed many magical treasures across the sects—could they even talk about it? There was no making up for that loss.
The elder's well-intentioned lies were for the benefit of everyone. Naturally, they had to keep it under wraps, silently exchanging glances as they watched the participants from other sects.
But Li Hongjiu's utterly disheveled state was impossible to ignore. Nobody here was blind. Zuo Zisheng pointed at him and asked, "Mr. Li, what happened to you?"
