Looking around at the bustling crowd, the two people who came with the crowd suddenly felt out of place.

"What's the rush, rushing to be reborn? Line up consciously, four lines, one bag each, take it!"

The guards at the exit stood in five rows, organizing the crowd into four different exit teams, constantly passing out medium-sized black cloth bags to the people coming out.

From the top of the city gate along the passage, guards took turns shouting, "The black cloth bags are the special light-shielding bags marked in your maps, for storing the Insect Extreme Crystals. The Insect Extreme Crystals cannot be exposed to light, they will escape upon exposure. They will calm down only when kept in a dark environment.

There's a mother-child talisman in each bag, temporarily deployed from the Royal Court forces. They are very precious, and you must return them after the conference ends. Many of you may not have used a mother-child talisman before. If you don't know how to use it, refer to the distributed map; it has instructions, and the rules are also there."

Shi Chun, upon receiving his bag, followed the line moving forward, opening the mouth of the bag and pulled out a palm-sized, bronze-like object divided into yin and yang patterns. It was rough on one side, smooth and mirror-like on the other, black in color, but it couldn't be used as a mirror.

He had gone through the distributed map and knew that the object could be split in half, the other half given to a contact person so they could communicate through space. If separated by a barrier inside and outside, it would cease to function, and it was said that a barrier had been set up for this competition, preventing contact with the outside world.

Also, if separated into different dimensions, it would be impossible to communicate, such as from North Wilderness here to the capital there; they were simply not in the same world.

Previously, he heard Bai Shuchuan from Jieyun Mountain telling his partners that although the mother-child talisman is good, if in a risky area, it's best not to use it unless necessary because if a team member fell into an enemy's hands, it could potentially lead to death.

Bai Shuchuan cautioned everyone not to use this device to transmit sensitive messages unless absolutely necessary.

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang had learned a lot from this trip, expanding their horizons and experiencing many things they had never encountered before, using high-end items they might never get the chance to use again.

Inside the large training field, upon seeing the scene of distributing black bags in the display and unable to hear the sound, Lan Qiaoyan couldn't help but ask her husband beside her, "What are those black bags for?"

Miao Dingyi glanced at their equally curious daughter and replied, "They're for carrying Insect Extreme Crystals. The Insect Extreme Crystals need to be kept away from light to remain calm."

Miao Yilan then asked, "Dad, how many Insect Extreme Crystals can so many people find?"

Miao Dingyi responded, "There's no fixed number; Insect Extreme Crystals come from beyond the sky. There's a saying that they are tired meteors from the starry sky, and the West Pole is their temporary resting place to regain strength before flying back to the sky. When they land, they burrow into the ground immediately and head straight back to the sky when they leave the surface, and when calm, they are like stones buried underground, hard to find. Otherwise, with the power of Shengshen Continent, crafting Xun Gate wouldn't just coincidentally lack this one ingredient.

These millions of people, most likely, many are just going through the motions. If they can find ten thousand Insect Extreme Crystals, that would be impressive. Of course, this is the first time such a large manpower has been deployed to the West Pole to search; perhaps there will be different results."

Miao Yilan nodded slightly, having learned something new, and her gaze that carried a hint of searching once again moved towards the light screen in the air.

In the field, a few more people entered, finding a corner spot to sit down. Among them, wrapped in a cloak, was none other than Feng Chi, who had adopted a sect identity to blend in and watch.

At that moment, a scroll suddenly descended from the sky. It was a metal sheen iron scroll that slowly unfurled, swelling in the breeze to an enormous size, with ancient patterns, passing through the light screen in the air and slowly suspending itself several dozen feet above the field.

After unfolding completely, the scroll suddenly looked like countless insects scurrying within a nest, making one's scalp tingle. When it finally stabilized, it revealed a top-down topographical map of the terrain, with rivers, mountains, and various elevations detailed.

Around the edges of the map, thirty groups of light orbs were positioned. Later, as light points slowly moved from the orbs into the map, compared to the changing scenes in the sky screen, everyone realized that the Sky Rain Meteor Conference had officially begun. The light points on the scroll represented people.

For this conference, the Royal Court had ordered that thirty Xun Gate portals be temporarily erected around the West Pole venue to avoid crowding all in one place.

Some Xun Gate arrival points had already started admitting people, others were still in preparation, and Sheng Province's participants were still waiting.

In the crowd, Shi Chun continuously glanced around, suddenly pausing as he caught the eyes of someone from the crowd behind him, not just anyone but Sun Shigang, the man who had previously harassed Xiang Laner. Sun, coincidentally, was also watching him and revealed a sinister smile clearly filled with malice.

Encountering such a person left Shi Chun speechless; this animosity felt strangely inexplicable.

For now, ignoring this sick individual, he followed the group from Jieyun Mountain. For the time being, the other party couldn't do much to him, but he now had more important tasks at hand, potentially concerning the life and death of this trip, and continued to observe his surroundings.

Wu Jinliang quickly noticed his unease and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong, you look like you've lost your soul."

Hearing this, Xiang Laner turned around and glanced at the two of them.

Shi Chun hinted, "Can't be too cautious."

He now wanted to use the special ability of his right eye to find people from the Demon Path. Since Xiang Laner had mentioned that people from the Demon Path would be escorting her, he could determine that there must be members of the Demon Path lurking around Xiang Laner.

Who could it be? He worried that once the event started and people dispersed upon entering, finding the target would be more challenging, so he wanted to identify the target now. However, his right eye's ability was slow to activate, forcing him to try and observe the responses of the surrounding people, hoping to find some clues.

Wu Jinliang immediately understood his intent. He was scheming to use the magical function of his right eye. He then puckered his lips towards Xiang Laner in front, suggesting, "Didn't it work the last time? Just try it again; this will work better." He added with a self-amused, teasing laughter, looking quite contemptible.

Shi Chun gave him a disdainful look, "So many people, right in the crowd."

She was reminding him that they were surrounded by people and if he dared to reach out, he would be noticed.

"I'm here," Wu Jinliang said as he raised his hand to pat the broadsword he was leaning on, boldly claiming, "You really think my broadsword is just for show?"

Shi Chun was stunned for a moment, right, this guy was carrying such a huge cover with him, and with his body helping to shield, it was worth a try. He slightly nodded in agreement, then took a step forward, moving closer to Xiang Laner, and slightly turned his body to block the view of the people on one side.

Wu Jinliang was cooperative, shifting his body to cover half of Shi Chun and with his large blade, he could completely block the view from the other side.

With a safe environment established, Shi Chun's hand cautiously lifted again, slowly covering Xiang Laner's buttocks while still being careful to watch Xiang Laner's reaction.

The way he was so overly cautious made Wu Jinliang, who was watching him with drooping eyes, laugh.

His palm moved close then away, away then close again, not daring to actually touch Xiang Laner's buttocks in public. After several attempts, Shi Chun felt no nervousness at all, but rather became a bit anxious, the more anxious he got, the less nervous he became.

He realized that although it was a bit nerve-wracking the first time doing this, with his mental strength, after experiencing it once, the effect seemed to diminish the second time.

At that moment, Wu Jinliang suddenly made a move, slapping Shi Chun's repeatedly moving hand and forcefully pushing it forward as an adult favor.

Shi Chun never dreamed of this turn, but thankfully he reflexively pulled his hand back, nearly frightened to death, feeling his soul flitter a bit, and he was just a hair's breadth from actually touching.

As he angrily turned his head to glare at Wu Jinliang, he also raised his hand to his forehead, feeling as though his head was splitting and countless insects were gnawing at his spine.

Behind him, such a large commotion happened, and Xiang Laner, not being deaf, turned her head to look at the two, a face full of suspicion, "What are you doing?"

Wu Jinliang grinned widely, almost ear to ear, chuckling, "Nothing, his hand was just itchy."

That implication was frightening enough, Shi Chun immediately reached for his waist, clawed like an eagle, and harshly gripped one of his ribs.

Wu Jinliang's eyes nearly popped out in delight, then he grabbed Shi Chun's wrist, easily breaking free from his grip with his superior cultivation, teasingly saying, "Just asking if it was effective."

He felt triumphant, having overpowered the master of East Nine Plain.

Shi Chun withdrew his hand, now too lazy to argue with him, there were more important matters to attend to, he began scanning the people around.

Xiang Laner, unaware of what the two men were scheming, briefly surveyed them then turned her attention back front.

Shi Chun saw again that lump of black flame inside her and then looked down at his corresponding part of the body, secretly wondering why he, a fellow practitioner of the Demon Path, had no such demons fire illusion inside him.

Not worrying about that for the moment, he seriously began searching the surroundings again. Quickly, his rotating head and gaze suddenly froze.

As he expected, he saw another flame of demons.

Despite the layers of hazy human shapes and mist obscuring it, he still made out the rough outline of the demon flame through the translucent haze.

He closed his right eye and observed the owner of the demon flame with his left eye.

Sun Shigang also looked over at him, somewhat puzzled, not understanding what the fellow was doing, continuously blinking at him, switching between left and right eyes, what did that mean? Was it a hint? It didn't seem like it, the blinking was too obvious to be a subtle hint.

Sun Shigang a practitioner of the Demon Path? Slowly turning his head back, Shi Chun felt slightly shocked and looked at Xiang Laner again, he had to recall the conflict that had occurred between the two, two individuals of the Demon Path just happened to clash, were they not aware of each other being from different factions of the Demon Path?

Baffled by the seemingly baseless targeting by Sun Shigang before, he now seemed to have some answers; it was not an accident, Xiang Laner's group from the Demon Path was up to something.

Although he didn't know exactly what they were planning, he could feel it wasn't something good; if it were something good, Xiang Laner wouldn't need to keep it a secret, after all, they were supposed to be partners, and what Sun Shigang showed was hostile behavior, naturally leading towards a hostile direction.

He turned his head back to look at the sect members near Sun Shigang, curious, those from Sun Shigang's group didn't have the demon flame.

He looked around again, repeatedly observing several times, only Xiang Laner and Sun Shigang had the demon flame, what was going on, the Demon Path couldn't possibly have sent Sun Shigang alone without overwhelming cultivation to act as protection?

While enduring his headache and rethinking repeatedly, behind him on the city rampart, a man in golden armor appeared, waving a two-foot-long black metal command arrow that burst forth a stream-like black mist, drifting towards the front void, striking out a protective shield-like wave.

The black mist quickly merged with the wave, seemingly corroding the light of the wave, opening a gap that kept growing larger.

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