After everyone heard Zhuge Qing’s words, a grave look surged into their eyes, and they all nodded in the direction of Ding Fan and Zhuge Qing.

When Ding Fan saw this, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and a strange gleam shot out from them.

Ding Fan slowly turned his gaze toward Zhuge Qing at his side and said very calmly:

"Brother Zhuge, why don’t you first introduce to me how many factions exist within this Skeleton Sect?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, a grave look immediately surged into his eyes, and he slowly opened his mouth toward Ding Fan:

"Brother Ding, in this Skeleton Sect there are a total of four elders, and every elder possesses extremely formidable strength. Under each elder’s command there is also a force that’s far from weak..."

When Ding Fan heard this, a grave look also surged into his eyes, and he said very calmly:

"So, if we want to completely subdue this Skeleton Sect, we’ll have to face these four elders and resolve every last one of them?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, a grave look surged into his eyes, and he slowly nodded toward Ding Fan.

"That’s right, Brother Ding. Right now these Four Great Elders are the strongest existences in the entire Skeleton Sect. As long as we bring them to heel, the rest of those Skeleton lackeys won’t be a problem!"

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, a fierce gleam surged into his eyes, and a faint voice came out of his mouth:

"Since that’s the case, I wonder, Brother Zhuge, whether you are on good terms with any of these elders?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, a thoughtful look surged into his eyes, and he slowly spoke toward Ding Fan:

"To answer Brother Ding, although my status within this Skeleton Sect is indeed quite exalted, even with my current position I’ve only ever met three of the elders once..."

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, a look of astonishment surged into his eyes, and a faint voice came out of Ding Fan’s mouth:

"Even you have only met three of the elders?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, a grave look surged into his eyes, and he slowly opened his mouth toward Ding Fan:

"That’s right, Brother Ding. These four elders are all people of absolutely peerless strength. Normally, they simply don’t put juniors like us in their eyes. If it weren’t for my exalted status and my own decent strength, I’m afraid it would be difficult even to catch a glimpse of those four elders..."

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, his eyes began to flicker, the corner of his mouth trembled slightly, and a voice slowly came out of Ding Fan’s mouth:

"So that’s how it is? Then this elder you’ve never met—what sort of person is he?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, his eyes flickered, the corner of his mouth trembled slightly, and Ding Fan said very calmly:

"The one I’ve never seen all this time is the Great Elder of the Skeleton Sect, Qing Tian..."

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, a look of astonishment surged into his eyes, and Ding Fan said very calmly:

"Qing Tian? What a domineering name. I wonder what sort of strength this Great Elder has?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, his eyes flickered, the corner of his mouth trembled slightly, and a voice came out of Zhuge Qing’s mouth:

"To answer Brother Ding, this Qing Tian has always existed only in legend. It’s said his strength is not much different from the Sect Master’s, perhaps even surpassing him. But in the entire Skeleton Sect, those who have actually seen this Great Elder Qing Tian are extremely few!"

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, a look of surprise surged into his eyes, and a voice came out of Ding Fan’s mouth:

"So Qing Tian’s strength is actually that terrifying?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, his eyes also flickered slightly. After pondering a bit, he slowly spoke toward Ding Fan:

"Yes. In the legends, Qing Tian’s strength is just that overwhelming. But I’ve been in the Skeleton Sect for so long and still have never seen Qing Tian’s true face..."

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, his eyes also flickered slightly. After pondering for a moment, an extremely violent surge of aura erupted from his eyes, and as that aura burst forth, an icy voice came from Ding Fan’s mouth:

"I don’t care whether he props up the sky or not—he’d better not get in my way. Otherwise, I won’t spare him either!"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, his eyes flickered, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and a voice came out of Zhuge Qing’s mouth:

"Brother Ding, as for the other three elders, I’ve actually met them all. Although usually they’re like a Divine Dragon—showing the head but not the tail—at the very least I can make contact with each of them!"

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, he nodded his head lightly twice and slowly spoke toward Zhuge Qing:

"Brother Zhuge, how is your relationship with these three elders?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, his eyes flickered. After pondering briefly, he slowly opened his mouth toward Ding Fan’s direction:

"To answer Brother Ding, with the other three elders, it can’t be said we’re particularly close, but there’s no problem with normal interactions between us."

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes, his gaze flickered slightly, and he said very calmly:

"If that’s the case, things become much easier to handle..."

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, a look of astonishment surged into his eyes, and he slowly spoke toward Ding Fan:

"Brother Ding, what are you saying? My relationship with those elders isn’t as close as you think... They definitely won’t be willing to stand on our side!"

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, the corner of his mouth couldn’t help but slowly curl up, and he slowly spoke toward where Zhuge Qing was:

"Brother Zhuge, what do you think of the strength of these elders?"

After hearing Ding Fan’s question, Zhuge Qing couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment, then slowly spoke toward Ding Fan:

"The strength of these elders is indeed quite formidable. If we could use all of them, they’d be a considerable Power. But Ding Fan, they won’t follow our orders!"

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, he slowly spoke toward Zhuge Qing:

"That’s not necessarily so. I actually think we can cooperate with them a bit..."

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, a look of shock surged into his eyes, and he spoke to Ding Fan in stunned disbelief:

"Brother Ding, what did you say? That’s absolutely impossible! Every one of those elders is incomparably arrogant; they’ll never obey our commands!"

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, he said very calmly:

"What if I’m the one who goes to talk to them?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, his eyes widened, and a shocked voice burst out of Zhuge Qing’s mouth:

"Brother Ding, what did you say? You want to go negotiate with those elders? How is that possible? In their eyes, your words don’t carry the slightest threat..."

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, there wasn’t the slightest anger on his face. The corner of his mouth tilted up slightly, and he said very calmly:

"If we add you into the equation, within the entire Skeleton Sect, would that count as having some degree of deterrence?"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, his eyes fell into a thoughtful look, and a faint voice came from Zhuge Qing’s mouth:

"Brother Ding, even though I now have my own forces, I’m afraid they still aren’t a match for the Four Great Elders..."

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he said very calmly:

"That’s enough. As long as you show sufficient strength, I have confidence we can bring them all under our command!"

After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, his eyes widened, and a shocked expression burst out from Zhuge Qing’s entire body:

"Brother Ding, what are you talking about? You say you’re confident you can bring them all under us—that’s simply impossible! Those elders all pride themselves on their high status. How could they possibly listen to your orders!"

After Ding Fan heard Zhuge Qing’s words, the corner of his mouth slowly curled into a strange arc, his lips trembled slightly, and he slowly spoke toward Zhuge Qing:

"Where there’s a will, there’s a way..."

A strange smile traced across Ding Fan’s lips. After Zhuge Qing heard Ding Fan’s words, a look of astonishment flashed through his eyes, and his gaze locked firmly onto Ding Fan’s body.