Old Zhao and Elder Zhu exchanged a glance. They didn't quite agree with the statement from the robed elder's side. The hot-tempered Elder Zhu was the first to respond, "This ancient mine is unclaimed; it's not whoever discovers it owns it!"
"Moreover, we have a saying in Huaxia that fits well here: 'Finder's keepers!'"
Hearing Elder Zhu's response, the faces of people outside the two factions changed upon the robed elder's words!
This clearly implies they're not letting us in!
If they weren't going to let us in, why didn't they say anything when we first arrived? Now, after the mechanism is cracked, they're saying it; it's obviously extortion!
At this moment, Old Zhao also pondered for a while and said, "What the two of you just said does make some sense. For example, you put in a lot of effort to crack the mechanism, and we did nothing."
"Saying it like this indeed makes it seem like we're taking advantage!"
