Precisely because of this!
After the old Valley Master charged out with the Myriadpath Ruins, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he remained at the entrance of Myriadpath Valley, his gaze trembling as he looked toward its gates.
There!
The Dao Yu Three Houses had chased them to the entrance and gathered there, but they did not pursue any farther.
Behind them, more and more Myriadpath Valley disciples and saints gathered. Many cultivators who had barely stepped outside in decades had come out today.
"Jian Qingfeng! Li Tianming! Aurora! Xiyue! Are you leaving?"
At the very center of the Dao Yu Three Houses stood the silver-haired, cold-faced Qitian Xiao. He gripped the Sword Qi-radiating Myriadpath Divine Sword and stared at them fiercely.
"Muyue! Bring out those weeds from the Qingchuan Family!" Qitian Xiao roared.
The moment those words came out, a commotion stirred among the Dao Yu Three Houses behind him, as well as the ordinary cultivators of Myriadpath Valley. Everyone's expressions became rather strange.
Upon hearing this, Li Tianming's gaze sank completely.
Beside him, murky tears shimmered in the old Valley Master's dim eyes.
Actually...
Li Tianming and the old Valley Master both knew that today, Sui Shen Yao and her brother could be taken away easily enough. The old Valley Master and the Myriadpath Ruins were not much of a problem either. But... the thousand or so members of the Qingchuan Family imprisoned within the Qitian Cavern, who had recently even been forbidden from leaving—taking them away was simply impossible!
The Qitian Clan watched them like hawks.
Li Tianming and the others had successfully left Myriadpath Valley, but the Qingchuan Family had become the only leverage left behind.
The upheaval today had been forced by the Dao Yu Three Houses. The initiative was in their hands!
How could