Gongsun Shan watched the three from the Xuanmiao Sect accepting congratulations from the surrounding Grandmasters, and thought of the Wushi Sect, now caught in a gap between old and new. His heart could not help but ache.
Those had originally been promising seedlings who should have belonged to the Wushi Sect, yet in the end...
The geniuses nurtured by their own branch had slipped through their fingers and been handed to the Xuanmiao Sect instead.
And now, the Wushi Sect had to turn around and ask the Xuanmiao Sect for help receiving them.
All he could do over this was feel bitter. There was nothing else he could do.
Gongsun Shan felt stifled with resentment. A trace of ruthlessness flashed through his eyes as he made up his mind: once he returned, he would thoroughly investigate what had happened back then. Such an outstanding genius had been let go merely because disciples under their command had coveted benefits and failed to follow the rules. There would be no mercy.
He wished he could return at once and kill all those sect members involved in the matter back then!
But at this moment, he still had no choice but to join the others in offering congratulations to the three Grandmasters of the Xuanmiao Sect.
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Twin Eyes Islands.
At the island outpost guarded by the Xuanmiao Sect.
The star array was activated. Daoist Heir Cai Menghuan, Wei He, and Hong Chan, who had just been rescued, gathered together and sat before Patriarch Xiao Ling to answer his questions.
The beast tide was still continuing, though its intensity was far below what it had been at the beginning.
The others were stationed outside. With the star array's aid, holding the line for a while would not be a problem.
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