Seeing Yijingzi in such a state, Teacher Randeng secretly chuckled. Having served as the Expounding Sect's vice leader for so long, he naturally understood Sage Yuanshi's temperament well and knew what Yijingzi was worried about.
Good thing I got out...
Teacher Randeng thought to himself.
If he were still in the Expounding Sect, he would surely have been the one bearing Yuanshi Tianzun's wrath and receiving a vicious reprimand:
Why hadn't he taken proper care of True Lord Qingxu Daode?
Suppressing those thoughts.
Teacher Randeng spoke:
"Fine, then!"
"Just as Yijingzi said, the Sage surely already knows by now... Let us wait for the Sage's decree!"
"For the time being, no one is to wander about recklessly... lest we be picked off one by one again!"
Everyone nodded in unison.
That was right!
Why did they have to split up and station themselves everywhere?
Why not simply remain in Western Qi and advance with the army? No matter how many enemies came, they could stay together and fight shoulder to shoulder. Could they still be slaughtered so easily?
Just as Yijingzi and the others had thought.
Yuanshi had already learned of True Lord Qingxu Daode's death, even earlier than they had. The instant True Lord Qingxu Daode's primordial spirit was shattered by the Flying Dagger of Decapitation and his Fortune collapsed, Yuanshi had known...
Whoosh!
Yuanshi abruptly opened his eyes.
An incomparably sharp gaze shot forth, making the Jade Void Palace seem to glow from within. The Dao aura behind him churned violently as well, carrying an oppressive pressure!
"How outrageous..."
Yuanshi's body shifted.
Grief-stricken and enraged, he had nearly risen to his feet, seized by the urge to act personally. Yet in the end, he slowly settled back down and continuously calmed his emotions...
Unlike what Yijingzi and the