Aboard the spirit boat, Huang Tieyun wore a bitter expression. Though the spirit boat's wind protection was excellent, at this moment, it felt as though endless astral winds were blowing over his body.
He only felt as transparent as a sieve.
Ye Jingcheng said nothing. Huang Tieyun's throat moved several times as he tried to speak, only to swallow the words back down in the end.
He felt that whatever he said now would be powerless.
Of course, he did not blame Ye Jingcheng. Rather, he realized that he himself might have been too eager for quick success. The Sky Sand Sect did not possess the strength of a Golden Core sect, yet it wanted to bear the glory of one.
Naturally, it had ended up puffing itself up at the cost of a swollen face.
After all, as one of the Central Region's nine giants, if the Righteous Path Sect ordered them to provide one Golden Core cultivator, one Purple Mansion cultivator, and twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators, could they truly refuse?
"I remember the sect has ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, doesn't it?" After a long while, Ye Jingcheng finally spoke, breaking the silence.
This made Huang Tieyun even more alarmed.
Yet in the end, he still nodded.
"Reporting to Grand Elder, we have eleven Foundation Establishment cultivators. If we include the clansmen the elder brought from the Sand Sea Holy Land, then there are seventeen Foundation Establishment cultivators," Huang Tieyun answered truthfully.
The last time the Ye Family had sent people over, ten Foundation Establishment cultivators had come. However, Ye Yunxi and a few others had secretly been arranged to go to other prefectures. Their stated identity at the time was descendants of friends brought into the Central Region, so naturally they were not counted as members of the