"What should we do now?" the Mengshan Old Monster said, frantic with anxiety.
"What can we do? The Elder Council has already received the news, and someone could arrive at any moment. Princess Consort Yu Ya and several Nascent Soul Cultivators close to Dongfang have already reached Woundless Lake. That fellow Dongfang has supporters in the Elder Council, and plenty of people would be more than happy to do a grand favor for a master alchemist." Yuan Tianfang drew a breath. "There's no way forward. I'm leaving!"
With that, Yuan Tianfang led the Yuan family cultivators straight out of Woundless Lake.
Xiao Jinglei clenched his fists until they crackled, glaring furiously at the teleportation array.
"Patriarch Xiao, you summoned your people here, watched as Grandmaster Dongfang arrived at Woundless Lake, and offered him no help. Now you're blocking the teleportation array—what exactly do you intend?" A voice, cold as ice, rang out. A figure flickered and appeared at the bottom of the lake. The expression on the newcomer's face was even colder than her voice.
Xiao Jinglei turned at the sound, and his pupils immediately contracted. The newcomer was Princess Yuxin, Xiang Qingcheng, who was on good terms with Lu Xiaotian. Two other great cultivators from the Elder Council stood behind her. He hadn't expected the Elder Council to arrive so quickly.
"Princess Yuxin, you misunderstand. When this old man heard that Grandmaster Dongfang had run into trouble, I specially led the family's experts here to help. Who would have thought we still wouldn't make it in time?" With the Elder Council involved, no matter how arrogant Xiao Jinglei was, he wouldn't dare admit it to her face. In the Xiang Kingdom, the Xiang imperial family still held absolute power; the Xiao family alone could never stand against it.
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