Outside the gates of Heavenly Ice Sect, the towering old trees were crystal-clear, buried year-round in gray-black cold air. The moment the Flower Sect's group arrived, it immediately drew the Heavenly Ice Sect's vigilance.
"Flower Sect? What are they doing here?" The third elder received the report, and his heart gave a jolt. Could they have learned about Hua Jin? Impossible. We handled it extremely discreetly...
But with the guests already at the gates, he had no choice but to show himself. The third elder braced himself and led people out to greet them.
Outside the mountain gate, the two sides faced each other, the atmosphere tense as drawn bowstrings.
"Heavenly Ice Sect, listen well!" the Flower Sect's white-haired old woman shouted, her voice like winter frost, shaking the mountain gate open.
"Hand over my disciple, Hua Jin, safe and sound at once! Otherwise, today I'll make your Heavenly Ice Sect's gates run red with blood!"
The Heavenly Ice Sect's third elder's heart thudded. So it really was about this.
Yet in the face of such accusations, he forced himself to stay calm and sneered coldly, "What Hua Jin? My Heavenly Ice Sect has never seen her! The Flower Sect barges into our mountain gate and spews wild slander. Do you truly think my Heavenly Ice Sect fears you?"
"How dare you quibble!" another Flower Sect elder said furiously.
"Our sect has already found evidence. Hua Jin's disappearance has everything to do with you people! Hand her over at once!"
"Evidence? Take it out and let us see it." The Heavenly Ice Sect's third elder snorted.
"You think you can frame my sect with empty words? Is the Flower Sect trying to take advantage of the fact that my sect recently lost some manpower because of the Ancient Wasteland Region