"Sister Gong, you've done all you could! If anyone's to blame, it's those treacherous bastards from the Xuan Yin Sect. They used the pretext of discussing a joint defense against the Heavenly Demon Sect to trick our Sect Master and several Grand Elders into going to the Xuan Yin Sect, then joined forces with the Heavenly Demon Sect to ambush and kill them."
"Otherwise, how could our Yunqing Sect have fallen into such dire straits, hunted down by those bastards and the Heavenly Demon Sect?"
The Zhao disciple from the Yunqing Sect glared furiously at the Xuan Yin Sect cultivators, gritting his teeth as he spoke.
"Exactly! If these bastards hadn't defected to the Heavenly Demon Sect and become its lackeys, then used the pretext of discussing how to oppose it to ambush and kill our Sect Master and several Grand Elders, their Xuan Yin Sect wouldn't dare lay a hand on us even if they had ten times the nerve!"
The Wei disciple spoke up bitterly as well.
Hearing their words, and especially seeing that Gong Shiyu had been gravely injured by the backlash from the Qingluan Futianshu, the three Xuan Yin Sect disciples—who were also injured, though not seriously—immediately sneered.
"Don't make it sound so bad!"
"Know when to go with the flow. You have no idea how powerful the Heavenly Demon Sect is, yet you actually dreamed of opposing it. That's just asking for death!"
"Our sect leader had the foresight to submit to the Heavenly Demon Sect. Your Yunqing Sect, on the other hand, stubbornly insisted on courting death. You brought this on yourselves, so don't blame anyone else!"
The Xuan Yin Sect Nascent Soul stage disciple known as Senior Brother Lei spoke with a smile.
"Exactly! Senior Brother Lei, let's send them on their way