"Everyone, what should we do now? Should we keep waiting here for General Ning, or head back first?"
Ye Zhentian looked around at the others and asked.
They exchanged glances.
Xu Jianfeng spoke up. "Let's wait another day or two. If General Ning still hasn't come out by then, and nothing else happens, we'll leave some people here to keep waiting while the rest head back."
"Mm, sounds good."
Zhang Rui nodded in agreement.
Not long afterward, two streaks of swordlight suddenly shot toward them from the distance.
Ye Zhentian and the others were startled. They hurriedly looked up and soon saw the two streaks of swordlight stop not far in front of them. Two men stood on the flying swords, dressed in long robes with their hair tied up and hairpins in place, looking like men from ancient times.
They were none other than Cao Xu and Dou Jingchen of the Supreme Immortal Gate!
Seeing them, Ye Zhentian and the others exchanged glances.
Ye Zhentian stepped forward, his voice guarded and stern. "Who are you? Why are you here?"
Cao Xu and Dou Jingchen glanced at him and replied coolly, "We are elders of the Supreme Immortal Gate."
"The Supreme Immortal Gate?"
Ye Zhentian and the others were taken aback.
They had naturally heard of the Supreme Immortal Gate. After all, what had happened at the Taiyi Sword Sect had long since spread throughout the Cultivation World. How could Ye Zhentian and the others not know about it?
They simply hadn't expected that these two men would be from the Supreme Immortal Gate, much less that they would be its elders!
Cao Xu and Dou Jingchen paid no heed to their surprise. Instead, they looked toward He Shiren in the crowd. Dou Jingchen then said, "Daoist He, it seems