Ye Zhentian shook his head. "That may be, but he was targeted in a conspiracy by He Shiren, the Zhong family, and the Supreme Immortal Gate alongside Shangqing Palace this time. He will definitely use this return to establish his prestige and let everyone know that whoever dares to scheme against him will have to pay the price!"
"We walked right into the barrel of his gun and became the target for him to make an example of!"
"Since he washed the entire Zhong family, the Wei family, the Li family, and the Wang family in blood, and didn't even spare those Great Grandmasters of Hidden Dragon, he certainly won't let us off either!"
Peng Jizu grew anxious instantly. "T-This, what is to be done? Aren't we dead for sure?"
Ye Zhentian said bitterly, "We shouldn't have joined the Zhong family back then to meddle in the affairs targeting the Xiao family. After all, Dou Jingchen didn't personally order that matter; we could have completely refused and stayed out of it."
"We only blame ourselves for assuming that Ning... General Ning was bound to die, leaving no possibility of escaping alive, while the Zhong family was a 'favorite' close to Dou Jingchen, and Zhong Sheng's grandson was even a disciple of Shangqing Palace."
"Thinking we'd do a favor of convenience and sell the Zhong family a favor, who would have thought this would turn out to be our own death warrant..."
I deeply regret this, I deeply regret this...
With that, Ye Zhentian let out a long sigh.
Right at that moment, an icy voice suddenly rang out. "Indeed, you deeply regret it. Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Ye Zhentian and Peng Jizu instantly trembled all over, their hands holding the