Hearing this, Xie Bao's tiny eyes instantly turned bloodshot. "You failed to probe out his true depth for the sake of our two clans? How dare you say that! Under your command, is there even a single member left of the Silver Shark and Diamond Crab clans? Our two clans were wiped out to the last man, yet you actually have the nerve to say you failed to probe his depth for our sake? Have you no shame at all?"
Xie Bao was practically mad with rage. Though he had heard that the Mystic Tortoise clan was thick-skinned, Gui Xing's shamelessness truly opened his eyes.
Sha Dao'an cursed inwardly as well, but they had just suffered a defeat. If the three clans fell out now, this expedition would surely return with feathers scattered and wings broken. He could only play peacemaker and persuade the two of them to reconcile.
Having just suffered a defeat, they needed to steady morale. Moreover, Gui Xing and Xie Bao had gotten into another fierce quarrel, so Gui Xing took his leave and returned to his clan.
When Gui Xing returned to the Mystic Tortoise clan, Gui Shu was nowhere to be seen.
"Perhaps he died beneath that damned Golden Light Immortal-Extinguishing Formation after all," Gui Xing thought to himself.
Although he and Gui Shu had had some friction these past few days, he could not help feeling somewhat saddened, along with a measure of regret.
Gui Kai still asked around. Some Turtle Demons said they had seen him while fleeing, but afterward he had vanished without a trace. Learning that Yan Chihuo had not died, Gui Xing found it even stranger. Where had Gui Shu gone? He would never dare flee on his own.
Night gradually deepened. Gui Xing sat in his room with