The Qingyuan Sect was shrouded in gloom.
The sect leader's personal disciples had been taken away by members of the Dugu Clan. Naturally, no one was in any mood to celebrate.
Even if anyone was happy, they would have been asking for trouble if they dared to laugh at a time like this.
There was one piece of good news, though: the people taken by the Dugu Clan hadn't been killed. Their cultivation had been sealed, and they'd been made into servants of the Dugu Clan. After ten years, they would regain their freedom.
Dugu Yan had indeed been furious when he learned that people were spreading rumors about him in secret, but afterward, he realized that what he'd done had been somewhat inappropriate.
Although these Martial Arts World factions were all subordinate to the Dugu Clan and relied on its power to survive, the Dugu Clan also needed them in certain respects.
For instance, the Dugu Clan had to entrust them with tasks it couldn't handle openly. And since these factions were scattered around the Dugu Clan's territory, they would be the first to pass along news whenever anything stirred beyond its borders.
Dugu Yan might have been somewhat lacking in ability, but he wasn't an idiot like the Su Family, who knew only how to squeeze those beneath them.
So, after coming to his senses, Dugu Yan spared their lives. Instead, he sealed their cultivation and made them serve as slaves for ten years, giving them a warning.
Of course, even so, the sects considered it an extremely severe punishment.
After all, the people taken by the Dugu Clan were all young martial artists from their sects, almost all of them under forty.
This was the ideal time for them to cultivate, yet now their internal energy had