One of them was the elder Teng Yue had slapped and loudly rebuked earlier.
Before Teng Yue could react, one of the Cosmic Vein youths shouted bitterly, "Black Scale, demonfolk, we're grateful that you helped our Vein Lord Ying, but what do you mean by deliberately setting traps to kill and wound our elders?"
They had clearly come to demand an explanation.
At that moment, the second youth followed up with another sharp question. "That's right. We need an explanation."
Their voices were far from quiet, causing Ying Sanmeng, who was treating everyone's injuries on the Cosmic Vein side, to freeze and look over.
At the same time, Chai Jiu, whose forces had already withdrawn in the distance, curled his lips into a grim sneer.
The Cang Vein higher-ups exchanged covert glances, their eyes all saying the same thing: Just as the Great Gate Master predicted, the conflict has come.
If it were only the rebukes of these few people, they naturally would not be enough to shake the bond between the Cosmic Vein and Demon Vein.
But once a conflict began, it would trigger greater chain reactions, causing more and more people of the Cosmic Vein to grow dissatisfied with the demonfolk, ultimately shattering the alliance between the Demon Vein and Cosmic Vein.
Outside the prison walls, the originally strange atmosphere turned icy with this demand for an explanation...
Everyone from both the Demon Vein and the Cosmic Vein turned to look.
Teng Yue immediately said, "What do you mean, an explanation? Wasn't what I said earlier clear enough? It was you—"
Before he could finish, the slapped Saint Martial elder roared with a savage expression, "Teng Yue, one matter is one matter... I'm grateful to Black Scale, the demonfolk, for saving us and the Vein Lord, but he