Inside the sect's main hall, a valiant, upright figure sat calmly in the seat of honor.
Below her, several Spirit Severing stage cultivators sat on either side.
Though they were said to be seated, in truth... aside from the figure at the head, everyone else wore worried expressions and could not sit still.
"Sect Master, we can't keep sitting here waiting for death!"
"That's right! Those people outside are Tribulation Crossing stage existences. Though our Xuanji Sect's Sect Protecting Great Array is powerful, the strength of our sect as a whole is simply far, far too inferior to theirs!"
"After holding out for so long, the Sect Protecting Great Array has already reached its limit. Once it is breached, everyone in Xuanji Sect will likely suffer at their hands!"
One voice after another rang out, and everyone's gaze turned in unison toward the figure at the head.
"Then... what are the thoughts of the elders?"
Tang Zhuying sat composedly in the seat of honor, her expression as still as water.
Unlike the others, there was not the slightest trace of panic on her face.
"That Tribulation Crossing stage senior said earlier that so long as we hand over Feng Fei, we may withdraw on our own..."
An elderly man with white hair and beard swayed slightly as he spoke in a somewhat uneasy voice.
Deep in his eyes was concern for Xuanji Sect's current predicament.
"So Second Elder means that we should abandon one of our own companions and satisfy the demands of those Tribulation Crossing stage people outside."
Tang Zhuying continued, without the slightest ripple in her voice.
"Once the Sect Protecting Great Array is breached, Xuanji Sect will have no way to withstand that Tribulation Crossing stage senior's attack." Second Elder's white beard and hair trembled, his