Ning Fa's chilling words echoed between heaven and earth, filling the surrounding cultivators with dread and plunging the many Tianyang Sect cultivators into an icy abyss.
The Tianyang Sect's Third Elder, True Lord Chiyang, whose beard and hair were both red, seemed unable to endure any longer. His face blazing with fury, he roared at Tianyang and Bai Dan:
"I warned you time and again to leave some room when doing things, not to go too far! But you were blinded by greed and refused to listen. Now it has come to this—the Tianyang Sect's Orthodox Lineage, built over tens of thousands of years, may well be destroyed by the two of you!"
Tianyang's face was ashen. He opened his mouth, but in the end merely sighed. "The die has been cast. What use is there in saying any of this now?"
True Lord Baidan seemed not to have heard him. He stared fixedly at the distant sky, his eyes filled with anxious anticipation.
At that moment, his eyes suddenly lit up. Like a drowning man spotting a piece of driftwood, he cried out in wild delight, "Our reinforcements are here!"
Just then, a voice sounded from afar, drawing nearer.
"Fellow Daoist Ning, let us speak matters through peacefully. Resorting to force is not the way to solve this problem."
The voice was clear and mild. Merely hearing it seemed to lessen the hostility in one's heart, and even the surging momentum of the Huayu Sect and Ning Clan cultivators faded somewhat.
Then a cluster of escaping light arrived in the blink of an eye. Though there were only a dozen or so people, every cultivator present revealed shock upon seeing them, and low murmurs spread through the crowd.
"Taiqing Sect's First Elder Xuan Weizi, Taiqing Sect's Law Enforcement Elder