"What do you mean? Do you truly think we would crumble at a single blow? Or was your courage shattered when you first awakened, leaving you shrinking in fear?" Zhong Qishan asked with a cold laugh.
He turned to the person beside him. "Yellow Venerable, you've seen it yourself. They've both been scared out of their wits and have no wish to turn back. There's nothing more to say to people like this. Let us part ways here."
The person beside him was possessed by Yellow Venerable's divine sense. He ignored those words, carefully pondering what Venerable White had just said.
"A net spread across heaven and earth?"
"How could we not know that, by coming here, we would inevitably have to cross swords with that mighty figure of this age?"
"But the Sacred Sect's foundations run far deeper than you can imagine. Having been defeated by him, you place too much weight on his strength, forgetting that we too possess extraordinary means."
"Venerable Azure, Venerable White, you have truly disappointed me!"
Yellow Venerable was the foremost of the Five Elements Venerables, far surpassing the others in both seniority and standing within the sect. He had even presided over the Sacred Sect's Elders' Council for more than ten thousand years. When he had been active in the world, commanding his peers, Venerable Azure had been no more than a child just embarking on cultivation. As for Venerable White, even her ancestors several generations back had yet to be born.
He certainly had the standing to say such things.
But Yellow Venerable was seasoned and prudent. Clearly, he did not intend to abandon the two of them so easily and unsettle the other awakened elders, giving them ideas about seeking separate paths of their own.
Thus, he added, "Since everyone has