"Ye Zun, are you all right?" Li Chilian and Xue Shaohua could not help asking when they saw Ye Tianming retreat.
They, too, had been watching the outcome of Ye Tianming's assault on the Azure Cloud Sect's mountain gate, but things did not seem to have gone very well.
"The Azure Cloud Sect's defenses are truly formidable. Even I could not breach them, but injuring me would be no easy task for them either," Ye Tianming told them.
The two exchanged a glance. They had witnessed what had just happened and naturally knew that Ye Tianming spoke the truth.
"The Azure Cloud Sect is growing stronger and stronger. In particular, their use of origin power, which stands above laws, has reached a level of almost supernatural mastery. Even great sects like ours cannot match them. If this continues..." A trace of unease, difficult to put into words, flickered through their hearts.
"However, neither of you needs to worry. Everything we need to do has already been arranged. All that remains is to await good news," Ye Tianming said, changing the subject.
"What? When did this happen?" Both men were startled, their eyes filling with profound disbelief.
"While I was attacking their mountain gate headquarters just now. I knew from the outset that I could not breach this great sect. My plan was never to confront them head-on, but to place a piece on the board amid the chaos and rescue Fellow Daoist Yu," Ye Tianming said calmly.
"So that was it. We thought you had forgotten," Li Chilian said with an awkward smile.
Xue Shaohua glanced at him and asked cautiously, "Could you tell us what we should do next, Ye Zun?"
Despite his words, he had no intention whatsoever of volunteering.
Although this operation was meant to rescue someone