Even people from the Boundless Sect had begun to appear!
Elder Yu's first reaction was that Fang Qianyuan had truly led him into a disastrous trap this time.
No one had imagined that the situation here would develop into something so bizarre and grave.
They knew nothing of the enmity between Fang Qianyuan and Dongfang Zhi. They all felt that, with one a towering figure among the grassroots and a Heaven Tier powerhouse, and the other a high-ranking member of a great sect and a promising disciple, the two ought to exercise restraint and show mutual understanding.
Even if Fang Qianyuan had offended him, Dongfang Zhi should not have tried to kill him, ultimately making an enemy of the righteous path.
A force like the Azure Cloud Sect was unlikely to cross the boundless sea to launch a punitive expedition, but if it truly bore a grudge, it absolutely had the power to make every elder of every faction in Ten Thousand Poisons Valley fear for his own safety.
Travel and exchanges between regions, and even trade cooperation with the mainland, would also be severely affected.
Moreover, the Azure Cloud Sect was a firmly established power whose existence spanned tens of thousands of years. If such measures were handed down from generation to generation as policy, Ten Thousand Poisons Valley's potential losses would be astronomical.
Nor had Elder Yu expected Dongfang Zhi to decide to request reinforcements the moment he discovered Fang Qianyuan's movements.
It seemed he had already anticipated that Fang Qianyuan would summon the righteous path forces of the Eastern Sea to join the siege of Ten Thousand Poisons Valley.
Yet even if Elder Yu had known this, he would only have assumed that the Boundless Sect had designs on this place!
Having failed to grasp the fundamental