"A way to retreat?" Scarface scoffed. "You certainly dare to dream."
"Do you know what sort of force the Enforcement Hall is? Do you think they would dare come all the way here without making any preparations?"
The young woman looked surprised. "Have you seniors fought the Enforcement Hall before?"
The other eleven fell silent together, clearly unwilling to speak much about that part of their history.
The three oldest among them even paled.
One elder grew visibly agitated. "Hmph, fought them? Of course we fought them! But so what? In the end, didn't their Deputy Hall Master still die at our hands? As for their Hall Master and those Enforcement Hall disciples..."
"Third, you're talking too much." Scarface cut him off, his expression dark.
The man's expression shifted, and then he fell utterly silent, like a gourd with its mouth sawed shut.
The female cultivator who had recently joined them, however, looked thoughtful.
Long ago, she had heard about the disappearance of the Enforcement Hall's Hall Master from two generations back. She simply hadn't expected these people to have been involved.
She couldn't help secretly wondering just what had happened back then...
Of course, Xia Yun was equally bewildered, but he had understood one thing: although these seniors from the Vast Righteousness Sect were wary of the Enforcement Hall, they did not fear it.
At that thought, Xia Yun's heart stirred. Didn't that mean Xia Jue and his companions were very likely to perish here during this operation?
After all, Xia Jue's meager cultivation could hardly compare with the strength of these seniors from the Vast Righteousness Sect.
Without Xia Jue, wouldn't the Xia Household be his to command in the future...
Naturally, the seniors guarding the seal knew nothing of Xia Yun's thoughts.
Likewise, Xia Yun had not