These people had decided to play dumb to the bitter end.
After all, once they helped Gong Hao this time, there would be no second time.
The Azure Tide Sect could produce no evidence. What did they have to fear?
"To think even the distinguished Jade-Scepter Young Master would spout baseless claims. It seems you have no intention of stepping aside!"
The corners of Su Jiu's lips lifted slightly. "You keep insisting you're merely a group of rogue cultivators. May I ask how our Azure Tide Sect offended you, that you won't even let us set foot in the Savage Wilderness?"
Tong Qi smiled as well. "Exactly. Anyone with a halfway decent source of information knows we came to demand an explanation from Gong Hao. If you aren't blocking our way for his sake, I can't imagine what else it could be for."
Su Jiu brought out the Frost-Cold Purple Ultimate, her gaze ice-cold. "You'd best tell fewer lies like these in the future. With your intelligence, I doubt you could explain them away in a sentence or two."
The man retreated two steps, unsure what Su Jiu intended to do.
Yet he continued to bluster. "Can't we of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance have long held a grudge against your Azure Tide Sect?"
A rogue cultivator behind Su Jiu's group could not resist sneering. "The Rogue Cultivator Alliance? Why have I never seen you in the alliance? Whose faction do you belong to? If you can't give a clear answer, don't claim to be one of us."
A Medicine Gate disciple said with a cheeky grin, "You may dislike everyone from the Azure Tide Sect, but surely we disciples of the Medicine Gate, Heavenly Music Pavilion, and Jade Sword Sect haven't offended you. Would you let us pass?"
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