Whoosh!!!
A cluster of streaking lights raced over the sea. Leading the flight was an old man-Elder Canghai of the Sea King Sect...
Elder Canghai's face was dark and terrifying.
Damn it! All those years of scheming had come to nothing, and their losses were beyond measure. There was no longer any place for them in the Sea King Sect.
A young man beside him looked frightened. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked Elder Canghai, "Master! What do we do now?"
At those words, the other cultivators of the Canghai Household flying with them all turned toward Elder Canghai, their eyes filled with conflicting emotions. Had they succeeded, they would all have reaped enormous benefits, and everyone would have been happy. Now that they had failed, there was no longer any place for them in the Sea King Sect.
Looking at their frightened, uneasy eyes, Elder Canghai said coldly, "What is there to worry about? Without the Sea King, the Sea King Sect will fall sooner or later. Staying there wouldn't do us any good anyway."
He paused, then shouted, "We already count as cultivators of the Northern Lu Immortal Sect, so naturally, that's where we're going! This is actually a great thing for us."
As he spoke, a trace of hesitation crossed his face. The failure of this plan was not so simple. Their plan had been complete, but that damned Third Young Master had not followed it.
That had caused the entire plan to fail. Once Wu Xuantian of the Wuxuan Lineage learned of it, Elder Canghai had no idea how he would explain it away.
In truth, small lineages like theirs would be nothing more than cannon fodder upon joining the Northern Lu Immortal Sect, with an exceedingly low status.
But as he had