Was it that they had not wanted to stop them?
It was clearly that the people of the Interception Sect were too shameless!
Shameless to an utterly outrageous degree!
In the end, Randeng quietly stepped forward and spoke.
"Sect Leader, it was not that we failed to act. At the time, the Interception Sect disciples were fighting us."
Only after hearing Randeng's explanation did Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's anger ease a little.
Put that way, their failure was somewhat understandable.
But soon, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi knitted his brows again.
By all rights, the Chan Sect disciples should never have lost against the Interception Sect disciples.
Could those people from the Interception Sect have harbored some crafty scheme and deliberately laid a trap?
At that thought, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi continued questioning them.
"Did those Interception Sect disciples resort to trickery to bring about this result?"
Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi had offered him a way down from the ledge, and Randeng naturally took it.
"Indeed."
"Those Interception Sect disciples feinted east and struck west. While we were fighting them, they sent people to raid our cultivation grounds!"
"Utterly despicable!"
By the end, even Randeng's breathing had become unsteady.
"Then how did your battle against them turn out?"
Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi asked again.
But as soon as those words fell, the faces of Randeng, Guangchengzi, and the others turned ugly.
Only after a long while did they answer hesitantly.
"We... lost."
Hearing this, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi could no longer contain his fury.
He lashed out with a slap on the spot!
"How could you lose to those people from the Interception Sect?"
"If you cannot even defeat them, what can I possibly expect from you?"
In Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's eyes, the Interception Sect disciples were merely creatures clad in fur and crowned with horns.
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