"Damn it! Damn it!"
"To think Gu Changqing could defy heaven to such a degree."
"Even with both of us Sages acting together, we couldn't subdue him!"
On Mount Sumeru, Jieyin stamped his feet in fury.
His face, usually steeped in sorrow, was now covered in frost.
He was mad with rage!
Jieyin and Zhunti were truly mad with rage!
Before this, Jieyin and Zhunti had never had any dealings with Gu Changqing.
Thus, in their minds, Gu Changqing should have had no reason to guard against them.
Who would have thought that after all their painstaking scheming, they would gain nothing in the end?
And most importantly...
Their little stunt had cost them the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and a wisp of origin qi of Geng Metal.
What a painful loss!
Needless to say, Jieyin and Zhunti both felt the loss acutely.
Beside him, Zhunti's face darkened like storm-clouded waters as he listened to Jieyin, his expression utterly grim.
"Senior brother, how could you be so foolish?"
"We should never have handed the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit over to Gu Changqing."
"Hmph, we are Sages. So long as the Heavenly Dao lives, Sages cannot perish."
"Even if Tongtian brought out the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, what could he do?"
Unexpectedly, those were the words Zhunti spoke.
There was unmistakable blame toward Jieyin in his voice.
In Zhunti's view, the two of them could have simply stood their ground.
They should have refused to surrender the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and seen just what Tongtian and Gu Changqing could do about it.
After all, as Sages, they were immortal and indestructible.
Even the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords could not erase them completely.
Zhunti finished speaking.
Beside them, Maitreya, Medicine Tathagata, Kimnara, and the other disciples all looked at Jieyin