Once the discussion quieted somewhat, Hengming coughed twice and said, "Fellow Daoists, according to our previous deliberations, more than half the disciples from the nearly three hundred sects, large and small, within Xuntian City have already been dispatched! Once we receive further definite news in another dozen or so days, the remaining disciples should be led by us directly into Huan Kingdom to slaughter our way in! Our days of sitting comfortably in the Council Hall... will soon be over! Ah, this old man truly wants to see where that rampant Qin Jian is hiding! The Nascent Soul elders of our various sects are about to arrive, yet that wretch has still not been executed. Our faces will be lost!"
"Hmph, Fellow Daoist Hengming!" Wang Ye sneered. "According to the latest intelligence, Qin Jian's cultivation seems to be Illusion Sword Rank Three. His attacks alone can rival a strike from a Nascent Soul cultivator. Do you think you can take one safely?"
Hengming knew that Wang Ye of the Seven Wonders Sect harbored resentment over his leasing of the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat, which was why Wang Ye had spoken against him. Yet he did not care, merely smiling as he said, "Even if Qin Jian's attacks can rival those of a Nascent Soul cultivator, they are only casual strikes from one. Though this poor Daoist may be untalented, can I not evade them? Besides, would this poor Daoist be so foolish as some people, abandoning my strengths and deliberately handing my weaknesses to others? My magic treasures, formations, talismans, and the like can all attack Qin Jian. Why should I clash head-on with him?"
"Alas, we Seven Wonders Sect disciples possess foresight. We would not do something like striking a stone with an egg!" Wang Ye stretched lazily and