Heavenly Serpent Old Man stood with his hands behind his back. Though his figure was slightly stooped, he possessed an air of looking down upon the world.
His gaze blazed like a torch as he swept his eyes over everyone in the hall and said:
"With me stationed here, and the sect's sacred serpent protecting us!
"Even if that brat Qing Chen has the gall to invade, I will make sure he never returns, his feathers shorn in defeat!
"Think back to how vast Heavenly Serpent True Lord's divine powers were. The treasures he left behind possess boundless might.
"Even a cultivator at the pseudo-Nascent Soul realm could forget about gaining the slightest advantage against our Eight Serpent Sect!"
Hearing this, Sect Master Eight Serpent True Person immediately perked up. He rose to echo him. "The Grand Elder is absolutely right!
"That traitorous Venomous Python colluded with outsiders and brought calamity upon our sect. Even death was too good for him!
"Our Eight Serpent Sect inherited the Heavenly Serpent Sect's legacy, with a heritage stretching back nearly ten thousand years and deep foundations. How could that brat Qing Chen alone destroy us so easily?
"As for his supposedly driving back two late Golden Core stage experts, that was nothing but good luck.
"First, his Vajra Mound magic treasure happened to counter the Lesser Cold Temple's Rebirth Ghost Domain, giving him an advantage;
"Second, that Radiant Night Palace Master was a faithless woman to begin with. Seeing things turn sour, she fled the battlefield, disregarding the bonds of their alliance.
"With a great number of Condensed Jade Sect cultivators supporting him as well, that brat Qing Chen only achieved those results through sheer luck!
"But our Eight Serpent Sect is united from top to bottom. How could the Lesser Cold Temple