"Heh. Your Immortal Slaying Mountain Protecting Sword Array is formidable, but before you can activate it, believe it or not, we'll have killed every disciple in your sect."
Ancestor Yaojin stroked his beard and spoke with perfect calm.
Elder Jin Qiu frowned. There had to be a traitor within the sect.
"What exactly do you want?" Elder Jin Qiu asked.
Ancestor Yaojin replied calmly, "I hear your honorary elder, Lu Ren, has returned. I've come for him today. He killed a prodigy of the Mu Family, and an elder of ours died because of him. Hand him over, and we'll leave at once!"
"Who leaked the news?"
Elder Jin Qiu swept his gaze across the crowd. It settled on Bai Hualei before he looked back at Ancestor Yaojin. "The Gui Xu Sect has stood for many years. Even if we no longer command the respect we once did, we are not yours to trample!"
"Elder Jin Qiu!" Ancestor Kongyue smiled faintly. "Making an enemy of the Five Clans for Lu Ren is hardly a wise choice for the Gui Xu Sect!"
"If we let you take Lu Ren away today, how could the Gui Xu Sect ever hold its head high?"
Elder Jin Qiu drew a long sword. "All Divine Nirvana Elders, step forward! Join me in destroying these enemies!"
Yet only a dozen or so elders stepped forward.
Elder Yunting and another dozen elders stayed where they were.
"Elder Yunting, what is the meaning of this?" Elder Jin Qiu asked.
"Elder Jin Qiu, as a Grand Elder, you must put the greater good first. Is it truly worth opposing the Five Clans for one Lu Ren?" Elder Yunting replied.
Elder Jin Qiu's aged face turned deathly pale. "Don't tell me you're the reason they entered the Gui Xu Sect