At the sight of Xiang Jiehuo's bulging eyes, Xiang Wentian clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked. His chest heaved violently, as though a ball of raging fire inside it was about to burn his body apart...
"This must be an agreement Li Yan reached with Elder Xiang. He helped with the pill refining, and Elder Xiang personally escorted them away afterward!"
Xiang Yun's aged face also flickered between light and shadow as Xiang Yun answered the question for Xiang Wentian.
"Then there's nothing more to think about. It all came to nothing. Alas!"
An old man sighed. All their plans, along with all the preparations they had made outside beforehand, had proved utterly useless in the end. Were they supposed to chase after them now?
Xiang Yanxiu was no easy man to provoke. First, his status firmly outranked theirs; second, his cultivation was even more unfathomable. Add Li Yan, who could rival a Body Integration Realm cultivator, and whether they could kill Li Yan aside, someone on their own side was certain to die!
Since Xiang Yanxiu had gone with them, he obviously was not merely escorting Li Yan out of the Purple God Dragon-Elephant Clan before returning immediately from the other end of the teleportation array. If that were all, he would only have needed to send Li Yan and his companion into the array.
Just as Xiang Yun had said, the two sides must have reached some agreement. Li Yan had most likely sensed danger, which was why today's scene had unfolded!
"Wentian, you needn't be like this. As long as Zi Kun is here, that man is certain to return someday. Or we can go out and find the brat's sect. Surely he can't stay inside his sect forever?"
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