Realms In The Firmament

“The mystery of fate…”

“We saw that the enemies were coming on the Guan Clan, my clan. He did not… We have lost so many people… If Monarch Ye didn’t show up and kindly helped us out… We would be slaughtered in this place.”

Master Song made a long sigh and said nothing. He felt choked by the anger that was coming up from his chest.

“One started from nothing. He had nobody in the beginning, and now he is able to secretly influence the Hall of Returning Nature… The other was born with the power in his hands, yet is leading us into ruins…”

Master Guan sighed and felt sad about it. “Oh heavens… What have we done wrong? Why punish the Seven Lotus Clans?”

“These people… Our men… They couldn’t have lived today!”

“Today, we got attacked. Lord Monarch saved us. Someday, they will attack the other clans. Who is going to save us then?”

Master Guan was sad.

Master Song made a long sigh. After a while, he got close to Master Guan and said, “Old Guan… Monarch Ye… Is he still…”

“What are you doing? Can you stop being so shameless?” Master Guan humphed and said, “We were ambushed tonight, and we fought the best we could to survive!

“That is what just happened!

“Nobody saw Monarch Ye!”

Master Guan said, “Who leaks the information will be punished!”

People answered to that.

They were all powerful cultivators because they survived the attacks. They all knew that Ye Xiao was an honorable man, and they all knew that they should listen to the chief.

“If Ye Yunduan knows what happened, he will do whatever it takes to kill Monarch Ye and the Monarch’s Hall!”

Master Guan looked at Master Song and said, “Old Song, we can’t do that to Ye Xiao!”

Master Song blushed and talked through mind connection. “You got me wrong. I didn’t mean that… What I wanted to say… Look, you were right. We couldn’t put all the eggs in the same basket… If the basket falls, all our eggs will be broken… What happened tonight proved your point…”

Master Guan was surprised. He felt sad and then painfully shook his head. “Old Song, the Heaven’s Leaf and the Seven Golden Lotuses stay together…”

Master Song kept his head low.

However, the two old men’s eyes suddenly glittered.

…

The Great Ye Army had returned to peace.

Master Qin and the others finished cleaning up the battlefield. As he looked around, he was surprised. “Where are Guan and Song?”

They should be staying with Ye Yunduan, but now they were gone.

Ye Yunduan said, “The Guan Clan was attacked, and the two old masters left to help…” His eyes were glittering.

Master Qin and the others were all shocked. “His clan got attacked? That is…”

Ye Yunduan looked worried, and he said, “The two old masters together will defeat the enemies… They will be fine…”

It seemed he was worried about the two clans.

In fact, he felt good about it.

Master Guan and Master Song had been close to Ye Xiao all the time, and Ye Yunduan knew it.

He knew that the attack was a trap. He knew that the enemies were going after the Guan Clan.

However, he didn’t want a man who stood beside him but had Ye Xiao in his heart… He decided to let Master Guan go…

‘I have no idea how the enemy’s plan went, but it was very likely going to succeed. If the two old men die out there, it will be easier for me to control the seven clans…’

…

When people were worrying, the sounds of people flying rang up in the sky.

The old masters looked up and got shocked.

Master Guan and Master Song were both severely injured. Only dozens of men followed them back!

Everyone was severely injured!

A few of them had lost their arms or legs…

The old masters were all shocked and grieved.

“Master Guan!” Ye Yunduan rushed over and painfully said, “What… What happened?”

“We got ambushed by the Hall of Returning Nature. We have fought hard and eventually escaped…” Master Guan’s face looked bad. As he saw the other old masters, he angrily said in a weak voice, “Over seven hundred of our men died… I… I…”

Master Guan couldn’t finish talking. He spat out a mouthful of blood and then passed out.

On the other side, Master Song passed out as soon as he landed.

“Hurry! Come on… Somebody come over…”

After everybody was well taken care of, the old masters started to ask the others.

They gave the same answer.

They got ambushed by the Hall of Returning Nature, and they fought hard to escape the fight. Most of their men were dead…

The two old masters were severely injured…

Nobody mentioned anybody helping them out.

They must follow Master Guan’s order!

The other old masters raged up in fury.

“The Hall of Returning Nature!”

“They actually did this to us!”

“We will fight to the end of their days!”

“We will avenge our brothers!”

…

Ye Yunduan looked worried. He personally arranged all the work of taking care of the wounded men, taking out a lot of fine dan beads for them. He said, “This is my fault… It was a chaotic situation… I thought… I shouldn’t…”

“Oh…”

The other old masters all said some good words to comfort him.

After all, it was reasonable not to foresee something like that!

Blaming oneself wouldn’t help at all.

Master Guan seemed to show a sneer while he was in a coma, but it only appeared for one second…

‘If he is truly that stupid, I won’t blame him. Well, if he knew it was a trap, and he sent us to death, I won’t let him get away from this!’

“Tomorrow, we gather the best force of us and attack the subbranch of the Hall of Returning Nature!” Ye Yunduan gave the order.