Chapter 280

Chapter 280: Regret?

“What’s going on?”

When the people emerged, their faces like they’d just seen a ghost, the expressions of those from the six major sects changed wildly.

They quickly surrounded them.

Daoist Shouren held his breath, while those from the other sects who hadn’t participated this time also held their breath.

Everyone was waiting for them to speak.

How desperately the six major sects wished for the six who came out to burst into laughter together, reassuring them that they were just joking and then casually revealing a space stone with a shrug.

Saying something like, “Gotcha, didn’t we scare you?”

But what’s the reality?

Of the six people, only one opened his mouth.

His voice was even hoarse.

“We… we didn’t find the space stone…”

With this one sentence, everyone was stunned.

Silence enveloped the heavens and earth, and everyone’s face was blank.

Didn’t find the space stone.

Didn’t find it.

Why couldn’t they grasp the meaning of those words for a moment?

What does this mean?

What do you mean by not finding the space stone?

“Hahaha…”

A maniacal laughter suddenly rang out.

It was Daoist Shouren.

He laughed like a madman, tears rolling down from his eyes.

“Lu Ye didn’t die, Lu Ye didn’t die, he took the space ring with him! Where are you going to find the space stone now?”

“Hahaha, a bunch of damn fools, hahaha, you’re all done for! Your six sects will be completely wiped off the Fourth Heaven!”

“Hahaha…”

Daoist Shouren was so thrilled he felt all his pent-up frustrations were released with this laughter.

If he was happy, then some weren’t.

“How could there be no space stone? Did you search carefully? Did you overlook something?”

“No oversight, we’ve already searched three times, no space stone, I swear…”

“I don’t believe it! We set up such a comprehensive net! How could he possibly escape? You must not have searched thoroughly—I’ll search myself!”

“Yes, I’ll search again!”

Watching them rush back in to search, they didn’t find it the first time, nor the second, nor the third.

Their hearts grew colder and colder.

It felt like their blood was freezing solid.

A massive crisis gripped them like a giant hand squeezing their throats, threatening to choke the life out of them.

Fear, regret…

Especially regret!

If only, if only they hadn’t acted this time, but had calmly accepted negotiations.

Wouldn’t everything have been fine?

They could have coexisted peacefully with Lu Ye, no longer having to consider a man so terrifying as their enemy.

If they hadn’t acted, the Fourth Heaven would have been peaceful.

But how could they have allowed themselves to be blinded and acted?

Regret gnawed at their insides like a venomous snake.

It seemed they had truly made a mistake…

“I said not to provoke issues, that negotiating was the way to go. He has so many tricks up his sleeve; we should have just compensated him with some spirit stones as a lesson. But no, you didn’t listen to me! Now what?”

“Lu Ye is nowhere to be found! With his abilities, he could make you lose consciousness and walk to your death! What’s to be done?”

“I’m so furious! So furious! I said I wouldn’t participate, and you all dragged me in! It’s all your fault!”

One of the fairies from the Three Immortal Mountain trembled with rage, shouting loudly.

She hadn’t wanted to participate, but couldn’t resist the others’ persuasion.

It’s all their fault!

“It’s no use blaming anyone now. What to do?”

“What to do? What else can we do? How many times have we tried to kill him? If he forgives us again, that would be something only a saint could do!”

“He will definitely take revenge. At his speed, he’ll find us for revenge in no time. We have no way to deal with it!”

“It’s over! Completely over!”

“All your fault!”

“Enough! This isn’t the time to argue. We need to come up with a solution.”

“How about we ask Daoist Shouren to help negotiate, saying we were blinded by pig oil? Is it possible he might forgive us…”

“Stop dreaming! We absolutely have no chance for peaceful coexistence again. What to do? What to do…”

The group pondered.

They frantically worked their brains.

“It seems there’s only one way left.” Wang Yi spoke up.

Everyone turned to look at Wang Yi.

“What way?”

“Disperse the disciples, break into smaller groups, let all disciples spread to the most populated areas. He has the Aroma of Achievement in Dao, but that aroma isn’t targeted—it’s regional.”

“As long as our people spread out wide enough, if he really has the guts, he’ll just wipe out everyone in the Fourth Heaven!”

As soon as this was said, many fell silent.

At this moment, the difference between family powers and sect powers was clearly delineated.

The Wang family’s people, even if they scattered, their surname would still be Wang.

But what about them?

If the disciples of the Eternal Order Sect left, and all the disciples departed, would the Eternal Order Sect still exist?

“It seems we have no choice…” sighed the sect leader of the Mountain Sea Sect.

While they were pondering the situation, Lu Ye was quite different.

His teleportation array was powerful and certainly not something that could easily be sealed.

And at the moment those people made their move, Lu Ye had already teleported away.

Subsequently, he said nothing and immediately began setting up formations.

In his previous life, the things Daoist Shouren experienced, he had experienced too.

That was during the Fifth Heaven when the Mountain Sea Sect and the Wind Thunder Sect clashed. The Wind Thunder Sect had a particularly strong individual with remarkable escape abilities.

Although the overall strength of the Wind Thunder Sect was not as good as that of the Mountain Sea Sect, they didn’t dare make a direct move against this individual, instead applying pressure from all sides.

The Wind Thunder Sect had no choice but to compromise and sought Lu Ye as a mediator to request a peace talk with the Mountain Sea Sect.

Lu Ye stepped forward, and the Mountain Sea Sect agreed to negotiate and laid out conditions.

Although it pained the Wind Thunder Sect, they accepted.

But then, at the negotiation site, the Mountain Sea Sect turned hostile, planning to kill that strong individual from the Wind Thunder Sect. They were thoroughly prepared.

They didn’t want to negotiate; they just wanted to ensure that the Wind Thunder Sect’s strong member wouldn’t escape and assassinate their own people.

Thus, Lu Ye became the clown.

Lu Ye was furious.

His rage was much different than Daoist Shouren’s momentary anger.

When Lu Ye got angry, many from the Mountain Sea Sect ended up dying horribly.

This time, the formation Lu Ye laid down was the Profound Inducing Divine Crests Formation.

This was a formation that attracted divine punishments from the heavens.

Its power was terrifying.

“They really dared to take action. I haven’t dealt with these sects for so long, yet I didn’t expect them to become so fierce, so formidable. Truly impressive!” Lin Chuyue remarked with emotion.

A request for peace, yet a surprise attack!

Lu Ye quickly set up the formation and flew toward the Eternal Order Sect.

Whether other sects were involved or not was unclear to Lu Ye, but it was certain that the Eternal Order Sect, the Wang family, and the Mountain Sea Sect absolutely had a hand in it.

Just right, Lu Ye had also designed the route.

His figure quickly vanished.