Faced with sudden upheaval, the members of the Daoist Palace showed varying degrees of alarm. Only Li Fanzhou remained calm and composed, and Chu Xuan's expression was indifferent as they both glanced coldly at the people of the Shangguan family.
Xu Yuanzhi, who naturally had a flushed face, became even redder with anger at this moment:
"Nonsense! What Celestial Evil Demon Venerable, your Shangguan family already acted dishonorably last time, and our sect kindly overlooked it, but who would have thought you'd turn around and bite back."
The cultivators who arrived to watch from afar were abuzz with discussion, "Where is this Celestial Evil Demon Venerable? Who is he? How could he encircle the Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace?"
The gray-robed elder paid no attention to Xu Yuanzhi and instead looked sharply like a knife towards Chu Xuan, speaking again:
