As the secret realm gate opened, a voice shouted, "Look, they're coming out!"

One by one, people emerged from the gate, some injured, some with sad expressions on their faces, and others appearing happy or disheartened.

A man with a deep wound on his arm stumbled out of the gate, muttering, "I didn't expect the dangers to be so great."

A woman with a look of disappointment on her face emerged next, saying, "I failed to obtain the treasure I was seeking."

Meanwhile, a group of people emerged together, their faces beaming with joy. "We managed to find the ancient ruins and obtain the treasure!" one of them exclaimed.

As more and more people emerged from the secret realm, the atmosphere was filled with a mixture of emotions, ranging from joy to sorrow and everything in between.

One by one, the Red Lotus sect disciples began to emerge from the gate. Some of them were injured, their clothes tattered and bloody, while others had a sad or disheartened expression on their face. Yue Se began to imagine the bewildered expression on Su Zhong's face, seeing almost all his faction's disciples dead.

However, his thoughts were interrupted when Yue Jang, his genius grandson, emerged from the gate with almost 20-25 disciples. The Great Elder rubbed his eyes in disbelief, hoping it was a hallucination, but it was not. Yue Jang was badly injured, with a pale face and wounds all over his body. The other disciples were also injured to varying degrees, but they all looked relieved to have made it out alive.historical

Then Yue Se saw Su Zhong faction disciples coming out. Yue Se saw the first person to come out was Su Chen, a disciple of the opposite faction. He had injuries, which made Yue Se sigh in relief that their opponents were also damaged. He looked back at the Su Zhong faction trying to see how many of them were alive.

Ten, twenty, fifty, hundred and soon they he could tell that their number crossed over 200 disciples and seeing the last disciples who came out from Su Chen's team was Wang Chen and seeing he was alive and gained light injury only he suddenly remembered something and looked at Yue Jangs team.

"Where is my other Grandson?" He roared loudly as he didn't find Yue Mingluan and this made him lose his anger and he thought Wang Chen killed him and in an angry condition he went to attack Wang Chen with his punch but before his punch could hit Wang Chen it was grabbed by Su Zhong.

"What's the matter, Great Elder? Can't handle the fact that your own grandson couldn't survive in this cutthroat world of cultivation?" Su Zhong's voice was dripping with sarcasm. "Perhaps you should have spent less time coddling him and more time teaching him how to defend himself."

The people from other sects chuckled, amused by Su Zhong's boldness.

Yue Se's face reddened with anger, but Su Zhong wasn't finished. "And as for accusing Wang Chen of his death, do you have any proof? Or are you just looking for a scapegoat to blame for your own failures?"

The Great Elder faltered, embarrassed by Su Zhong's words. He slowly withdrew his fist from Su Zhong's grip, realizing that he had no grounds to attack Wang Chen.

As the great elder's mind raced with possibilities, trying to find a reason for Yue Mingluan's absence, he was startled by a voice he hadn't heard in a while. He turned to see his grandson Yue Jang, who had been in the secret realm all this time.

The great elder's anger began to rise, as he wondered why Yue Jang had not been able to complete the mission "Explain yourself," he demanded, his tone sharp and commanding.

Yue Jang hung his head in shame as he began to speak. "I'm sorry, grandfather. I was injured and unable to move. By the time I recovered, everyone had already left."

The great elder's eyes narrowed in suspicion as he listened to Yue Jang's explanation. He wondered if his grandson was telling the truth or simply trying to cover up something. "Is that all?" he asked, his voice laced with skepticism.

Yue Jang hesitated for a while as his head hung low, feeling the weight of his grandfather's disappointment. "It's like this...." he finally explained what he knew about the attack.

At the same time, Su Chen approached his grandfather, Su Zhong, and also explained what had happened.

As he listened to the explanations, Yue Se's anger grew and he turned his gaze towards the Blood Fang Sect. "It was all your doing, you bastards!" he cursed, directing his anger towards the elders of the sect.

From Yue Jang's explanation, it seemed that a disciple from the Blood Fang Sect had attacked Yue Jang's faction, wielding a Thunderbolt blade. This suggested that the disciple had killed Yue Mingluan and taken his weapon before attacking other members of the faction. It was clear that this same disciple was the one responsible for the previous attacks on their disciples, almost committing genocide and killing without mercy.

"It seems like the Blood Fang Sect has become more daring to kill our Red Lotus Sect disciples. Now, you should pay for what your sect disciples have done," Su Zhong stepped forward and said in a commanding voice.

Yue Se was surprised to see Su Zhong standing in front of him, but he quickly realized that Su Chen's faction disciples would have been killed as well.

Yue Se's heart sank as he realized the implications of the bet he made with Su Zhong. He couldn't afford to lose any more wealth, especially after the recent looting by the Blood Fang Sect. He looked over at Su Chen's faction and saw that they seemed to have more wealth than his own, which only added to his worry.

Meanwhile, Su Zhong was regretting his decision to make a bet with Yue Se. He had hoped to gain something from it, but now he realized that it might have been a mistake. His anger towards Yue Se grew as he heard from Su Chen about the planned attack on his faction's disciples, and he knew he needed to take revenge. However, the issue of the looting by the Blood Fang Sect needed to be dealt with first.

The atmosphere became tense as the Blood Fang sect elder tried to deny any involvement in the attacks on the Red Lotus sect disciples. He could sense the anger and suspicion emanating from the two powerful elders in front of him.

The great elder and the second elder of the Red Lotus sect exchanged a look, silently communicating their doubts about the Blood Fang sect's innocence. The great elder spoke up, his voice laced with a hint of menace.

"Are you suggesting that our disciples were attacked by a random cultivator who happened to have Thunderbolt blade, without any connection to your sect?" he questioned, his eyes narrowing.

The Blood Fang sect elder maintained his composure, refusing to be intimidated by the great elder's imposing presence. "I'm saying that it's possible that someone else could have obtained the Thunderbolt blade, and it's unfair to accuse us without proof," he replied firmly.

"Do you guys have any proof that if your disciples say something it doesn't mean it will be true." The blood fang sect elder wouldn't want this to happen.

They were expecting that Red Lotus sect disciples wouldn't have any proof, but suddenly Yue Jang came forward and showed a disciple uniform tag where it was clearly written Chi Ming, and beneath the name was written Blood Fang Sect.

"Is this proof enough? When I was fighting, I snatched his tag name and it's clearly written that this disciple is from your sect," Yue Jang said confidently.

Upon seeing the name tag, the elders of the Blood Fang Sect recognized it as their own, but were confused about something. They discussed amongst themselves and then looked at Yue Se and Su Zhong, "That is our sect token, it's true, but the problem is his cultivation was only at the Enlightenment Realm. How could he defeat your grandson even if he burned his blood essence? Defeating Yue Jang and Su Chen wouldn't be possible."

Hearing the Blood Fang Sect elder's words, they looked at Yue Jang and Su Chen, their eyes questioning whether it was true that they were defeated by an Enlightenment Realm cultivator.

Both Yue Jang and Su Chen immediately denied it, saying, "We checked his cultivation base, and it was at the Innate Realm stage."

They also knew this wouldn't make sense, so they looked at the Blood Fang Sect elders with suspicion. Seeing the gaze of Yue Se and Su Zhong, the elders sighed and then called out to their disciples, "Zu Ming, come out."

Wang Chen watched everything with a smug expression on his face, as it was his plan all along. However, when he heard the name they called out, he found it familiar and looked at the disciples of the Blood Fang Sect. He saw a figure emerging from the crowd, and recognition dawned on him. "Wait a minute, isn't that the second protagonist?"