After gathering enough information from these disciples.
Wa Huang and the Buddha began to make reasonable speculations about the whole affair.
"All the disciples heard that old voice."
"Moreover, the victorious disciples all received rewards."
"The disciples who haven't returned must have been defeated and killed."
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Wa Huang and the Buddha went back and forth, constantly presenting their analyses.
After both sides had laid out their analyses, what was left was to draw conclusions.
The Buddha was the first to speak: "If I'm not mistaken, the owner of that elderly voice is the true mastermind behind the whole event."
Wa Huang nodded in agreement with the Buddha's statement, then concluded: "To be able to take away our disciples right under our noses without us knowing, this old man's strength must far surpass ours."
"Could it be a powerful being that survived from the Returning Ruins period?"
A deeply disturbing thought arose in Wa Huang's mind.
