Ye Qing, together with Hou San and others, drove five vehicles directly to the Snake Form Gate. Among the five cars, one was carrying the "corpse" of Snake, so in total, there were less than twenty people in Ye Qing's party, a very small number indeed, far less than the number of people from the Snake Form Gate.
Upon arriving at the Snake Form Gate, naturally, the disciples of the Snake Form Gate didn't give Ye Qing and his people a warm welcome. However, Ye Qing was calm and instructed his subordinates to carry Snake's "corpse" straight into the large courtyard of the Snake Form Gate.
There were not many people in the large courtyard of the Snake Form Gate; the disciples of the Snake Form Gate were mainly guarding outside, while in the courtyard, there were mostly elderly people. Four to fifty elders in total, with the older ones being almost in their seventies. The youngest was also over fifty years old, and they were the elder statesmen of the seven sects.
