Jing Jiu stood in front of the window with a cup of tea in his hand, looking at the looming black eaves of Taichang Temple in the distance. He remained silent.
The tea in the cup had already turned cold.
He had no love for tea. He just tried to hold the cup like an ordinary person, trying to understand those ordinary people in this way.
He was thinking about Shui Yue Nunnery's words and the girl's words before he left.
Eventually, he still couldn't figure it out and shook his head.
Now that things had come to this, the next thing to do was to move forward. Why should he turn back and ask for the reason?
Even if he knew your life background, love experience, and occasional impulsive mistakes, it was meaningless. He shouldn't waste his time on these things.
There was a knock on the door.
Jing Jiu walked back to the room from the window. He touched the sword bracelet with his right hand, lit the sword fire, and put it on the teapot.
Squeak.
The eldest brother of the Jing Family pushed the door open.
He didn't refuse her entry, not knowing whether he knew her or for some other reason. He didn't even ask for Jing Jiu's permission.
The guest came with the night breeze. Her footsteps on the begonia petals made no sound.
The girl in white was extremely beautiful. She looked delicate and her eyes were clean, like a pool of clear water.
She looked like a fairy who had fallen to the mortal world.
Jing Jiu motioned for her to sit down. He picked up the boiling teapot and poured her a cup of tea.
He thought that the other party would send someone to comfort or persuade him, but he didn't expect it to be this girl.
Bai Zao was the only daughter of the headmaster and his wife of Zhongzhou School. She had a special status in Yunmeng Mountain. Even in the whole world of cultivation, she was very noble.
She came to see Jing Jiu, which meant that Zhongzhou School had shown enough respect.
Bai Zao thanked him softly. She picked up the cup and took a sip. Her expression changed slightly.
She didn't expect the tea to taste so bad.
Even if the Aoyama Sect didn't care much about these things, they still had the Precious-Tree House to offer them, so they shouldn't drink such tea …
The most important thing was that the tea was brewed in the wrong way.
A pot of cold tea was boiled again by the sword fire. The taste was naturally not good.
Jing Jiu didn't know what she was thinking and thought she didn't know what to say, so he said, "Please say it."
Bai Zao thought to himself, "So she's an impatient person. If that's the case, I'll have to change my style of doing things."
"The possibility of Wei Chenzi breaking through to the late stage of Nascent Soul is very small. The sect's support for him is also not sufficient. However, he is still an elder of our Zhongzhou School. It is very difficult to bribe him. For Bulao Lin to be able to do this, it means that their hands are much deeper than we thought. The most troublesome thing is that Bulao Lin might be related to the Underworld. "
She looked into Jing Jiu's eyes and said seriously, "So our idea is that we should be more cautious in investigating this case."
Both the Aoyama Sect and the Zhongzhou School were the leaders of the orthodox Cultivation circle. Of course, they should examine the case of Zhao Layue's assassination from the perspective of the whole situation and then make the safest judgment.
Jing Jiu understood what she meant, but he was not good at making such judgments, or he didn't think it was important. He asked, "Why did you come to me?"
"I heard about what happened in the old plum garden from Brother Luo. Although he and I don't quite understand it, it seems that Peak Master Layue cares a lot about your opinion."
Bai Zao's voice was very gentle, and his tone was very honest. "If you are willing to keep silent for the time being, or if she is also willing, this matter won't be too serious."
Jing Jiu asked, "Have you confirmed that Wei Chenzi is Bulao Lin's man?"
Bai Zao said, "Sorry, it's not convenient for me to say."
Jing Jiu said, "Even if we don't say anything, the masters in Aoyama, including your parents, won't let go of Bulao Lin."
Hearing this, Bai Zao revealed a mocking smile.
Jing Jiu knew that this smile wasn't for him, so who was it for?
Looking at the night sky outside the window, Bai Zao said softly, "I know my parents, and I know your masters, because they are essentially the same kind of people. They won't be willing to start a war easily, because Bulao Lin is not easy to deal with. More importantly, they are used to cultivating in peace. "
There were two meanings in saying that one would not be disturbed by worldly affairs. The more important meaning was that one did not want to be disturbed by worldly affairs.
Jing Jiu understood what she meant, because he was the same kind of person.
When a Cultivation practitioner reached the middle and late stages of their lives, their attitudes toward worldly affairs were naturally different from those of the young, and their views were completely different from those of ordinary people.
Because of Jing Jiu's silence, Bai Zao seemed to have misunderstood something, and said something else.
"We're just asking you to keep quiet for a while, so as not to ruin the whole situation. In fact, we're ready to start a war with Bulao Lin."
Jing Jiu knew what she meant.
Just now he asked her if she had confirmed that Wei Chenzi was Bulao Lin's man, which was also a confirmation.
A few years ago, when Liu Shisui ate the Devil Pill in the Muddy River outside Chaonan City, it was the beginning of this preparation.
But he wasn't sure who the "we" Bai Zao mentioned many times was.
"Who are you?" he asked.
Bai Zao looked at Jing Jiu in Silence for a long time.
It was quiet in the room.
The copper teapot gave off a faint metallic sound after the rapid change of temperature.
As Jing Jiu thought she wouldn't speak, her voice rang out.
"Big Brother Luo, Tong Yan, me, Wanshu and a few other colleagues, Tong Lu of the Western Sea Sword School, Shui Yue Nunnery, Guocheng Temple, Kunlun Sect, and some young disciples of Tonghua Temple."
Bai Zao continued calmly, "In your Aoyama, there are Guo Nanshan, Jian Ruyun, Gu Han, Ma Hua, and some disciples of Liangwang Peak."
This was an inexplicable trust and honesty.
Jing Jiu now understood why Lo Huainan and Tong Yan didn't like him.
"What's your intention in organizing this group?"
He wasn't sure how to address this group made up of the talented disciples of various sects.
"Our way of thinking is different from the masters, but we're still young and not strong enough, so we need each other's help."
"What's different?"
"Facing the threat of the Snowy Kingdom, the human race has to unite and take the initiative to do something. We can't just cultivate in the deep mountains by ourselves."
Bai Zao said, "Even if we want to leave the human world, we have to stabilize it first. Otherwise, we'll be hiding from the world."
"So you're all believers of the Broadsword King," said Jing Jiu.
Bai Zao said, "No, we respect the Broadsword King, but we think he's working too hard. Without help, he can't achieve anything great."
Jing Jiu said, "It makes sense, though he probably doesn't want to achieve anything great."
Bai Zao was taken aback. Thinking of the purpose of their visit, she said, "In fact, we've been paying attention to you and Zhao Layue since a few years ago. But we didn't expect that for some reason …"
She was talking about the conflict between Jing Jiu and the disciples of Liangwang Peak.
Jing Jiu understood what she meant, shaking his head.
Bai Zao thought he was afraid of something, so he said, "The masters know about us. They probably want to see what we can do."
Jing Jiu said, "This is the enlarged version of Liangwang Peak."
"You can understand it this way."
"I don't like Liangwang Peak, so I won't like you."
"We don't need to like each other. We just need to cooperate. There's no reason for the orthodox sects, especially between the Aoyama Sect and our Zhongzhou School to be hostile. Do you think we're just fighting for that? That's too boring. And this time, I have a feeling that someone wants to force us to attack Bulao Lin in advance and gain benefits from it. "
Bai Zao's voice was soft, as if it was wrapped in the moist air of late spring. It was comfortable, sincere, and persuasive.
Jing Jiu thought her feeling was right. Then he thought of Liu Shisui, who was missing now.
"I promise you that I won't do anything to Bulao Lin. Don't mention anything else."
This was a clear refusal to the invitation of these geniuses of Cultivation.
Bai Zao didn't show any disappointment, nor did she get angry. "There's another thing," she said softly.
For her, this was the main point of her visit to the Jing House tonight. Compared to it, the previous persuasion and solicitation were more like excuses.
"Please go ahead," said Jing Jiu.
Bai Zao looked into his eyes and asked, "Are you and Zhao Layue Cultivation partners?"
"No, we don't have such an idea," replied Jing Jiu.
Bai Zao stood up, stretched out her hands, and slowly turned around.
The starlight passed through the window and fell on her.
Her white dress was fluttering. It wasn't a dance, and her posture wasn't graceful, but it was extremely attractive.
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