Taiping Zhenren had left.
Yet, the atmosphere on the West Ocean grew even more tense.
The Cultivation practitioners of various sects looked at the elders and disciples of the Aoyama Sect, their eyes full of anger and shock.
The elders and disciples of the Aoyama Sect were staring at the cloud boat of the Zhongzhou School, and their sharp gazes fell on Tong Yan.
Jing Jiu was also looking at Tong Yan.
There were a dozen Aoyama sword boats and nearly a thousand swordsmen of the Aoyama Sect. Yet, Tong Yan sensed Jing Jiu's gaze clearly. She was taken aback a bit, and then she nodded in greeting.
"Tong Yan pretended to betray her sect and endured the humiliation for many years. Finally, she won the trust of Jian Xilai and came to this place. She found the evidence of the collusion between Taiping Zhenren and the Western Sea Sword School, and swore to eliminate this demonic person at the cost of a Fairy Book. But your Aoyama Sect not only didn't appreciate it, but also pointed your flying swords at us. What do you want?"
Standing at the bow of the boat, Bai Zhenren went on expressionlessly while looking at Liu Ci, "I'd like to ask the Immortal why you stood in front of that demonic person earlier? And this person should be the Elder Mo Chi of the Tianguang Peak. Why did you and Guangyuan Zhenren block the pursuit of the orthodox Cultivation practitioners? Shouldn't the Aoyama Sect give us an explanation today? "
The broken ice on the surface of the ocean returned to the ice layer after being hit by the ocean waves. It was deathly quiet in heaven and earth apart from these noises. The atmosphere was so tense that it was suffocating.
Were the two leading sects of the orthodox Cultivation circle going to have a head-on confrontation?
In order to defeat the West Ocean Sword School, the Immortal Liu Ci had almost moved the entire Aoyama Sect to this place; but the Zhongzhou School had only sent one cloud boat. Besides Bai Zhenren, there were no other swordsmen on the boat, and only the young disciples were on the boat. Even though Yuan Qijing was severely wounded by Nan Qü and the Dark Phoenix had left, the Aoyama Sect was still confident of winning the war.
However, the Aoyama Sect and the Zhongzhou School were not the only orthodox Cultivation sects at the West Ocean Sword School. There were also dozens of orthodox Cultivation sects such as Yimaozhai, the Guocheng Temple, the Kunlun Sect, Ōzawa Sect, the Platanus Sect Sect and the Platanus Sect. Who would they support if a war broke out?
Yimaozhai had always been an ally of the Zhongzhou School. Even though they had maintained a neutral stance in the struggle in the imperial court of Zhaoge City a few days ago, it was evident that they wouldn't do so today. As for the Guocheng Temple and the Aoyama Sect, the Zen Master hated Taiping Zhenren the most, so he wouldn't support the Aoyama Sect.
It was true that all the problems were caused by Taiping Zhenren. Even the allies of the Aoyama Sect like Ōzawa Sect and the Platanus Sect had to keep silent when it came to this person who had brought chaos to the human world and killed tens of thousands of people, to say nothing of the other sects.
"People like my Master can kill anyone in the world. What your sect has done is not wrong, and I won't blame my friend Tong Yan."
Liu Ci's voice rang out, "As for the explanation that Bai Zhenren wants, it's actually quite simple … No matter how much my Master deserved to die, I didn't do anything wrong by saving him."
Hearing this, Bai Zhenren raised his eyebrows slightly.
Before she could speak, Liu Ci continued nonchalantly, "But this means that I deserved to die."
Bai Zhenren said sharply, "In the eyes of the Immortal, Guangyuan Zhenren, Elder Mo Chi, and the others didn't do anything wrong, right?"
Liu Ci looked at those who had helped his Master escape with their swords … Guangyuan Zhenren was expressionless, and Elder Mo Chi looked ashamed … Liu Ci suddenly laughed.
"I can understand why they did what they did. No matter what, my Master was once the sect master of Aoyama. In their minds, they can do anything to Aoyama, but you people can't."
Before Bai Zhenren could speak again, Liu Ci waved his hand tiredly and said, "That's all for today. If anyone thinks Aoyama is wrong, you are welcome to come and question me."
Having said that, he landed on the largest sword boat and said nonchalantly, "Let's go."
The sword boat turned around slowly, heading toward the east.
Over ten sword boats of Aoyama followed closely behind, leaving the West Ocean slowly.
Only the sword boat of Bihu Peak was left behind. Chen Youtian would represent Aoyama to deal with the aftermath of the Western Sea Sword School.
Seeing this, the Cultivation practitioners of various sects were shocked speechless. They looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering if they were leaving just like that. Everybody had seen Liu Ci block the Heavenly Thunder for Taiping Zhenren, Guangyuan Zhenren stop Bu Qiuxiao, and Elder Mo Chi block the Guocheng Temple with a group of people. They had seen so many things … but they were leaving just like that?
Bu Qiuxiao's face looked terrible, but he didn't move.
The highly achieved monks of the Guocheng Temple pressed their palms together, saying nothing, and didn't move either.
Bai Zhenren didn't move either.
The sea breeze slowly pushed the floating ice, and the sea breeze slowly pushed the sword boats to their respective destinations.
Taiping Zhenren was a threat in Chaotian that must be killed. Anyone who stood on his side would be hunted by the whole world.
Back then, the Aoyama Sect had to promise to imprison him in the Sword Jail forever in order to save his life.
They didn't dare let him go like they did now.
If it were before, Bu Qiuxiao would strike, the Guocheng Temple would strike, and so would Bai Zhenren.
Yet, they didn't strike, not even a little bit.
There was only one reason why they didn't do so.
That sword light was still in everyone's eyes.
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In the sword boat of Aoyama.
Mo Chi and a few young brothers knelt down before the Immortal Liu Ci.
He lowered his head, his trembling voice full of regret and guilt, "I … I … couldn't … restrain … myself."
Looking at the clouds in the sky, Liu Ci said with a smile, "Young Brother, I couldn't restrain myself."
By now Mo Chi remembered that the Big Brother Sect Master had done the most to let his Master go. He couldn't help but feel bewildered, wondering what was going on.
Liu Ci sighed again, "Aoyama, if you could restrain yourself, you wouldn't be called Aoyama."
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Jing Jiu looked at the sword boat in the front.
Liu Ci was in the cabin, so he couldn't see him.
Yet, he thought he could see him smiling faintly and sighing once in a while.
He knew that Liu Ci was not as unharmed as he appeared to be.
He had seen the real heavenly punishment.
He knew that the thunder and fire brought down by the Fairy Book was the heavenly punishment.
Liu Ci was in his best condition when his sword returned to him that day. He was undoubtedly the most powerful swordsman in Chaotian; but … it was the heavenly punishment.
The situation at the West Ocean was not a problem until the fairy light broke through Shaoming Island and landed in the dark clouds.
Jing Jiu had to admit that the arrangement of the Zhongzhou School was quite good. Even his Big Brother didn't expect Tong Yan to appear there.
What he didn't expect was that Liu Ci would stand in front of his Big Brother.
More importantly, as Liu Ci joined the fight, Guangyuan Zhenren, Mo Chi and the others also stood out. As a result, the crack in the Aoyama Sect became visible.
Where would the crack, which had been suppressed by Jing Jiu, Liu Ci and Yuan Qijing for three hundred years, lead the Aoyama Sect to?
Nan Qü had said before his sword fight with Liu Ci that the downfall of Aoyama would start today.
Though Jing Jiu didn't know what Nan Qü meant, he had the same sentiments. However, it was not because Liu Ci would be defeated by Nan Qü, but for another reason.
The most powerful sects and worlds would be destroyed by the internal strife.
Thinking of this, Jing Jiu pulled back his gaze and looked at the cloud boat of the Zhongzhou School.
The Sword Boat and the Cloud Boat were passing by each other at a distance of a few miles.
On the cloud boat, Jing Jiu saw the young woman in white clothing. She stood in the crowd in a low-profile manner, looking inconspicuous.
The ocean wind tousled her black hair, making her look even more feeble.
… …
… …
Bai Zao felt surprised to see Jing Jiu.
You were not here earlier; when did you come?
She flashed a faint smile at him from a distance of a few miles. The smile was elegant and strong, like the white gardenia flower.
Jing Jiu looked at her, saying nothing.
A few years ago, when he was asleep in the Guocheng Temple, Tong Yan went to him for help with the Green Sky Mirror on her back.
After he woke up, Jing Jiu learned some details.
After leaving the Cloud-Dream Mountain, Tong Yan traveled day and night to Aoyama. On the way, she received a letter from Bai Zao, learning that Jing Jiu was in the Guocheng Temple; so she changed her direction.
However, the theft of the Green Sky Mirror must have alerted Bai Zhenren. Tong Yan was in a hurry to escape, so she didn't have time to make an appointment with Bai Zao.
She traveled day and night.
How did Bai Zao deliver the letter to Jing Jiu?
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… …
That year, Tong Yan heard the call for help from the Green Sky Mirror in the manor cave left behind by Lo Huainan.
He started digging the tunnel without hesitation. He had been digging for a few years. In the end, he had reached the deep part of the earth source and arrived in front of the Green Sky Mirror.
The Green Sky Mirror was encased in a thick layer of ice. Qing 'er flew out from it. She looked weak and dim, as if she would vanish at any moment. Yet, she asked Jing Jiu excitedly if he came to rescue her.
Tong Yan said no, that he had dug the tunnel for a few years in order to find out what had happened and then make a decision.
The black and white were not important to the chessboard; they were the most basic rules.
Qing 'er told Jing Jiu about her awakening, including how Bai Zhenren had treated her.
Tong Yan thought his Master was wrong. He used the magic to melt the ice and took out the Green Sky Mirror.
As he was about to flee with the Green Sky Mirror, he barged into a patch of fog and encountered Bai Zhenren.
The Green Sky Mirror was a heavenly treasure. Even if the Unicorn was not here, the Zhongzhou School wouldn't allow such a thing to happen.
Tong Yan knelt before Bai Zhenren, waiting for his death.
The Green Sky Mirror was covered with snow and frost. Qing 'er could dissipate at any moment.
Bai Zao hurried over. He told his mother a story about the West Ocean while kneeling on the ground, asking his mother to help his Big Brother redeem himself.
This was a good story, but it wasn't enough to persuade Bai Zhenren. It was because it was Guo Dong's arrangement that Tong Yan wanted to kill the Godly Swordsman of West Ocean, which had nothing to do with the Zhongzhou School.
The Zhongzhou School needed the Godly Swordsman of West Ocean to resist the Sword Sect of Aoyama.
Tong Yan told another story. He heard the beginning of the story from Su Ziye, and he came up with the ending part on the spot.
Having heard the story, Bai Zhenren was finally moved. He agreed with them and gave the Ten-Thousand Mile Seal to Tong Yan.
This magic treasure could save Tong Yan's life at the critical moment, and it was also a forbidding formation. The Zhongzhou School would know where he was at any time, so he couldn't escape.
Hearing what his mother said, Bai Zao's countenance didn't change, but his heart felt cold.
Back when she took two Ten-Thousand Mile Seals to the Cultivation tournament, Lo Huainan used one, and the other one was always by her side.
In other words, her parents had known where she was the entire time she and Jing Jiu were trapped in the snowland for six years.
Bai Zhenren left, as if he had never been there.
Qing 'er woke up again. She didn't know what had happened, and she couldn't hold on any longer. She told Tong Yan that Jing Jiu could help her.
The Zhongzhou School knew that Jing Jiu was in the Guocheng Temple, but Tong Yan shouldn't have known it since she had been digging the tunnel for five years.
In order to make this story more perfect without any loopholes, he found a reason, which was that Bai Zao wrote a letter to Tong Yan.
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Soon after.
Su Ziye told Yin San about the manor cave of Tian Jinren, and then went to the Zhongzhou School. He met Bai Zao through the thousand-year lotus seed, and made an agreement with the Zhongzhou School.
The Godly Swordsman of West Ocean had been waiting for Yin San to come to the West Ocean, and then he would join hands with the Zhongzhou School.
Tong Yan brought the Green Sky Mirror to the Cold Mountain and found the King of Fire Carps under the ground.
A spiritual awareness of the King of Fire Carps entered the Illusionary Realm of the Green Sky Mirror, and a fish could chat with the Eldest Young Master Zhang in the well.
Nobody knew that a Fairy Book of the Zhongzhou School had entered the well along with the spiritual awareness.
Tong Yan had to make his first choice when he was besieged by the Sun Banner of Wang Xiaoming. He squeezed the Ten-Thousand Mile Seal in his sleeve, but it was useless.
He won the bet.
But the Green Sky Mirror was taken away by Jing Jiu.
In the Three-Thousand Nunnery outside Dayuan City, he remained silent while facing the lake for many days.
Jing Jiu brought the Green Sky Mirror back to him.
After many twists and turns.
In the end, he brought the Green Sky Mirror to the West Ocean and was locked up on Shaoming Island. He dug another tunnel and entered that secret room, where he continued to wait in silence.
Until today.
The secret room was opened.
Taiping Zhenren walked in.
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