Chen Changsheng suddenly asked, "Could the Longevity Sect have colluded with the demons?"
Zhexiu replied, "The ancestral hall of the southern Daoist sect is an orthodox sect, so it doesn't make sense."
What he said didn't make sense was not a moral judgment, but a consideration of benefits.
Betrayal always required benefits, and the Longevity Sect's foundation was in the Human race, in the Daoist faith. What benefit could they gain from colluding with the demons?
Chen Changsheng asked, "But have you ever thought, if they weren't colluding with Xuelao City, how would the Longevity Sect have been able to capture Qi Jian's mother?"
This truly was a problem.
The Demon Princess's movements were assuredly extremely secretive. Logically speaking, she should not have been so easily captured by the Longevity Sect.
"After you finished talking about the snowy mountains, I've also been thinking about this problem."
Zhexiu continued, "The Longevity Sect has been too ruthlessly slaughtered by Su Li. Even if they still have some potential in the south, they can't hide from the Mount Song Army headquarters."
Chen Changsheng looked into his eyes and asked, "What if they had other helpers?"
Zhexiu understood what he meant, and a chill flashed through his eyes.
They were going to Wenshui to pick up a friend, but it now seemed that they would have to ask a few more questions when the time came.
The darkness enveloped the desert, and low roars could be heard in the distance. Perhaps some wild beasts were munching on those corpses.
In their previous conversation, they had mentioned Qi Jian's parents many times, so the conversation continued along this line.
Chen Changsheng asked, "How long has it been since you last met?"
Zhexiu thought it over, then replied, "Five years?"
Time passed neither quickly nor slowly, and it was very easy to become numb, to forget many things.
Chen Changsheng asked, "Do you still remember her?"
Zhexiu thought of the mad dash through the Garden of Zhou, the life and death they had shared in the Plains of the Unsetting Sun, him carrying her on his back and her leading the way, and the lines on his face gradually softened.
He did not answer Chen Changsheng's question, because he did not need to answer. Just like he did not need to remember, because he had never forgotten.
"Don't worry. After your illness is cured, we'll accompany you to Mount Li to propose. Of course, that is, if she hasn't forgotten you.
"How could the great sects of the south think highly of a lonely ghost like me? And in the eyes of the common people, I've always been a monster.
"You're not a lonely ghost. you're the Vice Superintendent of the Orthodox Academy, and besides … Mount Li is still different.
"Then what about you? How is Xu Yourong now? We haven't heard from her in a long time. "
Hearing Zhexiu's words, Chen Changsheng calmed down, his face filled with longing and worry.
The letter from Wenshui City had stopped for half a year, while the letter from Holy Maiden Peak had not been received for almost two years, and the two of them had not seen each other for three years.
"She's in seclusion."
Chen Chang Sheng was silent for a moment and continued, "Closed door cultivation."
Cultivators would only enter into closed door cultivation at the most critical moment because this was an extremely dangerous method of cultivation. No one knew when they would be able to break through, and it might take a few months, a few years, or even a few decades. It was even possible for them to pass away in meditation within their abodes.
Xu You Rong's talent was astonishing. Her closed-door training would definitely be different from others. Presumably, the risk would be even greater.
However, Zhexiu could understand why Xu Yourong would choose to go into seclusion.
Holy Maiden Peak needed a true Holy Maiden, the Li Palace needed a true ally.
Thus, she needed to break through that threshold in the shortest amount of time possible and enter the domain of the Divine.
Zhexiu didn't know what to say, so he could only pat Chen Changsheng on the shoulder to express his comfort.
After not seeing each other for three years, they had spoken much more than they had in the past, but in the end, they were both not good with words, not like that fellow in Wenshui City.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared on the mountain ridge in the distance. At the same time, a tough and cold voice rang out.
"No matter who you are, don't even think about escaping."
Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu instantly had the misconception that that fellow really had appeared.
That figure walked down from the mountain ridge and finally arrived in front of them.
It wasn't that fellow, but this fellow truly was very similar to that fellow in certain aspects. As a result, when they first met, they had immediately opposed each other, so much so that they wanted nothing more than to clash swords.
This person was a swordsman. His entire body was covered in dust, but it could not conceal his threatening heroic spirit.
Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu had just spent half a day talking about Mount Li, and someone really did come from Mount Li.
Guan Feibai, the fourth of the Divine State's Seven Laws, a genius of the sword from Mount Li. In terms of talent, he was only below Qiushan Jun.
Guan Feibai was the fourth of the Divine State's Seven Laws, a genius of the sword from Mount Li. In terms of talent, he was only below Qiushan Jun.
Then he remembered that Chen Changsheng was no longer an ordinary student of the Orthodox Academy, but the Pope.
They were familiar with each other, but this generation of disciples of the Mount Li Sword Sect was very different from their martial granduncle. They did not have the thought of not standing on ceremony.
He bowed to Chen Changsheng and said, "Paying respects to His Holiness the Pope."
Chen Changsheng had long since stood up and solemnly returned the bow.
Guan Feibai had many questions he wanted to ask, but he hesitated.
Chen Changsheng asked, "Why did you come?"
Guan Feibai replied, "I received orders to leave Blue Pass to investigate the enemy. I happened to discover the strange movements of the Brown Bear tribe, so I followed the clues and came here."
Zhexiu glanced at him, a rather surprised expression on his face. "You're a scout?"
Guan Feibai arched his brows. "Are you the only one allowed to do it?"
Compared to the Grand Examination and the Mausoleum of Books, there didn't seem to be much change.
Back then, in this generation of inner sect disciples of the Mount Li Sword Sect, the only person Chen Changsheng had some conflict with was Guan Feibai.
The reason was very simple. His personality was too hard, his temper was bad, he was excessively violent, and his mouth was unforgiving. In certain aspects, he was rather similar to Tang Thirty-Six.
Other than friends on the same side, no one liked this sort of person. It was just like how in the eyes of the common people of the Orthodox Academy, the most loathsome student would always be surnamed Tang.
Later on, Chen Changsheng's impression of Guan Feibai underwent a massive change. It was not because of their interaction at the Mausoleum of Books or the Grand Assembly of Boiling Stone, but when the Orthodox Academy was suppressed by the Imperial Court with all its might and no one dared to support it … Guan Feibai came.
He exchanged a few indifferent words with Chen Changsheng, and then he requested that Chen Changsheng personally escort him out of the academy.
This was an attitude, and he did not mind letting this attitude be seen by the entire capital.
Chen Changsheng was very grateful and said, "Thank you."
Guan Feibai said, "You're welcome."
To these youths who had experienced Xun Mei's attempt at the Divine Path and Wang Po's farewell, these two words carried an extremely important meaning.
From now on, we are friends.
"They were all killed by you?"
Guan Feibai pointed at the mountain behind them.
Chen Changsheng turned to Zhexiu.
Zhexiu said nothing, because he did not like to talk.
Chen Changsheng had no choice but to explain himself.
"In the past few years, the Brown Bear tribe and the demons have always been secretly colluding. It was only last year that they saw our side flourish that they began to draw closer. Their foundation was never clean, and they were easy to order around." Guan Feibai looked at him and asked, "The problem is, just who wanted to kill you?"
Chen Changsheng replied, "We want to go to Wenshui."
It was a very simple sentence, but Guan Feibai understood. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Is that guy okay?"
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(I know that Zhexiu's line about not needing to remember, because it has never been forgotten, is too sour, too much of a lyric, but I thought about it a few times and still didn't delete it … heh.)
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