The Imperial Court had made its stance clear.
The hundreds of cultivators who had stood up with the White Tiger Divine General were also showing their attitude, and a very practical deterrence.
The crowd became a little chaotic. Many sects looked around at their fellow Daoists, wanting to know what they would choose.
Chen Chang Sheng looked at this scene and remained silent. No one knew what he was thinking.
Hu Thirty-Two also felt that it would be best if the Pope could summon back the Black Dragon Protector and explain this matter, but for some reason, the Pope insisted on not doing this. He walked to Chen Changsheng's side and softly said, "While the South Stream Temple sword array can protect us for a while, Your Holiness should summon Nanke and escape."
Chen Chang Sheng remained silent.
He did not expect that the warning he had sensed yesterday at the stone wall of Holy Maiden Peak was actually directed at him.
This plot was indeed terrifying. At least up until now, there were no obvious loopholes.
He could already see very clearly that this plot was not just Bie Tianxin's death, but something even deeper.
First of all, that person had used the closing of South Stream Temple to successfully throw his mind into disorder, causing him to take the risk of advancing alone, which was why he had fallen into a tight encirclement today. Otherwise, if it had been like in Wenshui City, he would have brought several thousand Orthodoxy cavalry with him and even had Linghai Zhiwang and An Lin, two Prefects of the Orthodoxy, with precious treasures at his side. What did he have to fear?
Then that person used the Black Frost Dragon's Deep Freeze Dragon Breath to kill Bie Tianxin, causing Bie Yanghong and Wuqiong Bi to firmly believe that the true culprit was the Black Dragon. And that person knew beforehand that he could not summon Zhizhi to confront her, allowing Bie Yanghong and Wuqiong Bi to confirm that he was the instigator of this murder, thus leading to the current situation.
Only experts of the Divine Domain like Bie Yanghong and Wuqiong Bi, grieving over the loss of their sons, would dare to attack the Pope. Only in this sort of situation could the Prince of Xiang and the Imperial Court find a sufficient excuse to make many people dare to show hostility and surround them.
Yes, it wasn't that Chen Chang Sheng didn't want to summon Zi Zi to the scene for a confrontation, but he couldn't summon her now.
The moment Bie Yanghong extended his right hand and showed him the shattered bones that still contained the Deep Freeze Dragon Breath, he had already sent a message through his soul.
But as soon as he left, he disappeared.
Based on his previous plan and calculations of the journey, Zhizhi should be in White Emperor City at this time and should not be in any danger.
But in that moment, he could only sense that she was still alive, but he could not contact her, much less have her come to Holy Maiden Peak.
It was obvious that the other party had made extremely meticulous arrangements in advance, and it could even be said that they had calculated everything clearly.
Who was that person?
Chen Changsheng looked at the Prince of Xiang, the White Tiger Divine General, the blue-clothed Daoists, and the experts of the Imperial Court. He thought to himself, even if the instigator is not my master, my master assuredly knows of this matter and is deeply involved. But … master, do you really want me to die so badly? Do you still want me to die?
Now, it seemed that this was indeed his last chance to leave.
But he could not leave, because he could not let the South Stream Temple disciples standing in front of him bitterly endure, because he had promised Xu Yourong that he would help her defend Holy Maiden Peak.
The top of the cliff was dead silent.
The White Tiger Divine General looked at him expressionlessly from afar.
The green-robed Taoists from the Monastery of Eternal Spring looked at him expressionlessly.
Several hundred experts of the Imperial Court and cultivators looked at him expressionlessly.
The Prince of Xiang impassively stared at him.
Wuqiong Bi expressionlessly stared at him.
Everyone impassively stared back at him.
The scene seemed to freeze at this moment, losing all color. The cliff of the Cloud Peak seemed to lose all its liveliness.
The atmosphere on the summit was incredibly oppressive and tense.
"Senior Brother, what should we do?"
Bai Cai nervously asked as he looked around at the crowd.
He did not recognize Chen Changsheng, much less that evil dragon of legend, so he was naturally unwilling to stick his head out. However, as a disciple of the Mount Li Sword Sect, he naturally wanted to protect his senior and junior sisters of South Stream Temple. It was just that at the summit of the cliff, everyone seemed to be standing against Chen Changsheng and South Stream Temple. Mount Li had fewer people, so what use was that?
Gou Hanshi looked at the nervous South Stream Temple disciples on the platform and said, "If something unexpected happens, we naturally have to draw our swords and help."
All the evidence was currently against Chen Changsheng, but he had never once thought that Chen Changsheng had truly killed Bie Tianxin, because he knew that Chen Changsheng was not this sort of person.
Bai Cai believed that he understood his senior brother's meaning. His right hand rested on his sword hilt and he sternly said, "Senior Brother, be at ease. Even if I have to give up my life, I will protect my junior sisters."
Gou Hanshi replied, "I am speaking of His Holiness the Pope."
Bai Cai was flabbergasted. Looking at him, he asked, "Then … what will Eldest Brother think?"
"If Senior Brother were here, he would also do the same."
Gou Hanshi added, "Of course, Senior Brother's intelligence far surpasses yours and mine. If he were here, he might have already found a way to resolve this matter."
… …
… …
The situation on the mountain was abnormally tense, and there was a high chance that a bitter melee would occur. However, this did not affect the other areas of Holy Maiden Peak.
At the foot of Holy Maiden Peak, there was a mountain stream so clear that one could see the bottom. Two people were currently sitting on a rock by the stream, roasting fish. The slightly charred aroma of the fish drifted far away, attracting the calls of birds in the forest and the faint rustling sounds in the grass.
The Qiushan clan head took a roast fish and earnestly examined it for a few moments. After confirming that it had not been drugged, he took a bite.
"Why do you have to do this? You must know that if you miss out on such a good opportunity as today, you really will suffer the wrath of the heavens. "
He looked at the person by the campfire and said, "You've exiled yourself for five years. If you don't do anything and allow the situation to develop like this, the world will only know of Xu You Rong and Chen Changsheng. How would they remember your name, Qiushan Jun?"
The man roasting fish was Qiushan Jun, Sloping Cliff Horse Farm's Luo Bu.
After leaving Wenshui City, he returned to Mount Li. Under the intense request of his junior sister, he had finally shaved off all his beard, revealing his true appearance.
It was very difficult to describe Qiushan Jun's appearance. In short, every time the Qiushan clan head saw Qiushan Jun's proud appearance, he would feel somewhat apprehensive. How could his son be so handsome?
Qiushan Jun took down the second roast fish and took a delightful bite. Indistinctly, he said, "It's not like I live to be remembered by others."
The Qiushan clan head grumpily asked, "Then go into seclusion. What are you doing here?"
Qiushan Jun smiled but said nothing.
Seeing him like this, the Qiushan clan head became even more angry, saying, "If I hadn't specifically come to stop you, you would probably already be on the mountain."
Qiushan Jun replied, "It's probably very lively on the mountain right now, so I just wanted to go take a look."
The Qiushan clan head resentfully said, "Do you think you can fool your father with these words? You just want to help Chen Changsheng break out of his trap. You really don't know how someone as selfish and cunning as me, a person with bad intentions all over his body, could have given birth to such a warm-hearted and virtuous fellow like you? "
Qiushan Jun couldn't help but laugh. "Lord Father, your words are truly interesting."
The Qiushan clan head angrily said, "Don't worry about whether it's interesting or not. Just tell me if I'm right or not."
"Correct, I truly did intend to go up the mountain to break out of this trap."
Qiushan Jun said, "Because I felt that the person who set this trap was insulting my intelligence."
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