Just then, the earth shook and the mountains swayed.
Cliff of Contemplation stood beside the water, with half its mountainside even submerged beneath it. As the mountain trembled, the river below surged in raging waves.
The people atop the cliff nearly lost their footing.
Everyone's faces changed drastically. "The great demon is trying to escape!"
Pan Yun said, "Don't worry. We're letting it out."
The elders stared wide-eyed. "Celestial Master, have you truly betrayed the Daoist order?"
Even those who had just been shouting that Zhang Liuzhen had betrayed the Daoist order were stunned. They had only been yelling it—they had never expected it to be true.
Zhang Liuzhen: ...
Pan Yun turned her head. "Senior Brother Zhang, after all these years, how have you still not subdued Mount Longhu?"
Zhang Liuzhen's expression remained calm. "Even in the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, there were those who could not be tamed. Even you, a National Preceptor of your generation, have now ascended to immortality, yet there are still many in this world who refuse to submit to you. I am merely a mortal. Your demands of me are a little too high."
Pan Yun said, "Fine. I can't argue with you."
She told the crowd, "Senior Brother Zhang and I have just signed a hundred-year peace treaty with it: neither side will invade the other, and neither side will prey upon the other. It has also promised to persuade the other great demons to join this treaty. In return, we must withdraw the restrictions and release them."
"How can that be allowed?"
"How can a demon's words be trusted?"
Pan Yun added, "We have all sworn to the Heavenly Dao with our Dao hearts."
That truly made it trustworthy, but they still refused to accept it.
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