Qu Jianlei was taken aback by the sudden question. What kind of bizarre thought process was that?
Duo Gan, however, could understand Jade Forest True Immortal's feelings. She gave a light snort. "Men and women may differ, but neither can be absent from the Heavenly Dao!"
"People from the Book Pavilion cannot even understand that. No wonder they cannot cultivate Righteous Qi!"
She did not know much about Righteous Qi herself, but she had heard First One comment on it before.
More importantly, as a woman who had run rampant through the Empire for centuries, male Above Supremes like Old Tree and Da Vinci had all avoided her.
So she was extremely displeased by Zhang Lidong's remarks.
However, seriously arguing with such obvious prejudice would only make her seem narrow-minded. Would a smart person really bicker with an idiot?
But Jade Forest True Immortal felt that there were too many female cultivators on this team—even counting all those male cultivator "External Supports"—and could not help saying a few words.
"Righteous Qi..." Jade Forest True Immortal looked at her in surprise. "Could you all be from Bitter Sea?"
Bitter Sea was also one of the Four Sages Mountains, and it was the strangest in its conduct. If the Art Academy was a group of lunatics, then Bitter Sea was a pack of madmen.
Of course, madmen could not stay mad forever. Sometimes, they did normal things, such as what was happening now.
More importantly, Jade Forest True Immortal could not imagine what kind of force could suddenly produce more than a dozen unfamiliar Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
Especially when they could say that the Book Pavilion had cultivated its Righteous Qi incorrectly.
Quite a few people knew that the Book Pavilion possessed Righteous Qi, but those who dared comment on it—and