Lu Yang had finally pieced together the whole story.
However, from his perspective, the conflict between the Peak Master of Heaven Mending and Lady Ruoxiang over their children was not without a compromise.
For instance, Lady Ruoxiang could have killed herself and reincarnated directly rather than waiting for her lifespan to run out. Then, using a secret art, she could have her children awaken her reincarnated self, after which the Peak Master of Heaven Mending could use the children to weather the tribulation—maximizing the use of every available resource. Yet for that to work, there had to be a certain degree of trust between them.
This showed that Lady Ruoxiang and the Peak Master of Heaven Mending likely lacked the trust needed to entrust their very selves to one another.
Still, that was only normal.
This was the Sacred Sect, after all. How could there possibly be mutual trust? Most alliances were formed only because each side held the other's weaknesses or shared common interests.
"Fellow Daoist, I understand why you have come."
Having thought that through, Lu Yang finally spoke. "But why should I help you? Senior Butian's cultivation is profound. He is not someone you and I can deal with."
Yet Lady Ruoxiang responded with a seemingly unrelated question:
"Does Yuantu know why the Sacred Sect has the Four Inner Peaks?"
Lu Yang shook his head. He had long been puzzled by this. Within the Sacred Sect, any Foundation Establishment True Person was qualified to establish a Daoist field of their own in the Cloud Sea of Heaven-Reaching.
Yet ordinarily, even a Daoist field established by a Foundation Establishment True Person would be reclaimed by the Sacred Sect upon that person's death. Only the Four Inner Peaks were different. They remained permanently fixed above the Cloud Sea. Even