Sage Zhunti remained silent.
Even Taiqing and Yuanshi frowned slightly.
They too felt that Wu Tian's "fair words" were truly rather unfair. With all the schemes laid bare now, who didn't know what everyone was up to?
Wasn't this simply going too far?
Yet Yuan Feng retreated at this moment, reforming her figure from a mass of crimson flames. She cupped her hands toward Wu Tian and thanked him:
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wu Tian!"
"I knew it! Throughout the entire Primordial Wilderness, Fellow Daoist Wu Tian is the most reasonable... Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for upholding justice for me!"
After her battle with Sage Zhunti, Yuan Feng felt utterly drained of mana. She had only just broken free, after all, and had suffered an enormous backlash.
Her earlier attack without hesitation
had merely been to make her stance clear...
Even if she was putting on an act, she could not perform only half of it!
Now that Wu Tian had stepped forward and offered her such a convenient way out, Yuan Feng naturally went along with it. Recalling what Queen Mother of the West had said—that the Witch Clan loved calling themselves reasonable—
Yuan Feng spoke those words just now!
Wu Tian indeed broke into a smile after hearing her. He nodded cheerfully at Yuan Feng, then his gaze sharpened as he looked toward Sage Zhunti...
You've been given an inch!
If he had not wanted to use this chance to let Yuan Feng emerge,
then he should have been the one beating Zhunti down this time!
Was it because he had not acted that Zhunti had forgotten he was Kong Xuan's teacher? Wasn't it perfectly natural for him to stand on Yuan Feng's side?
And Zhunti still wanted to play the silent game with him?
Just as he