The Battle of Luoyang (Part 2)

"Cihang Monastery, the Cihang Sword Canon... sigh." Xu Ziling, who had arrived at the banks of the Luo River using Wind God Legs, suddenly let out a soft sigh. If Shen Fei had not told him Cihang Monastery's true nature, Xu Ziling was certain that he would have fallen for Shi Feixuan. That was precisely why he did not want to remain with her any longer.

It was not because he feared that staying by Shi Feixuan's side would make him fall for her, but because Xu Ziling deeply disliked Cihang Monastery's style of conduct—especially that so-called "feeding oneself to demons," which made him thoroughly uncomfortable.

Xu Ziling had beautiful ideas about love as well, but he was no saint. There were certain things, such as political marriages, that he could accept. It would have been one thing if Cihang Monastery simply arranged marriage alliances, but to clearly be arranging marriages while branding it as "feeding oneself to demons" to flaunt their righteousness was downright disgusting.

It was only because Shi Qingxuan was present that Shen Fei found it inappropriate to say anything harsher or make a major issue of it. Otherwise, he would have long since used the newspapers to stir things up.

Having absorbed some of Shen Fei's modern ideas, Xu Ziling had completely cast aside the naivety of the original work. The old Xu Ziling would only have sighed in admiration that Cihang Monastery truly deserved to be called a righteous sect, making such a tremendous sacrifice for peace under heaven.

"Amitabha. Zhen Xin has already renounced the world to atone for his sins. A monk is detached from the four elements; the burdens of his past life have become the past."

Before the gates at the top of Jingnian Zen Sect's 888 clean stone steps, ten