Fa Zhen's face was bleak as he rasped, "I don't understand. The matter of Ning Xiu being reduced to an abandoned pawn was so well concealed. How... did you learn of it?"
Su Yi smiled. He could tell that Fa Zhen was deeply unwilling to accept this.
Indeed, even Su Yi himself had been kept in the dark about using Ning Xiu as a chess piece. He had never noticed it.
Had Rahu Demon Ancestor not taken the initiative to mention it, he would not have acted in advance and stormed Cloud Edge Temple today.
Unfortunately, Su Yi naturally would not speak of that truth.
Nor would he betray Rahu Demon Ancestor.
"This truth is no longer important. Just as I said before the battle began, you lost today because you chose to announce this matter at the Karmic Relief Dharma Assembly."
Su Yi said calmly, "Had Cloud Edge Temple waited until after retreating to Western Heaven Spirit Mountain to announce it, you would naturally have avoided today's calamity."
Fa Zhen's expression flickered between light and shadow.
In the distance, the shrill screams gradually faded away.
Nearly all the Cloud Edge Temple disciples who had fled had already died.
Those who had yet to flee had been frightened into drawing back like turtles, not daring to make another rash move.
The guests who had come to attend the ceremony were no exception.
"You think we did not want to?"
Fa Zhen sighed. "Our original plan had indeed been to announce it only after reaching Western Heaven Spirit Mountain, but..."
He shook his head and said no more.
He looked like a man who had completely resigned himself to fate.
Su Yi's heart stirred. "Was it Burning Lamp Buddha who made you do this?"
Fa Zhen neither admitted nor denied it.