Su Yi glanced at Mo Lanhe.
The Snow Pine Peak Master still maintained his bowing posture, his stern face calm.
After a moment of silence, Su Yi asked a question.
"Why isn't Old Ancestor Duya coming as the Dao Protector?"
Mo Lanhe said, "Old Ancestor Duya has been imprisoned in the rear mountain to face the wall and reflect on his mistakes. Grandmaster is settling the affairs of Old Ancestor Duya's branch. Once the reckoning is complete, Old Ancestor Duya will be punished."
Su Yi nodded, then asked, "Are you truly not afraid of death? I want the truth."
Mo Lanhe fell silent for a long while. "I am afraid! But if I can make up for some of the mistakes committed by the Green Leaf Sword Sect and myself, then dying in the Nine Radiance Forbidden Zone would be no great matter."
After a pause, he said, "To be honest, Fellow Daoist, I volunteered for this. I requested to serve as your Dao Protector."
Su Yi could not help but feel surprised. "You don't feel wronged? I'm merely a junior of the Carefree Realm. Setting everything else aside, in terms of cultivation alone, we're separated by four whole realms. Isn't it too worthless to die for a junior like me?"
Mo Lanhe's expression turned complicated.
What junior of the Carefree Realm?
Could someone who had passed the Ninth Floor of the Heavenly Heart Sword Pagoda and made Grandmaster resolve without hesitation to purge the Green Leaf Sword Sect still be measured by cultivation level and status?
"There is no question of feeling wronged. I'm merely making up for my mistakes."
Mo Lanhe said, "Mo understands that much clearly."
Su Yi said, "Then let's make things clearer. Once we enter the Nine Radiance Forbidden Zone, how will you protect my