Ziyang Zhen frowned slightly before saying, "When two strong forces clash, one is bound to be wounded! Fellow Daoist Qian, the matter hasn't been investigated clearly yet. How can you casually point at someone and seek revenge? We're all furious over Fellow Daoist Hu's death, but we also know that some things can be done and some cannot. Aren't you deliberately making things difficult for Fellow Daoist Xia?"
"You say I'm making things difficult for him? Brother Ziyang, the Eight Swords have always protected their own. When did we become people who help outsiders instead of our own?" Those words struck right at Old Daoist Gan's sore spot, but they also managed to anger him.
The other fellow Daoists naturally knew that Old Daoist Gan had come swaggering in full battle array. If someone at the Heavenly Dao Realm didn't show off a little, how could he demonstrate his prowess? As it happened, I was the leader of the Heaven Realm, and as it happened, I had run straight into this matter.
"You can't put it that way, Fellow Daoist Qian—no, I should call you Senior Gan. Fellow Daoist Xia is now Huar an's lifesaver, yet you came charging over in a fury and, upon encountering him, wanted to kill him. Would that count as avenging Old Hu? How many other immortals of the Heaven Realm would you have to kill after that? And if Fellow Daoist Xia isn't the true culprit, wouldn't you have killed him for nothing? Or are you simply trying to show off the might of the Heavenly Dao Realm, thinking you can kill whoever you want? Surely your disciple-nephew Ruyan wouldn't want to avenge her master like this either, would she?" Xiuyu Lanyu had always been relentless whenever she had the upper hand, and she