Qingyun Temple

Upon hearing that Luo Hong was going to Qingyun Temple, Dong Lijun immediately realized that his trip had to be related to Qi Fenglei. If she followed him, she would be openly violating the unwritten rules between Confucian Cultivators and the Righteous and Demonic Paths.

For Hongru Academy, this was an enormous problem, one that could very likely bring consequences of eternal damnation.

She had just wanted to back out when she suddenly realized that her decision could not affect the overall situation at all.

Because whether she followed him or not, Luo Hong would return to Dangqi Mountain, and this debt would ultimately be pinned on Hongru Academy.

Could this be retaliation?!

Dong Lijun thought, clenching her jade-like fists as her delicate body trembled slightly.

But the Next Moment, she calmed down and realized that this probably was not retaliation.

After all, if Luo Hong wanted revenge, there was no need to go to such trouble. Borrowing another's hand to kill would be utterly superfluous.

Then his deliberate choice to cause a major disturbance at Qingyun Temple at this time had another purpose.

After breaking the rules, if Hongru Academy wanted to preserve itself, it would need a backer—and one that could not be a backer like the Ye Family, one that could not be openly displayed.

In that case, she had no choice but to attach herself to Luo Hong.

So, more accurately, Luo Hong was forcing Hongru Academy to completely side with him, binding them together like grasshoppers on the same rope.

"What a deeply calculating mind. Borrowing the greater tide to carry out an open scheme, leaving me no room to choose at all. He is even more like the ruler of a dynasty than Ye Zheng!"

After her thoughts spun through countless turns, a flush