"Ah, what a tragedy."
Yi Gu clasped his hands behind his back and sighed deeply like an old scholar.
"Starting ten thousand years ago, many bandits who made their living through plunder gradually appeared on the Water Mirror Sea. These people were pirates."
"But there are many rumors among the common folk that... these pirates are actually martial artists from the Heaven and Earth Gate in disguise."
"Their purpose is to lock the Tianshui Sect down completely, so that it can never rise again."
Lin Bai asked, "Doesn't the Tianshui Sect do anything about it?"
Yi Gu smiled bitterly. "Of course it does. In the beginning, the Tianshui Sect sent people to exterminate them. But later, they discovered that these pirates came and went without a trace, making them impossible to wipe out."
"Moreover, after one group was exterminated, another would appear."
Lin Bai's face darkened as he nodded. "You can't sever the roots?"
Yi Gu exclaimed, "Exactly. They simply can't sever the roots. That's why many people speculate that these pirates were arranged by the Heaven and Earth Gate. The Tianshui Sect even has evidence in its hands. It's just that the Tianshui Sect can't challenge the Heaven and Earth Gate now. Even if it produced the evidence, the Heaven and Earth Gate would claim that the Tianshui Sect was framing it."
Lin Bai asked again, "Brother Yi, then why exactly did the Tianshui Sect and the Heaven and Earth Gate become so hostile toward each other?"
Yi Gu smiled bitterly. "They say it's a feud passed down through generations, one that began tens of thousands of years ago. But as for the exact reason, I'm afraid only the higher-ups of the Tianshui Sect know."
"But speaking of it, this is rather strange. The Heaven and Earth Gate is