Was Green Lotus Holy Mother exploiting a loophole? A flawed god?
For a moment.
Jiang Qiao thought about many things.
"All right."
"You've asked everything you wanted to ask."
"Go back."
"Don't come to Yellow Springs Road again. Your answer isn't here."
Bridge Spirit waved its hand.
It spoke with a hint of weariness: "After you leave, I should leave as well."
However.
Jiang Qiao stood quietly where he was.
He did not move.
"What is it?"
"Still clinging to some delusion?"
Seeing that Jiang Qiao did not move, Bridge Spirit said with a faint laugh, "I've said everything that needed saying, and advised you as much as I could. If you refuse to leave, I'll have to send you down."
It put particular emphasis on the word "send."
Clearly.
If Jiang Qiao still refused to leave, it would very likely attack him directly.
"You're the Bridge Spirit."
"Can't you just send me back directly?"
"Why do I have to walk myself? What if I take a few steps and fall into the River of Forgetfulness?"
Jiang Qiao chuckled softly.
"I have no interest in harming you."
"If I wanted to mislead you into falling into the River of Forgetfulness, you couldn't possibly have reached the middle of Bridge of Helplessness."
"You possess Origin Laws."
"I also have no way to send you directly to the bridgehead."
"So you need to walk there yourself."
"If you refuse to walk yourself, I can only send you away personally. That might very well make you fall into the River of Forgetfulness."
The first "send."
It referred to spatial teleportation.
Sending Jiang Qiao to the bridgehead.
Bridge Spirit openly admitted that it could not do so.
The second "send," however, meant attacking him and driving him away by force!
"Living another life isn't