The moment Misty Pavilion intervened, the two men who had nearly come to blows had no choice but to stop obediently.
Yet Taishu Shancheng still pointed at Chao Jing and threw out a hard, blunt sentence. "Which sect present doesn't have some old grudge or another? Whoever isn't afraid of being jointly set up by him and Niu Youdao can recognize him as their leader. In any case, I won't!"
Two consecutive public selections for a leader had instantly turned into a farce. Niu Youdao had ruined Taishu Shancheng, the leader, while Taishu Shancheng had ruined the man Niu Youdao had nominated.
In the end, the cultivators of Wei Kingdom and Qi Kingdom followed Taishu Shancheng's group and left first.
Taishu Shancheng had originally intended for Jin Kingdom to go it alone. But seeing how powerful Niu Youdao's side was, and with Taishu Shanyue's precedent in the Tiandu Secret Realm, he feared falling victim to Niu Youdao's foul play. Thus, he pulled the other two kingdoms along, speaking of sharing hardship and the like.
The two kingdoms were somewhat unwilling inwardly. Yet they bordered Jin Kingdom and often faced its threats. Moreover, unlike in the Tiandu Secret Realm, there was no contest for profit here, so it was inconvenient to offend them. They could only leave together with them.
Taishu Shancheng's accusation sounded rather plausible and ultimately affected the various sects. Fearing they might be set up, Xiaoyao Palace, Spirit Sword Mountain, and the people of Song Kingdom and Han Kingdom left together. When they departed, they barely managed to find an excuse: in any case, the final results of all the sects would be added together, so it made no difference whether they set off together. Everyone should simply do their best.
Soaring Sky Pavilion did not leave with