"This matter has nothing to do with the Demon Path, so forgive me, but I cannot swear an oath!"
Old Ancestor Bai Wu flatly refused at once. What a joke. He was the one who had ordered this matter, so of course he did not dare swear.
Hearing this, Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen's eyes flickered slightly.
The meaning of not daring to swear was obvious.
"Then it seems we will need to invite Senior Brother Xuande and Junior Sister Qi Jiansu of the Dao Virtue Sect to make a trip here."
Ye Qing said this, and when Old Ancestor Bai Wu heard it, his expression changed slightly.
Upon the Eastern Continent, the Nine Heavens Demon Purging Sect slew demons and eradicated devils. For now, demon-slaying could not be spoken of, so they seized upon the Demon Path and butchered it fiercely.
As for the other sect, the Dao Virtue Sect, it had always emphasized the Order of society, advocating governing by non-action and following nature. This did not mean ignoring affairs, but rather letting everyone obey natural laws, not interfering, and allowing society to evolve naturally.
Under this philosophy, if a cultivator acted and caused a large number of ordinary humans to die, then in the eyes of the Dao Virtue Sect, that was destroying the very law they needed to protect.
Although Old Ancestor Bai Wu had not succeeded in releasing the Poison Dragon, he had already harbored the intent to harm tens of millions of humans in the Eastern Wasteland. If the Dao Virtue Sect came, no matter what, they would punish him.
And most crucially, the Burning Heaven Five Meridians were currently negotiating with the Dao Virtue Sect, wanting a Tong Sheng Zhen Ling Pill. If, at this critical juncture, Old Ancestor Bai Wu ruined the