Wang Ping's powerful Primordial Spirit allowed him to think of many things in that instant. Even if Ao Yi's advancement was going to wreak havoc on someone, Central Continent would definitely not be the target. In other words, without Thousand Wood Temple involved, he could have simply watched the fire burn from across the mountain.
Kai Yun saw through Wang Ping's thoughts and said with a genial smile, "Fellow Daoist has already proven your strength. With your fortune, perhaps in several hundred years, you will be able to cultivate the Fourth Realm to completion."
"So the earlier match was merely to test whether we were qualified to become players in this affair?" Yulian asked coldly.
Kai Yun merely smiled at Yulian without answering her question. He then looked at Wang Ping and answered his other question. "Ao Yi did not deliberately conceal himself. Otherwise, we could not possibly have known of his emergence. I understand him. He was likely simply too disdainful to make a show of things and proclaim his existence. He is not as foolish as Ao Bing."
After a pause, he added, "Furthermore, if I am not mistaken, Fellow Daoist Rongyang profited greatly from the previous affair. He is only one step away from completing the Fourth Realm. After a hundred years of cultivation, he should be close to cultivating the Fourth Realm to completion."
Only then did Wang Ping realize that Kai Yun wanted him to persuade Rongyang to act and suppress Ao Yi. This might have been his true purpose.
"True Sun Mountain has already closed its sect gate."
Wang Ping declined on the surface, but deep down, he still decided to personally visit True Sun Mountain. If Rongyang was truly willing to stand at the forefront and bear the karma, he certainly would not