As soon as Kou Laozhong made his move, the people of the Azure Mountain Lineage surged forward as one.
Tang Wangsun had been on guard against them all along. After all, Jade Ruins had an enormous reputation and little contact with the other branches of the Daoist Order. They did not care much about public opinion, so it would not have been strange for them to act recklessly when pressed.
More than two thousand Azure Mountain disciples and believers were watching the battle—Tang Celestial Master had not believed Azure Mountain would necessarily lose. Moreover, his daughter had said she had a forty percent chance of winning, as long as she was allowed to use the Six Ding Six Jia Talisman.
Tang Wangsun felt that forty percent was already plenty. It was worth a gamble. Even if they lost to Jade Ruins, it would not be a big deal. At the very least, everyone would know that Azure Mountain possessed Storage Artifacts and talismans.
In this age of attention-driven economics, whether the news was good or bad, it was still better than being unknown and unheard of.
Now Azure Mountain was about to win. That was a good thing, but a great cultivator from Jade Ruins had stepped in and directly captured the Little Celestial Master.
The Azure Mountain disciples and believers could not stand for it. They immediately surged forward—did he have any shame at all?
Many people did not understand distinctions such as Mid-Rank Martial Master or great cultivator at the Qi Condensation stage, but they all knew that this man, who had been beaten until he vomited blood, had once declared that he would sweep away everyone on Azure Mountain.
If he could not do it, he did not have to brag. Now that his boasting had fallen