Kujue's true words had been spoken before Pegasus Plateau, so it was only natural that people elsewhere had heard them too.
"That Kujue fellow is really going all out," a coarse voice said from the void. "I can't figure it out. Wasn't it supposed to be one-sided, with Jiang Wang doing all the chasing? Can he really feel that deeply?"
A woman's voice laughed. "He's always been erratic. Back then, Kuxing's death nearly drove him to turn against his fellow disciples. All these years later, he hasn't changed a bit. He still does whatever comes into his head."
The coarse voice seemed intrigued. "I didn't know about Kuxing. Tell me the whole story."
"If you want the details, ask Fu Dongxu in private later." The woman's amused voice paused, then asked, "Fu Dongxu, shouldn't you go deal with him?"
"How should I deal with him?" Fu Dongxu's voice replied.
"That's your problem." The woman's voice was conspicuously light, as if she were just watching the show.
"It won't be easy for me to kill him alone," Fu Dongxu replied. "Would you be so kind as to come with me?"
"I don't have time for that," the woman said. "Why not ask Xian Nankui? Isn't he furious that Kujue has been hunting down the prodigies of my Jing Kingdom?"
"General Xian won't have time either. He's currently..." Fu Dongxu's voice chuckled. "Let's leave it at that. If that old monk wants to put on a show of deep affection between master and disciple, let him. I'm in charge of the Mirror World Terrace now. Surely I can't kill him over something so trivial?"
"Fu Dongxu isn't going because the time hasn't come. Kujue may claim he's left the Hanging Temple, but those monks clearly still have old feelings for him. The