Battling Juechen

A Fierce Battle with Juechen. The hall was deathly silent.

Jueming gave Kongming a long, searching look, and the chill on his face gradually receded.

Rather than answering Kongming's question directly, he looked past him to Jiang Yuechu, who had remained silent behind him all this time.

"It is only natural for Tranquil Peace Temple to seek out Jingye."

Jueming slowly took a step forward, and the aura of the Roaming Void Sea quietly spread through the hall.

"But coming here to demand someone from me—have you not come to the wrong place?"

Kongming frowned slightly. "What do you mean, Venerable?"

Juechen let out a cold laugh from the side and pointed at Jiang Yuechu. "What do I mean? Junior Brother Jingye died by this person's hand! Instead of questioning her, you people from Tranquil Peace Temple came running here to interrogate us. How utterly ridiculous!"

The moment those words fell.

Purple Plume's eyes flew wide open, and she whipped around.

"Th-this, this..."

How could that possibly be?!

Little Monk Kongming was also rooted to the spot. He turned back with a face full of disbelief.

Martial Uncle Jingye had been at the late stage of the Flowing Cinnabar Realm, even stepping into the Roaming Void Sea. How could he possibly have been slain by Jiang Yuechu?

"Venerables, those who have left the secular world do not speak falsehoods. Is this deception not going a little too far?"

"Believe it or fucking don't."

Juechen could not be bothered to waste words. He ignored Kongming's questioning altogether, his gaze passing straight over the crowd to settle on the girl.

No matter what.

With this girl, who could slay a Roaming Void Sea cultivator against the odds, standing here now, along with Kongming, another Roaming Void Sea cultivator, matters had truly become