The old man offered his apologies, so Mang Dang naturally did not press the matter. He merely gave a faint grunt.
Someone else spoke up. "But that aside, what exactly is Three Realms Island's background? They're actually this formidable. The battle against Baiyue back then shook the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and now they're even holding such an overwhelming advantage against Purple Jade."
Three Realms Island, Three Realms Island—everyone called it that, yet no one knew which star system the cultivators on Three Realms Island actually came from.
A cultivator looked toward Mang Dang. "Fellow Daoist Mang Dang seems quite familiar with Three Realms Island. Do you know something?"
With his hands clasped behind his back, Mang Dang looked entirely at ease. "Why concern yourselves with their background? Just remember this: the cultivators of Three Realms Island are not unreasonable people. They have not been in the Myriad Phenomena Sea for long, yet they have never taken the initiative to cause trouble with any faction. Take their attack on Baiyue back then—it was only because Baiyue, at someone's instigation, secretly attacked the Three Realms Island cultivators first that Three Realms Island launched its assault on Baiyue. So whether then or now, Three Realms Island's way of doing things has always been: if others do not offend me, I will not offend them." At this point, he abruptly changed the subject and chuckled. "I heard Purple Jade has a Female Demon from the Six-tailed Demonic Fox clan, a beauty capable of toppling kingdoms and bewitching all living beings. Whose concubine is she these days?"
No one dared respond. Everyone understood certain things in their hearts, but saying them aloud was another matter entirely.
Who had secretly instructed Baiyue to attack the Three Realms Island cultivators back then? Perhaps no one had known