Zhenyuan Daxian, meanwhile, blew forcefully toward Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
However, the Three Pure Ones remained behind, because they still wanted to persuade Shopkeeper Yang.
"Little Junior Brother, no matter what, we are fellow disciples. Do you really want us to turn our weapons against each other and slaughter our own brothers?" Taishang Laojun said.
Shopkeeper Yang said, "Taishang Laojun, do you still have the nerve to say such things to me? Turning weapons against each other? Slaughtering our own brothers? Weren't you the ones who started it back then? And now you're trying to persuade me? How laughable!"
"We had no choice but to do that back then. Little Junior Brother, you were cultivating both demonic and Daoist paths and had already fallen into qi deviation. We had no choice but to act that way," Yuanshi Tianzun said.
"Stop spouting nonsense here! I did cultivate that way back then, and I had indeed fallen somewhat into qi deviation, but there was no need to kill me. The three of you working together were fully capable of purging my demonic qi and restoring me to normal."
Shopkeeper Yang said coldly.
"Yet none of you chose to do that. Instead, you chose the most direct and effective method—killing me outright. You did it for your own futures, because you believed that joining forces to purge my demonic qi would greatly damage your strength and hinder your development. Am I right?"
After all, the struggle at the time had been fierce. If the Three Pure Ones' strength had been reduced, they truly would have fallen into a disadvantage.
That was why they had killed Shopkeeper Yang.
But honestly, the Three Pure Ones had not needed to do that back then. Even if the three of them had joined forces to resolve Shopkeeper Yang's