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When Su Xin returned from Eastern Jin, the White Lotus Holy Mother's attack had made him realize that when Great Zhou moved against him, there would likely be those eager to kick him while he was down. Thus, Su Xin decided to draw fully upon all the connections and forces at his disposal. Yet among them, he had not contacted Meng Jingxian.
So Meng Jingxian's intervention this time had not come at Su Xin's invitation, but because Meng Jingxian had chosen to help him of his own accord.
Though Meng Jingxian was Xin'er's master, and he and Su Xin were linked by this thread of karma, that connection was not particularly close.
It could be said that if Meng Jingxian was willing to help Su Xin, it was an act of loyalty; if he was unwilling, that was only to be expected. Thus, Su Xin had never intended to seek Meng Jingxian's aid from the very beginning.
But the matter began when word spread through the Jianghu that Su Xin was King Chujiang, taking them back more than ten days. At that time, everyone in the Jianghu knew that Great Zhou would never let Su Xin off, and a battle between the two sides was unavoidable.
Xin'er had already returned to the Yi Sword Sect to cultivate in seclusion. Under Meng Jingxian's guidance, she had also advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
Such news inevitably reached Xin'er's ears. When she first heard it, she panicked somewhat.
Having roamed the Jianghu for so long, Xin'er was no longer the inexperienced novice she had once been. She knew perfectly well what kind of power the Great Zhou Imperial Court possessed, and what kind of power lay beneath