When Jun Yiji and all the Divine Shuttle Ships departed, atop Cangyu Divine Mountain... Whoosh!
An uproar rose in wave after wave...
It was the young people clutching red jade stones. Someone cried out, "They really just left like that? They really aren't punishing anyone?"
Even now, many still felt intensely indignant. How could there be such a thing?
But then... "Ha, hahahaha!"
Suddenly, laughter rang out amid the uproar. Lian Zhidiao, who had been so suppressed earlier that he had not dared utter a word, finally dared to speak.
At last, he dared to laugh. Stepping out from the crowd, he looked at Sikong Jing and Teng Yue and chuckled. "Congratulations, congratulations. The noble backbone you two displayed in refusing to become Jun Seal prince consorts truly makes this young master admire you to the point of prostration."
As his voice fell, all the young people seemed to come back to their senses.
One after another, their eyes blazed, and someone else burst into laughter. "Indeed, truly admirable! To reject an opportunity to soar to the heavens in a single leap—I can only sigh that we are mere common folk."
"No comparison, no comparison at all. I truly admire you."
Though he claimed there was no comparison and spoke of admiration, his eyes were filled with ridicule...
With his words, more and more people came around.
That was right. Although the Cangyu Demon Sect had escaped all punishment, they had also lost their chance to soar to the heavens in a single leap.
This pair of disciples from the Cangyu Demon Sect were complete fools. For the sake of some persistence, some oath, some emotion, they had actually rejected the chance to cling to Jun Yiji's thigh—and even the Sea-Chasing King's.
If that was not stupidity, what was?
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