Before Kunlun Mountain's mountain gate, the Antarctic Immortal did not answer immediately.
Because those words were too direct.
So direct that there was no way around them.
Zhao Xuan raised a hand and pointed at the kneeling White Crane Boy.
"Today is simple, too."
"White Crane Boy can return to Kunlun."
"But Jade Emptiness must leave us an explanation."
The Antarctic Immortal's gaze darkened further.
"What more of an explanation do you want?"
Zhao Xuan said, "As a Yuxu disciple, White Crane Boy interfered in the mortal world's investigations into unrest."
"He lost, and you punish him."
"But who gave him the authority he wielded?"
The Antarctic Immortal's fingers tightened slightly inside his sleeve.
Without waiting for him to speak, Zhao Xuan continued:
"Until Wen Zhong's case is resolved."
"The Jade Emptiness Disciples must no longer enter the mortal world to investigate unrest."
As those words fell, a sudden silence descended before Kunlun Mountain's Mountain Gate.
A silence deeper than when the Fly-Whisk's strand had been severed.
Because this was not merely a punishment for White Crane Boy.
This was forcing Jade Emptiness to step half a pace back from the game in the mortal world.
The Antarctic Immortal slowly raised his eyes.
"Zhao Xuan, you would strip Jade Emptiness of its authority to inquire into mortal affairs?"
Zhao Xuan looked at him.
"I'm not the one stripping it away."
"White Crane Boy already used that authority to seal brushes and kill people."
"Guangchengzi already nearly dragged the Twelve Golden Immortals into the mire."
"And you, Antarctic Immortal, already intervened personally to sweep someone away."
He pointed at the severed white strand of Fly-Whisk floating over the East Sea.
"Today, the entire Primordial World saw it."
"If Jade Emptiness still wants to meddle in investigations of mortal unrest."
"First reattach