Several days later.
Inside the cave residence.
Fang Qing sat cross-legged. He reached into the Dao-Born Pearl with his consciousness to check on the Breath-Nourishing Dao.
"So Sangji chose not to set Senchen up after all?"
"That made sense... Cloud-Touching Cliff was unhappy about the attack on the Secret Treasury Domain, but it was still holding back. After all, although the White Bone Way intended to fight its way through Shu Land, it would ultimately head east and battle the Harmonious Bliss Sect to the death. Why would Sichen fight the White Bone Way to the bitter end for the Harmonious Bliss Sect?"
"The fighting in the two commanderies held by the Profound Earth Sect and the Profound Witch Sect made that clear enough... If Senchen truly wanted to stop the White Bone Way's eastward advance, he could send Purple Mansion True Persons to harass them. Delaying them eight or ten years would be child's play."
"After all, the previous agreement between Esoteric Treasury and Cloud-Touching Cliff seemed to carry considerable weight. Apart from the White Bone Way, the other Esoteric Treasury Dharma Kings truly couldn't enter Shu Land."
Now that White Radiance Heaven had opened, Sangji had sent the two Dumus, Auspicious Green and Demon-Subduing Black, inside to gather some Incense Money and wait for an opportunity. Having received Fang Qing's warning, Sangji naturally would not enter the Grotto-Heaven himself.
Even Void Sparrow and Moonlight White, the other two Dumus, remained outside to handle the war.
The most dangerous task naturally fell to the two newcomers.
They had been promoted on the front lines precisely so they could fill this hole!
"Forget it. At worst, two Dumus die, and he promotes another pair..."
After checking on the Breath-Nourishing Dao, Fang Qing turned his attention back to himself.
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