Daoist Wen Jing no longer looked as distraught as before when she left;
But it was clear that her mind was weighed down, and she even had the... urge to vomit...
Naturally, it was not because Li Changshou had done anything to her. Li Changshou only had a Paper Daoist Incarnation at the Heavenly Immortal Realm here; Mosquito Daoist could crush it to death with a casual pinch.
What made her nauseous was this particular style of Great Dao Oath!
Having sworn two such Great Dao Oaths in succession within a few hours, even Daoist Wen Jing could not avoid being left with a trace of inner demons, a sliver of shadow in her heart.
Yet what truly made Daoist Wen Jing feel that she could not contend against this South Sea Sea God were the two things she realized only after leaving...
First, Li Changshou had told her to return to the Western Teachings, devote herself to serving the Western Teachings, and for the time being act as though this had never happened.
That showed that the Human Teaching and Heavenly Court had not set their sights on her strength, but on her current position within the Western Teachings...
In other words, the Western Teachings believed they had kept everything watertight. They had constantly driven wedges between the Three Teachings and taken in demons and monsters for their own use, yet Grand Pure Sage had long known all of it.
And this mysterious Grand Pure Sage had already begun plotting against the Western Teachings in turn. She had become a hidden chess piece, to be used when the time came...
Heaven and earth were a chessboard, all living beings chess pieces; only Sages could hold the pieces.
Daoist Wen Jing had heard such words countless times, but today was