"Master, if there's anything more Liu Hua can do, please tell me plainly!"
Liu Hua's voice rang out as he put the question directly to Master Jiekong.
The two of them were clearly no strangers.
Years ago on Azure Star, Liu Hua had sought out Master Jiekong to test his Sword Dao.
But as a Buddhist monk, Master Jiekong could hardly take up arms against someone so readily.
With just a few words, he had turned Liu Hua's attention toward the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land.
That was why Liu Hua had left Azure Star and come to the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land to test his Sword Dao.
He had never expected fate to bring him together with Tan Taiqing of Xuan Nu Tower, much less that they would become Dao Companions.
Liu Hua had never cared much about anything unrelated to the Sword Dao.
But Demon God Xuantianjun's arrival now threatened him—and even his wife and child.
Whether he wanted to or not, he had no reason to avoid this.
Without his realizing it, the Sword Dao had long since ceased to be his only tie to the world.
"What you can do, young friend, and what you should do are not for this humble monk to decide.
"This calamity concerns every living soul under heaven. As cultivators of this world, none of us can stand apart from it.
"You must decide for yourself exactly what to do."
Master Jiekong smiled faintly as he spoke to East Sea Sword Saint Liu Hua.
Liu Hua's brow furrowed, then relaxed.
He understood what Master Jiekong meant.
If he acted merely because someone told him to, he would be doing it for another, not because he himself wished to.
For some small matter, that might not matter.
But against Demon God Xuantianjun, the