And this forbearance would continue until he returned to the main academy, where it would erupt completely!
There were many targets for that eruption, but they all had one thing in common.
They were people Zhou Qingran respected, including Old Jiang!
Duan Jingtian's status was far from low. If he killed some cultivators from the branch academies, no one would interfere. After all, they were subordinates of the main academy; even Dao Wushuang had no way to hold him accountable.
If his prediction was correct, before long, these people would all be nothing more than corpses.
He was not afraid of his plan being exposed.
After all, Zhou Qingran had invited him over to help, and Duan Jingtian had been the one to provoke them first, leading to the conflict. Everything he had done had been to protect Zhou Qingran.
Once Zhou Qingran learned of Duan Jingtian's revenge after returning to the main academy, she would only blame herself and would not suspect him, her benefactor.
But even if she did suspect him, even if she discovered the truth, he did not care.
After all, they had been enemies from the start!
It was not as though he had never considered bringing Zhou Qingran into the Backer Sect. But after observing her, he had essentially concluded that it would be difficult—perhaps even impossible.
A person like Zhou Qingran could never betray the place she came from. She had her own bottom line.
Therefore, he could only use another plan: let Duan Jingtian clear away the obstacles and make Zhou Qingran break completely with them.
After that, Zhou Qingran would become a sharp sword—a sword aimed at the main academy...
At the same time, the main academy would lose a peerless powerhouse in the future.
"Alas..."
The blue-robed young man shook