A Worthy Lord Yet Unmet, One Fish Eaten Two Ways

When Yuchen heard Xue Baizhi's question, he was momentarily speechless.

Only after a long while did he speak.

"I wonder whether this question comes from Fairy Xue, or from Jade Sun Mountain."

"The Alliance Leader is an upright gentleman. Could his answer to Xue Baizhi differ from his answer to Jade Sun Mountain?"

Xue Baizhi looked at Yuchen as she asked.

"If Fairy Xue is asking me, then I can naturally pour out the pent-up resentment in my heart. But if it is the foremost Mystic Gate of the Central Land, Jade Sun Mountain, asking me, then I have nothing to say at present."

Yuchen shook his head as he spoke.

Xue Baizhi had not yet guessed at the White Deer Grotto behind him, but that did not mean he could hide it from Jade Sun Mountain.

As for White Deer Grotto's designs upon the Central Land, it had to offer not only an acceptable explanation to Mysterious Capital Palace, but also one to Jade Sun Mountain, Ghost Ancestor Palace, and the various sects of the Central Land.

Otherwise, a tremendous backlash would come sooner or later. Whether the plan succeeded or failed was secondary; one wrong step, and the calamity of sect extermination might be right before their eyes.

Therefore, Yuchen could not yet give Jade Sun Mountain the answer it wanted. That answer had to be explained by others of greater standing.

For instance, White Deer Grotto's Mountain Elder, or those sages of the All-Heaven Confucian School.

Xue Baizhi looked down at the valley below, which had already become a slaughterhouse of Asura.

Li Yizhen had fled through the air, and the army's morale had completely collapsed. Officers at every level could no longer control their soldiers. The entire army immediately broke apart, while the White-Turban Army closed