After Yue Yun, Shi Feiyang finally granted Li Yingqiong and Zhou Qingyun a formal audience.
Li Yingqiong personally presented Qi Shouming's handwritten letter. Shi Feiyang read it on the spot, then wrote a reply for them to take back to Qi Shouming.
The grudges between Shi Feiyang and the Emei Sect were, in truth, far from shallow.
Several members of the Emei Sect had died at the hands of Shi Feiyang and his disciples. Shi Feiyang had also taken quite a few magic treasures that would otherwise have fallen into their hands, effectively intercepting their fortune along the way.
Yet if one examined their clashes carefully, the Emei Sect had always attacked first, while Shi Feiyang had defended himself and killed in retaliation. Both sides had their own arguments and grounds to stand on.
Shi Feiyang avoided nothing. He set down every incident over the years, explaining its causes and consequences, including each person he had killed, what had started the conflict, and how it had ended.
He also untangled all the threads of cause and effect surrounding the magic treasures he had obtained.
For instance, the Purple-Green Tusita Fire had originally been a spiritual treasure of the Great Void Immortal Mansion, brought down to the mortal realm by a banished immortal in ancient times. Aizhenzi had later acquired it and calculated who ought to receive it a thousand years afterward. But if the person he had predicted failed to obtain it, that simply meant his calculation had been wrong. The treasure had nothing to do with the Emei Sect.
In short, he laid everything out to tell the Emei Sect: *I owe you nothing. If you wish to keep fighting, I will oblige you to the very end. Since you wish to make peace, I have also shown my