Seeing that he could not sway the others, Zhang Yuan said no more. He had not come here to argue about this anyway, so he changed the subject:
"Is Senior [Jizhou] inside?"
Cui Wenxi's expression darkened slightly. He nodded. "He is, but my elder brother is injured and cannot receive visitors."
"Injured?" Zhang Yuan was stunned.
Cui Qiezhe lived in the Cui Residence, guarded by Jiang Peilan, a Sword Cultivator at Celestial Person Perfection. How could he have been injured?
Cui Wenxi nodded. "Yes. A Daoist surnamed Lu somehow slipped past the city's protective formation and entered the Capital City. He infiltrated the study and tried to assassinate my elder brother. Fortunately, Sword Immortal Jiang stayed at my brother's side at all times. Although the injury to her hand had yet to heal, she still managed to repel that Daoist."
"But that Daoist possessed formidable methods and was adept at using Mysterious Yin Death Qi, which has kept my brother's injuries from healing."
Zhang Yuan's expression grew grave.
Celestial Persons had to go beyond the heavens to fight, but this Heavenly Law had loopholes. As long as they limited the power of their attacks and did not casually collapse entire stretches of land, they would not trigger the Heavenly Laws and draw down Solar Profound Light.
Otherwise, if Foundation Establishment Celestials had to go beyond the heavens whenever they so much as flexed their muscles, would that not be far too troublesome?
Of course, if two of them fought to the death, they still had to go beyond the heavens, or they would take a blast of Solar Profound Light.
Under the current circumstances, Foundation Establishment Celestials were less of a threat than before. At least there was no need to worry about an infiltrating Celestial Person wiping the Capital