"Anyone who isn't a friend is an enemy?"
Turning over the veiled threat in King Mu's message, Fang Qianyuan grew thoughtful.
He had long since gleaned from other sources that a great secret lay behind the Flying Immortal Records: an opportunity for immortality and imperishability left to later generations by the ancient Dharma Cultivators.
Now it seemed likely that even the Dharma-Ending War ten thousand years ago had been stirred up behind the scenes by the Supreme Heaven and Heavenly Realms Two Sects, just as they had previously instigated the war in the Northern Frontier, dragging great sects such as the Spirit Taming Sect and the Azure Cloud Sect into it.
But Fang Qianyuan was not one to shrink from difficulty. Though he knew that it involved troubles as vast as the heavens, he still wanted to obtain it.
It was a relic of his father's. For its sake, his family had even been torn apart and lives lost. Continuing the investigation to carry on his father's final wishes held a special significance for him.
Besides, a secret like this was indeed enough to stir anyone's curiosity.
Fang Qianyuan had once boldly declared that he would tour every beautiful and wondrous sight beneath the heavens and challenge every hero and mighty expert in the world. This might well hold the mystery of immortality and imperishability. How could he pass it up?
When he returned to the Ice Dragon, Zuoqiutang had already come back with his subordinates. Having lost over twenty men to death and injury, he had deliberately waited on deck. As soon as he saw Fang Qianyuan, he dropped to one knee and pleaded guilty. "Your subordinate was incompetent. Please punish me, my lord!"
Fang Qianyuan said, "King Mu acted through a manifestation this time. That was no fault