Across the Heavenly River, Tai Xuan had only drawn his sword halfway when he stared in astonishment at Baoyun. A moment earlier, Baoyun had spent a [Karmic Fate Coin] to buy passage across the Heavenly River, then tossed out another Karmic Fate Coin to block that enormous hand. Now he stood there brimming with righteous indignation.
He looked like a vanguard standing up for his sect, fiercely loyal and solemnly righteous.
"You've known them for so long, fellow Daoist Tai Xuan. Are you still not used to Upper Mound's ways?"
Zhi Su looked teasingly at Tai Xuan, without the slightest surprise on his face. He had anticipated this all along. Otherwise, he would have summoned Yanzhen to say a few words earlier.
Tai Xuan fell silent for a moment and stopped drawing his sword.
"There's something wrong with their heads," he said flatly, his voice tinged with disdain.
"Uh..." Zhi Su glanced at him, wanting to say something, but decided that saying nothing would be more appropriate. He quietly closed his mouth and continued watching the battlefield.
The atmosphere on the battlefield had grown rather peculiar.
"Lingtu, you used your superior standing to bully a junior of our Tribulation Deliverance. Unless you give me an explanation, don't expect this matter to end peacefully today."
Baoyun's words rang with righteousness, his voice shaking the surrounding wilderness. His tone was so resolute and his bearing so imposing that one might think he had not been the very person obstructing Zhi Su's intervention moments earlier.
Lingtu withdrew his palm. The bright yellow radiance receded, revealing an indistinct figure. His gaze settled on Baoyun, and he frowned. "Baoyun, since when have you changed your nature?" "This Venerable has always been this way," Baoyun replied without a flicker of embarrassment. "How could Upper Mound stand