On Immortal Peach Mountain.
Li Ping flew toward his cave abode at an unhurried, steady pace. Along the way, he considered whether there had been any flaws in what he had said or done.
Through Zhang Tie, Gu Musheng, and Yu Menghan, he had already gained a basic understanding of the origins and course of the conflict between the Immortal City and the Purple Cloud Sect.
According to publicly available information, the broad outline was as follows.
Twenty-eight years ago, the Immortal City had faced a beast tide. At its moment of greatest peril, Huang Yunzi had come to its aid, joining forces with its defenders to kill a third-tier demon beast and disperse the beast tide.
In gratitude for his assistance, Windmist True Person had agreed with him to arrange a marriage between Huang Yan and Dai Sangyu.
But after Dai Sangyu reached Core Formation, she had chosen to break the engagement and refused to marry Huang Yan, prompting the Purple Cloud Valley to blockade the Immortal City.
Seeing that relations had become so strained that a clash might erupt, Xiao Changkong, leader of the Defender Alliance, had personally visited the Immortal City to mediate.
Out of respect for him-or rather, intimidated by his formidable reputation-Huang Yunzi had been forced to accept mediation.
The final settlement had required the Immortal City to surrender certain benefits and marry off Meng Qingyi in Dai Sangyu's place.
Li Ping believed that the Meng Family was naturally furious over Meng Qingyi's forced marriage. But likewise, Huang Yunzi must have been deeply unwilling to accept the settlement.
In practical terms, a Core Formation daughter-in-law had been exchanged for one at Foundation Establishment. It was like planning to marry a pair of eighteen-year-old twin sisters, only to have them replaced with a thirty-six-year-old woman. Who