Inside the hall.
After hearing Li Ping's answer, Jian Congyou could not help sighing. "Fellow Daoist Xu rendered great service to the Vast Sea. What a pity."
Clearly, in his view,
since Xu Guike had vanished after the upheaval at Northern Mang Mountain and never appeared again, he had most likely fallen in that battle, just like Senior Brother Song and his disciple.
The three of them then stopped discussing Northern Mang Mountain and instead talked about the recent situation in Great Zhou and the Immortal Alliance.
What surprised Li Ping somewhat was that, during their conversation,
Jian Congyou showed no concern over the difficulties facing the Immortal Alliance and the Confucian Sect, remaining calm and composed instead.
Li Ping glanced at the Sword Weapon hanging at his waist and could not help silently speculating.
Nearly two hundred years had passed. Perhaps the Sword of Utmost Sincerity and True Illumination had already recovered most of its power.
And while nourishing the Sword of Utmost Sincerity and True Illumination with his own righteous vitality, Jian Congyou himself should have gained considerably as well. He was probably close to advancing to Grand Cultivator.
Together, those two factors gave him the confidence to talk and laugh so freely!
As their conversation drew to a close, a thought stirred in Li Ping's mind, and he brought something up himself. "You may not know this, Mr. Jian, but there is still a misunderstanding between me and the Confucian Sect that has yet to be resolved."
"Oh? Is that so?" Jian Congyou looked at Li Ping with mild surprise, then asked with a smile, "What misunderstanding might that be? I would be glad to hear the details."
With Jian Congyou listening attentively, Li Ping proceeded to recount how disciples of the Spirit Firmament Lineage had used