Even if the Azure Tide Sect defeated the other sects in the competition, doing this would still leave its character open to criticism.
As for Xie Gu's abnormal state, who would know if they never mentioned it?
And if the Azure Tide Sect's disciples brought it up, everyone else, their minds already set, would see it as nothing more than the Azure Tide Sect trying to absolve Xie Gu.
They had truly handed the Heavenly Dawn Sect a perfect weapon to use against them.
Su Jiu guessed that, barring any surprises, no one from the Heavenly Dawn Sect would come to speak with them privately today.
They would wait until just before tomorrow's competition to unleash the entire affair.
Xia Jue began tapping the table at an unhurried pace.
Seeming to notice Su Jiu's unease and guess her thoughts, he smiled. "Don't overthink it. Nothing will happen."
Naturally, Su Jiu trusted Senior Brother Xia Jue, but she still decided to do something...
Inside a room in the Heavenly Dawn Sect, medicine bottles were smashed all over the floor with a series of crashes.
Immediately afterward, however, the man who had smashed them clutched his wound in unbearable pain, his face twisted with fury.
"That beast! I should have strangled him the moment he was born!
"I haven't even tried to take his life, yet he actually wanted to take mine!" Worst of all, that brat had nearly succeeded.
When Xie Gu attacked earlier, he had clearly sensed that Xie Gu was different. Although Xie Gu was in the Foundation Establishment Realm just like him, the purity of his spiritual qi was unquestionably greater.
And if they truly fought, he probably would not be Xie Gu's match either.
Especially after that humiliating scene earlier, he regretted more than ever that