"Unspeakable, truly unspeakable!" Shanggu Jiran murmured softly, then solemnly continued to Shanggu Fu, "No matter what happens, never make an enemy of Zhao Su, even if he kills me. Do you understand?"
"Dad, do you mean...?"
Something occurred to Shanggu Fu, and even his voice began to tremble.
"That's right. So no matter what happens, no matter what choice I make, you must stand firmly on Zhao Su's side. Remember that!"
Shanggu Jiran gripped Shanggu Fu's arm tightly and spoke in a cold voice.
Faced with Shanggu Jiran's question, Shanggu Fu merely nodded without speaking, as though he already had an answer in his heart.
Yet he was powerless to change anything.
Everyone envied the Divine Hall's Direct Disciples for their ability to glimpse heaven's secrets, but who could understand the helplessness and despair they felt when they divined those secrets, only to find themselves powerless to change them?
That was why people need not understand everything in life. The more clearly they understood, the more exhausting life became.
By then, Zhao Su, Ning Rongrong, and the others had already left Divination Mountain.
Yet they saw no one from the Buddhist School or the Dao Sect. Instead, many independent cultivators were roaming the waters near Divination Mountain.
"Brother Su, could those bald donkeys and Daoists be hiding in the shadows to ambush us?"
"It doesn't matter. I've fully refined these Five-Element Flags, and a strand of my divine sense is hidden inside them. If danger comes, use them to protect yourselves!"
"Mm!"
Zhu Zhuqing took the Five-Element Flags and nodded to Zhao Su.
Zhao Su paid no attention to the people roaming nearby either. Whatever they were doing there, as long as they did not attack him...
They would get to live.
Zhao Su exchanged energy points for a small