"Those poor Daoists. Ten days from now will be the Immortal-Buddha Grand Ceremony. Though Changsheng Academy will not truly take action, under the Buddhist sect's coercion, they will still have to vanish from Changsheng Town!" Mister Tai'an could not help sighing over Jiangchao Temple's fate.
"Who said Changsheng Academy would not truly take action?" Zhu Junfeng said with a smile. "Since Mister Jianli has come, we cannot let him return empty-handed! No matter what Buddhist masters Little Gold Temple sends, let Mister Mo deal with them and show them the bearing of Confucian cultivators from the Cangxian Continent!"
"Oh, Mister Mo Yan is actually coming?" Mister Tai'an was greatly surprised. "This old man has not seen Mister Mo for years. Why has he suddenly come to Changsheng Town?"
Having said this, Mister Tai'an added proudly, "Mister Mo was mature beyond his years and is a renowned scholar of Chongyun Sect. Would it not be like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken if he took action?"
Hearing Mister Tai'an's question, Zhu Junfeng's smile faded slightly and his brows furrowed. Equally puzzled, he said, "Not only are you asking, sir—even I find it strange. Changsheng Town is merely a corner of Xi Kingdom, and Changsheng Academy is one of over a hundred academies established by the sect in Xi Kingdom, utterly inconspicuous. Apart from fifteen years ago, when a fox demon appeared at Qiancheng Mountain and the sect sent Mister Lu Tinghan to exterminate it, and he passed through Changsheng Town and lingered for half a day, no scholar has come through here since! Even disciples crossing the Liao River leave from Jishun Town. Very few ever come to Changsheng Academy! Mister Jianli's arrival this time is truly abrupt!"
"The sect's message contained no other instructions?" Mister Tai'an clearly did