"So at least two enemies beyond the Venerable level will attack Deer-Chasing Academy?"
Hearing Shi Qingyun's words, the Sacrificial Spirit merely nodded in silence, and a deathly stillness settled over them.
Shi Qingyun felt the burden on his shoulders suddenly grow immensely heavy. He looked at the Sacrificial Spirit beside him, wanting to say something, but found himself at a loss for words.
During this time, his heart had been filled with guilt. Watching disciple after disciple die in this war only deepened it.
Had he not killed Youyan, he would not have stirred up such tremendous trouble or dragged Deer-Chasing Academy into danger alongside him.
"Actually, there's another way to resolve this situation, isn't there?"
Shi Qingyun's words, carrying neither sorrow nor joy, drifted into the wind and slowly reached the Sacrificial Spirit's ears.
Chapter 201: Cultivating the Dao Is Cultivating the Heart
Hearing the implication in Shi Qingyun's words, the Sacrificial Spirit's eyes remained calm, as though she was not surprised that he would say such a thing.
Naturally, she understood the solution he meant: simply hand him over, and the current predicament would unravel on its own.
"That might have worked before, but now this is no longer merely about your life."
"So many people with their own designs have gathered here that the situation has long since gone beyond our control."
Bitterness rose in Shi Qingyun's heart at her words. The situation was indeed just as the Sacrificial Spirit had said.
The Lower Realm's Venerables wanted to exchange his life for a thread of survival amid the Great Calamity, which meant those Venerables were bound to fight among themselves.
The other factions either hoped to fish in troubled waters during this war or intended to overthrow Deer-Chasing Academy and divide its resources. Some unaffiliated cultivators had