Song Chengxi and Bai Yunxiu both looked at Cao Jinxing, amusement in their eyes.
Cao Jinxing forced himself to remain composed. He raised a cup of tea and took a small sip. "The arts of divination and calculation are profound and difficult to grasp. Miss Bai is exceptionally gifted, but she has only just begun learning... can her predictions be accurate?"
"I wasn't too certain myself at first."
Bai Yunxiu lightly brushed back the long hair at her temple, her otherworldly beauty striking straight to the heart. She blinked softly. "But... the result has already proved itself, hasn't it?"
The time was right.
The place was right.
The reference point was right.
His condition was right too.
The answer was undoubtedly Cao Jinxing!
But Cao Jinxing disagreed. He shook his head. "I'm not belittling myself. I've now comprehended Patriarch Lü's legacy, and I have the divine weapon [Heavenly Dao Sword]. Given time, it's certainly possible that I might participate in killing a Divine Beast for one reason or another. But I shouldn't be the only answer. Why did it point specifically to me? The Jianghu is vast, with so many reclusive masters. Surely the Five Sages and Four Fiends couldn't all die at my hands alone."
That was unrealistic.
Lu Bing's question last time had made it clear that the court was also searching for a certain Divine Beast.
Once it appeared, Jiajing might even "lead the expedition in person." Failing that, there were still two peerless masters, Lü Fu and Lu Bing, to take action.
They might be even stronger than his eldest brother!
With people like that involved, there was no way he would get to deliver the finishing blow.
Nor would Jiajing feel comfortable letting him do it.
For all the imperial favor he currently enjoyed, Cao