Tonight was destined to be anything but peaceful.
On Shepan Mountain, three li east of Shaoxing Prison, Zhang Mingyan of the Celestial Masters' Mansion and Master Kuxing of Azure Dragon Temple were also watching.
Their feelings toward this junior who had "helped a tyrant commit atrocities" were deeply conflicted.
On the one hand, he had followed Song Chengxi in committing plenty of "evil" deeds, such as impersonating Ji Shaoqin to stab Zhao Xizhen with a spear, then firing arrow after arrow to stop them from obtaining the Qilin Blood... Without him, the outcome of that battle might well have been different. At the very least, they would not have returned empty-handed!
On the other hand, their cultivation of character also told them that Cao Jinxing was Song Chengxi's ally. What he had done on Heavenly Maiden Mountain for Song Chengxi and for himself was understandable! Moreover, strictly speaking, that spear thrust had not been fatal. Zhao Xizhen had ultimately died from the Undying Fire, while Murong Hua and Ji Runcheng had also died chiefly because of Song Chengxi. At most, Cao Jinxing was an accomplice, not the principal culprit.
Of course, an accomplice was still a culprit, and taking revenge was only natural.
But at their age, with Song Chengxi still alive and well, going all out against a young man barely into his twenties would smack of bullying the weak while fearing the strong. They truly could not bring themselves to stoop so low!
The Ji Family, Murong Family, and Star Sect, who could stoop that low, had yet to arrive...
They could only watch.
"Just as expected. Trouble came the moment he showed himself. The Demon Cult, the Wokou, the Opera House... I simply didn't expect him to expose his whereabouts and arrest people so openly when he