"What if that legend came true?"
"What do you mean?"
Li Jian set another thick stack of documents before Pei Ye. "Take these and read them yourself. In fact, at the very beginning, it wasn't Heavenly Mountain that called the gathering. The various sects had already been sending people to the 'upper sect on Heavenly Mountain' for help."
"..."
"The entire three-thousand-mile stretch of Jianghu is now gripped by panic, a tangled mess, and quite a few tragedies have already occurred. Besides establishing the Immortal Court, as a Crane Inspector and special envoy of the Eastern Palace, you should also do what you can to restore order to Jianghu and calm the wind and waves," Li Jian said. "Once order collapses, every evil emerges. That isn't something Great Tang wishes to see."
"All right, I understand." Pei Ye thought for a moment. "Then, to establish the Immortal Court, I'll have to climb Heavenly Mountain."
"And even ascend to the Jade Assemblage Pavilion," Li Jian said. "I can't give you a very clear account of what Heavenly Mountain has guarded for generations. Everything the platform knows is written in there. But I think this should be quite simple. Carry the authority of True Heaven up there, and something will be waiting for you atop Heavenly Mountain."
"The key is getting up there?"
"Exactly."
Pei Ye thought for a moment. "What sort of person is Ye Wohan?"
Li Jian fell quiet for a while. "He's very strong."
Pei Ye waited quietly for a while, but Li Jian said nothing more.
"That's it?"
"That's it," Li Jian said. "You know Heavenly Mountain's people seldom come down. Even with eyes and hands reaching the heavens, the Immortal Platform can hardly investigate something that leaves no trace."
"How do you know he's formidable?"
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