"The Wu Lineage's people are going too..."
Gao Chengyun gave a cold chuckle. "Junior Zuo, don't go thinking we're your enemies... As for your real enemies, everyone in the country knows who they are. Those Wus stirred up trouble-how could it possibly blow over so easily?"
Zuo Xiaoduo: "..."
"Relax, there aren't any problems between us now..."
Gao Chengyun draped an arm around Zuo Xiaoduo's shoulders and sneered in a low voice. "We had no way to resist the pressure from our Lineage. Besides, we never wanted to oppose you. In this world, who would want to make an enemy of a genius who might soar into the heavens? Only a madman or an idiot."
"You're exactly that sort of genius who could soar into the heavens. Either we killed you with a single blow, or our Lineage would face destruction in the future..."
Gao Chengyun spoke with utter sincerity. "So we chose not to be your enemies. After all, you were forced into it back then. Given a choice, you wouldn't have taken the initiative to make enemies of us. The Wu Lineage must have been thinking the same thing..."
"But our two Lineages still need to settle who was in the right back then. They lost people, and so did we. Since we can't come after you, we have to find another target. We have to vent this anger somehow, don't we?"
It had to be said that Gao Chengyun's words were quite candid, appealing to both reason and feeling.
That was exactly the logic of it!
No one could swallow this anger. Ultimately, they needed somewhere to vent it.
But if going after Zuo Xiaoduo was off the table, how were they supposed to vent it?
Who besides Zuo Xiaoduo qualified as a target?
Zuo Xiaoduo gave