In Shangguan Yang's and Zhuo Qingcheng's eyes, Jiang Man was only at the Golden Core Late Stage.
So pairing the weakest with the strongest could just about be considered suitable.
Zhuo Qingcheng was somewhat worried, because Jiang Man had offended the Peak Master, and she was not certain what Shangguan Yang was thinking.
But Jiang Man had nodded, so she could hardly say anything.
Besides, she also needed to keep a certain distance from him.
If someone with an agenda saw them, the trouble would be considerable.
The influence of a Peak Master was never direct; more often, it came down to people weighing their positions.
Was it safer to cooperate with someone who had not offended the Peak Master, or someone who had?
Those people knew perfectly well.
Even if the person who offended the Peak Master had backing, would he turn around and lend you a hand?
That was too difficult.
No one would gamble with their lineage.
Their lineage was no different.
As for people like them, they were merely members of their lineages and could not influence much.
Many things could not be done simply because they wanted to, because every decision could lead their lineage into decline.
Zhuo Bufan had said that, as long as they succeeded, the lineage could rise another level, but was that really the case?
Could the Zhuo Household last until then?
It would have been gnawed clean long before.
Besides, the lineage was not united either.
In the end, Zhuo Qingcheng, Monk Zhenkong, and the others went to the right.
Shen Yao and the others went to the left.
Everyone had different thoughts, but no one objected.
On the way, Zhou Qing whispered to Shen Yao, "I feel like the middle path might be the real one."
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