The Wuyun Sect.
Tantai Xue sat by the window, resting her chin in her hand as she gazed at the peaks outside.
"The scenery in the sect is so much better than elsewhere. Outside, most places are barren," she said with a sigh.
"That is to the Immortal Gate's credit," Tantai Xiaotian said.
"I heard something from a few people. They said this is what the Immortal Gate ought to do, since they were the ones who ruined the environment." Tantai Xue asked curiously, "Senior, I wasn't born three hundred years ago and never experienced that upheaval. Was the Immortal Gate really responsible for the environment becoming like this?
"Were the powerful figures who supposedly fought each other experts of the Immortal Gate?"
Hearing this, Tantai Xiaotian fell silent for a moment before saying, "It has always been a matter of where you stand."
"Where did you stand back then, Senior?" Tantai Xue asked.
"I did not take part in the war," Tantai Xiaotian said calmly. "I am not someone from this era, and I did not wish to become embroiled in that storm. But sometimes, what you want or do not want makes no difference."
"If no one had acted three hundred years ago, what would things be like now?" After a little thought, Tantai Xue asked, "Senior, do you think the Immortal Gate Great Governance was good or bad?"
"That depends on whom you ask," Tantai Xiaotian said calmly.
"What about for me?" Tantai Xue switched hands to prop up her chin as she looked outside.
"With your cultivation, you could act a little more freely."
"So, by the standards of the past, my path would have been smoother?"
"No. You might never have set foot on the path of immortal cultivation."
"I understand."
Tantai Xue could clearly