There had always been people on Green Mountain who suspected Jing Jiu had come from Fruitful Accomplishment Temple.
It had begun after the Sword Inheritance Assembly, when certain people witnessed his ascent of Divine End Peak with Zhao Layue, arousing Shangde Peak's suspicions.
But at the time, more people thought Shangde Peak had told an unfunny joke after going centuries without making one.
Then, during the Sword-Testing Assembly, Sword-Ray emerged from Jing Jiu's body as he defeated Gu Han, leading several Peak Masters to a startling conjecture.
This time, people really began to believe the claim. At the very least, there ought to be some connection between Jing Jiu and Fruitful Accomplishment Temple.
After the Chess Battle at the Plum Gathering, this claim gained considerably more credibility. Even Nan Wang was wondering whether to ask her Senior Brother, the sect master, to send a private letter to Fruitful Accomplishment Temple and inquire.
The computational power Jing Jiu had displayed over the chessboard was simply too formidable, to the point of being almost unimaginable.
Many wondered whether Fruitful Accomplishment Temple's Two Hearts Communication had allowed him to anticipate every one of Tong Yan's responses.
Most importantly, after this claim began circulating through the cultivation world, Fruitful Accomplishment Temple did not deny it!
If all this were true, it would mean that the successor Fruitful Accomplishment Temple had sent out to tread the mortal world after so many years had now actually become a Disciple of a Disciple of True Person Jingyang.
Such a legendary experience even prompted many to wonder-could Jing Jiu become a second Blade Sage?
They did not know that the great figures of the Green Mountain Sect had entertained this thought long before.
Jing Jiu drew more and more attention, and people grew increasingly eager to see his