After hearing Nan Wang's words, Duke He and the others felt utterly helpless. They thought that the Green Mountain Sword Sect was not only good at talking tough, but at talking strangely too.
Seeing how awkward the atmosphere had become, the Fruitful Accomplishment Temple Discipline Hall Chief offered a few words of persuasion.
Bracing himself on the armrests, Duke He leaned a little closer and said quietly, "Surely we can't go to war over this?"
Nan Wang raised her eyebrows slightly. "Why not?"
Any other cultivation sect, even faced with something like today's incident, would not have rashly started a war, because the other side was the Zhongzhou Sect.
Of all the sects in the world, only the Green Mountain Sect had both the standing and the way of doing things that made choosing war a real possibility.
The atmosphere grew tense again.
Duke He hurriedly said, "But the Zen Child also said that he believed the Qingrong Peak Master would surely understand: although Wei Chengzi was the one who acted, this was absolutely not the Zhongzhou Sect's intent."
Nan Wang snorted coldly and said nothing. The other Green Mountain disciples remained silent too.
The Zen Child was right.
The Green Mountain Sect did not believe that assassinating Zhao Layue was the collective will of the Zhongzhou Sect, because it would bring the Zhongzhou Sect no benefit.
Zhao Layue was a born Dao Seed, but such gifted disciples were not uncommon in the history of the cultivation world. Wasn't there still a Zhuo Rusui on Heavenly Light Peak right now?
Killing her would affect the Green Mountain Sect's future, but would not damage its present strength.
The crucial point was that she was a Disciple of a Disciple of True Person Jingyang and the Divine End Peak Master, with both