Dumplings with liquor-the more you drank, the more you had.
Trouble, on the other hand-the more you dodged it, the more you had.
Back then, Zhao Layue had wanted to kill Wang Xiaoming, but Jing Jiu had not agreed. And now that trouble had landed on his head.
Qing'er's sigh was clearly mocking him. Naturally, he did not respond, instead asking, "Why did you steal this mirror?"
The mirror was naturally the Azure Sky Mirror, and the question was naturally addressed to Tong Yan.
Tong Yan recounted what had happened.
Only then did Jing Jiu learn that White True Person already knew about the changes in the Azure Sky Mirror and intended to freeze Qing'er until her soul scattered into nothingness.
He shook his head. "Erasing whatever they cannot control-that certainly sounds like the Zhongzhou Sect. But you're a Zhongzhou Sect disciple too. Why did you save her?"
Tong Yan said, "She will become a heavenly treasure's true spirit, which makes her a real life. I hear you were the one who told her that."
Jing Jiu gave a hum of assent.
Tong Yan said expressionlessly, "Since she is a living person, she can be considered a Zhongzhou Sect disciple. How can she be put to death at will when she has done nothing wrong?"
That made perfect sense. The problem was that, when it came to a sect's overall interests, reason had never mattered much.
When True Person Taiping and he had led Liu Ci and Yuan Qijing in sweeping through the peaks of Green Mountain, they had certainly not relied on reason, nor had they asked about such reasons.
True Person Tailu had refused to accept it and would not surrender even at the very end. That was why he remained locked in the Sword Prison to this