The Zhongzhou Sect's Cloud Boat did not stop near Fruitful Accomplishment Temple. It went straight out over the East Sea and hung in the sky, vying with the setting sun in splendor.
At the sight, towering heroic spirit surged through Zhuo Rusui, and he uttered those three words.
Liu S sui felt his blood stir, but kept silent out of habit.
Zhao Layue was calm. If we really have to fight, then let's fight.
Gu Qing said nothing either. How could we possibly win?
Zhuo Rusui looked back at them and said, "Couldn't you play along and say something that rings out like metal striking stone?"
Just then, Jing Jiu's voice came from behind Quiet Garden. "Come in."
They entered the Chan Room behind Quiet Garden and found that Zen Child had already left at some point.
There was a trace of weariness between Jing Jiu's brows. Both resolving the problem with the Smoke and Clouds Disperse Formation and guessing at the relationship between Taiping and the lotus required an enormous expenditure of mental effort.
Gu Qing recounted what had happened beside the stream, along with everyone's conjectures.
Zhuo Rusui said, "What exactly does Patriarch Taiping want? Does he still want to throw the continent into chaos and wipe out all mortals, just as he did back then?"
"Self-preservation," Jing Jiu said. "He is at his weakest right now. The more chaotic the cultivation world becomes, the safer he will be."
No one understood what he meant, not even Zhao Layue, Liu S sui, and Little Lotus, who knew that True Person Taiping had picked the lotus.
Jing Jiu did not reveal all his deductions.
He looked at Liu S sui's slightly dark face. Senior Brother, have you still not given up on turning this child into the next you?