This duke, who had never shown his mountains or revealed his waters, had actually said such a thing, offering a new interpretation that set some people thinking deeply.
What set even more people thinking deeply, however, was the relationship between His Majesty the Divine Emperor and Jing Jiu.
Green Mountain was embroiled in internal strife today, and the situation was extraordinarily complex, yet Chaoge City had still given Jing Jiu its unwavering support. Why?
Chaoge City, and indeed the entire Jing Dynasty, had seemingly remained under the Zhongzhou Sect's influence throughout the past six hundred years. Only in the last few decades had the situation suddenly changed. First came the matter of succession to the throne: Jing Xin, whom the Zhongzhou Sect supported, had suffered defeat after defeat, until Jing Yao, whom the Green Mountain Sect supported, had successfully been named Crown Prince.
The entire cultivation world knew perfectly well when this change had begun, and because of whom.
The most crucial figure was Jing Jiu.
Countless gazes fell on the Cloud Terrace occupied by the Zhongzhou Sect.
The Zhongzhou Sect had confronted the Green Mountain Sect for many years and naturally welcomed its turmoil. The White True Person certainly would not agree to Yuan Qijing letting Jing Jiu leave. The Kunlun Sect bore a grudge against the Green Mountain Sect and was even more eager to see them slaughter one another, while the other northern sects followed the Zhongzhou Sect's lead. Could this internal strife at Green Mountain ultimately become another great war in the cultivation world of the Chaotian Continent?
Bai Zao raised her head and looked at her mother's profile, trying to judge what she was really thinking.
But that layer of mist still shrouded her face, and even her own daughter could not see through it.