"Bai Liaochan is the head of a sect, and the uncrowned ruler of the Cloud-Heaven Realm. Why would he tell me to retreat as soon as I encountered trouble?"
Sitting in the cave abode the Cloud-Heaven Sect had specially arranged for his temporary rest, Wang Ba could hardly suppress his bewilderment.
Beside him, Hui Yunzi could not help frowning slightly as well.
"Perhaps the Supreme True Buddha's offensive this time will far surpass the previous ones, and Sect Master Bai and the others have no confidence at all in resisting it..."
"If they have no confidence in resisting it, why is the victory banquet outside being prepared with such fervor?"
Wang Ba pointed outside and shook his head.
"If it were me, and I couldn't match the enemy but couldn't escape because my realm was here, I would exhaust every means to strengthen all the cultivators, striving to hurt the enemy enough to make them wary and keep them from taking even one step across the forbidden line."
"But the Cloud-Heaven Sect celebrates every victory. You could say the previous celebration was meant to bolster confidence, but now they're making another great fanfare and gathering all those cultivators to celebrate again, as though afraid the Supreme True Buddha won't hear about it. When things depart from the norm, something sinister must be at work. Is the Cloud-Heaven Sect's situation really as simple as a lack of confidence?"
Hearing this, Hui Yunzi looked slightly startled.
"You mean the Cloud-Heaven Sect is laying a trap inside the realm, luring the Supreme True Buddha into the jar?"
Wang Ba frowned.
"I'm only speculating. That might be the case, or it could simply be an empty-fort bluff. Without knowing the Cloud-Heaven Sect's objective, no one can be certain... If they really intend to lure