Swearing an Oath

The lord of this Sacred Land is extremely powerful, and few dare to provoke him.

However, the fact that many Sacred Land lords possess great power makes them less likely to be targeted.

If a powerful cultivator with the strength of a Sacred Land lord were to be alone, and possessed numerous treasures, even a wild wolf would want to take a bite.

Even the lord of Sacred Land cannot go on without rest or sleep, and there will be oversights.

If you are plotted against by someone with ulterior motives, this will be your death.

Our Lady of Ineffable meets every one of these criteria.

Dong Zhongshu's threats were indeed very effective.

This prompted the Holy Mother of Wudang to make a decisive decision to eliminate this scourge.

However, the Holy Mother of Wudang did not expect that the help she had summoned would turn against her, and that Zhang Xuezhou and others still had the means to escape.

Her Earth Escape Technique allows her to traverse mountains and rivers in a straight line, giving her a great advantage in pursuit. However, her opponent's Technique Method and horse are also quite formidable, and combined with their flying ability, they can indeed escape for thousands of miles.

If the escape takes long enough, the opponent might be able to set a trap or even turn the tables.

"You stupid bird, you're driving me crazy!"

The biggest miscalculation of the Holy Mother of Wudang was that she focused all her attention on Dong Zhongshu and failed to deal with Zhang Xuezhou first.

If she had changed the order of her attacks, or even used the power of her boundary suppression to suppress the opponent, the outcome of this battle would not have been like this.

The situation can still be salvaged. As long as Pilan defeats Zhang Xuezhou and his group, the opponent will inevitably lose the battle.

However, Pilan was fooled by the other party and did not dare to make a move against Zhang Xuezhou and the others.

"He's just a minor cultivator, how could he possibly know the life or death of the Ten Yin Holy Son?" the Holy Mother Wudang roared. "It's one thing to be foolish when you were looking for your husband, but how can you be so naive in everything you do!"

"I wasn't naive when I chose my husband, and he's a wonderful person!"

Bilan retorted unwillingly, then raised his head towards Zhang Xuezhou was constantly leaping and soaring in mid-air, seeking a safe zone.

"He's definitely lying to you," the Holy Mother of Wudang shouted.

"Everyone knows my nickname, 'Honest and Reliable Young Man.' How could someone as reputation-conscious as me possibly lie?" Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

He wobbled and staggered through the mountains, not daring to leap towards the civilian area for a moment.

He had the ability to run away with Rong Tianding, but he didn't have the ability to run away with three people on two horses.

Flying towards Chang'an City would not only cause trouble for the Holy Mother of Wudang, but would also inevitably bring trouble to Zhang Xuezhou and Dong Zhongshu.

Zhang Xuezhou flapped his wings in response, and for a moment he really didn't know where to escape to.

"Master?"

Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

"Holy Mother Wudang, I have only come here to borrow the cauldron to cleanse myself of bad luck. You need not be so hostile towards us. Cooperation will benefit both of us, while fighting will only harm both of us. Why do you have to make things so out of control!"

Zhang Xuezhou was full of concerns, and Dong Zhongshu wasn't much better off.

His body was not only unsuited to high-intensity combat, but he also feigned weakness to avoid Shen Peigong and others, which earned him the sympathy of the new emperor.

But right now, the only way to defeat the Holy Mother of Wudang is to go to Chang'an City.

Just thinking about the troubles of returning to Chang'an gave Dong Zhongshu a headache.

He spoke to the elusive and mysterious Holy Mother Wudang below, and then spoke to Pilan.

"Then you should also persuade the Holy Mother Wudang, female bodhisattva, that cooperation is definitely better than fighting," Dong Zhongshu said.

"Girl, I think they're right!"

Bilan's defection was very swift.

She was clearly eager to obtain information about the Ten Yin Holy Son.

"They're lying to you! The older one is lying to me, and the younger one is lying to you!" the Holy Mother of Wudang roared. "Fine, you won't help me, but what kind of behavior is this, blocking my way!"

"I didn't stop you!" Pilan said, feeling wronged. "Who on earth could stop you!"

"Go down!"

The Holy Mother of Wudang took advantage of the situation to dissuade Dong Zhongshu; how could he not understand this?

"Master, what if she changes her mind? Can we escape?" Zhang Xuezhou cried out.

"Don't worry, I, Dong Zhongshu, am not someone to be underestimated. If she wants to break things off, I still have the ability to make it a lose-lose situation," Dong Zhongshu said.

Dong Zhongshu's assertive call was indeed very effective.

A person's reputation precedes them. As a virtuous and upright Confucian scholar of the Han Dynasty, few people doubted that Dong Zhongshu was lying or doing falsehoods.

But Zhang Xuezhou had followed Dong Zhongshu for so long, how could he not know what Dong Zhongshu was thinking when he heard such words?

Zhang Xuezhou believed that there was only a 50% chance that Dong Zhongshu could achieve a mutually destructive outcome, and that probability should be lowered even further.

But the Holy Mother of Wudang clearly dared not gamble.

From the very beginning, when their attempts to kill Dong Zhongshu failed, the other side found themselves on the defensive.

Zhang Xuezhou had ordinary luck, Dong Zhongshu had rather low luck, but the Holy Mother of Wudang was a tomb keeper with absolutely no luck.

When they clash, each other's choices and luck certainly play a role in the struggle.

At least for now, the Holy Mother of Wudang is helpless to change how things are developing.

When Dong Zhongshu landed, she appeared more than 30 meters away, staring at Dong Zhongshu with a solemn expression, without rashly stepping forward to launch another spell attack.

"It was impolite of me to visit you so abruptly, and it was even more wrong of me to speak out of turn. However, I have suffered a series of misfortunes in recent years, and have been in mortal danger on several occasions. I hope that you can lend me a hand." Dong Zhongshu said sincerely, "If you have any needs, I am willing to do what I can."

"You've faced life-or-death situations many times?" the Holy Mother of Wudang asked doubtfully. "Really?"

"I have encountered one misfortune after another over the years, and I never thought I would fall to this state," Dong Zhongshu said.

What's wrong with you?

"If you can stop the subtle pinching technique you're using, I feel I can confide in you!"

Dong Zhongshu's keen perception of Technique Method made the Holy Mother of Wudang extremely embarrassed. She clapped her hands together in annoyance and then dispersed the Law Power she had gathered in her hands.

From her sneak attack to Dong Zhongshu's breaking of the law and restraint, Wudang Shengmu must say that Dong Zhongshu is definitely the kind of person with a keen sense of combat.

Apart from being slightly inferior in cultivation level, her opponent was almost identical to her in every other aspect.

Correspondingly, it is indeed extremely difficult for her to tinker with anything she wants.

Dong Zhongshu could not bear the consequences of a complete breakup, and neither could the Holy Mother of Wudang.

"I don't want to be disturbed by outsiders. How can you guarantee that this matter will not be spread to a third party?" asked the Holy Mother of Wudang.

"I swear in the name of Confucius and Mencius that if I cannot keep this secret, may I, Dong Zhongshu, have no place in the Confucian school, and may I be disgraced and die a miserable death," Dong Zhongshu said.

"I can also swear in the name of Confucius and Mencius!"

Zhang Xuezhou peeked out and added a thought in his head.

"Then swear an oath!"

The Holy Mother of Wudang gestured with her hand.

This prompted Dong Zhongshu to raise three fingers.

"I, Dong Zhongshu..."

"I am Dongfang Shuo..."

Dong Zhongshu swore an oath first, Zhang Xuezhou followed suit.

Dong Zhongshu's oath was sincere, but Zhang Xuezhou's oath of following him caused him great heartache.

Zhang Xuezhou, a disciple of the Yin-Yang School, swore an oath to their Confucian School ancestor—this is utterly absurd, especially since he used a pseudonym.

But what the two did clearly pleased the Holy Mother of Wudang.

The Confucian School of propriety, righteousness, and benevolence have been renowned for centuries, and Dong Zhongshu was a prominent Confucian scholar within the Han Dynasty. Such an oath would indeed be the word of a gentleman, and it would be difficult to disobey it.