Red Peak.
When Yan Dongfeng led a group of "half-beasts" to the mountain gate, Fu Yaozhen and the others had already ascended to the Divine Origin Main Hall.
Though these juniors' cultivation was far from the Tribulation Immortal realm, the identities they represented still prompted Bu Xuan to receive them personally.
After tea was served, Bu Xuan went straight to the point.
"Yan Dongfeng came from Profound Origin City? What do Fellow Daoist Fu and Immortal Maiden Dongfang have to say?"
"My cousin and City Lord Dongfang are still in seclusion. Yan Dongfeng's visit was likely his own unauthorized action." Fu Bozhao naturally would not casually drag Heng Hua and Dongfang Yunqi into this, and his response was watertight.
"Senior need not concern yourself with Profound Origin City's position. Right and wrong have their own justice. Just handle it impartially."
Impartially.
After pondering for a long while, Bu Xuan spoke to the Fu Family members.
"Your family also has clansmen who entered Red Abyss as core disciples, so there are some things I need not hide from you. After the Shen Family incident, Junior Brother Song Yuan was the most enraged. He intends to thoroughly investigate the major families and deal with those colluding with the demonic path. It is only..."
Song Yuan clearly did not intend to wipe out entire families through collective punishment.
The family factions were his foundation. At most, he would purge a wave of upper-ranking figures and replace them with new ones.
But could Yan Dongfeng accept such an outcome? Could Profound Origin City accept it? Could the people of Red Abyss Daoist Sect's other peaks accept it?
Seeing the Fu brothers shake their heads, Bu Xuan added, "Not to mention outsiders—even within Red Abyss, several junior brothers nearly came to blows with him over