"Then, we should have a conclusion as well."
Immortal Bi You's Divine Thought stirred; her gaze swept around and she suddenly smiled faintly. "Thanks to him, the curse on me has been completely dispelled. He paid for me with his life, almost to the point of his Life Span being cut off. With feelings to this extent, I trust each of you should know where you stand in your hearts?"
"Is this struggle still necessary?"
Right after, Immortal Bi You pointed to the firmament beyond the heavens. "Why don't you each open your own Immortal Sect, Ascend and depart, and seek your own Immortal Path?"
The three of them were all stunned at once.
The meaning in these words was very obvious:
He may have helped you too, but the one most important in his heart is still me.
"If we go by what you say…" Mo Xilan spoke softly, "then back when he was in the Pill Furnace, willing to refine himself into a Great Pill and offer it to me, wouldn't that be even greater than you having him pay with his life?"
"What Great Pill?" Immortal Bi You was taken aback.
"Great Pill?" Mu Hongyuan frowned slightly.
Sword light flickered uncertainly all around Heroine Yan.
"That was all in the past." Mo Xilan smiled. "This time, he used a person as a pill, to win a wisp of Tianji for another."
"I am his finest Spirit Pill."
"These were Brother Dongfang's own words."
"And precisely because of this, I comprehended the Human Pill Path." Mo Xilan said languidly. "Bi You, doesn't that outshine you?"
"You only know that he helped me, but do you know how he helped me?"
Bi You fell silent, her hands tightening slightly.
Water light surged around her, as though some Ancient God's will was descending, vast and boundless.
Clearly, she did not know of this matter.
"Interesting…" On the other side, Mu Hongyuan gave a charming smile. "Looks like Brother Mu has done quite a few things behind our backs. One after another he's offering up his life for you lot; that's not something an ordinary man would dare to do…"
Immortal Bi You cast a cold glance at the two of them. "And what do you have to say?"
"Me? What is there for your elder sister here to say?" Mu Hongyuan smiled lazily. "I merely had a taste of him, that's all. This thousand-year Emotion Poison of mine—other than him, who else could I have get it absorbed for me? As for whether he died or not, I really don't know. As for who's more important…"
Mu Hongyuan stretched her body, chuckling nonstop.
"You vixen…" Mo Xilan frowned. "You find this fun?"
With that, Mo Xilan cast Mu Hongyuan a sidelong glance and sneered. "And wearing such a shameless, slutty dress—are you really not afraid of these Jiuzhou cultivators seeing you?"
What Mu Hongyuan was wearing at this moment was precisely that set of Heroic Couple Immortal Flying Skirt.
As for seeing it, naturally, they couldn't.
Once she released her Ascension aura, phenomena manifested around her. Let alone the outside cultivators; even Ascension Experts, aside from those in the same Realm, could hardly see through to her true body—her true appearance.
"Of course I'm afraid." Mu Hongyuan said. "But this was personally given to me by Brother Mu. If I don't wear it, I'd be letting him down. He treats you all so well; you can be like me too."
"I don't mind."
"…"
"…"
"Besides…" Mu Hongyuan smiled slightly. "When it comes to being slutty, how could I compare to this Heroine Yan here? Guarded her body for a thousand years, yet handed it over to him so easily. With his strength, it definitely wasn't that he forced you, was it?"
"…"
"That really is amusing."
"The outwardly aloof and icy 'Number One Sword Immortal of Nine Provinces'…" Mu Hongyuan's eyes were full of mirth, though it was pure mockery. "Turns out the first thing taken from her was her body… and it was of her own accord."
"In future, please don't call my Fengyue Sect a bunch of vixens anymore."
"I think this Heroine Yan is the real vixen here."
Heroine Yan's expression remained indifferent; she merely looked up toward the heavens. Whether in her eyes or on her face, there was not the slightest hint of shame.
As if what Mu Hongyuan said had nothing at all to do with her.
After a few breaths, she finally spoke slowly:
"I failed Crossing Tribulation; he proved the Dao in my stead, willingly cutting himself off beneath the Heavenly Tribulation to dispel my Heart Demon."
"I severed the Immortal Slaying Sect and remained in the world. With him, I was in harmony like qin and se."
"This was mutual affection, feelings reaching their depth, water flowing and channel forming, nothing more."
Heroine Yan stated the facts calmly and sincerely.
The three of them were all dumbfounded when they finished listening.
Cut himself off beneath the Heavenly Tribulation?
That day when Yan Sword Immortal was Crossing Tribulation, they had known of it.
They had originally thought that in the end, Yan Sword Immortal simply couldn't bear to kill Wang Mu, and so could only sever the Immortal Sect and cut off her Immortal Path.
Who would have thought it was like this?
The three of them ground their teeth as they listened.
Clearly, they had not known of this matter.
"Just how many things has he been hiding from us?"
"…Interesting…"
"He really has that kind of nerve?"
"I believe it… Brother Dongfang really dared to jump into that Fire Furnace… At that time, he really seemed like he wanted to die…"
As they argued, their auras surged as if a volcano was about to erupt.
The entire Battle Illusion Realm quaked, on the verge of collapse, rumbling without end.
Upon seeing this.
The other New Sect Ascension cultivators scattered throughout various positions all trembled, quickly pulling away.
"They're about to fight!"
"Is the Number One in Nine Provinces finally going to be decided?"
"Such a laurel crown—last time there was only Yan Sword Immortal and that Supreme Master; this time there are several of these old ancestors… hard to say!"
"I don't even know how they're debating the Great Taoist, to clash and produce such terrifying auras… it's truly frightening…"
"This is a confrontation of the Great Taoist! I really don't know what it'll be like…"
One New Sect Ascension Expert after another shrank to the side, watching with delighted hearts and pleased eyes.
Outside, the cultivators were also watching with blood boiling. Even separated by a barrier, it was as if they could feel those rule-collisions born of an Ascension Peak debate on the Great Taoist…
"Looks like they've made their move… hard to say who struck first…"
Wang Mu still just watched on quietly.