At the summit of the spiritual peak, upon the white-jade platform, Xia Li was under no small amount of pressure. The Third Elder looked at him with open regret. The Third Elder had not wanted him to co back, but even the Third Elder had been powerless to send out a warning. He was probably under surveillance too."I refuse."Xia Li did not say much. He simply gave the anti-Heaven Alliance side a clear refusal. No matter how many lofty-sounding words they wrapped it in, it was aningless. He only wanted to see how they intended to force him into battle. The elders all fell silent at that. So things did not need many words. As elders and seniors, they had no need to scream threats openly at a junior. They would only issue warnings. As for whether he listened or not, the consequences would make themselves known later. At that mont, one of the Harmony Dao Exalts standing at the Sect Master's right finally spoke."You may certainly refuse. But there are so things that cannot be refused simply because you want to refuse them. You cannot see it yourself, but the hoop is already on your head.""What you do from here on out has nothing to do with Xia Li.""That is all. You may go."The Exalt did not say much, nor did he intend to explain things to Xia Li in detail."This disciple takes his leave."Xia Li had no desire to stay and keep listening to those old n lecture him. Presumably, they also understood how feeble words were and intended to use facts to crush him instead."Wait."At last, the other Harmony Dao Exalt, the one standing on the Sect Master's left, finally chose to speak. His aura was unstable and he was injured. It was Cloud-Treading Exalt, the one who had previously intercepted the Heaven Alliance for Xia Li's sake."Xia Li, we cannot decide your path, nor can we steer it. But by the sa token, we are powerless to defy the great tide. What was said here today only represents the opinions and warnings of differing positions. Lingxu Cave Heaven, like you, has no wish to compete for supremacy."Cloud-Treading Exalt wanted Xia Li to understand that this questioning did not an Lingxu Cave Heaven had turned against him. The fact that so many differing viewpoints could coexist within the sect was one of its defining characteristics. Today's questioning had only been a simulation. What Xia Li would truly face next would be facts far harsher and more direct than anything said here. Xia Li had made his stance clear today, and Lingxu Cave Heaven now knew how it should act."Since you have decided not to act, the sect will respect your wishes. But whether you can truly refrain from acting depends on you alone. The sect will only provide the most basic shelter. May the road ahead unfold as you wish."Now Sect Master Lingxu Exalt spoke, declaring the conclusion of the eting. Submitting to the Heaven Alliance and resisting to the end were both possible choices. The two voices within Lingxu Cave Heaven also needed one of those choices to erge as the dominant line so that the other could fall silent. But Xia Li's answer united neither side. Since that was the case, then let neither side decide. Lingxu Exalt looked toward the elders arrayed at both sides and signaled with his eyes that, from this point on, whatever happened would be left to run its course. No one was to interfere in Xia Li's affairs. He gave the Third Elder two extra looks in particular, and the warning in his gaze was unmistakable.If Xia Li had submitted to the Heaven Alliance, Lingxu Cave Heaven would have let the capitulation faction take the lead for a ti and diate a reconciliation between Xia Li and the Alliance. If Xia Li had resolved to resist, the sect would likewise have allowed the resistance faction to take the lead and try to contest the age. But the present outco was to do nothing at all. And perhaps that was not so bad. If one did nothing, then one made no mistake."This disciple takes his leave once more."Xia Li bowed and turned to depart. This ti, no one called him back. Lingxu Cave Heaven still had so sense of decency. At the very least, the Sect Master had suppressed both sides so the sect would not force him to choose. But if the sect would not force him, there were plenty of others who would."Sigh..."Xia Li let out a sigh as he walked down the white-jade stairs. Before passing back through the spiritual mist, he glanced once more over his shoulder at the white-jade platform above. This was his sect. This was Lingxu Cave Heaven. It did not lavish praise on him when he rose. Nor did it help him when he was in trouble. It rely fulfilled the duties that belonged to it. But after thinking it over carefully, that was not so bad. Perhaps the sect's cohesion was not especially high, but when it ca to openness of ideology, it was truly open enough. Lin Ye had not lied when he invited Xia Li to join. Perhaps this was the attitude a sect truly devoted to seeking the Dao ought to have. He descended the peak and made his way back to the inner sect disciples' territory.
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Though he was now the third true transmission, Xia Li had no intention of moving into the true transmission district yet. He did not even know how much longer he would be able to remain in Lingxu Cave Heaven. One reason for his return had been to see Lin Ye.And the second...was to see Lin Ge. Xia Li held a peculiar feeling toward Lin Ge. How to put it? At first, it had been a matter of not wanting to be hurt by her. Then it had beco not wanting to hurt her. He had begun to feel he might finally be able to give her an answer, only for one rotten situation after another to arise. By his lakeside cabin, a lovely figure had long since been waiting. She sat on the blue-stone steps outside the little house, idly toying with the grass beside her."Lin Ge."Xia Li called out to her first. Lin Ge was the lively, clever sort, bright and quick in manner, but for so reason Xia Li always felt she carried an air of fragile pathos. Though her cultivation stood among the best of her generation and she was strong enough by any asure, she still gave off the unreal sense of sothing destined to bloom only briefly. As though she might wither away at any mont. The sins of Earth and the sins of the Heaven Alliance had all gathered in her alone, and the Heaven Alliance viewed her as a weapon to be used. Her grandfather, though not low in status, could not truly protect her."You're back? This trip of yours was no small thing. Slaying prodigies, opposing the Heaven Alliance, making your na known across the land, and now the sect even gave you a dao title. Now that you've achieved fa and success, have you thought about one of life's major matters?"Her smile was sincere. She trotted over to Xia Li's side to congratulate him and, at the sa ti, made a request that was a little brazen. She was openly suggesting that Xia Li could consider taking a dao companion. And as for who the candidate was? Naturally, her. She dread that one day she might visit her mother's holand, together with Xia Li. After all, Xia Li ca from the sa holand as her mother. From the mont she could rember, the farthest she had ever traveled was the outer mountain gate of Lingxu Cave Heaven. Her grandfather had always worried over her, always warned her that she absolutely could not leave the sect. But if Xia Li were there to protect her, perhaps her grandfather would agree.After all, even the sect tournant he had never let her participate in before, he had unexpectedly permitted last ti. That had all been thanks to Xia Li, because Xia Li had brought dicine."No rush. While I was away, Zhao Yunji didn't co bother you?""How could he not? But my grandfather blocked it every ti. Still, at this rate I don't know how long it can continue. The issue with my bloodline is so severe. I really don't know what those people are thinking."Lin Ge only knew that the side effects of her bloodline were dangerous. She had no idea that for so people, those very side effects were exactly what they wanted. Now that the Great Era was approaching, more and more people would set their sights on her bloodline, until even the Third Elder would no longer be able to resist them.Suddenly...soone arrived in Xia Li's territory through a teleportation formation. It was a sect deacon."Xia Li, Taiyi Holy Land has proposed a marriage alliance to you. The Second Holy Maiden will co personally to receive you. Make your preparations."The deacon's news made Xia Li's brows draw together. He had not expected trouble to arrive this quickly.A Holy Land.An existence Lingxu Cave Heaven absolutely could not afford to offend. Gate stood below sect, sect stood below cave heaven, and Holy Land stood above cave heaven. Only a power that had once produced a Sage and still retained a Sage inheritance could be called a Holy Land. Seeing Xia Li's expression darken, the deacon did not linger. He delivered the ssage and left."Um... congratulations."Lin Ge's face turned pale. She forced out a smile uglier than tears as she congratulated Xia Li. She knew there were so matters she could not decide. And even Xia Li might not be able to decide them either. This was the price of becoming too famous. That fa was also fortune in the eyes of all the great powers, and they would fight for it with everything they had.
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