There was abnormal yin energy and a murderous aura contained within the heavy downpour, and Chen Ping'an had revealed this to the others with a few simple words. But what proved critical in having the Great Marsh Gang and Blusher Hall stop their trivial argument wasn't Chen Ping'an persuading them against burning bridges and making their cultivation paths narrower, nor was it the Yang Energy Illumination Talisman that he had used. Instead, it was his remark that the immortals from the Golden Osmanthus Temple hadn't come out to address the situation yet.0

This implied that the Golden Osmanthus Temple was either planning first and making a move later, purposely appearing weak to draw their enemies out, or the Daoists there were genuinely weaker than their enemies and could only hide in the temple to avoid any conflict.0

No matter which of these two situations was true, the women from the Lofty Sky Nation's Blusher Hall were unwilling to become involved in a fight between immortals and potentially sacrifice themselves, even if they were acquainted with the old immortal from the Golden Osmanthus Temple.0

As for Old Demon Zhu Fengxian who had once caused bloodshed in the cultivation worlds of several nations, he was even more experienced and prudent. He was climbing Azure Waist Mountain in the hopes of building a relationship with the temple for the sake of his granddaughter's cultivation. The Daoist temple would also gain a prized disciple, so this was simply a case of both parties satisfying their own needs. The Great Marsh Gang would never bow its head to other people, and Zhu Fengxian naturally wasn't willing to become a lackey for the Golden Osmanthus Temple...0