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Chapter 294: 164, Setting your heart to break through barriers is not that simple_3
Chapter 294: 164, Setting your heart to break through barriers is not that simple_3
"If we fail, well, it's just..."
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"Ji Yanzhi, is he Hong Xiufu?"
As three elders conversed in the shadows, at the eastern gate of the Prefectural City, a statement by Master Fanyin also caused the expressions of everyone present to change drastically, and Hou Yuxiao couldn't help but let out a low gasp of shock.
"Seeing one's true heart, making a grand vow, breaking through to sainthood, is not such a simple matter. Ji Yanzhi hasn't set foot in Zhaoyang for over a thousand years, which proves that he still feels guilty towards his sister, Hong Linger. The Blood Demon has already become his heart's affliction.
Killing her weighs on his conscience, not killing her means no hope for sainthood. What do you think, how likely is it that Ji Yanzhi will manage to break through?"
Master Fanyin looked up at the sky with a cold smirk, evidently not optimistic about Ji Yanzhi's breakthrough.
The others had varying expressions. Master Yuan Kong, already aware that Leiyin Temple's hopes of taking over Tongling were dashed, looked somewhat displeased.
Whether Ji Yanzhi's breakthrough succeeded or failed should not be of great relevance to him, and, due to the relationship between Confucianism and Buddhism, he also hoped for Ji Yanzhi's failure.
But having seen no opportunity for gain in Tongling and having lost so many men from the Great Luo Sect while revealing Ding Buhai, the hidden player, too soon, it was a significant loss for Leiyin Temple, naturally affecting his mood adversely.
Moxuzi's expression wasn't much better.
Ideally, given the inherent discord between Daoism and Confucianism, he should feel similarly to Master Fanyin, preferring Ji Yanzhi's failure. However, his concerns were not limited to such insignificant gains.
Whether loyalty to the emperor is more important than serving the people, the dispute between the Bailu Academy in Yang and Yan states had already reached its peak. Currently, with Yangzhou slightly losing, if Ji Yanzhi were to make a breakthrough, it would mean the academies of both states had reached the same level of power, inflaming internal conflicts further...
For the Ziqing Holy Sect, Ji Yanzhi's successful breakthrough might actually be more beneficial!
Zhang Yuning and Lian Ningxue both wore expressions of hope, seemingly also wishing for Ji Yanzhi's successful breakthrough.
Perceiving the varying expressions of others, but Hou Yuxiao still couldn't suppress the astonishment in his heart. His mind was filled with the story Maiden Hong had told him before...
"This humble one, Hong Linger, a person from the late Wuzong era, originally the daughter of the Count of Zhaoyang, Hong Zhanpeng, was brought up in luxury and familiarized with musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, painting, and even some weapons.
After chaos broke out in the world, lawlessness prevailed, and a rebel army attacked Zhaoyang, persuading my father to join them. My father, loyal to Great Yu, could not conspire with rebels and led the city's people in resistance. The force of the rebels was overwhelming, needless to say the result.
My parents were killed, and I was captured by them to serve as a camp prostitute, craving death for over three years with no one to call to, much like bitter suffering without light..."
The words Maiden Hong initially told him were indeed true.
This thought flashed through Hou Yuxiao's mind suddenly turning his gaze towards his Fifth Brother, Hou Yuduan, his face immediately darkened...
Fifth Brother Hou Yuduan's face was filled with rage, clenching his fists tightly at his side, his body trembling uncontrollably as his emotions were seemingly on the verge of breaking...
Seeing this, Hou Yuxiao without thinking, walked over to him and patted his shoulder, whispering, "No matter what, hold it in, right now, we don't have the right to speak!"