Wei Xun actually asked such a question.

Logically and emotionally, Jiang Wang had to step forward immediately to clarify the situation, so as not to implicate those who spoke up for him.

And he did indeed have the courage to take responsibility, without the slightest hesitation.

“Just kidding,” Wei Xun said.

He casually took a step forward, arriving in front of the black-armored warrior holding Zhu Biqiong. He glanced at Zhu Biqiong.

“To save this little girl, you’ve gone to such great lengths.”

He looked back at Jiang Wang with his serene eyes: “Do you love her?”

He said softly: “If you’re willing to join the Fishing Sea Pavilion as a son-in-law, this seat can arrange for you to marry her. All previous matters can be written off.”

Hearing this, Zhu Biqiong immediately closed her eyes. She didn’t know how to face this, feeling panicked and helpless, so she escaped in this childish way. Although she was in a bad state, her faintly twitching eyelids revealed that her heart was not at peace.

Who protected her when they first met?

Who avenged her and helped her cut off the head of her enemy?

Who braved mountains to come see her?

Who risked danger to save her?

She had never loved anyone before, and did not know what love was. Her heart was in chaos, so chaotic that she couldn’t distinguish her own feelings. Was it really love? Was it a kind of gratitude? Or a reverence for a hero? Or admiration for a prodigy?

But if she had to give a yes or no answer, she would say, willing.

She closed her eyes, silent, a cowardly willingness.

“Impossible!” Jiang Wuyou hurriedly said: “Jiang Wang is from my Great Qi…”

“Little girl,” Wei Xun interrupted her softly: “Wait until you become the ruler of Qi before questioning me.”

The heroic Jiang Wuyou could only bite her lip, unable to say another word.

Even the Palace Mistress of Hua Ying Palace, even a princess of the Qi Kingdom, was not qualified to interrupt Wei Xun.

People like Yang Feng and Qi Xiao could still satirize Chongguang Zhenren, but after Wei Xun appeared, they didn’t say another word.

A True Lord Realm powerhouse’s physical body is already a body of Dao, and a thought can determine rules.

Wei Xun’s words were the final decision.

Joining the Fishing Sea Pavilion was by no means a bad choice.

But Jiang Wang shook his head.

He shook his head in front of a True Lord Realm cultivator.

Nodding or shaking his head was not because of power or strength, but because of right and wrong, and to convey his true feelings. How many people could do that?

“My relationship with Daoist Zhu Biqiong is merely that of friends,” Jiang Wang said frankly: “If I did make some effort to save her, it was only for the sake of righteousness, not for personal affection. Just like she sent a message to save me, when righteousness is involved, there is no need to consider anything else.”

Whether he had romantic feelings for Zhu Biqiong, he had never thought about it.

Disciples from prestigious families like Xu Xiangqian and Yang Liu could bicker over love, be sentimental, and be heartbroken for love.

Leisurely people like Yan Fu could think about marriage and deliberate on the future.

But he couldn’t.

He carried the blood debt of the entire Fenglin City region on his shoulders, and his heavy heart had no room for romantic love.

Young people do not know the taste of sorrow, and force themselves to express it in new poems… it is actually a kind of happiness!

Zhu Biqiong’s eyelids twitched, and she opened her eyes.

At this moment, she didn’t know how to describe the emotions in her heart, as if it was a vast blank space, empty and desolate.

But with her kind nature, she couldn’t bear to embarrass Jiang Wang. She mustered her strength and said: “Pavilion Lord, please be aware that this disciple… my relationship with Daoist Jiang is pure.”

As soon as she said “disciple,” she realized that she was no longer a disciple of the Fishing Sea Pavilion. This “I” was inevitably sad.

“Then there’s nothing to be done.” Wei Xun shook his head, looking at Jiang Wang with a relaxed tone: “I like young geniuses, but you’re not a young genius of my Fishing Sea Pavilion, so you don’t have enough weight here.”

“Pavilion Lord,” Jiang Wang bowed, speaking with utmost respect: “Even if Jiang Wang cultivates for another hundred years, I may not have enough weight to stand before you. But the reason why Jiang Wang can stand here today, can speak in front of Chongguang Zhenren, is not because Jiang Wang as a person has any weight. It is because of the power of justice and fairness. Only because the Fishing Sea Pavilion respects justice does Jiang Wang have the opportunity to speak, and only because the Fishing Sea Pavilion upholds fairness does Daoist Zhu Biqiong have the opportunity to clear her name.”

“You’re very good at talking.” Wei Xun smiled: “But I don’t want to listen.”

“What is fairness? Hai Zongming avenged his disciple, but didn’t look for Zhu Biqiong, but for you, Jiang Wang, which shows consideration for the affection between fellow disciples. Zhu Biqiong betrayed him and revealed his information to you to save you, which is called biting the hand that feeds you.”

“Bi Zhu is guilty of plotting against a fellow disciple, and Zhu Biqiong is equally guilty.”

Wei Xun calmly defined the matter and looked at Chongguang Zhenren: “Elder Chong, how did you handle Bi Zhu?”

Chongguang Zhenren replied: “Banished to the Misty Realm. She must atone for her sins in the bloodbath of the sea frontier, and only after killing a hundred Sea Clan members of the same realm can she return.”

“Reasonable,” Wei Xun said: “Blood debts must be washed with blood. Spread the word that no one in our sect is allowed to help her in the Misty Realm. Anyone who violates this will be expelled from the sect.”

Bi Zhu almost lost her footing.

Wei Xun’s order was clearly aimed at the Fourth Elder, Gu Huaixin, behind her. It was a warning to Gu Huaixin.

Not allowing anyone to help her in the Misty Realm meant that the possibility of her dying in the Misty Realm was so great that it was impossible to face directly, almost equivalent to sending her to her death.

To kill a hundred Sea Clan members of the same realm, there must be more than a hundred battles. Because some opponents only know that they can’t win after fighting, and some opponents only know that they can’t catch up after chasing.

More than a hundred bloody battles, as long as she miscalculates once, she will be stuck in the sea frontier forever. The dangerous situation she faces is itself undermining Gu Huaixin’s prestige.

But Wei Xun’s decision was one she didn’t even dare to resist, and could only accept.

At this time, Wei Xun said again: “Zhu Biqiong will be punished in the same way.”

If banishing Granny Bi Zhu to the Misty Realm was already a slim chance of survival, then Zhu Biqiong was going to die completely. Not to mention her current state of being on the verge of death, even in her prime, there was no possibility of survival in the Misty Realm.

It is no exaggeration to say that one must not go to sea without becoming an Outer Building cultivator.

“Pavilion Lord!” Jiang Wang said anxiously: “How can Zhu Biqiong be guilty of the same crime? She was just anxious about her friend’s safety and was misled. I have already presented evidence…”

“You have your reasons,” Wei Xun said indifferently, looking at him: “Unfortunately, your sword is not enough to uphold your reasons. Young man, you must know how to advance and retreat.”

These words seemed not severe, but they were already the most severe.

Jiang Wang closed his mouth.

On the territory of the Fishing Sea Pavilion, facing the True Lord Realm powerhouse of the Fishing Sea Pavilion, the terrible pressure was beyond words.

Since Wei Xun spoke, unless he asked, there was no other sound on the entire Tianya Terrace!

No matter how prominent the origin, no matter how terrible the background. To a True Lord Realm cultivator, it was not worth mentioning.

Standing at the pinnacle of transcendence, everything in the world is insignificant.

Only a True Lord Realm cultivator can restrain a True Lord Realm cultivator.

But, had he failed just like that?

Had he planned for so long, done so much, put in so much effort, and had so many people helping him, only to still fail?

Was Zhu Biqiong still going to face that most desperate ending?

A huge sense of powerlessness eroded Jiang Wang’s heart.

He had already done everything he could do, and his friends had all done their best to help him.

But this challenge was like a clueless ant trying to shake a big tree. It killed itself, but did not change any result.

Perhaps the only change was to turn Zhu Biqiong from dying at the sea sacrifice into dying in the Misty Realm.

What kind of change is that? Jiang Wang asked in his heart.

“However, I can give you another chance,” Wei Xun suddenly said.