Qing Ding continued speaking.
Tai Yu heard this and felt it made perfect sense.
If the Da Lan Dynasty had already grasped how to use this Taoism, they could have just given it to their own people; there was no need to leave it lying around.
As for whether the Taoism of [Forget River] really existed, Tai Yu also believed Qing Ding would not deceive him.
A piece of Taoism—this was far better than the Emperor's promises, it was solid, tangible profit!
Even if he wasn't sure how to use this Taoism to achieve a Breakthrough and stand on the Summit, he didn't need to think about it to know that having Taoism first and then attempting a Breakthrough would certainly be easier than breaking through without it!
The only question was whether Tai Yu was willing to believe that after this battle, Li Fei would really hand over [Forget River] to the Daluo Sect, and would really try to obtain the related secret technique?
Compared to the Emperor's promise, was Li Fei's promise worth trusting?
Within his Heart and Spirit, Tai Yu and Qing Ding stood facing each other.
Qing Ding manifested his true body in Tai Yu's Heart and Spirit World, but he no longer possessed the bearing of the once number-one Alchemist under Heaven. His brows were filled only with exhaustion.
"Li Fei also said in the end that he only needs you to make a move to help stabilize the situation. He still has a trump card that can turn the tables!"
Qing Ding said.
"He still has a trump card?"
Tai Yu looked at Qing Ding. "You actually already made your choice, didn't you?"
If Qing Ding leaned more toward helping the Buddhist side kill Li Fei so that the world would be split into three in the future, then when Li Fei contacted him through the subconscious, he simply wouldn't have needed to respond.
After all, Li Fei currently posed no threat to his life; he could have completely kept the matter of the [Forget River] Taoism from Tai Yu.
But he chose to tell the truth. Although he did not add any attitude or persuasion of his own, he had in fact already expressed his stance.
"Martial Uncle..."
Qing Ding opened his mouth.
He was quite a bit younger than Tai Yu, yet in the Heart and Spirit World, standing before Tai Yu, he seed more like an old man.
"It's fine. Tell what you think."
Tai Yu looked at him calmly.
Qing Ding pressed his lips together, hesitated for a mont, then slowly spoke:
"Martial Uncle, I only hope that the disciples of the Daluo Sect can have a peaceful future."
These words caused a slight ripple in Tai Yu's otherwise calm Heart and Spirit.
He had seen the once high-spirited Qing Ding. The latter, like Qing Xu, had great ambitions and boundless desire.
Back then, the reason Qing Ding chose to cooperate with Qing Xu, to help him in refining the False Pill and steal the Emperor's Dragon Qi, was because, like Qing Xu, he also wished to establish an Earthly Taoist Country, wished to personally witness Qing Xu True Monarch break through On the Summit and see the Taoist sects unmatched under Heaven!
Yet now, Qing Ding was telling Tai Yu that he only hoped the disciples of the Daluo Sect could live safely and peacefully in the future.
Without having lived Qing Ding's life, it was hard to understand his change in Heart Realm.
From the once-promising number-one Alchemist under Heaven, he had beco a wisp of remnant soul, clinging to life.
Qing Ding had personally witnessed Qing Xu's failure, seen many close fellow sect mbers die in that upheaval, watched the Daluo Sect fall from the glory of being the Taoist leader of the world to the desolation of locking its mountain gates.
These experiences had changed Qing Ding's state of mind.
These years he had stayed at Li Fei's side, doing his utmost to play his part, only to preserve a bit of karmic favor for the Daluo Sect.
Because he felt guilty toward his fellow sect mbers in the Daluo Sect. He believed that it was the bitter fruit he and Qing Xu had sown from the very beginning that led to the Daluo Sect's upheaval and the deaths of so many.
So now, when the Daluo Sect once again faced a choice, Qing Ding made a decision completely opposite to the past—
This ti, he chose stability instead of risk.
"I understand..."
Tai Yu looked at the Qing Ding before him, who bore an old man's face, and murmured.
The world split into three, three powers in a tripod stance—this was indeed a future full of possibilities.
But at the sa ti, it also ant that war would not end. For the next decades, even hundreds of years, the Daluo Sect would always have to be ready for battle!
Because what is long divided must unite; whether it was the Buddhist side or the Da Lan Dynasty, none of them would be willing to stop there.
Just now Profound Heart True Monarch had told Tai Yu that Qing Xu's failure to establish an Earthly Taoist Country did not an that they could not do it.
In this Master of the Upper Pure Sect, Tai Yu saw an ambition no less than Qing Xu's!
Yet the success of one great general is built upon the withered bones of countless n.
Back then, Qing Xu had perford a Blood Sacrifice on hundreds of thousands of commoners in Ming Province!
If Tai Yu walked down this path together with Profound Heart True Monarch, in the future would he also need to blood sacrifice hundreds of thousands, even more commoners?
All these years, although the Daluo Sect had kept its mountain sealed, Tai Yu had secretly used the sect's resources to compensate the families of those victims in Ming Province.
But many people had been sacrificed with their entire families; Tai Yu couldn't even find anyone to compensate. He could only stay on the mountain with guilt, not daring to go down...
The exchange in the Heart and Spirit World ended quickly.
Everyone saw Tai Yu fall silent in midair for a mont, then he moved—
He stepped forward and entered the Qiankun Inverted Five Elents Array.
Profound Heart True Monarch did not stop him and allowed him to approach the main battlefield.
But when he was about to reach the area where the River Guardian Heavenly King and Li Fei were fighting, a mass of five-colored divine radiance blocked his way.
"Dao Brother, kill Ning Qingman first!"
Profound Heart True Monarch suddenly sent a Transmission. "Since we've decided to kill Li Fei, if Ning Qingman is not eliminated, she will surely beco a dire threat in the future."
He still did not understand Tai Yu's true thoughts. Before the other side made a complete declaration of stance, he did not dare let Tai Yu casually join the most crucial battle.
So he wanted Tai Yu to kill Ning Qingman first, to show his attitude.
Tai Yu glanced at Ning Qingman, her green robes stained with blood, then turned his head and threw a punch, shattering the five-colored divine radiance blocking his path with a single blow!
"Tai Yu?!"
Whoosh—
A great sun swept across the sky, smashing through the distorted air and frenzied Primordial Qi, ramming into that enormous Buddha's Palm in the air!
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