Chapter 1154: Flee
Only when a crisis arose would one finally realize how hard it was to choose death. After all, not everyone had the courage to die.
Zheng Jiaohe was dead, and so was Sun Jiaofeng.
But there were also those who did not die, like Wang Jiaoyan and her husband Lin Tianhe.
Both harbored a strong hope of slipping through the cracks, so they chose to cling to life.
In truth, although they were married, there was little affection left between them except for shared interests. Most of the time, each lived their own life. She even kept a young lover, while he kept his mistress. Neither interfered with the other.
Thus, except for formal occasions or holidays, the two were seldom seen in the same place and lived in separate residences.
Due to this, Zhang Yuelu and Yao Pei had to split into two teams.
Yao Pei was in charge of apprehending Lin Tianhe. By all logic, this should have been relatively easy. The Shibo Hall had no combat force, and Lin Tianhe’s cultivation was mediocre. Resistance was essentially impossible.
More importantly, the Daoist Order was still at its peak, so the Golden Tower Council’s authority was still strong. Thus, once the political winds shifted, even before things reached the final stage, everyone not too deeply tied to the case began to distance themselves, change allegiances, or even turn against their former masters.
By the time the Fengxian Hall officers arrived, no one would still obey Lin Tianhe’s orders. He was left completely alone.
Naturally, Wang Jiaohe was an exception. Strictly speaking, he was part of the Golden Tower Council. Whenever people referred to the Golden Tower Council’s authority, he was also included.
From this, one could see how formidable an Omniscient Sage truly was. Wang Jiaohe was merely one of 36 such figures, not even among the strongest of them. He was far inferior to Sage Donghua, Sage Qingwei, and Sage Cihang. Yet even bringing him down was so difficult. In a sense, each Omniscient Sage was like a regional warlord.