Chapter 272: A Slap
Li Yunxin watched him disappear down the steps before turning around. Seeing Old Daoist Liu look somewhat confused, he asked: "Did you just let him go?"
"Hmm?"
"Aren't there still—"
"Oh. You mean Shan-ji and Sheriff." Li Yunxin thought for a moment. "We can't solve that this time."
He turned and walked back into the main hall, sighing softly: "That's enough already. We kept that treasure."
He pointed to the Mist Locking the Toad Palace artifact, which was still suspended in the hall, and said: "It's not just this artifact, but also the previous events. Scheming against Lingkongzi, killing Yue Yunzi. Although all these things were unavoidable, the Daoist Orthodoxy won't talk about right and wrong. I'm the one who killed and crippled their people. They also want the Lucid Jade Slip, and it's in my hands. There's no sense of reason to discuss here. They are strong, so they want to take it."
"But now that Kun Wuzi has returned, these matters can be temporarily put aside. Consider it... each side giving ground. I know some of the Daoist Orthodoxy's secrets, and they have our people in their hands. They serve as mutual bargaining chips, an exchange condition that both sides tacitly agree upon."
"They won't concede on this condition, so it's better not to mention it. But as long as we have some value and deterrence outside of the Daoist Orthodoxy, to a certain extent, those two won't fare badly in Cloud Mountain." Li Yunxin pondered for a while longer. "Because I've exposed another, even more terrifying enemy to the Daoist Orthodoxy and the Sword Sect: the Mutual Aid Society. The Demons are an external enemy to them, but the Mutual Aid Society has been lurking internally for who knows how long. However... there will be an opportunity. They are my people, and I won't just stand by and watch."
Old Daoist Liu thought for a moment, then sighed: "You have a point. I just wonder how those two children are doing now."