Jin Guanyun furrowed his brows and said, "To be honest, at first, I speculated that Sword One’s fall into demonhood was deliberate by Sword King City. After all, I heard that Sword One cultivated the most orthodox Daoist Cultivation Technique, the Yellow Court Scripture. Even if Sword Dao fell into demonhood, it could still recover somewhat, at most becoming half-human, half-demon.

So, I suspected that Wei Wuya was merely going along with it. Seeing Sword One had already become a demon, he simply helped stabilize his foundation,

and Wei Wuya’s initial actions also matched my predictions. When Qianyu Sect besieged Sword One, he pulled his punches quite a bit. Yet, the subsequent development truly surprised me. I originally thought they would suppress Sword One, but instead, Sword One managed to escape!"

Li Tianhai nodded slightly and said, "That’s also what I couldn’t figure out. For the past half-day, I’ve been pondering the reasons and finally arrived at a most unlikely yet explanatory reason."

"What?" Jin Guanyun inquired.

Li Tianhai slowly said, "Old bastard Wei Wuya miscalculated. He might have been pulling his punches initially, but later on, he underestimated Sword One’s strength and was caught off guard and injured. His injury might not be fake; he truly got hurt!"

Jin Guanyun slowly said, "That makes sense now. The subsequent rain was also to cover up the truth of Sword One being rescued. Wei Wuya, that old bastard, has always been engaged in such deceitful tactics all his life."

Li Tianhai thought for a moment, then said, "What if, just what if, this rain was not orchestrated by Sword King City, and Sword One was rescued by someone else?"

Jin Guanyun raised an eyebrow, "If it really was someone else who rescued him, I’d laugh myself awake. Wei Wuya, that old bastard, always up to no good, with malicious intent...yet this possibility is slim. In today’s Canglan City, besides Sword King City, who else has the ability to rescue Sword One?"

Li Tianhai nodded, "Neither of our factions intervened, Qianyu Sect is busy with their troubles, and Beidou Bang...well, there’s no point in mentioning them. Now that Mo Jingzhou is dying, the large Beidou Bang is reliant on a novice, and they wouldn’t dare to risk the world’s anger for this."

Jin Guanyun chuckled and said, "However, today in Yunxi, the entire Martial World seems to be performing to uplift the name of that kid, Sword One. Though on the surface, the factions seem to be pursuing him, in reality, apart from Qianyu Sect, it’s all just for show."

Li Tianhai lightly laughed, "It’s likely that Sword One will directly acquire the title of Yunzhou’s number one Grandmaster."

"Indeed, with Mo Jingzhou’s death, the first place should return to Wei Wuya. But now, he’s severely injured by Sword One with two strikes, even under such a massive siege. The first place is well-deserved!" Jin Guanyun laughed.

Li Tianhai laughed, "Wei Wuya’s leniency released Yunzhou’s number one expert!"

...

In Great Desert City, the heavy rain continued to wash everything away.

In the Beidou Bang’s headquarters,

Mo Jingzhou draped in a long robe stood quietly under the eaves, Xiao Chen standing beside him for support.

Mo Jingzhou lightly coughed twice and said, "This rain came at quite a timing!"

Xiao Chen puzzled, "Why do you say that, big brother?"

Mo Jingzhou chuckled slightly, not explaining, but instead asked, "By the way, has Gu Zhan returned?"

"No," Xiao Chen chuckled, "Big brother, you wouldn’t know, Brother Gu Zhan, hey, he’s domineering! Today he went to Qianyu Sect and killed two of their Grandmasters right in front of everyone. Lian Nanfeng didn’t dare even to let out a fart. Big brother, with Gu Zhan, you can rest assured about Beidou Bang!"

Mo Jingzhou smiled and said, "In the past, I would indeed be worried. But in today’s world, what’s needed is someone like him. I can indeed peacefully close my eyes. If he can’t defend Beidou Bang, then it’s fate for Beidou Bang to end!"

Xiao Chen was silent for a while, then said, "Indeed, if he can’t hold it, then who else can?"

At this moment,

a guard entered the courtyard, saluting, "Gang Leader, Protector, the Palm Seal has returned."

"Invite him over," said Mo Jingzhou.

Soon,

Gu Zhan arrived at Mo Jingzhou’s courtyard.

Mo Jingzhou led Gu Zhan into the room, looked at Xiao Chen, and said, "Second brother, go guard outside. Let no one come near."

Xiao Chen scratched his head, laughed as he exited, and conveniently closed the door.

Inside the room,

Mo Jingzhou poured Gu Zhan a cup of hot tea, "You’re back late because you went to save Sword One and Nangong Weiyang, right?"

Gu Zhan was surprised, "Why would you say that?"

Mo Jingzhou chuckled, "I just received the news that Sword One and Nangong Weiyang were rescued. I thought it over carefully; in today’s Great Desert City, the only forces daring to risk everything to save them are two: Sword King City and you. Beidou Bang doesn’t dare save them, but you certainly would."

"You think that highly of me?" Gu Zhan laughed.

Mo Jingzhou chuckled, "Spending time with you, you always remind me of someone."

"Who?" Gu Zhan asked.

"Yang Yuzhi," Mo Jingzhou said, "You two are very similar, both fearlessly audacious individuals, though you take different paths. He would scheme against anyone under heaven, while you would confront anyone under heaven.

Sometimes I wonder, had you been born thirty years earlier or Yang Yuzhi thirty years later, if the two of you met, you’d probably turn the world upside down with your unbelievable feats."

Gu Zhan softly said, "So, you reckoned it was me who saved Nangong Weiyang and Sword One just based on that?"