Down The abyss, By The Lagoon

"That explains why. But what does that mean?" Although he had not found an exact answer, Ning Que did get one step closer to the truth, to what the Abbey Dean was thinking about. It might be a very small step, but indeed helpful.

If they had tried to contemplate with a normal mindset, neither he nor Yu Lian could have reached such a conclusion. Or more precisely, no one would have dared to conclude like that.

If Taoism wanted to weaken, or even ruin Haotian, then it was not just a betrayal. It would be a fundamental overturn of faith, which was neither logical nor reasonable.

Mistress Jian did not know what the Abbey Dean was thinking about. But she understood Ning Que's suffering and bewilderment. Therefore she tried to guide him with these unreasonable words. She was trying to apply Ke Haoran's sword, the most direct way of solving problems.