Before coming here, Jian Dan had actually made some guesses. The Immortal Emperor wanted to see her for nothing more than the matter of the ghouls in the Sword Sect, or perhaps because of what she had previously chatted about with Beiming Zhi regarding the Immortal Emperor's inability to ascend and become a god. Moreover, upon seeing that it was Xu Kuangshi who had come to invite her, she leaned even more toward the second possibility. Now that the Immortal Emperor was asking such a question, she really needed to think carefully about how to phrase her response so as not to offend anyone while still satisfying the Immortal Emperor of the Sword Sect. Fortunately, those words back then had not been spoken directly by her to Xu Kuangshi, but had been relayed by Beiming Zhi. Since they were relayed, having a word or two of deviation was only natural.
On the fighting platform, Beiming Zhi suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if someone was staring right at him. Being a fraction of a breath slow, he was instantly hemmed in and surrounded by his opponent's sword domain. Cursing inwardly, he flicked the folding fan in his hand, sweeping out a vast wave of frost and mist to dissolve the dense barrage of sword shadows closing in on him.
Here, Jian Dan deliberated for a moment before speaking with a faint smile:
"Immortal Emperor of the Sword, what I said that day was merely casual banter with Young Master Beiming—just some shallow personal views of mine. At the time, I did not un…
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