Chapter 894 – Give Up or Surrender? (2/2)
Commonness brought to great heights was not guaranteed to become great elegance. On many occasions, it was impossible to do so. If one accomplished this feat, that could only mean one thing: the Great Dao was not far.
As she gazed at these green leaves and red flower, Xu Yourong had a rather mixed expression.
After a while, she dispelled all other emotions, leaving only indifference and serenity.
This was what it truly meant to be firm and unwavering.
But she couldn't help but feel somewhat regretful.
She faintly smiled. ”Alas, it is truly a pity to not be able to fully bloom.”
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The ceremony for closing the temple was not held at Holy Maiden Peak, but on a plateau ten-some li away.
When Qiushan Jun was eating roast fish, when Xu Yourong was appreciating the flower and comprehending the Dao, Chen Changsheng was confronting a most perilous trial.
Everyone now believed that Zhizhi had killed Bie Tianxin. He naturally knew that this wasn't the case, but he had no evidence, and couldn't even have Zhizhi appear to give evidence. Thus, many people thought that he was showing a guilty conscience, practically proof that he was the true instigator of that assassination on the river.
The disciples of South Stream Temple had formed the sword array and stood guard in front of him. There were presumably still some people willing to support him, like Gou Hanshi and the disciples of the Mount Li Sword Sect or Scholartree Manor, but compared to the Imperial Court represented by the Prince of Xiang and those sects that followed the Imperial Court's orders, they were far too few in number. Crucially, his opponents this time were Bie Yanghong and Wuqiong Bi, two experts of the Divine Domain. Moreover, this pair were so stricken with sorrow by the death of their son that they simply didn't care about his status.
Just how could Chen Changsheng resolve this situation? Did he really have to depend on South Stream Temple's sword array to guard him while he availed himself of the chaos to escape? It had to be said that no matter how powerful the sword array was, it could not resist the simultaneous strikes of experts like these for too long, especially given the number of opponents today.
Everyone wanted to know what he would choose, their minds continuously guessing.
But his choice still caught everyone by surprise.
Chen Changsheng looked at Bie Yanghong and said, ”I understand that all evidence points to me and Zhusha, but I myself naturally know that this matter was not her doing, much less on my order. However, I am willing to depart with Sir, and until this matter is investigated fully, I will remain with you.”
This choice was so shocking that many people couldn't speak.
Following was not some simple action but meant that he was giving up and putting his life completely in Bie Yanghong's hands.
To the Pope, this was naturally an enormous humiliation. And more importantly, what if Bie Yanghong simply killed him?
The archbishop from the southern church, his expression instantly changing, said in a trembling voice, ”Your Holiness, this cannot be allowed.”
Ping Xuan and the other South Stream Temple disciples were also shocked, wondering, just how is this okay? Hu Thirty-Two also showed his displeasure. As an archbishop, he could not possibly allow the safety of the Pope to be put in the hands of another. Tang Thirty-Six and Gou Hanshi, however, remained silent and pensive.
Of the people present, Tang Thirty-Six and Gou Hanshi were the ones that understood Chen Changsheng the most.
They knew that Chen Changsheng would never have Holy Maiden Peak run with rivers of blood today and cause countless deaths just for his own safety. Thus, if he wanted to resolve this matter, this was the only way. It was just that nobody knew if choosing to entrust himself to Bie Yanghong was a successfully taken risk or a foolish gamble.
Bie Yanghong had a very composed personality and a noble character, but he was still a father. Might not the grief from the death of his son cause him to do something crazy?