Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 388: Chapter 278: With Six Generations of Accumulation, The First Battle Against Golden Core_3

The next second, not far away on the mountain peak, a figure flashed and Jiao Zuo appeared between Zhao Sheng and Ji Jiuxi in the air, a look of distress on his face.

“Taoist Jiao, are you intervening now with the intention of two against one?” Zhao Sheng glanced at Jiao Zuo, asking expressionlessly while the Bright Sun Mirror within him began to stir, and the Starfall Sword before him emitted stronger sword light and a low hum.

Seeing Jiao Zuo suddenly step in, Ji Jiuxi, though silent for the moment, also showed a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

“Haha, Master Zhao has misunderstood! I am merely trying to persuade you both to turn the fight into friendship due to your admirable skills in battle,” Jiao Zuo said with an awkward rub of his hands, performing a cupped-hand salute toward Zhao Sheng.

As he spoke, he summoned back the Spirit Fire Gourd, and seeing a tiny hole burned through its surface, he was shocked and tremendously distressed.

Jiao Zuo looked with envy at the sun behind Zhao Sheng.

As a master of the Fire Element, how could he not recognize the Golden Crow True Fire, known as the “Emperor of Ten Thousand Flames”?

He had never imagined that his fellow cultivator, Zhao Sheng, not only had a divine mastery of the Sword Dao but was also a master of Fire Technique and might have even advanced to Golden Core through the Fire Element rather than through Body Refining Golden Core, as he had assumed.

“This man is unfathomable; he must not be made an enemy of.”

With that thought, Jiao Zuo’s smile grew more sincere, and he presented an even lower posture.

“Jiao Zuo, if the two of us join forces, are you worried we won’t be able to handle him? Why would you instead seek reconciliation with him?” Ji Jiuxi was somewhat angry and questioned sharply, with a trace of fierceness in his eyes.

“Young Master, don’t be impatient. I have my reasons for saying this. As they say, it is better to resolve enmity than to perpetuate it. Both of you are outstanding figures in the world, so why should you fight to the death over something as trivial as Lanzhao Valley?” Jiao Zuo glanced at Ji Jiuxi with a meaningful look and asked unhurriedly, turning his gaze back to Zhao Sheng.

“Young Master, your recent actions have already repaid your debt of gratitude. To continue to trouble Master Zhao now would be more loss than gain.”

“In my view, it would be better for us to make peace. Master Zhao, what do you think?”

Upon hearing these words, Zhao Sheng understood and certainly had no desire to make an enemy of Ji Jiuxi for no reason.

Thus, his expression relaxed, and he simply replied, “With Taoist Jiao mediating, I am willing to let bygones be bygones with Ji Daoist.”

Ji Jiuxi huffed coldly and silently summoned back the Ice Soul Pearl, returning it to his Dantian to nourish.

Truth be told, he had already become somewhat apprehensive, developing a fear of Zhao Sheng’s relentless and unpredictable techniques.

He faintly sensed that his opponent had not yet exerted his true strength, as if he had been holding back the entire time.

Ji Jiuxi trusted his instinct, so he took the opportunity to graciously cease the fight and make peace.

“After all, there are plenty of opportunities to establish authority on Fushan Island. Why provoke a powerful enemy needlessly?” Ji Jiuxi comforted himself internally yet his face remained sullen; he emphasized with feigned restraint:

“Ji is not a person who would press others unduly. In the Shattered Star Sea, the strong have always been revered since ancient times. It is but destiny that the Fang Family has declined and cannot protect the foundation of Lanzhao Valley. My full-strength attack was still no match for Taoist Zhao. This shows that the Fang Family has run out of luck, and it is natural for Lanzhao Valley to fall into the hands of the stronger.”

“Not at all, not at all! It is Ji Daoist who is truly powerful, while I was barely managing to respond and hang on earlier. Given more time, I would surely be defeated by Daoist,” Zhao Sheng replied.

The so-called “everyone lifts the sedan chair together.”

Since Ji Jiuxi had made a conciliatory gesture, Zhao Sheng naturally did not skimp on polite and modest words.

Adding to that Jiao Zuo’s firm intention to make peace.

In just a short while, Zhao Sheng and Ji Jiuxi were laughing and chatting like old friends, with the fierce battle that had just taken place seemingly never having occurred.

In the eyes of the mainstream forces in the Cultivation World, fighting and killing might be the quickest way to resolve a problem, but it is never their first choice; human relations and worldly wisdom are what they prioritize.