Bab 279: An Enigmatic Question

Jing Jiu had known about this matter for many years, and he had also talked to them about it, and so he was not in a bad mood right now, because it would be many years from now before that day finally came.

Zhao Layue walked to his side, looking at the highest peak amid the distant ocean of clouds. "How much time is left approximately?" she asked in a low voice.

"One hundred years," said Jing Jiu.

Zhao Layue knew what he meant. She calculated Guo Nanshan's age and discovered there were merely a few decades left.

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A few days later, the Elder Yue Qianmen of the Center Sect led the accompanying disciples returning to the Cloud-Dream Mountain via the Cloudy Boat after he and Fang Jingtian, the peak master of Xilai, had settled the relevant affairs.

In what was a surprise to the disciples of Green Mountain, Jing Jiu didn't go with them, and Bai Zao didn't stay behind.