"If only he hadn’t been so staunch..."
...
Mo Hua and his group returned to the sect without incident.
The next day, Mo Hua acted as if nothing had happened, attending cultivation classes as usual.
Xun Ziyou quietly observed Mo Hua, noting his calm demeanor, as though last night had never occurred...
He hadn’t killed the Second-Grade Middle Stage Pig Monster.
He hadn’t been robbed by Sever Gold Sect.
And he especially hadn’t turned the tables, robbing Sever Gold Sect, crippling their Foundation Establishment Late Stage Senior Brother, stripping him, hanging him on a tree, and drawing a turtle...
Xun Ziyou felt a tinge of helplessness.
This boy’s audacity was boundless.
Indeed, if he had truly slaughtered those Sever Gold Sect disciples last night, he’d probably still show up today with a composed face.
With such resolve, he was destined for greatness.
It was merely uncertain whether the great deeds he pursued, straddling the line between righteousness and darkness, would be virtuous or villainous.
Xun Ziyou shook his head.
Turning away, he walked toward the Elder’s Residence to pay a visit to Elder Master Xun.
After all, he needed to report what he’d seen and heard.
Yet upon entering the Elder’s Residence, Xun Ziyou was surprised to find Elder Master Xun standing frozen in place, holding a jade slip.
Elder Master Xun looked as though he’d discovered something monumental. His face was pale with shock, and his trembling hand gripped the jade slip tightly.
Xun Ziyou had rarely seen the ancestor display such an expression.
The elder had lived countless years, his temperament stern and reserved, rarely revealing joy or anger on his face; he was almost never this visibly shaken.
Something significant must have transpired...
Not daring to intrude, Xun Ziyou stood at the door like a block of wood.
Meanwhile inside, Elder Master Xun stared at the jade slip, his heart churning like waves in a storm.
A disciple sent to investigate Mo Hua’s history had returned today and just delivered this jade slip.
What was recorded within was deeply shocking:
Tongxian City. Mo Hua.
Rumored to have, while still in Qi Refinement, spearheaded the creation of the First-Grade Five Elements Demon Slaying Array to crush the Big Demon Feng Xi, rescuing an entire city of cultivators.
Afterward, this array collapsed, and Mo Hua perished alongside the Big Demon Feng Xi.