Truth Exposed, Empresses Beg for Forgiveness-Chapter 96: Going Too Far Is as Bad as Falling Short! No Flaws, Yet Too Perfect—Like Flowers in the Mirror, Like the Moon in Water! A Heart Like Blazing Fire!
The young Luo Xuan spoke.
The entire Celestial Emperor Palace was in uproar!
"This... is this really the case?!"
"No wonder, the Celestial Emperor’s eyes widened the moment he saw this Sword Manual in the Sword Spirit Library Pavilion, and his hand trembled unconsciously. He had already thought of it at that moment!"
"The ancient Sword Spirit Race’s Sword Manual, cultivation of power but not of heart... Indeed, back when the Celestial Emperor was taught by Jian Ling’er, he first practiced the Sword Dao technique of the Sword Spirit Race and then dispersed it on his own, saying those words."
"I thought it was just empty talk at the time, but little did I know that he remembered in his heart and used it to deduce the anomaly of Jian Kuanglan!"
"Was the young Celestial Emperor’s mind already this meticulous? The adult Celestial Emperor in the future... did we really imprison the Celestial Emperor in the Reincarnation Mirror?!"
Countless cultivators above the Quasi-Emperor Realm fell silent at this moment.
The young Celestial Emperor finished speaking.
They finally understood why the young Celestial Emperor had such a reaction before.
The Sword Manual of the Sword Spirit Race, cultivation of power but not of heart.
This was what the young Celestial Emperor had said when he first encountered the Sword Dao Cultivation Technique of the Sword Spirit Race.
And there was indeed a great secret within!
Jian Kuanglan, as the Sword Master, the more solid the foundation, the deeper the influence of the Sword Manual.
How could he really be the gentleman he always pretended to be!
If not for the young Celestial Emperor’s words just now.
Many would not have realized that there were clues to everything all along.
They hadn’t realized before that within the Sword Spirit Race, Jian Kuanglan’s behavior had long shown many anomalies!
Yet, the Celestial Emperor’s mind was meticulous enough to connect all these clues, forming an invisible web.
Such a degree of meticulousness was truly frightening!
And this was only the young Celestial Emperor!
Through the ages, how far would the Celestial Emperor’s meticulousness grow?
Did their rebellion against the Celestial Emperor, their action to suppress him... truly succeed?!
The entire Righteous Alliance’s morale noticeably wavered at this moment.
And Wang Teng felt immensely troubled.
Could this truly be the charm of that man?
Even the experiences and actions of the young Celestial Emperor could shake the morale of the entire Righteous Alliance!
"Celestial Emperor!!"
Wang Teng felt deeply unwilling.
He absolutely did not want to admit, nor would he ever admit all of this!!
"Do not overthink it, everyone. The Celestial Emperor has been sealed in the Reincarnation Mirror; this is an indisputable fact.
After seven days pass, the Celestial Emperor will be completely refined, his existence erased.
Then the Celestial Emperor, that great demon, will no longer exist in this world!"
Wang Teng spoke with certainty.
And the cultivators, looking at the majestic Ancient Artifact Reincarnation Mirror, felt somewhat reassured.
Yet they were still not completely at ease.
The time flow inside the Reincarnation Mirror was distinct from the outside world’s time flow.
Like the years the young Celestial Emperor spent cultivating in the woods with Xiao Lixing were but a fleeting moment outside the Reincarnation Mirror.
Although it seemed ages had passed, it actually didn’t take long.
Many felt that these seven days weren’t a torture for the Celestial Emperor but for themselves!
As long as the Celestial Emperor wasn’t completely refined, they dared not relax for even a moment!
Wang Teng barely maintained morale.
Apart from the cultivators genuinely afraid of the Celestial Emperor,
some in the Celestial Emperor Palace had long grown to admire the Celestial Emperor.
"So that’s why!"
Even Sword Emperor Jian Wuming sighed inwardly.
The young Luo Xuan’s words completely resolved his confusion.
He could naturally see that the ancient Sword Spirit Race’s Sword Manual, the ancient Sword Dao Cultivation Technique of the Sword Spirit Race, surely had significant issues.
But even knowing this,
even seeing Jian Kuanglan leave the Sword Dao Grand Competition’s platform seemingly not as pleased,
he still hadn’t connected the two thoughts.
To think the young Celestial Emperor’s mind was so meticulous, linking it all together.
Leaving Jian Wuming feeling inferior.
A genuine admiration arose.
"Such a young man with bold brilliance, such a pure Sword Heart of the young Celestial Emperor.
In the future, would he really commit acts of an apocalypse?"
Sword Emperor Jian Wuming’s heart was already shaken time and again.
Jian Lingxin stood holding her sword in thought.
Her fair hand tightened unconsciously at this moment.
...
In the scene shown by the Reincarnation Mirror, Jian Kuanglan was also momentarily stunned.
Even Jian Ling’er was taken aback.
She hadn’t expected that the Sword Dao Cultivation Technique of the Sword Spirit Race she handed to the young Luo Xuan.
That even though the young Luo Xuan no longer practiced it, even though he had discarded the Sword Dao Cultivation obtained from the Sword Spirit Race Sword Manual,
he could still deduce the issues Jian Kuanglan had.
"Wood is truly... incredible."
Jian Ling’er felt genuine admiration.
And after Jian Kuanglan’s shock, he also regained his composure.
"Sword Manual, Sword Manual, the most fundamental Sword Manual of the Sword Spirit Race...
Who could have foreseen that a thousand-mile great wall would nearly collapse because of this ant hole!"
Jian Kuanglan was no longer able to deny anything.
What the young Luo Xuan said was simply the truth!
At this moment, the young Luo Xuan spoke his final words.
"Actually, your disguise was very perfect, but unfortunately, you overlooked one thing."
"What?"
Jian Kuanglan looked over instinctively.
He heard the young Luo Xuan say,
"Your disguise was too perfect. It’s flawless, yet is too great, like a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water.
Furthermore, you practiced the Sword Spirit Race’s Sword Manual that cultivates power without cultivating heart; how could there be someone as flawless as you?
The sage regards water as the highest virtue, which benefits all things without conflict.
But your disposition might not be like water; rather, your heart might be like raging fire!"
Upon hearing this, Jian Kuanglan burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, excess is worse than deficiency!
So that’s how it is, hahaha, that’s how it is!
Who would have thought, truly unimaginable!"
At this moment, he finally understood everything.
The young Luo Xuan gazed calmly at him.
"I never expected that the renowned Sword Master of the Eastern Sword Domain, famed by Ling’er, was actually a hypocrite."
Jian Kuanglan stopped laughing.
He looked at the young Luo Xuan, then smiled faintly again.
"Hypocrite? If a hypocrite never gets exposed throughout life, he becomes a true gentleman.
Whereas a true gentleman living with integrity all his life, committing even a single act of villainy, will be regarded as a villain. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Even if a true gentleman never commits a villainous act, if misunderstood by the ignorant public, he will be seen as a villain, and even as an apocalyptic demon.
Who can truly say who is a true gentleman or a hypocrite?"
