Chapter 1144 - 1143: The Sovereign Witch
Lin Dong was somewhat taken aback. He truly had not expected that he would actually pass the trial.
Before the start of the assessment, had the keeper of the formation not said that one needed to be a good City Lord?
Yet during his month of acting as the City Lord, he ended up with everyone opposing him, scolding him, and saying he was a tyrant.
Everyone cursed him as a bad City Lord.
How did he pass the test?
Perhaps seeing Lin Dong’s puzzled expression, for once, the keeper of the formation couldn’t help but offer an explanation:
"This final trial actually tests you on two points."
"First, it tests whether you would lose your sense of justice under the influence of flattery, temptation, close associates, and so on when in a position of power. Clearly, you have always qualified."
"Second, it tests whether, in a position of power, you covet reputation and whether you would forsake your true self in order to be seen as a ’good City Lord’ in the eyes of the world."
"If you had spared that very kind person, perhaps you could have won the praise of the whole city, with people lauding you as a ’good City Lord,’ but that so-called ’good City Lord’ would be attained at the sacrifice of your true self and of justice... hence, you would have failed the assessment!"