Unsheathed

In the tall building in Pond Water City.

On this night, Cui Chan had already received three flying sword letters in a row, yet all of them had been left untouched thus far.

Cui Dongshan was slowly walking along the edge of the golden lightning field with his hands clasped behind his back as he mused, "What is the meaning behind what Zhong Kui has just written? And what exactly has Ruan Xiu seen?"

"Who do you take me for, the Dao Ancestor?" Cui Chan harrumphed in a disgruntled manner. "In order to glean the answers to such questions, a huge amount of information is required for reference. Surely you're aware of that."

"What a boring answer!" Cui Dongshan scoffed. "I was just trying to find something to talk about; you don't have to be so uptight!"

Right at this moment, Cui Chan received another flying sword letter. Just like the three previous flying swords, they hadn't flown over the territory of the Bamboo Scroll Lake to get here. Instead, a spring would appear in the building, following which a flying sword would come flying out amid the sound of flowing spring water, and after that, the spring would fade away.

This was one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Great Li Empire's military, and it was the culmination of a vast amount of time and effort expended by the Great Li Empire's Mohist cultivators, coupled with the investment of an astonishing amount of immortal currency.

Once again, Cui Chan left the letter untouched as he said, "The sages of the Confucian academies that preside over entire continents must possess the wisdom to see humans as the foundation of all things and disregard all ghosts and spirits in the process. After that, they have to think about the world and certain things outside of humans.

“This goes beyond the wisdom of a noble scholar. A noble scholar only has to consider things in a nationwide, or perhaps continentwide context. Hence, people form the foundation of a noble scholar's standing. This circle that Chen Ping'an has created disregards all principles and solely assesses the heart of man.

“In a way, it's very similar to the notion proposed by Chief Military Governor Wei Liang of the Azure Phoenix Nation, which states that all laws of the world must be created to serve the people. This means that our laws are not suitable to be applied to ghosts and spirits."

"Is that why you see Wei Liang as somewhat of a like-minded individual to yourself?" Cui Dongshan asked.