Chapter 1169: Gongsun Dies, Sword Furnace Shocked
The sound of the storm, including the rainwater crashing down off the eaves of the buildings, filled the hall. As a result, Xu Qing’s voice sounded even more majestic. Lightning crashed, sending a flash of light inside, and framing Xu Qing as he stood there. His shadow... stretched out to completely cover Sir Vilespirit! It became a mighty pressure!
Sir Vilespirit had no choice but to take the fluctuations very seriously. He looked up at the young lord. He had not predicted this outcome. There were many people he assumed might come to him this night, but he hadn’t even considered the possibility that it would be Young Lord Aurora, who, up to this point, had not acted strangely in any way. What was more, the young lord’s words struck him to the core like a sharp blade.
As countless thoughts spun in his head, he spoke in a hoarse voice. “I’m afraid I don’t quite understand what you mean, Young Lord.”
His eyes shone threateningly as he looked at the person standing in front of him.
“You don’t understand?” he said coolly. Xu Qing didn’t seem to care about the threatening look in Sir Vilespirit’s eyes. “Gongsun Qingmu, thanks to the secret orders I delivered as young lord of the immortal palace, everything you have done was justified.
“Your acts of betrayal were all carried out to accomplish the mission I gave you. You leaked confidential information about the immortal palace, but that was because I asked you to do so for the goal of rooting out traitors. You stole treasures from the immortal palace, but that was on my orders as I attempted to test the palace’s defenses. You also killed people in the immortal palace, but it was all justified by me.
“Now, do you really want to test me?”
Sir Vilespirit shook from head to toe, and his expression was very unsightly. This was really a mortal blow against him. It took all of his betrayals and made them baseless. After all... in many instances, the words spoken by Young Lord Aurora were more than enough to prove anything. And because of that, nothing Sir Vilespirit had done could really be called a betrayal!
Simultaneously, the seeming fact that Young Lord Aurora was an outsider was causing a tempest of astonishment to rage inside Sir Vilespirit.
But Xu Qing wasn’t done adding on pressure. Dropping down into a squat, he stared Sir Vilespirit in the eyes.
“To me, your betrayals were deeds of service. And because they were deeds of service, they weren’t betrayals at all! If you had ten thousand years to work with, maybe you could afford to waste time. But here in the fourth world, time is very limited. There are only a few days left. Given that time frame... don’t you think I can make sure that all of your betrayals fail, whether they be in the past, present, or future?”