326: Distorting cognition, deceiving the fool Bu Jingyun

He no longer looked at Bu Jingyun, turned and walked towards the golden throne, leaving only one last cold sentence echoing in the empty hall:

"Now, answer me, Bu Jingyun. Without you and Wind, will my World Society fall? What does your so-called 'Bu Jingyun' amount to under my sky?"

Bu Jingyun stood there, his body ice-cold, as if plunged into an ice cellar.

"You mean, everything you've done was just to temper Bu Jingyun?" Yu Chuchu asked in surprise.

"Wrong, it was to temper Wind, Frost of the Qin, and Bu Jingyun!"

"How can there be such a method of tempering in this world?"

"The reason is simple, they are not famous Masters. For a person to become strong, they must experience raging fires and a thousand refinements!"

His voice suddenly rose like a clap of thunder, "True powerhouses are not flowers nurtured in a greenhouse, but Asuras who have crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood!"

He pointed at Bu Jingyun, who could barely stand steady: "You think I am ruthless? You think I am cold and Emotionless?

Wrong! I raised you little by little, teaching you to study and practice martial arts every day. When you grew an inch, I was overjoyed. When you suffered a minor illness, I was filled with worry.

It is precisely because I value you that I use the most brutal methods to temper you!"

"What is the Jianghu? It is the law of the jungle, a world of blades and swords! What is the World Society?

It is a place where Dragons and tigers reside, where the strong are respected! Here, kindness is weakness, and mercy is suicide!"

Lu Jiuyuan walked towards Bu Jingyun step by step, each step seemingly treading on everyone's heartstrings:

"Bu Jingyun, you hate me for killing your stepfather and destroying your Huo family?

Ridiculous! Huo Butian's martial arts were weak, yet he didn't know how to restrain himself. The Huo Family Manor was like a lamb to the slaughter in the Jianghu!"

Even if I hadn't acted, they would have died under others' blades sooner or later! I made you witness all of this to let you know that in this world, the weak have no say!"

"You hate me for forcing Kong Ci to her death? Even more ridiculous! A indecisive woman who wavered between your three brothers, what makes her worthy of your affection, Bu Jingyun?

Love is a luxury only the strong can possess! I made you experience the pain of losing your beloved to make you understand that only by letting go of love can you focus wholeheartedly and ascend to the Peak of the Martial Dao!"

"You hate me for severing one of your arms? Foolish! How can a rare treasure like the qilin arm be compared to an ordinary arm?

Without breaking the old arm, how can there be new life? Without breaking the mortal body, how can there be a divine object?"

With every word he spoke, Bu Jingyun's expression changed.

These experiences, which he regarded as blood feuds, were, in Lu Jiuyuan's words, all meticulously designed "temperings"?

"And you, Frost of the Qin!" Lu Jiuyuan suddenly turned to Frost of the Qin, who had just struggled to his feet, "Do you think I don't know that you secretly helped Bu Jingyun and Wind?

I kept you by my side to let you witness firsthand how they transform through suffering!

Unfortunately, you disappointed me greatly. You only see the surface of things, but you don't see my painstaking efforts at all.

If I really wanted to kill someone? There would be no place for you to escape, whether in heaven or on earth."

Frost of the Qin knelt with a thud, his lips trembling, but he couldn't utter a single word, feeling extremely ashamed for misunderstanding his Master.

"As for Wind..." Lu Jiuyuan's gaze seemed to penetrate layers of walls, seeing the figure as ethereal as Wind in the distance,

"His mother was once my woman, and he is also half my son. How could I harm him? It's just that he is indecisive and too soft-hearted. Hmph, that is his biggest weakness!"

Lu Jiuyuan looked at Bu Jingyun and Frost of the Qin, who were already bewildered by the deception, and said lightly:

"Now, do you understand? Everything I did was not to harm you, but to create you! My students, Overlord's students, must be powerhouses who shake the world."

"What a pity, what a pity," he said.

His voice carried a deep sense of disappointment, "Bu Jingyun, you disappointed me. You only saw the surface hatred, but you didn't comprehend the true meaning behind the hatred. You only understood brute force, but you didn't understand the essence of power."

The hall was dead silent, with only the heavy breathing of the crowd.

Bu Jingyun's eyes were empty, and he was already in a semi-idiotic state.

He always thought he was resisting fate, but he never thought that he was always walking on a path set by others.

He always thought that hatred was his motivation, but he never thought that this motivation was also given by others.

This subversion of cognition was more fatal than any physical injury.

"Overlord, have you been severely injured by Senior Sword Saint's Jian Er Shi San, and now you are no match for us, which is why you are saying such things, begging for Bu Jingyun's forgiveness?" Sword Morning suddenly drew his sword and pointed it at Lu Jiuyuan.

As soon as these words were spoken, Bu Jingyun, who had been greatly shaken and whose belief had almost collapsed, couldn't help but be startled. He subconsciously looked at Lu Jiuyuan, seemingly wanting to find traces of injury on him.

Yu Chuchu covered her mouth even more nervously.

On the golden throne, Lu Jiuyuan slowly raised his eyes, his gaze truly falling on Sword Morning for the first time.

"An ant presuming to measure heavenly might, ridiculous, and even more pathetic."

He didn't even bother to get up, merely casually raised his right hand and, from several feet away, lightly pointed at Sword Morning through the air.

There was no Aura at all, only a subtle, condensed finger-sword Protective Aura, appearing as a red thread, quietly burst forth from his fingertip.

This finger-sword contained the Profound Truth of A Sword Separated From the World, and also a bit of the Jian Er Shi San Annihilation True Intent that he had just absorbed and understood.

It seemed like a casual flick, but in reality, it was not simple at all!