Tai Yu tried hard to recall information related to Great Lord Rongchu.
He could barely remember his own affairs, and as for his impression of that person, it was practically nonexistent.
After much difficulty, he finally recalled that Great Lord Rongchu's reputation had never seemed particularly good. Supposedly, he tended to coast through his work and cherished his life greatly, earning him the nickname "Water Lord."
Back then, public opinion in the Han Guang Star System had been quite unfavorable toward Rongchu. People believed that the Rong Clan, represented by the Gatekeeper Lord and Rongchu, occupied too many resources while making contributions that did not match.
The Initial Awakening Society was merely the most extreme representative of that public sentiment.
Hmm, during the Two Star Gate Campaign, Rongchu had apparently been afflicted by the Dawn Blood Curse. Investigation later showed that the Initial Awakening Society had been behind it.
Could the pollution of the Six Heavens God Calamity also have been connected to the Initial Awakening Society?
What he meant was: had Great Lord Rongchu been a passive victim, or a traitor who had actively turned to the Abyss?
Tai Yu also remembered that, excluding exceptional figures like the Gatekeeper Lord and Zhan You, Great Lord Rongchu had been among the longest-lived Great Monarchs born during the Calamity Era, remaining in the world for nearly ten thousand years.
By Myriad Heavens Standard Year reckoning, that was nearly five thousand years. He could more or less be considered a legend.
But even legends had an end. By the time of the Two Star Gate Campaign, Great Lord Rongchu had already been in poor condition and did not seem likely to live much longer.
Come to think of it, what would a Great Monarch who had always cherished his life, yet was