Above the Third Heaven, the Dao dispute had already raised its curtain. The Military Sage was fighting alone with one hand; if Lin Su was brought up to the Third Heaven this way and installed in the Music Capital, it would be tantamount to appointing a new Music Sage. Wouldn't that peerless Military Sage, who had fought alone for a thousand years, gain a fellow Sage as an ally?
Moreover, this allied Sage did not play by the rules at all. Once such a combination took shape, the skies of the Third Heaven would likely change.
Therefore, no matter the price, this situation absolutely could not be allowed to form.
The Law Sage frowned. "The Music Sage's death originated with Lin Su. If Lin Su himself replaced him, then once word spread, it would seem that Lin Su came to the Music Capital today not to set things right at the source, but to seize the position. Staining his own literary reputation would be a minor matter; provoking the scholars of the world to doubt the Third Heaven would be a heaven-shaking affair."
Those words were sinister indeed.
They struck directly at Lin Su's original motive.
If he took over as Lord of the Music Capital, then his purpose in coming to the Music Capital today would not have been to set things right, but merely to crown himself!
Anyone would have to avoid such suspicions.
If he did not avoid them, the reputation of coveting high office would follow him for life!
Reputation was something scholars valued, and a Literary Sage had even more reason to value it.
The Military Sage could no longer respond.
He and Lin Su were in the same camp, so naturally he hoped Lin Su could smoothly take control of the Music Capital.
However,