Only After the Great Waves Wash Away the Sand Does True Gold Appear

At those words, the Confucian School student's Vast Righteous Qi abruptly stalled, and his face shifted from rage to ashen green.

Lin Yu's words struck him like a blow to the head, leaving him unable to think of a rebuttal for a moment.

"How... how can those be confused!" the Confucian School student argued forcefully, though his momentum was no longer what it had been. "Vast Righteous Qi is the foundation of practicing the Benevolent Way. How can it be the brute force you speak of..."

"What a fine foundation!" Lin Yu gave him no chance to catch his breath. Taking a step forward, his voice suddenly turned sharp. "Since you too admit that power is the foundation, how is that fundamentally different from what our Reverse Logic School says: 'Power is the root of all things'? You merely drape power in the outer garments of 'benevolence and righteousness'!"

Those words were like a sharp sword, stabbing directly into the Confucian School student's Dao Heart.

He staggered back half a step, the Vast Righteous Qi around him fluctuating violently. Clearly, his heart had suffered a tremendous blow.

"Fellow Daoist, your words are rather sophistical!"

At that moment, a rebuttal came from the Mohist School's section. "Without a Heart of Universal Love, what difference is there between one with Tongtian power and a beast?"

Lin Yu turned toward him, the corner of his mouth carrying a faint sneer. "Universal Love? How laughable. When you Mohist School disciples travel among the various states, preaching Cease Warfare, No Aggression, do you rely on empty talk of Universal Love? If you were not skilled in defensive city mechanisms, adept at forging military equipment, and possessed cultivation yourselves, would those Tiger and Wolf Armies listen to your reasoning?"

"Isn't your so-called Non-Aggression only heard after