The Elder Tian Bai Xiaosheng spoke of seemed to be a completely different person from the Elder Tian Mo Hua had imagined...
Mo Hua frowned. "You didn't get it wrong?"
Bai Xiaosheng sneered. "I asked around personally. How could I have gotten it wrong?"
Mo Hua was somewhat doubtful, but although Bai Xiaosheng seemed unreliable, he spent his days mingling through the streets and markets, and his information network was exceptionally sharp. Otherwise, Mo Hua would not have sought his help.
What he said should not have been baseless.
Elder Tian was proficient in spirit plants. In other words, he had been precisely the person most capable of using his knowledge to monopolize the Spirit Plant Array.
And the status of Array Masters had always come from their grasp of arrays—even their control over them.
Where profit was concerned, most Array Masters would never leak the secrets of their core arrays.
What they said might merely sound nicer. When they actually acted, it could be an entirely different story.
There were simply too many people in this world whose words and hearts were at odds...
Mo Hua sank into thought.
Bai Xiaosheng looked at Mo Hua, seemingly still harboring resentment, and complained, "Mo Hua, tell me the truth. Was there even a single honest word out of your mouth?"
What Thick Virtue Carries All Things, what caring for all living beings—it had all been bullshit?
He had wasted his feelings for nothing.
Mo Hua, however, said, "Everything I said was true."
Bai Xiaosheng said, "You're still arguing?"
Mo Hua shook his head. "What I said was true, and I truly believed it myself. It's just that the truth of the matter differed a little from my honest words."
Bai Xiaosheng froze, momentarily rendered speechless.
Mo Hua asked again, "Then Elder