This question had not been asked for nothing. If it was because the people of the Left Faction of Martial Arts had lured them into showing themselves, then wearing the vest of the Literary Path was useless.
On the contrary, it was an unnecessary extra move.
Logically speaking, it would be easier for conflict to break out if the Civil-Military Dao was at odds.
Long San seemed to see his confusion and explained, "There is a saying: to fend off the outside, one must first pacify the inside. There are many scum within Martial Arts. Compared with the people of the Literary Path, we pay even more attention to the movements of the other faction."
"Martial Man and the others inherited Lin Ziqing's line, rooted themselves in the Northern Continent, and had shallow dealings with the people of the Left Faction, far less than we did."
"Early on, Master's ancestor discovered that something strange had arisen within Martial Arts. A portion had broken free of control, which was precisely these people who formed the Left Faction group."
"The mission of the Civilizing Mandate nearly died young because of these people, so much so that it reached the worst situation it is in today: the Literary Path and Martial Arts standing separate, Lin Ziqing responsible for suppressing the Literary Path, while our master's ancestor remained behind to guard the Martial Arts line."
He used two words with especially deep meaning, "suppressing" and "remaining behind to guard," in other words, one attack and one defense!
Lin Heng's brows furrowed slightly, because this was different from the version he had gotten from Martial Man. He said in a deep voice, "Something in your words seems contradictory. Since it was suppressing the Literary Path, why did the Left Faction of Martial Arts also become