At Screen-and-Candle Grounds, Sin First Breaks the Willow; Original Intent Can Bind Shou to Beastly Roars

"Report!"

A voice rang out from beyond Holy Firmament Hall.

Soon, a ghostly spirit took shape. Xi, translucent and impatient, appeared within the hall.

"Speak."

The matter of the duel had only just been settled.

Dao Xuanji, the Nine Sacrificial Divine Envoy, and Bei Bei, the White Robes' ruling master, were all still present.

Xi wasted no words and went straight to the point. "Xu Xiaoshou is clamoring above Yujing City, demanding that Senior Fang give him an answer. He raised the matter of whether Ghost Beasts are good or bad."

"What about Ghost Beasts?" Bei Bei thought she had misheard. Xu Xiaoshou had such an innocent, carefree side? "Good or bad?"

"When you say 'bad,' do you mean 'very bad,' or..."

"Good and bad!"

"Oh, oh."

Bei Bei understood now. She still found Xu Xiaoshou terribly naive, but said no more, turning to the Xuanji Hall Master.

"Let him ask. What we lack most now is time." Dao Xuanji gazed beyond the heavens.

"The point is that Senior Fang is upright by nature. Unable to answer, Yujing City has fallen into turmoil. Everyone is debating the term 'Ghost Beast'..."

Xi opened his mouth, but stopped himself from continuing.

Some things only needed to be hinted at. He trusted the Xuanji Hall Master understood what he meant: once the subject was raised too often, people would begin pointing fingers at the Red Robes.

"Do you trust Saint Slave's mouth, or the ingrained thinking of the masses?" Dao Xuanji asked instead of answering.

Xi slowly shook his head.

Of course he understood what the Xuanji Hall Master meant.

It was nothing more than the dark factions smearing mud over them. Time would make people forget everything, and history would only ever be written by the victors.

But there was another key