"Oh? Then please enlighten us, my lord."
After Zuo Jiga spoke up, he hurriedly replaced Xue Liuyun's jade cup with a fresh one.
Xue Liuyun stood with his hands behind his back, strolling slowly through the hall. "Here's what I heard. Pang Tianze suffered a backlash while cultivating and was gravely wounded. He could use no more than two-tenths of his strength. On top of that, Xu Yi somehow got hold of a fourth-tier restriction talisman. He only managed to kill Pang Tianze with the aid of that strange talisman. Otherwise, do you think some mere middle corpse could split ten mountains with the power of a single sword strike? You people really are too inexperienced."
"This, this..."
Everyone was stunned.
"And where did this explanation come from?"
Zhou Donghai no longer knew whom to believe. He had been far away, after all, and had only seen balls of light flashing; he couldn't make out how the attacks had landed. Thinking it over now, Xue Liuyun's explanation did sound rather reasonable. How could there be such a monstrous talent in the world?
In truth, Xue Liuyun hadn't made up this story himself. It had come from the Department of Personnel of the Church.
Pang Tianze's death in his battle with Xu Yi had put the Church's reputation under tremendous pressure, so the Department of Personnel spread a few half-true, half-false rumors to muddy the waters.
Since ancient times, the power of propaganda had been boundless. The so-called truth could be crushed with ease by the power of propaganda.
Xue Liuyun sneered. "Such frauds who deceive the world and steal fame can only fool the likes of you. If one of them crossed paths with me, even ten Old Demon Kongxus would be finished..."
Before he could finish speaking, a lean,