Just as Lu Yang had said, there was no better person for the interview than Meng Jingzhou. Seeing how shamelessly Lu Yang pleaded with him, Meng Jingzhou had no choice but to agree.
Lu Yang didn't even need to worry about the newspaper headline. Meng Jingzhou had already come up with one for him: Young Hero Lu Slays City Lord While Tempering Himself in the Mortal World.
"Then, Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, could you tell us how you fought Yang Kongtong, the leader of the Heartless Sect?"
Meng Jingzhou quickly slipped into the role of interviewer and asked Lu Yang about what had happened.
"It was all a coincidence. At the time, I was tempering myself in the mortal world in Snowmelt City, in the Extreme North. Little did I know, Yang Kongtong had possessed the city lord long ago. To stop him from slaughtering the people of Snowmelt City, I was forced to step forward. Fortunately, my cultivation surged to the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence stage during the battle. That was the only reason I could fight Yang Kongtong. After a hard-fought battle, I killed him."
Lu Yang spoke while gesturing, doing his best to recreate the scene. This had been a grand battle; he needed to describe it well.
Meng Jingzhou nodded as he wrote down Lu Yang's words: Lu Yang candidly admitted that defeating Yang Kongtong had been nothing but a coincidence.
"Yang Kongtong was a formidable foe. The embryonic Seven Emotions Dao Fruit he had condensed could alter people's emotions and affect the battle. There was no direct way to counter an embryonic Dao Fruit like that; I could only tough it out. Luckily, I had a heart of Buddha, so the embryonic Seven Emotions Dao Fruit couldn't affect me."
Meng Jingzhou again wrote down