"Ah... what have you done to my student?"
Seeing this, Wang Qiankun and the other Great Confucians were so furious their eyes nearly split.
The newly appeared Black-hearted Demon felt completely different from the demons they had encountered before.
Somehow, it seemed capable of channeling Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi for its own use. That was terrifying!
"Nothing. It was just a test. Unfortunately, he didn't pass."
Fang Yuan spoke with regret.
Just now, he had merely used the Dream Master Method to make Huo Qingtian relive a hundred lifetimes in his memories, suffering every kind of pain: Life and Death Parting, Love, Hate, and Resentment, and the agony of longing for something he could never obtain. It was a different kind of Mortal World Heart Refining.
If he had made it through, his resolve would have been like Vajra Bodhi, unbreakable through a hundred trials. He would surely have had the potential to become a Great Confucian, and even a Sage would not have been out of reach.
But clearly, Huo Qingtian's character had not passed the test. The lives he experienced in those illusions had driven him mad.
And a mad Black-hearted Demon was clearly valuable in its own way.
Fang Yuan released Huo Qingtian, his eyes flashing with strange light. "As expected... power is just power... there's no such thing as good or evil!"
The rules of this world dictated that only scholars who studied, understood their nature, and condensed Righteous Qi within themselves could channel Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi and turn it into supernatural abilities.
But after studying it, he had discovered that all things under heaven were born with both yin and yang. Since upright Confucian scholars could wield Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi, what if a scholar corrupted his heart and willingly turned