"Lies, slander! He's slandering me!"
"He's got a grudge against me and can't stand us. He's absolutely slandering me."
"How are we fake righteous? We're the real deal."
Bu Yao's voice roared incessantly in Chen Changan's mind, but Chen Changan simply blocked him out.
"Then tell me, what exactly happened?"
"How is this place a sacred land?"
"Who was the former ruler here?" Chen Changan asked curiously.
"Hmm, let me think. What was that guy's name again?"
"Oh, right, I remember now. Nobody knew what he was originally called. He gave himself a name: Le Xiaoyao, meaning 'joyfully carefree.'"
"Under his rule, the Carefree Immortal Source stood apart from the Immortal Ancient Domain. Yet it was undoubtedly a sacred land."
"People who lived here could do whatever they wanted and live however they pleased."
"But that didn't mean there were no rules at all. Le Xiaoyao wouldn't allow people here to commit evil deeds. They could do as they pleased, but they couldn't become irredeemably wicked."
"Tell me, how could someone like that be a villain?"
If the Sky Seal was telling the truth, then Le Xiaoyao really didn't seem like a bad person. On the contrary, he sounded like a carefree soul who had lived true to himself.
"Damn it, Chen Changan, did you block my voice?"
"He's talking nonsense. Le Xiaoyao was no good person."
"He wasn't nearly as good as he's making him out to be!"
Bu Yao realized that Chen Changan wasn't responding to anything he said, so he couldn't hold back any longer and came out. He didn't even care whether the Sky Seal might attack him.
"Uh... You came out?"
"Did you really have to react so strongly?" Chen Changan asked helplessly.
"How could I not? He's slandering us, you understand? He's trying to