Greed and Reason

Xue Qing and Han Ze were particularly puzzled. Xue Qing's confusion was simple enough: although they were now close teammates, they were still competitors in the imperial selection. Until the very last moment, no one was willing to give up the position of Snow Emperor.

Han Ze, meanwhile, had been right beside you when you destroyed the White-robed Lotus Person. He had been able to clearly sense the other party's sudden sluggishness, as well as that annihilating power which even he found troublesome and which had forced the White-robed Lotus Person's true spirit to flee. Yet confusion was one thing; if you were unwilling to explain it yourself, neither of them dared press you for answers. The Immortal King's Storage Ring obtained in the end had likewise caught their attention.

Seeing everyone's expressions, you decided after some thought to explain matters to them. It would not have been a problem if you said nothing, but these people had fought alongside you with considerable effort these past days, and nothing major had gone wrong. If you explained nothing at all, the five of them might inevitably develop certain thoughts, which would not benefit the actions ahead. Moreover, your cultivation would need a pretext when it rose rapidly in the future. Revealing a small portion of your talent now was precisely the right time.

Thus, you spoke of the Edict and the Dao Bone. However, you still did not intend to reveal the Edict too early, saying only that it was a strange secret art you had mastered, one that carried certain aftereffects. Before Han Ze, Han Jing, Han Liang, Chen Xiang, and Xue Qing could grow suspicious, they heard that the annihilating power had in fact come from your Supreme Dao Bone.

As you spoke, you also removed the concealment you