What were rumors?
When three men spoke of a tiger, a tiger appeared; when many mouths spoke, even gold could be melted.
To ensure that the matter of that fiend did not leak, the Immortal Alliance had omitted many key facts from its official announcement. In the eyes of ordinary disciples, this news thus contained a massive flaw.
Yang Jun had injured Wang Qi.
Yang Jun had injured Wang Qi?
Yang Jun could injure Wang Qi? A worthless nobody who had been instantly defeated on the first day could successfully defy heaven and injure Wang Qi the very next day?
In their eyes, even if Yang Jun had truly fallen to demonic corruption and cultivated immense power, only to have that power cloud his mind, at most he could have made Wang Qi put in a little effort.
Driven by three forces—the people with ulterior motives, the self-proclaimed truth-seekers who thought themselves clever, and the onlookers who loved chaos—the bloody "truth" was born.
The young Yang Jun had a bitter life and was bent on revenge. Yet his talent was not especially high, and revenge remained far beyond reach. Then he encountered Wang Qi, the academic prodigy. This man had a vile temperament, idled away his days, and delighted in mocking others. Yang Jun suffered his ridicule and developed the thought: "A petty man like him can possess such talent—why can't I?" Driven by this demonic thought, Yang Jun attacked Wang Qi. Seeing no one around, Wang Qi simply killed Yang Jun. Cherishing Wang Qi's extraordinary talent, the Immortal Academy fabricated the appearance that a Foundation Establishment Cultivator had accidentally killed him...
Fine, the "Foundation Establishment Cultivator accidentally killed Yang Jun" part really had been fabricated, because the one who had taken Yang Jun out was a great cultivator of