Hearing Cui Zhe's answer, Cui Hongyuan said coldly, "Such false affection and hollow sincerity—Chen Changsheng and his lot love doing this kind of thing."
Facing Cui Hongyuan's disdain, Cui Zhe said calmly, "At first, I saw things the same way you did, Eighth Brother."
"So I really did take that Dragon Gallant Silver Spear."
At those words, Cui Hongyuan said in surprise, "Wasn't the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear always in Tian Rui's hands?"
"That was a replica Chen Changsheng made for him!"
"After Chen Changsheng learned of it, he neither made a fuss nor came to trouble me. Instead, he wrote me a letter."
"The letter was very short—only six words in all."
"Turn weapons of war into jade and silk!"
As he spoke, Cui Zhe took out a long spear.
Looking at the spear shaft gleaming with a chilling edge, Cui Hongyuan pursed his lips. "You've kept the Dragon Gallant Silver Spear all these years?"
"Yes!"
"As long as I wished it, I could tell the whole world that I defeated Tiger Brave Commander Cui Tian Rui."
"With this Dragon Gallant Silver Spear as proof, many would believe me."
"But I did not want to do that."
Cui Hongyuan did not answer Cui Zhe's words.
Seeing this, Cui Zhe continued, "Though I lost back then, I was not convinced in the slightest."
"I believed that as long as I cultivated with single-minded focus, one day I would defeat Tian Rui and defeat Chen Changsheng."
"But as time passed, I realized that I was getting farther and farther away from them."
"That gap was not in cultivation, but in ambition."
"They carried the world and the future in their hearts, while my heart held only the wins and losses before my eyes."
"Personal victory or defeat meant nothing to them.