Hearing Mo Bai's answer, Baleful Shadow was speechless.
"No, why didn't you tell me about these things sooner?"
Seeing Baleful Shadow's dumbfounded expression, Mo Bai poured him a cup of spirit tea. "Sir lost face in that battle, so naturally he ordered the truth sealed away."
"Besides, the title of Number One Under Heaven was of vital importance."
"If others learned that there had been so many schemes behind it, trouble would surely arise again in the future."
"For the sake of peace in the world, such news naturally had to be suppressed."
"Who would cause trouble?"
"You!"
Mo Bai looked Baleful Shadow straight in the eye. "If you had known about this back then, you, Ao Tian, Yun Zheng, Cui Shuo—none of you would have accepted it."
"The Virtual World was about to open at the time. If we allowed cracks to form among ourselves then, would the New Era still have had a future?"
Receiving that answer, Baleful Shadow said indignantly, "Schemes at every turn. If it had been decided in advance, what was the point of choosing at all?"
"You could've just had us put on a grand show with you."
Seeing Baleful Shadow's furious look, Mo Bai sighed. "I tell you that you have no brains, and you still refuse to believe it."
"You're already tens of thousands of years old. How can your thinking still be this childish?"
"What Sir chose on the surface was the New Era's Number One Under Heaven. To rise to that position, you needed not only strength, but wisdom as well."
"If you couldn't even see through a situation like this, what gave you the right to become Number One Under Heaven?"
"But I still refuse to accept it. A contest should be upright and honorable. Playing it like this..."