Three-Mile Stench, a Name Resounding Across Ten Thousand Lands
When the Mirror World Terrace first announced that Jiang Wang was guilty of colluding with devils,
most people in Qi had, of course, been outraged.
Their nation's prodigy had only just escaped the stain of infamy and cleared himself of suspicion of treason, only to be slapped with the charge of colluding with devils. It was simply too unfair!
Jing Kingdom's desire to suppress Qi's prodigies was practically written in plain sight.
Many even believed that the earlier suspicion of treason leveled against Jiang Wang had also been pushed by Jing Kingdom, all to drive this Yellow River Champion out of Qi.
Why did all-under-heaven condemn him? Because my hero was the enemy's sworn foe!
But there were also some "reasonable" Qi citizens with rather "calm" opinions. The renowned scholar Er Fengming, who had once written the grand essay On Merit and Fault and nearly nailed Jiang Wang's reputation to the ground, had publicly declared:
"Though Jing has long wielded hegemonic power, it has never failed the greater cause of the Human Race. Since time immemorial, it has slain devils and demons, piling up countless merits. Chongxuan Zun is also a prodigy of his nation. At River Viewing Terrace, only Dou Zhao could match him. With the Five Palaces Shining Together, he illuminated his era, and his talent was no less than Jiang Green Sheep's! How could the charge of colluding with devils fail to stain him? Because he kept himself upright! As they say, when mud and sand pour together, the Long River remains clear; when dung rots in heaps, its stench carries three miles! Since ancient times, all have agreed to execute devils. Never have the innocent been accused without cause. Was Hell's Gate involved? Was Equality State involved?