Transcendence stood supreme; it could not be blamed by those who had not transcended.
Where else could they find another Long River Dragon Lord who would stand there and let himself be smashed to death?
Specifically, in Wu Yu's case.
Wu Yu could be held accountable. Gongsun Buhai could be held accountable. Even Dantai Wenshu could be held accountable—whoever could go to the Sea of Sin and kill Him was free to do so. There was no shortage of debts upon Him; one more would make no difference.
But the premise for holding Dantai Wenshu accountable was that He was suppressed by the Gate of Red Dust and watched by Ji Furen and Shen Zhixian. It did not mean that He truly cared about the laws of the Legalist School.
Ji Furen was truly boundless as heaven and earth, free and vast—existing beyond all things. Only he could restrain himself; there was no logic to anyone else restraining him.
But as the saying went, "Aim high and you may attain the middle; aim for the middle and you will fall below."
For Gongsun Buhai to use his severed arm as a lead, demanding that Ji Furen answer for the sin of loosely releasing the Sinless Celestial Being, might have been a touch too idealistic.
Here, upon the Platform of the World, beneath the gaze of all, the Jing Kingdom could not fail to make some gesture. It should not leave matters without an explanation!
Ji Jinglu stepped forward without hesitation, temporarily setting aside Chen Yanxun's interrogation. A minister worried over what weighed upon his sovereign; naturally, he could not allow his own emperor to face Gongsun Buhai's questioning directly.
As for Dantai Wenshu shedding His shackles, Taizong indeed bore responsibility. But an official's character had two mouths—he could talk his