Seeing Feng Jin staring at him, Dan Heng asked:
"Do you want me to answer from Anaxa's point of view?"
"Then... I agree."
"According to myth, the sky, the earth, and the ocean were all creations of the Titans. That is beyond doubt."
"Hehe." Feng Jin giggled.
"If our teacher had answered like that, he probably wouldn't have suffered."
"But instead, he cited the history of the Flame-Chasing and argued that humanity, too, might one day inherit divine authority."
"His opponents were naturally dissatisfied with that answer, which led to the second accusation."
She imitated the old man's tone again, addressing Dan Heng with stiff formality:
"Under the pretext of studying souls... you have defiled them and conducted transactions abhorrent to the gods. Do you admit it?"
"Hehe... Our teacher always wears a blindfold, even when he's alone. Some say he used one of his eyes as an alchemical ingredient."
"All people are under Kephale's protection, especially the Chrysos Heirs, who have bathed in divine blood."
"If that were true, it would undoubtedly be blasphemy."
"Fortunately, there was no evidence, so the accusation eventually came to nothing."
Feng Jin smiled.
"Our teacher debated them all, taking on each challenger in turn."
"Until, at last, a scholar asked him, 'Anaxagoras, do you hold the gods in contempt?'"
"He fell silent for a few seconds, then answered, 'I have never denied that the Titans should be great beings.'"
Dan Heng said evenly:
"There's clearly more to that answer..."
"Perhaps what he meant was that the Titans aren't great."
"Mm, that's what I thought too, haha." Feng Jin went on.
"I don't know how that uproar died down, but our teacher stayed in the Tree Court in the end."
"Even though he was branded a heretic, he continued his research."
"Oh, right." Feng