Wisdom So Great It Seemed Demonic

"But from what I've seen of you, Teacher Han, your usual bearing seems somewhat at odds with the way things are done in this dojo..." Li Shun looked at the easygoing, languid young scholar before him, hesitating to speak.

He truly could not connect Han Qi with that extreme school that advocated "blood for blood, uproot the grass and destroy the roots."

Han Qi merely shook his head with a light laugh. "No matter who it is, if they're locked up in the Imperial Academy teaching for over a hundred years, their temper will improve."

Li Shun was instantly rendered speechless.

Han Qi's gaze settled on Li Shun again, still carrying the regret of having spotted an outstanding seedling yet being unable to claim him. "The [Sole Righteousness] lineage has very few inheritors left in this world. If not for our lineage's grandmaster rendering great service in Great Qian's war of founding, we would likely have been wiped out completely like the Jun Family, with no place left in the world."

"Even so, being hidden away in the Imperial Academy as a secret branch of the Confucian School is already the limit of what the court can tolerate."

A trace of undisguised mockery suddenly entered Han Qi's voice. "The Great Qian authorities will never permit the ideals of Sole Righteousness to spread freely among the people. They will only confine them within a tiny circle under their control, barely ensuring that the lineage does not die out."

"But you must understand: when Great Qian first raised its army and began crushing the Seven Kingdoms, its troops held high the banner that even a grudge of nine generations could still be avenged, using it to justify the destruction of states. Yet once His Majesty had swept clean the six directions, unified