Those hoping Fang Yun would be sent to his death were like catfish stirring the waters, awakening the righteousness in many scholars' hearts. They published articles and statements in rebuttal.
"Idiots! Did some people grow up eating Qing Lord's dinners? You are not even the equal of a Ji Zhibai! Never mind whether it is worth it—do you know what it means to hand over an innocent Fang Yun? It means the Human Race has betrayed a hero, betrayed a meritorious servant, betrayed everything! From that day onward, benevolence, righteousness, morality, human relations, and ritual law would all become empty illusions!"
"No one but Void Sage Fang himself has the right to make him sacrifice! After all, he has already sacrificed far too much!"
"The Sacred Academy has issued a gag order, so there are things I cannot say. But I can say this: if everyone under heaven knew what Void Sage Fang had contributed to the Sacred Academy, the entire world would be cursing the ancestors of your eighteen generations!"
"Looking across history, which race ever gained peace by swallowing humiliation and clinging to life? Peace can only be won through powerful strength! Who did Sage Kong sell out to obtain the last Millennium Non-War Pact? Not a single person! Sage Kong relied on his own overwhelming strength to make the Demon Realm submit!"
"Only now did I understand the state of mind Void Sage Fang had when he wrote those poems in Sage Kong's Literary World. One of them went: 'Every inch of mountain and river, every inch of gold; who can bear the burden of division and fragmentation? The cuckoo bows again, weeping tears of sorrow for Heaven; Jingwei's heart fills the sea without end.' Void Sage Fang today is likely at the point of weeping blood,