"Its name is 'Principle'; it shall be the beginning of all laws!"
The moment Fang Yun finished speaking, the Sacred Way Literary Assembly fell utterly silent.
Dozens of breaths later, the venue exploded into uproar, countless scholars talking all at once.
Among them, the Jing Kingdom scholars reacted most intensely, especially where the Fang Party members had gathered. They were beside themselves with excitement.
As for the area where Fang Yun's friends from the Fang Faction sat, two completely opposite reactions appeared.
Some flushed red, as though witnessing the birth of a Sacred Way that would split heaven and earth, while others knitted their brows tightly, as if the sky were about to collapse.
Li Fanming slapped his thigh and cried, "I have no words to describe Fang Yun. What he said may not equal founding a Sacred Way in substance, may not rival revering the Heavenly Way in grandeur, and may not compare to Enlightening the Myriad People in reach, but it opens a path of its own. If this 'Principle' is continually expanded, then even if it cannot form a Sacred Way, it will surely exert an immense influence upon the Sacred Way."
"Calling the beginning of all laws 'Principle' is rather presumptuous, but our forebears have always said that one must set great ambitions. There is nothing wrong with Fang Yun saying this. This law is clearly not the law of the Legalist School alone; it is more akin to a technique. Principle is the source of all legal principles. The only pity is that this 'Principle' should be something Fang Yun has only recently established. It is not yet complete and remains in its embryonic stage." Zhang Zhixing could not help sighing.
Yet Zong Wude said, "Don't you think Fang Yun is being far too bold?"