It was normal for Great Scholars or Half-Sages to criticize sages, and there had even been criticisms of Sage Kong. But such writings had to undergo review by the Sacred Academy and be adjudicated by a Half-Sage Incarnation. They were generally made public only among Great Scholars and Half-Sages and rarely leaked outside.
After all, criticism of a sage at any level would affect the Human Race's Sacred Way River and could trigger a crisis in the Human Race's Sacred Way.
Criticizing sages was a good thing, but if the criticism was too harsh and too correct, it became a bad thing. Scholars of the relevant Sacred Way might be unable to comprehend it, causing their Literary Guts to shatter.
Moreover, criticizing sages was a relatively utilitarian tactic, either to rise in position or as part of a Contest of Sacred Ways.
Fang Yun had already become a Half-Sage. There was no need for him to step on the Kong Family to climb higher, nor did he have any Contest of Sacred Ways with them. Why was he criticizing Sage Kong?
The scholars who had just cheered for the concessions made to the Kong Family suddenly felt utterly exhausted. Why had the Saint Origin Continent never known peace since Fang Yun's return? Before one wave had settled, another rose; first the Three Seas Dragon Kings met Sagefall, then the Qing Lord was beheaded, followed by men and women taking the same examinations, then the Kong Family's misfortune, and now the flames had reached Sage Kong himself.
No matter how they looked at it, Fang Yun seemed to be courting death—and courting a colossal death.
Wasn't it good to live peacefully? Why did he always have to stir up trouble?
No matter how much they grumbled inwardly about Fang Yun's article,