"Younger man, are you questioning me?"
Xuan Jue's gaze fell on the middle-aged Confucian cultivator, sharp as a sword. Righteous Energy surged around him without the slightest concealment, sweeping outward.
The aura belonging to a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator spread forth. Its immense pressure instantly weighed heavily upon the Body Integration stage cultivators before him, forcing them to retreat again and again.
Before Xuan Jue, not only this middle-aged Confucian cultivator, but everyone present could be called a younger man.
Though the middle-aged Confucian cultivator bore tremendous pressure, he seemed nailed to the spot, not shifting an inch.
His eyes flickered, filled with unwavering resolve.
"Senior, you overstate it. This junior merely had doubts in his heart and thus dared to ask."
"If it is inconvenient for Senior to answer, that is no matter!"
"However, the Great Righteous Qi Art is of great importance to Bai Sui Academy. Even if Senior is unwilling to answer, I believe that someday, a Tribulation Crossing stage senior from the academy will come to seek a clear explanation from you."
With his hands clasped in salute, the middle-aged Confucian cultivator spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Facing Xuan Jue, a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator, not a trace of fear showed on his face.
By the end, his words took a turn, and he directly invoked Bai Sui Academy.
"Younger man, after all that talk, aren't you still questioning me?"
"But no matter. Bai Sui Academy, is it? If anyone from your academy has doubts, tell them to come find me!"
Xuan Jue smiled and shook his head, utterly unconcerned by the middle-aged Confucian cultivator's threat.
As he spoke, he held his head high and chest proud, brimming with confidence.
The middle-aged Confucian cultivator's eyes flickered thoughtfully, and he did not continue the subject.
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