"Righteous Confucian thought?"
A clear flicker of shock crossed the City God's eyes. "Since Lord Guan of Ji Han, I have finally seen righteous Confucian thought this pure again."
The others had never seen Lin Ke release his thoughts with such fanfare either, and they were somewhat shocked.
After all, Lin Ke's Confucian thought came from the Reformer School.
The keen resolve of reform became sharper still when transformed into Confucian thought.
A moment later, however, the City God came to his senses. "Stop! You blockhead! Aren't you telling that demon you're here?"
Lin Ke's expression remained calm. "That is exactly what I want to tell it: I'm here."
He released his aura without holding anything back. It had barely reached the Third Realm, yet its force far surpassed that of the Third Realm's early stage.
Thoughts were merely a means of communicating across a distance. Most people's thoughts were perfectly ordinary, without even a distinctive quality.
Lin Ke's thoughts, however, not only possessed a distinctive quality-that quality was righteousness.
Such sharp, intensely oppressive thoughts were unsuitable even for communication.
No one dared touch them with their own thoughts, lest their thoughts be severed upon contact.
"Aren't you afraid of danger?!" the City God cried. "That fierce demon kills without shadow or trace. This could spell disaster for you!"
An instant later, however, the City God understood what Lin Ke intended.
An open stratagem. This was an open stratagem!
Lin Ke had released his aura so openly that even ordinary people could sense something, let alone cultivators.
If the fierce demon felt provoked and came to ambush Lin Ke, they only needed to lay a net spanning heaven and earth.
And if the fierce demon did not dare show itself, that was fine too. Lin Ke's actions would also steady