"Back when Mu En fought a battle to the death with Du Bisou, the previous Sect Master of the Body Sect, countless people thought he should have died."
"Who would have thought he would cling to life for several more decades? Just when even I thought he could live another few decades without any trouble, you tell me he's dead?"
Jing Hongchen seemed to be addressing Qin Xiao and Elder Ma.
In truth, he was saying those words to himself.
He and Mu En could hardly be called friends, but people around him always mentioned Mu En. Over time, he had developed an inexplicable sense of familiarity with him.
When that familiar person suddenly died one day, he did not know what to feel.
Qin Xiao could understand that feeling fairly well.
Before he transmigrated, he had lived in a world where information spread at incredible speed.
There had been all kinds of apps through which he could learn about all kinds of things every day. For instance, he followed one or two celebrities and could see their latest updates almost daily. But if he suddenly learned that someone he followed had died, he would probably feel much the same.
"Still, Mu En's death is a tremendous blessing for our Sun Moon Empire.
"He used to be like an invisible mountain pressing down on everyone's hearts, leaving us feeling as though we would never see daylight.
"Whatever we did, we had to give plenty of thought to how that level-99 powerhouse would feel. After all, a level-99 powerhouse who went mad would be no small problem.
"But now that mountain has collapsed, and daylight has returned. There's so much more we can do!"
After his brief daze, Jing Hongchen became spirited once more.
Mu En's death marked the end of