"You mean the word you got over in Chu Yun was that Sun Buxiao was a villain, a bastard who would slaughter an entire family over a single disagreement, butcher a sect from top to bottom, and even kill the watchdog and toss it into the pot?"
"And you mean the word you got in the Jia Ma Empire was that Sun Buxiao was a warmhearted young man, friendly and gentle in his dealings, who would even support small and medium-sized families with cultivation methods and resources-a good person?"
Su Qian looked at Instructor Ye Ming on his left, who had returned from the Chu Yun Empire, then at Instructor Ruo Lin on his right, who had returned from the Jia Ma Empire. He was rather baffled.
How could one person's reputation be so... polarized?
"Elder, the information I gathered was actually rather old. Some of it dated back more than a decade."
Instructor Ye Ming raised a hand as he spoke.
"Mine was more recent... My student Xiao Yu belongs to the Xiao Clan of Wutan City, and Sun Buxiao is a guest elder of that clan. Apparently, he stayed with them earlier this year."
Ruo Lin blinked and told Su Qian everything exactly as she had learned it.
"Hmm..."
In other words, Sun Buxiao had been a villain during his early days in the Chu Yun Empire, but had become a good person after arriving in the Jia Ma Empire?
It was hard to judge.
Su Qian stroked his beard in thought.
"Oh, right, Elder Su Qian. Apparently, Sun Buxiao only broke through to Dou Ling at the beginning of this year. The Xiao Clan's patriarch, Xiao Zhan, told me that. He made his breakthrough right there in their clan."
Ruo Lin added one more detail.
He had