Gu Changqing's words fell silent.
Tongtian's expression immediately shifted.
At first, he had been somewhat angered by Gu Changqing's use of the word "laughable."
After all, he was a mighty Sage, as well as Gu Changqing's master, and everything he considered was for the sake of keeping Gu Changqing safe.
Yet his disciple kept calling it laughable?!
Wasn't this like a dog biting Lu Dongbin, unable to recognize a kindly heart?
However, as Gu Changqing uttered his final sentence...
Shock and awe immediately swept across Tongtian's face.
He asked not after the common people, but after ghosts and gods!
Weren't Gu Changqing's words openly laying bare the shamelessness of the Sages?
Especially the likes of Laozi.
With nothing more than a casually uttered "humanity's allotted fate," they could watch humanity endure all manner of calamities and disasters without batting an eye.
They sat high above, believing themselves supreme over the universe, utterly indifferent to whether ordinary creatures lived or died.
Laughable!
Truly laughable!
That was what Gu Changqing had truly meant.
Moreover, those words also expressed Gu Changqing's Dao heart.
In his eyes, the so-called grand course of the Heavenly Dao and humanity's allotted fate were nowhere near so unshakable.
What he, Gu Changqing, sought was the will of the common people.
The people of humanity honored and respected him.
Then Gu Changqing would stand fearless and unflinching, sworn to protect humanity.
When the Demon Race slaughtered humans, he had single-handedly confronted billions of demons and the Ten Demon Saints head-on for precisely that reason!
The same was true when he contested the Human Emperor Position with Laozi and obtained the Three Human Sacred Artifacts from Nuwa!
It was easy to imagine that Gu Changqing would continue doing the same in the future.
For a moment, Tongtian had no answer.