"Or perhaps it was because they had always admired Uncle-Master Xiao so much. But who would have thought that, at the very end, Uncle-Master Xiao would become a great sinner of our Thunder Control Sect? The idol in their hearts suddenly came crashing down... No one could bear that, could they?" Dui Ling added.
"Ah? There was even that?" Xiao Hua was left speechless. He had never imagined his name carried such weight within the Thunder Control Sect!
"Of course!" Dui Ling said with a smile. "That was exactly what this disciple thought back then! After I returned, I talked a great deal about Uncle-Master with the Dui Lei Palace disciples. Whenever this disciple spoke of Uncle-Master's magnificent feat of killing over a thousand sword cultivators, all the female disciples of Dui Lei Palace would have their eyes shine!"
"Nonsense. When did I ever kill over a thousand sword cultivators?" Xiao Hua finally understood what it meant for one falsehood to become truth after being passed from mouth to mouth.
"Hehe, no matter what, they loved hearing it!" Dui Ling shrugged, looking remarkably like Xiao Hua. "If this disciple did not embellish it that much, they would not have been pleased!"
"Just now, when this disciple heard the punishment order for Uncle-Master in Dui Lei Palace, I was also extremely saddened!" Dui Ling explained again. "Still, this disciple understands Uncle-Master. Anyone who had gone through the Dao Sword Great Battle would certainly report any information related to the war to the Council Hall at once. But... those so-called hot-blooded disciples do not understand that. Every night, they begin their quiet cultivation while listening to your glorious deeds. They believe that you have always been right. Then you suddenly made such an enormous mistake—they cannot accept it!"
"Why has Junior Brother