"Yes. When True Person Xiao erected this blood stele, it was not a monument of shame meant to provoke us Confucian cultivators, but a monument of justice for our human race!" Bei Guo Zhenming nodded. "True Person Xiao wanted the Jiang family and Tongzhu Kingdom to know that even if the Daoist sect declined, justice would still remain. If Confucian cultivators disregarded justice, they too would inevitably decline!"
"Oh, Senior Bei Guo!" Kong Feng had been nodding along when Kong Jie suddenly asked, "Why are there so many... cracks on this blood stele? It doesn't look like a complete stone stele!"
"Mm, this blood stele is actually no longer the one True Person Xiao erected when he established a Daoist sect!" Bei Guo Zhenming did not hide it and explained, "After True Person Xiao left Tongzhu Kingdom, this blood stele became increasingly famous. Many fellow immortals came to inspect it. Many regarded it as a joke and left after taking a look; some were displeased at heart, but after hearing about Master Dao Shan, they did not make trouble for the blood stele. Yet there were inevitably some fellow immortals who disliked it, disregarded True Person Xiao's reputation, and wished to topple it! Generally, I would persuade and stop them. If I could not dissuade them, I could only let them act, then restore the blood stele afterward!"
"Of course, after True Person Xiao sowed good seeds in the Divine Demon Blood Swamp, and the various Literary Saints also wished to spread the word, fewer fellow immortals came to Qiyang Temple to make trouble for this blood stele!" Bei Guo Zhenming added with a smile. "I also had more spare time to teach the students to read aloud!"
As Bei Guo Zhenming spoke with the two constables, clear, crisp voices