Chapter 973: The Gentleman Is Open and Aboveboard, Issuing a Challenge
After a long while, Xu Zimo opened his eyes and exhaled a stream of white breath.
A sharp crack rang out, and the ice sculpture encasing his body shattered in response.
"Lu Gongjin, of Lu Family Village on the Southern Continent. In your youth, you entered the tutelage of Profound Heaven Venerable and cultivated for three thousand years.
"When you were eighteen, you descended the mountain with a fellow Senior Brother and encountered a ferocious Flying Eagle beast. Your Senior Brother fought the Flying Eagle to protect you, yet you coveted the position of Personal disciple.
"Only after your Senior Brother had been killed did you return to the sect to report it, and as you wished, you took his place as a Personal disciple."
Upon hearing Xu Zimo's words, Lu Gongjin's expression changed slightly.
"How did you know?"
Xu Zimo ignored him and continued speaking to himself. "When you were twenty-three, you fell for a Senior Sister.
"To win her heart, you slaughtered an entire small sect. In the end, you obtained that sect's treasured artifact, the Glazed Jade Heart."
"That was merely youthful recklessness and ignorance," Lu Gongjin argued upon hearing Xu Zimo's words.
"When you were three hundred, you betrayed your closest friend in order to break through to the Divine Meridian Realm, trading his head for a Breakthrough Pill."
Xu Zimo continued without pause.
"Enough! Shut up!" Lu Gongjin took a deep breath. His pupils shrank as he looked at Xu Zimo in horror.
These were all things from his life that he had never wished to mention.
Of those who became powerful, who had not stained their hands with blood? Who had never employed despicable means?
"After you turned five hundred, you did become