Chapter 1007 Rumors (2/2)

Therefore, Chi Jing wouldn’t recklessly make a move before she found a good opportunity. The war outcome would most likely be decided by which side’s Law Domain experts would reveal a flaw first.

“Didn’t senior sister say there was a little trouble?” Zhou Yuan asked, changing the topic.

Chi Jing’s eyes turned fiercer as she explained, “You have been in closed-door cultivation for too long, and recently, rumors are spreading throughout the Tianyuan Region that you’re deliberately avoiding the war. The top five forces must have spread the rumors to shake the Tianyuan Region’s morale.

“This means would have been useless on a Divine Dwelling expert, but you’re different because you are our master’s official disciple. Although you have declined to become a grand elder, your ident.i.ty is undeniable. Even if you don’t have a grand elder’s power, you have the t.i.tle of grand elder.

“You should know that the Tianyuan Region’s Heavenly Sun experts have many criticisms towards you becoming my master’s third official disciple.”

Zhou Yuan calmly nodded. Given his performance in the nine regions tournament, no Divine Dwelling experts in the Tianyuan Region would dare question his ability, but his performance couldn’t deter Heavenly Sun experts.

As the previous generations’ heaven prides, they originally had a lot of contempt for the current generation’s Divine Dwelling experts.

Zhou Yuan's achievements were remarkable, but in the eyes of Heavenly Sun experts, they weren’t enough of a reason for supreme sovereign Cang Yuan to favor him. So, they were indignant and unconvinced.

They couldn’t accept that Zhou Yuan had achieved their lifelong goal with only the strength of the Divine Dwelling stage.

Therefore, when Zhou Yuan's ident.i.ty was revealed, many Heavenly Sun experts from the Tianyuan Region had many inevitable criticisms in their hearts even though they didn’t say anything. The top five forces most likely took advantage of their discontent to spread rumors in an attempt to shake the Tianyuan Region’s morale.

Thus, the rumors had spread like wildfire, saying that Zhou Yuan pretended to go into closed-door cultivation to avoid the war.

And coupled with the numerous fierce attacks from the top five forces, it resulted in many casualties on the Tianyuan Region’s side and inevitably caused resentment towards Zhou Yuan. If this kind of rumor continued to spread, it would undoubtedly impact Zhou Yuan’s reputation greatly.

Zhou Yuan was unconcerned about the impact on his reputation, but he knew that the rumors would, in the end, affect Cang Yuan’s prestige. People would say he was a bad judge of character and had disappointed the Tianyuan Region’s citizens, severely affecting the Tianyuan Region’s morale.

This was the opponent’s real goal.

Zhou Yuan smiled faintly, saying, “The five top forces really would do anything to win. But this method is like paper in that it can be torn apart easily.”

“What are you planning?” Chi Jing asked.

Zhou Yuan stretched his body and said, “Of course I plan to partic.i.p.ate in the war. From the beginning, I never intended to avoid battling. Now that my breakthrough is successful, I should also exercise my body. After all, this is the only way to win the Ancestral Dragon Lantern.”

He smiled at Chi Jing. “Also, I have to let all Heavenly Sun experts understand why our master chose me and not them.”

Hearing his words, Chi Jing also smiled.

“They'll finally understand what despair is.”

An initial Heavenly Sun expert who possessed a foundation of 720 million Genesis Qi stars? That would most likely stun countless people.