245 Is This the Correct Way That You Are Talking About!? (1/2)

Four Shengjing Sect people have been successfully defeated by Wang Lu in a series of questions. Although this was expected, but within these four rounds embodied the rules of the test, which made people secretly feel apprehensive.

Although the four Shengjing Sect people were cannon fodders, no one really died because of that. When they made the declaration and being questioned to confirm their loyalty, all of it was not fake.

However, Wang Lu neither used mind confusing spell on them nor prosecuted them with powerful strength, or even enticed them with benefits. He merely used rhetoric, and the four people’s loyalty completely disintegrated.

Was Wang Lu’s eloquence so good that it broke through the sky? Obviously not. The problem was not in Wang Lu.

The same questions also lingered in the hearts of other cultivators. Hai Yunfan knitted his brows and whispered to Wang Lu, ”The standard of this loyalty gate test is very strict, it seems as if it wants to test our absolute loyalty… Is this even theoretically possible?”

Loyalty and absolute loyalty were two very different concepts. Take the following small story for example.

A certain sect’s cultivator Chen Xiaoqian, when his immortal cultivation was in critical time, ready for a closed-door training, suddenly received instruction from his sect to travel to a far away place to carry out a task.

At this time, would putting aside personal interest and respecting the wishes of the sect be counted as loyalty?

Of course, it could. If there was no loyalty, he could avoid the responsibility by claiming he was inadequate and so on.

Then the story continued. That cultivator Chen Xiaoqian has gone to a faraway place and risked his life for the sect to carry out the task. However, unexpectedly, he fell into enemy’s plot. His whole family was captured. The beloved wife of his life, his parents in their old age in his hometown, and the just born, still starving child has come under enemy’s control.

The enemy asked him to betray his sect’s interest, or else they would inflict torture to his family.

Chen Xiaoqian clenched his teeth and helplessly watched as his child was hammered into the mud and his parents were pushed into the oil pan. Although it felt as if a knife has pierced his heart, he never betrayed his sect.

The enemies were also surprised by Chen Xiaoqiang’s resoluteness, thereupon, they used a more underhanded mean: if he would not comply, then they would gather every evil people on the street to come and sully his wife.

This loyal cultivator finally somewhat couldn’t endure anymore. He and his wife have endured through too many hardships together, and their feelings for each other were unwavering. He would rather personally experience ten thousand times of torture than see his wife injured even a tiny bit.

His inner feelings agitated and wavered. A minute of time has slipped away as he watched his wife fell into devilish people, the clothes on her body shattered, and her snow white skin exposed...

He clenched his teeth, anxious to die immediately rather than watching the scene continue to unfold. However, how could the enemy easily let him get away? They forced him to watch all of this, yet Chen Xiaoqian endured with his unimaginable willpower.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time later, the beautiful woman that had accompanied him for years finally turned into an unrecognizable human meat.

However, throughout it all, he did not reveal even a word of his sect’s secret.

The next question was, was Chen Xiaoqiang loyal?

Perhaps most of the people who faced such question would immediately spat out: This is already a f*cking twisted loyalty!

However, according to the standard of loyalty, regretfully, Chen Xiaoqian could not be considered loyal. Because, after witnessing his family died and his wife humiliated, his heart was shaken.

Although in the end, he didn’t make the choice that was contrary to the interest of his sect, his heart shouldn’t have been shaken. Because, since he was shaken, it meant that the suffering from the test that he was subjected at was not cruel enough. If the balance on the other end were weighty enough, he would eventually betray the sect.

This was the meaning of absolute loyalty.

Of the more than forty people present, no one was disloyal. Since they could be relied on by the sect and thus were sent to the ancient sword tomb as elite disciples, they must be worthy of trust. However, the test of loyalty gate required them to have absolute loyalty, which was very much different than just loyalty. In fact, considering the question of absolute loyalty, everyone could not help but think, was it even possible to achieve it?

Towards this question, Wang Lu did hesitate to give its answer.

”Of course it is possible.”

Dozens pairs of ears stood up at the same time.

Wang Lu chuckled. ”Wouldn’t refining someone into a meat puppet be enough? A creature without a brain is the most loyal. To date, except for someone with not quite good refining technique and few other minor accidents, was there ever an instance where a meat puppet betrayed its master’s interest? Never, right?”

F*ck me! Dozens of people inwardly roared, what is this damn nonsense!?

Wang Lu’s face turned serious. ”Nonsense? Yes, it’s pure nonsense to make people into meat puppets, but if we go one step further from it?”

Hai Yunfan seemed to realize something; he nodded and said, ”One step further?”

Wang Lu said, ”For example, refine a meat puppet, and then declare one own’s loyalty to it, absolutely will not in anyway disobey its request.”

”This…” Hai Yunfan gawked for a moment, and then said with a smile, ”That’s a really good cunning method. Obviously, it’s the meat puppet who is loyal to you, yet you stated it was the otherwise. But, it seems like this is something similar to the record in the history book, hold the feudal lord and you control his vassals! It’s just that though this move appears loyal, in practice, it is a deceitful trick.”

Wang Lu gave him a thumbs up. ”You’re indeed worthy to come from the imperial family, very skilled in the relevant history.”

Hai Yunfan said with a smile, ”You’re just making fun of me, I have now embarked on the immortal path, mortal wealth and glory have already nothing to do with me… Brother Wang, although this move of swapping position from guest to the host, to hold the feudal lord you control his vassals, is indeed ingenious, ultimately, it’s not the right path.”

Wang Lu said, ”Correct, turning people into meat puppets and then declaring allegiance to them is indeed too ridiculous, but if we go one step further once again?”

This time even Hai Yunfan was unable to guess. ”Go one step further once again?”

”Yes, declaring loyalty to the meat puppet is not feasible because refining a meat puppet has a cut and dry cause and effect. However, what if we remove this cause and effect? For example, what if we declare loyalty to someone who has already died?”

Hai Yunfan was startled. ”Giving loyalty to the deceased?”

”Yes. To be loyal to a person who won’t ask you for anything means that you wouldn’t need to worry about being disobedient.”

”There is some truth in this, but I feel like there are still some problems with it.”

”Of course, a person who once lived in this world always left traces of it, or as we often say, always lives in our heart. If we did something that is contrary to their image, it could be regarded as disloyal. However, what if we go one step further on this basis?”