The literati who had come to witness a spectacle saw their smiles fade away.
Meanwhile, the smile on Old Mr. Xue's face became increasingly self-indulgent.
Xue Daoyong's smile was practically bursting, almost uncontrollably, as if the corners of his mouth were even harder to pull down than the trigger of a Divine Arm Crossbow.
But the other scholars and noble families understood the laughter on the old man's face all too well, if it were them, they would be even more carefree, more wild, and more delighted—
"To establish a heart for heaven and earth, to set a life for the living people, to continue the Absolute Skills of the sages, to forge everlasting peace for all generations."
Just these four lines.
Civil and martial achievements fulfilled.
That's enough.
What most shocked them was the intense emotion contained in that last line.