Chapter 2168 A Shocking Revelation

2168 A Shocking Revelation

Rui knew that it would come down to this.

He had a sneaking suspicion that the old man was going down this line of reasoning when he began talking about a numeric advantage.

"I do not possess any knowledge of what you seek, elder Master," Rui narrowed his eyes. "Please continue with the briefing."

The old man didn't believe Rui for a bit.

Rui possessed immense power in the Kandrian Empire until relatively recently. It was extremely difficult for anybody to believe that he had absolutely no idea as to what the manner through which mass Martial Artists were created, was.

And his suspicions were correct.

However, not for reasons that he thought they were.

After all, he didn't just know what was responsible for the breakthroughs to the Apprentice Realm; he was the cause of all these breakthroughs.

If he wasn't, then there was a good chance that he would genuinely be ignorant of what the cause of the mass breakthroughs were. After all, he had genuinely distanced himself from the affairs of the Kandrian Empire after handing his father the power that he once had.

There would be absolutely no avenue for him to know what his father was planning. A good example of this was when the entire Underworld in the Kandrian Empire was uprooted and he had absolutely no idea ahead of time, in time and even well after time.

In the case of treasures of the Kandrian Empire that would be used to elevate them, he knew all about them only because he was the one who brought them to the nation in the first place.

" Are you more loyal to your father than Martial Art, Master Rui?" the elder man raised an eyebrow. "Why do you hide such a precious miracle from us; the greatest purveyors of Martial Art in the Age of Martial Art?"

Rui narrowed his eyes but did not answer.

If he engaged with the question, he would implicitly be conveying that he did indeed know the secret behind the breakthroughs. He did not want to cede that ground as that would make refusal much more difficult and consequential.

No resource was worth losing his freedom in such a manner.

"For the last time, I do not have what you're looking for," Rui's voice was ice cold. "Do not pressure me any more, I do not mind ending this right here and now should you make that request one more time."

The man heaved a tired sigh. "Why do you protect the secret from other Martial Artists even when we offer to compensate you extraordinarily well? Is it your father? Are you loyal to the Emperor of Harmony?"

He was actually being incredibly loyal to himself, but he naturally didn't inform the man about that.

However, what he heard next shocked him.

"Why be loyal to a human emperor that once sought the means to genocide our kind?"

His tone was grave while his gaze grew more severe.

The air grew frosty as he allowed his words to sink in.

Unfortunately, he didn't get the reaction he sought.

Rui's composure held strong as he didn't so much as twitch. Yet, inwardly, he was stunned by the man's words that struck him like a sledgehammer.

However, his eyes couldn't help but widen as a quick inspection of the man's mind revealed a genuine sincerity in his words.

"...what did you say?" Rui's eyes narrowed. The elderly Master smelled an opportunity to crack through Rui's reluctance.

"Your father, the Emperor of Harmony, once harbored the desire to wipe out all Martial Artists," Master Gern capitalized on the opening. "Come, allow me to tell you the tale of the Emperor of Harmony before he ascended the throne."

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