"Of course, I'd choose the first option," Chu Feng answered without hesitation.
"You know the truth, so naturally you can tell the difference. But if you didn't know the truth and only saw things on the surface, how would you know whether Qing Xuantian was good or bad?" Chu Xuanyuan said.
"Thank you for the guidance, Father. I understand." And Chu Feng truly did understand. Chu Xuanyuan's meaning was very clear — he was telling Chu Feng that without knowing the full story, one should never rashly judge whether a person was good or evil.
Just like Qing Xuantian — one couldn't simply assume he was truly a good person just because every legend painted him as one.
Likewise, one couldn't simply assume he was a bad person just because of the Magma Emperor's words and the fact that Qing Xuantian had actually abandoned the Four Symbols Divine Power.
Under these circumstances, Chu Feng would rather believe that Qing Xuantian was a good person.
After all, the many benefits he had received from Qing Xuantian were all real.
However, even though Qing Xuantian had helped him, Chu Feng only felt gratitude — not blind worship.
After all, everything Chu Feng had obtained was also tied to his own efforts. It wasn't as though Qing Xuantian had proactively and unconditionally helped him.
"I don't know what kind of person Qing Xuantian truly was, but there are a few things I can be certain of," Chu Xuanyuan suddenly said.
"What?" Chu Feng asked curiously.
"Qing Xuantian was extraordinary. I believe he must have successfully entered the Outer World — only he didn't use the Heavenly Staircase, but rather a method similar to that of the Moon Immortal."
"And the reason I think he was extraordinary isn't because he managed to enter the Outer World, but because his talent wasn't particularly strong, yet he was able to reach such heights on his own in a place like that."
"After all, back then, he was only at ordinary third rank combat power," Chu Xuanyuan said.
"Indeed." Chu Feng agreed. In truth, when it came to talent, Qing Xuantian from all those years ago was truly not as gifted as him. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to lose to the Magma Emperor even as a first rank Half Ancestor.
After all, Chu Feng's current true cultivation was also at first rank Half Ancestor. But with the many techniques at his disposal, let alone an ordinary first rank Half Ancestor — even an ordinary sixth rank Half Ancestor would be someone Chu Feng could fight.
That level of strength was not just marginally greater than Qing Xuantian's — it was vastly superior.
"However, precisely because of this, I can confirm that back then he had not truly comprehended the power of the Four Symbols Divine Power. At the same time, he did not know how powerful the Four Symbols Divine Power was," Chu Xuanyuan said.
"Father, you mean…?" Chu Feng seemed to have thought of something.
"What I mean is, Qing Xuantian will come to regret it someday. No matter what God-given Divine Power he obtained in its place, none of them will surpass the Four Symbols Divine Power he gave up," Chu Xuanyuan said with a smile.
"Father, does that mean the Four Symbols Divine Power is an extremely powerful one among God-given Divine Powers?" Chu Feng asked.
"I once, through a stroke of fate, saw the ranking of God-given Divine Powers."
"The top ten God-given Divine Powers have never appeared in our star region — not a single one."
"But the Four Symbols Divine Power ranks third on that list," Chu Xuanyuan said.
"Ranked third — the Four Symbols Divine Body is that powerful?" Hearing this, Chu Feng's eyes widened in shock.
He truly hadn't expected the Four Symbols Divine Body to be so formidable — powerful to such an extent.
After all, the vast Outer World was limitless, and the number of martial cultivators within it was incalculable. God-given Divine Bodies were naturally just as innumerable.