The atmosphere turned icy after I cut him off.

How should I handle this?

I was still mulling it over when—

“…was.”

The Celestial Stream Sect Lord pretended not to notice the interruption and simply continued speaking.

‘Wow, he’s just pushing through.’

I wanted to point it out, but since he was about to share information, I held my tongue.

“Do you even realize how disgusting and horrifying it is to call something like that ‘righteous’?”

“Yeah? So?”

“Don’t delude yourself. You… and your kind… are no true righteous sect.”

He faltered mid-sentence.

I knew why.

He wasn’t sure whether …