Song Xing: I am cultivating immortals in Qingcheng Mountain

Chapter 541: Life is like a chess game, and I am happy too!
The phantom's laughter gradually stopped and slowly dissipated. Before the magnificent aura in the hall had dissipated, another figure walked out from nothingness.

Behind him was another huge banner.

“Life is like a chess game.”

Xiao Se's eyes focused, a hint of sharpness flashed in his purple eyes, and there was also a hint of sigh. The words meant what he meant. If it was really as he thought, then he might have to give up this game.

The shadowy figure stood with his hands behind his back, the dark patterns on his black dragon robe moved like a living thing, and his voice was as deep as the abyss.

"The sky is the chessboard and the stars are the pieces. Who dares to play?"

An extremely arrogant word was heard, with a spirit of conquering the world. Xiao Se stood aside, his hands subconsciously clasped in front of his chest.

"Boy, this is my second question!"

Looking at Xiao Se, the visitor had burning eyes and some anticipation, as if he had finally waited for the successor to this vast country.

"As an emperor, you are all-embracing and regard all living beings as chess pieces, even relatives and friends are no exception. Now I ask you, Beili is about to die. If there is someone around you who can save him, how will you make your move?"

Xiao Se stood in place, with a bright purple light in his eyes. If he was just a little surprised by the previous question, then this time, it was as if the other party had seen the apocalypse of today.

Beili is now in a precarious situation, like a fragile egg. The gods have gathered together, and Banbu Guizhen has suppressed everything. Everyone in Tianqi lives cautiously, even the royal family is in danger.

But if you ask, is there anyone who can solve the current situation?
Xiao Se actually had the answer in his heart.

As far as he knew, the young Taoist priest from Qingcheng Mountain could solve the current dilemma of Apocalypse.

But Zhao Shouyi has made it clear that he will not take part in the fight for imperial power.

He couldn't do such a thing as plotting against his friends. But if it really came to that, one day, his father, brothers, Sikong Qianluo, Lei Wujie, Tang Lian, Ye Ruoyi and others stood on the opposite side of Zhao Shouyi, and he had to make a move to save them. He didn't know what he would do?
Integrity Bureau.

Putting aside the first question, the second question is about the weaknesses of human nature, selfishness, closeness and distance, and whether he should sacrifice one person to save the whole world.

The phantom suddenly sneered, and his eyes under the crown were as sharp as knives.

"Are you hesitating?"

"When the emperor makes a move, he must make it decisively! If one move can change the whole situation, will you... give it up or not?"

Xiao Se raised his eyes, the bloodstains on his green robe had not yet dried. If it was Xiao Yu or Xiao Chong standing in front of this phantom at this moment, the two of them might not hesitate about the answer to this question.

To reap huge rewards with minimal cost, this choice is undoubtedly the best in their eyes.

He could actually answer this question against his conscience, but when he thought of Tianqi's current situation, he sighed.

“I will not sacrifice one man to save the world.”

Upon hearing this, the phantom suddenly approached, with pressure as overwhelming as the sky.

"madness!!"

"The way of heaven and earth is to be natural, the way of the emperor is to make choices!!"

"To exchange one person for the whole world, the whole world is lucky for that one person!!"

Xiao Se is Xiao Se after all. Since he has made the decision in his heart, he will not hesitate any longer. He met those eyes filled with raging anger.

"Is it that person's luck? Will he consider himself lucky?"

The phantom smiled coldly, as if mocking Xiao Se's confusion, and also as if mocking his naivety.

"How can you know the joy of fish if you are not a fish?"

When Xiao Se heard this, he suddenly remembered the time when he traveled around the world with the Taoist priest. They often had conversations like this.

"You are not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of fish???"

The phantom was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with some regret in his eyes. He disdained sophistry. Although there were many answers in the emperor's examination of conscience, only one or two of them would pass.

But the answer Xiao Se received clearly did not meet his expectations.

"An emperor is a chess player. If he is hindered by personal feelings, he will never achieve great things!" Xiao Se heard the regret in the other party's voice, but he did not seem to regret it. The opportunity in Jiange might not be his.

But now that the matter has been brought to light, Xiao Se felt a rage in his heart that he couldn't help but let it out.

"The emperor does not necessarily have to be the chess player"

"I've heard that a strategist who puts himself in the game can win half the battle against heaven. Since the common people are like chess pieces, then why can't the emperor be the same?"

Just as the shadow was about to turn around, his steps suddenly stopped.

"If you enter the game with your own body, you will win half the battle."

He looked at Xiao Se again. These words were very arrogant, not any worse than what he said before. He was inviting the world, but Xiao Se was planning to play against the sky. Such madmen were rare in the world.

"Abandoning one person to save the world, is that person wrong?"

Xiao Se asked himself the question in his heart.

The phantom paused again, but he did not agree with this. What he was talking about was a choice, not right or wrong.

"The opinions of a childish boy, can't the right and wrong of the world be measured?"

Things in the world are never black or white. Anyone who has experienced the trials of time will know the truth.

"I met a Taoist priest who once said that there is no clear standard for right and wrong, and the same action may have two results in different situations."

The phantom quite agreed with this statement, but at this moment, he did not say anything else. Since Xiao Se was not the destined person he was waiting for, the last conscience-searching bureau in Jiange would have to be closed.

"May I ask the ancestors, how do you judge whether it is right to sacrifice one person to save a country?"

Upon hearing this, the phantom looked at Xiao Se, his eyes still indifferent, and did not answer.

Xiao Se suddenly smiled with a hint of relief, and his laughter became louder, with a gleam in his eyes.

"Abandoning one person does not save a country, but destroys it. The backbone is broken, what is the point of living?"

"It's not the people who are wrong, but this damn world!!"

"Why is there no eternal dynasty in the world? Why is there no everlasting prosperity in the world? Who is wrong?"

The shadow was startled, and looked at the young man in front of him again.

He seemed to understand the ambition of the young man in front of him. What he cared about seemed not to be the vast territory, but the world.

“Why do those who do good not have a good ending, and those who do evil not have a bad ending?”

“Why are villains in power and gentlemen not allowed to do their job?”

"Why do the elderly have no place to live, the young have no one to raise, why is the world full of fighting, why is life and death so cheap?"

"Why must the emperor be dark and full of calculations???"

"What's the point of such an empire?"

Xiao Se's mind was filled with turbulence. At this moment, he was thinking not only of Zhao Shouyi, but also of his father, the King of Langya. Was this kind of empire really what he wanted?

Do not! ! !
"I don't accept this fate - and I don't accept this cannibalistic world!!!"

"If I hold a sword, the mountains and rivers will be the sheath, and my life will be the blade."

"Since there are no rules, I will decide..."

"I want this mountain and river to be rewritten, and all living beings must dare to look up!!"

"It feels so good! It feels so good!!!"

"The world is happy because I am here!! I am happy too!!"

(End of this chapter)