in the edge

Chapter 566 The stars in the sky come for you
The first person to appear in front of Du Chengfeng was a middle-aged scholar with white hair and beard.

Du Chengfeng recognized this man, although he didn't know his name. But they had all been trapped in the pond by the fisherman before. Since it was Du Chengfeng who solved the problem of the fisherman in the end, the powerful people represented by this middle-aged scholar all treated Du Chengfeng with courtesy.

But it was only when dividing the spoils that they were courteous, and it was only when dividing up the fisherman's inheritance that everyone remained harmonious.

But now, Du Chengfeng could no longer see any kindness on the face of this middle-aged scholar.

"You bold lunatic, do you know your crime?"

This was the first sentence after they met. There was no greeting at all, only a chilling feeling.

Du Chengfeng just smiled.

"If you want to fight, just fight. Why are you talking so much nonsense..."

"and many more!"

Just when Du Chengfeng was about to make a move, the Fire Star Lord, covering his broken arm, suddenly stood up.

"There must be some misunderstanding! Why is it so? Wenquxing! Didn't he save our lives before? And you, you, and you all... Weren't we all saved by him because of Diao Sou's matter? Don't you have any regard for our old friendship?"

Facing the angry gaze of the Lord of Fire, the powerful people whose names were called either turned their heads away or lowered their heads in shame.

Obviously, many of them, like the Fire Star Lord, were somewhat unwilling to fight with Du Chengfeng.

However, there were still many powerful people with stern expressions on their faces, and their eyes looking at Du Chengfeng were full of murderous intent.

It was at this time that the middle-aged scholar with white hair and beard, known as the Wenquxing, spoke again.

"Lord of Fire, are you going to stand on the side of this evil creature? Do you think you still want us to see how powerful you were back then?"

"No, old man..."

The Lord of Fire opened his mouth, but facing the hundreds of powerful beings flying in the air, he couldn't even utter a complete sentence for a moment.

"Old man, I just..."

"That's fine."

Seeing that the flames on the Fire Star Lord's body were dimming a little, the middle-aged scholar known as the Wenquxing finally shook his head.

"For the sake of the old friendship you mentioned, we will give him a chance to speak, so that you can know what the person you are protecting is."

Having said this, the middle-aged scholar turned his gaze to Du Chengfeng.

"Do you dare to tell me in public what your name is and where you are from?"

"Why do you ask?"

Huo De Xingjun didn't understand what this meant for a moment. After all, this way of asking was really too weird - what's your name, where is your hometown, since when did the great powers in heaven care about this? Everyone was born in different times, and their hometowns were even more diverse. All along, everyone judged heroes by their strength. Since when did they decide life and death by their origin?

However, facing the questioning of the Lord of Fire, the middle-aged scholar just shook his head.

"Don't ask me, ask him."

"This……"

The Fire Star Lord turned and looked at Du Chengfeng.

"What on earth are you carrying? What could be the big deal?"

"..."

Du Chengfeng was silent for a moment.

He was too lazy to answer such questions. After all, he had nothing to say to these aggressive powerful people. But since the one asking the question was the Lord of Fire, after thinking about it, he chose to respect this good opponent with whom he had just dueled.

"Du Chengfeng was born into a refugee family in Jibei."

"Refugees..."

The Fire Star Lord subconsciously clenched his fists.

Although he had been a powerful man for countless years, so long that even kings, princes and generals were nothing but commonplace to him, he at least knew what the word "refugee" meant - although he had not yet seriously understood the past of his opponent, the fact that he had cultivated to such a level at such a young age meant that he was a gifted genius, or even a rare talent among millions.

But, being born as a refugee, this...

How many hardships did a refugee have to go through to achieve this? How many times did he have to risk his life?

Just thinking about it made the Fire Deity's blood boil. He couldn't imagine or believe how a refugee, without a home or a job, without a teacher or a mentor, could end up like this, relying only on himself to risk his life time and time again.

This is simply...

"Then I will not let you touch him."

Taking a deep breath, the Lord of Fire actually took a step forward and directly blocked the group of powerful men.

"If you are mobilizing such a large force just because of my humble origins... I cannot bear to see such a thing."

As he spoke, the flames on the body of the Fire Star Lord became brighter, even more intense than when he had fought with Du Chengfeng before!

"To bully the few with your numbers is nothing. Come at me if you have the guts!"

"Lord Fire Star, you have been deceived."

Facing the arrogance of the Fire Star Lord, the middle-aged scholar known as the Wenquxing just shook his head with a cold face.

"You think you are protecting your good friend, but your good friend is not telling you the truth..."

Having said that, the middle-aged scholar turned his head to Du Chengfeng again.

"Yes, Du Chengfeng, I was born into a refugee family, and my hometown is Yangjiabao in Jibei. No one can find fault with your identity. After all, there are more refugees than ants in the world..."

Having said this, the middle-aged scholar paused.

Then, his eyes suddenly became sharp.

"So, what happened before that?"

"before this?"

The Fire Star Lord was completely confused.

"What do you mean before this? Aren't refugees refugees? Before this, weren't they all born by their parents? How can this be..."

As he spoke, Fire Star Lord turned his head.

In the sight of the Lord of Fire, Du Chengfeng still looked coldly at the powerful men in the sky, without any intention of speaking.

"What’s wrong with you?"

The Fire Star God chose his words carefully.

"Is there something you can't tell me? In my opinion, these people are still bullying me too much. They have already said so much, but they still want to expose my scars. This is simply..."

"you do not say?"

It was at this moment that the middle-aged scholar in the air spoke again.

"Well, if you don't want to tell me, I'll tell you... Do you think that if you say that you were born a refugee, no one will know? Do you think that after such a long time, no one will know?"

At this point, the middle-aged scholar shouted loudly. "Du Chengfeng! Born a refugee! Native of Yangjiabao, Jibei! But before this, you had no father or mother! No growth, no experience! You just fell from the sky! You are not originally from this world!"

"Varied……"

The Fire Star Lord was stunned.

How could this kind of thing be possible?

"You, you are not..."

The Fire Star Lord couldn't help but look back at Du Chengfeng.

He wanted to say something, but his chaotic thoughts made his brain chaotic - what did it mean to fall from the sky, what did it mean to not be from this world, how could it be like this? How could it become like this?
What does it mean to be not from this world?
Or in other words, even if he is not from this world, so what?
"Of course, if you were willing to be a nobody for the rest of your life, we wouldn't have mobilized so many troops."

It was at this time that the middle-aged scholar spoke again.

"The world is so big that there are all kinds of things. We are not without tolerance. One less person like you is not a big deal, and one more person like you is not a big deal either. You can find a place to live out the rest of your life, or fight to the death with those mortals. Even if you want to become a king, a prince, a general or a minister, no one will pay attention to you...but."

At this point, the middle-aged scholar narrowed his eyes.

"But you still exposed your tail, you still started to touch things that you can't touch, and you finally revealed your true colors...you outer demon!"

"Outside the domain...Demon?"

The Fire Star Lord couldn't help but turn his head and look at Du Chengfeng.

At this moment, all the questions buried in my heart seemed to have found answers.

Why has this tin man become so powerful but still not firm in his own doctrine? Why has this tin man come up with the crazy idea that "all beings are equal"? Why does this tin man look no different from everyone else, but when getting along with others, he always feels a little inexplicably different.

The former Fire Star Lord once thought that this was a matter of experience. He didn't know what the tin man had experienced, but some special experiences would undoubtedly shape a special style of behavior. As the saying goes, there is nothing strange in the world, so although Du Chengfeng is rare, he is not particularly strange.

But now...

"……Really?"

The Fire Star Lord clenched his teeth.

"Du Chengfeng, you really are..."

"I don't think I am."

Looking at the face of Fire Star Lord with his hair and beard standing up, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

"We have known each other for quite some time. Although I have beaten you, tortured you, and even put you in a sack, I don't think I am inhuman in any way... You should know that I have always been a human being, and have never been a demon from outside the realm. I don't have horns on my head, and I don't have a tail behind my butt."

Having said that, Du Chengfeng raised his head and looked at the powerful men standing in the air.

"If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext. If you really think I'm a nuisance, just do it directly. There's no need to find a reason, let alone such an outrageous one... and you're saying that I'm a demon from outside the domain?"

Looking at those powerful men with solemn expressions on their faces, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sneer.

"If I am an extraterritorial demon, then what are you?"

It was precisely because he was standing under a group of powerful people that Du Chengfeng could see more clearly.

These so-called powerful ones, these pioneers who flew to the sky, none of them held weapons in their hands.

This reminded Du Chengfeng of the time when he was still in Jibei. At that time, he thought that the world was dominated by evil spirits, and weapons were the key to everything. If he wanted to become stronger, he could only use evil spirits, he could only keep on killing, he could only keep on killing. Only by killing more and becoming stronger could he master enough power and defend his hard-earned ordinary life.

But now it seems...

"what."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng simply flipped his hand and pulled it.

The heavy sword that had accompanied him for a long time fell into his hands again.

“This time is completely different from before.”

Du Chengfeng said this to his knife.

"In fact, it's me who has implicated you. If I hadn't appeared, you would have been the one to inherit this sword... Although I don't think you could have inherited this sword at that time, but it was because you followed me that you walked all the way to such a dangerous situation..."

Before Du Chengfeng could finish his words, flames had already started on the heavy sword.

It was obvious that this sword, which was in tune with Du Chengfeng's thoughts, already knew what he wanted to say.

It is proving itself with practical actions.

It is not afraid.

Not only was I not afraid, I was even a little excited.

After all, it has only killed soldiers and generals, masters of evil spirits, and at most some monsters, and even some top strong men on the mortal level.

It has never actually killed these so-called celestial beings.

In other words, how could it not kill these so-called celestial beings?
After all, it has a telepathic connection with Du Chengfeng, which means that it can also see that none of the so-called star gods in the sky are using weapons.

Or perhaps, they don't need any weapons at all, what they hold in their hands is power itself.

If those are also considered power, or even better power than it, then what is it?
"You bold thief, you actually dare to show your weapon!"

It was at this time that the middle-aged scholar known as Wenquxing in the air shouted again.

"This demon from outside the realm actually dared to resist! We don't need to be polite to this evil beast anymore! Let's attack together!"

"So, why not just do it earlier? Why waste so much time talking?"

Du Chengfeng shook his head, and then pushed away the Lord of Fire beside him.

"Okay, you have nothing to do with this. After all, you've been defeated by me, and you can't beat me... Now, run as far as you can."

As he spoke, Du Chengfeng had already raised his sword.

"Otherwise, I will kill you."

"you……"

Seeing that the big knife was about to chop down towards him, the Lord of Fire gritted his teeth and wanted to stand still.

But the blazing blade light was much faster than the sound of his words. At this moment, Du Chengfeng had no intention of holding back. With just one slash of the blade, the entire body of the Fire Deity was split in half.

"you……"

Half of his body turned to ashes, and the remaining half of Fire Star Lord fell to the ground.

"you……"

At the end of his consciousness, the Fire Star Lord was still a little confused.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't you know very well that the powerful cannot be killed?"

(End of this chapter)