I, the mortal, come from the great world of Xuanhuang

"Why are you telling us all this? Your words might fool the child, but do you think you can fool this old man?" The old man spoke directly, and his words made Fang Yu laugh.

"Do you think you have that much influence? I don't think you have that much influence. Since you don't have that much influence, why do you think I would give you that much influence? I don't give influence to anyone, and I don't value you, old man, much. You're just a remnant soul now, completely useless to me. You can say you're utterly useless. If you were even slightly useful, you wouldn't be here saying these things to me. Really, you don't need to say these things to me, there's absolutely no need for you to say these things to me. Sigh, this is really too painful, really too painful. How could I not have imagined that there was such a guy as you?"

"Don't you think that's the way it is? Don't you think that's how it is? I think so. Let it be, whatever happens, happens anyway. Saying more won't help, it's meaningless, it's unnecessary. To be honest, I really don't want to say so much, but sometimes I have no choice. If I don't say so much, I'm afraid others will misunderstand. If things are misunderstood or there's a problem with the understanding, the consequences could be unimaginable. Anyway, that's the way it is. Oh well, whatever happens, happens. As long as you don't mess with me, everything will be fine. There's no need to care too much. There's really no need to care too much. There's no need to care too much. There's no need for that." There's no need for that. Let things take their course. That's life, isn't it? Let things be as they may. Whatever happens, just let nature take its course, right? The problem is, sometimes I'm really curious, really curious about what will happen. If it's not a big deal, that's even better. But as it turns out, it's definitely going to be a big deal. I'm really curious about the consequences, what will happen. I'm incredibly curious about it all. That's why I agreed to this whole thing. I just hope everything can take its natural course. If everything can take its natural course, then the problem won't be so big, then it can be resolved. And if it can be resolved, then I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"The reason I did this is simply because I wanted to, nothing more. It's not because you, old man, have any influence. You're not worth it, really not worth it at all. It's completely unnecessary, absolutely unnecessary. I'm really sleepy right now, extremely sleepy. I don't even know what to say anymore. I just hope everything goes as you wish. If you want to deal with your apprentice, that's your business, it has nothing to do with me. Just don't come looking for me, then everything will be fine. Just don't come looking for me, then everything can take its natural course. So, please don't come looking for me. If you don't come looking for me, then I don't need to worry, I don't need to care. I hope you, old man, won't disappoint me. As long as you don't disappoint me, then everything..." There are no problems, really. As long as you don't disappoint me, what problems could there be? Everything is fine. If everything is alright, then it's a happy ending, and I hope this continues. If it's a good thing, then let it happen gradually. I can be happier, much happier. Really, I really hope to be happier. As long as no problems arise, it's fine. If no problems arise, then it's not a big deal. That's fine, but the problems are just too big. Sigh, that's life. Life absolutely can't be like this. If it continues like this, it won't be a good thing, don't you think? In short, let everything take its natural course, everything needs to be resolved, don't think about those things, and don't dwell on them. Sigh, headache, headache.

"Whatever you think, this is how I think. Do whatever you want, just don't cause me any trouble. As long as you don't cause me any trouble, everything will be fine. Do whatever you want."

"What exactly is your purpose in saying all this?"

The old man, still unwilling to give up, pressed on with more questions.

"Whatever your motives are, that's none of your business. You just need to focus on improving your strength, and then have your apprentices focus on improving theirs. That's enough. Don't think about those other things. There's really no point in thinking about them. What use are they? Absolutely none. Do you know how utterly useless they are? If they had even the slightest use, things wouldn't be like this. If you don't focus on improving your strength, you're not far from death. This is a well-intentioned reminder, and I hope you understand. I truly hope you understand my good intentions." Please understand my goodwill. Don't harbor any ill will towards me; you are not worthy of harboring any ill will towards me, absolutely not. There's really no need, absolutely no need. Ugh, it's so painful, so incredibly painful, utterly unbearable. I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do. I just hope everything can take its natural course. If everything can take its natural course, then naturally there will be no problem. Ugh, my head hurts, it really hurts, anyway, everything is going smoothly. Everything should take its natural course; don't think so much. What's the use of thinking so much? Thinking so much is completely useless.

"My head hurts, my head hurts, it really hurts so much. It hurts so much, it's unbearable."

"In short, everything must take its natural course, and no problems can be allowed to arise. If problems do arise, the consequences will be borne by the individual."

"Anyway, everyone has different ideas, so do whatever you want. Don't think you have a problem, but don't think you don't either. In short, regarding the lives of more than ten of you, I just want to study how useful your apprentice really is. I really want to know how useful he really is."

"After all, such a wonderful show, ah, it really is a particularly wonderful show."

"That's life. You have to say things and do things, but you don't know how to do them or how to do them. Anyway, I've said what I needed to say and done what I needed to do. No matter what the future holds, let everything just change as it is. As long as you don't come looking for trouble with me, then you can come looking for trouble with whoever you want."

"Don't you think you've gone too far? You're risking other people's lives just to put on a good show. Don't you think you've gone too far?" The old man was furious and enraged.

Because he never expected it to turn out this way.

"Why can't I do this? Why can't I do this? Of course I have to do it, because I have my reasons, I have to do it, I can't not do it. Because only in this way will it be meaningful, don't you think? Only in this way will it be meaningful, right? I just want a meaningful life, but I don't want to experience it myself, so I can only let others experience it. I hope others can make me happy. In that case, maybe I can let the other person go, really, if that's the case, maybe I can let the other person go, that's actually a good thing, don't you think? It really is a good thing, it's really a great thing. No matter what you think, anyway, I..." "I have to think this way. If I don't, I'll be letting myself down after all these years of sacrifice. All those years of sacrifice weren't for nothing; I need a reason. I need to find a reason—how should I put it? A reason I absolutely must prepare. I'm glad you gave me such a reason, so I can properly deal with you. Actually, you two aren't exactly pure good people, so don't think I'm going too far. If your strength surpasses mine, if your strength is enough to kill me, then you can resist all you want; I won't say a word. If you can do that, you can completely kill me; I won't say a word."

"This is my skill, this is my skill, this is what I should do. I am willing, I can do whatever I want, there is nothing that is impossible, there is really nothing that cannot be done. This is what I am going to do, whether you like it or not, whether you want it or not, anyway, I have done what I was going to do, I have finished what I was going to do. In any case, I have done what I was going to do very well."

"I hope you can understand, and I hope you can comprehend. Of course, your hatred for me is undoubtedly deep, but I don't care about any of that. It's unnecessary for me, and I don't need to care about it. It's useless, utterly useless. If it were even slightly useful, that's the truth, and I hope you can understand. Don't think about those unimportant things. Those unimportant things really don't need to be thought about. They're completely unnecessary, not even a little bit necessary. But it's unnecessary, and it doesn't have to be like that. Don't you think that's the way it is? I think that's it. Let things be as they may, but don't think about those bad things. There's no need to think about those bad things. It's really not necessary, not even a little bit necessary."

"The things I have to do are actually very tiring, but I don't know how to solve them, so I can only use violence to solve the current problems. I have to use this violent method. I have to do it, otherwise it simply won't work."

"Well, I have no other choice. So whether you're willing or not doesn't really matter. What matters is what I do. I have so much to do, and no matter what, I have to do it well because I'm exhausted. I have to resolve all of this."

"I hope you can understand, and I really hope you can understand. I really hope you can understand, I really understand. If you don't understand, then I'll be terribly upset. Extremely upset. Of course, you can also choose to resist, just like I said, you can absolutely choose to resist. As long as you are strong enough, even if you kill me, I won't have any objections. As long as you kill me, it's not a big problem at all. But the premise is that you have to have that strength. If you don't have that strength, then everything is in vain, everything is useless, everything is pointless. This is the truth, and it's the fact. You have to have that strength."

"Don't ever say things like 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.' You might fool little kids with that, but if you actually say it, I'll have no choice but to kill you. That's the truth, and I hope you understand. Really, I wouldn't mind killing you all. It's not difficult or a problem for me at all."

"I don't want to leave any hidden dangers or future troubles. I just want to resolve my own issues. Everything, everything, must be resolved properly, otherwise, I'll feel terrible. Don't you agree?"

"If it were you, I don't think you'd want to leave such a big problem behind, so don't blame me. You guys just need to do your own thing. There's absolutely no need for anything else. There's no need at all. I don't want to talk to you about this, but I have no choice. If I don't say these things, then there's no need to say them anymore. There's really no need to continue. There's absolutely no need, not even the slightest bit. Really, that's the truth. I don't want to care about these things, and I don't want to face them. Really."

"If there are no problems, then solve them as much as possible; if there are problems, solve them as quickly as possible. This is the truth, the absolute truth, the absolute truth. No matter what you think, this is how I think. I'll always think this way. Sigh, it's really a headache, a very headache-inducing thing. No matter what you think, this is how I think. No matter what you do, what I do, no matter how you act, that's how it is. What will the final result be? That depends on fate. If fate is good, then there's not a big problem. If fate really goes wrong, then it just means we're unlucky." (End of Chapter)