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Chapter 114 You Deserve to Die

"Immortal Master, do you not see the Yue Kingdom to the north? The entire kingdom chants that phrase, 'Follow the Great One'?"

"How terrifying this is! The entire nation has become walking corpses, all reciting the same words, thinking the same thoughts, and believing in the same person."

"That's far more terrifying than murder."

His voice trembled; it was genuine fear.

"Are you afraid of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas?" Qi Fei looked at the fear in his eyes. "Are you afraid that one day, the people around you, or even yourself, will involuntarily utter that phrase?"

Xu Long nodded without saying a word.

"Then what will you do?" Qi Fei asked again.

Xu Long said with a mix of indifference and bewilderment, "It's just escaping. Besides, there are so many immortal masters in Nantianfang. Even if the sky falls, they'll be there to hold it up."

A small-minded person like him has no idea how to fight against Zen wisdom and "Alaya".

There was a bit of luck involved, and a bit of following the crowd.

He also wanted to escape far away, but he couldn't bear to part with everything in Haitianfang, which he had worked so hard for over the years. Qi Fei looked at him and understood his thoughts from his expression.

"Get up," he said.

Xu Long was stunned for a moment, then his face was filled with a fawning smile. He knew he had escaped with his life. He quickly got up, not even having time to brush the dust off his knees, and bowed repeatedly.

"Thank you, Immortal Master! Thank you, Immortal Master!" Ma Hu also got up and bowed in the same manner as him, even faster than him.

Qi Fei suddenly asked, "Do you know anything about the Three Seas Society?"

Xu Long thought for a moment, then dropped some of the fawning on his face and put on an expression that said, "I'm trying to remember."

He thought for a while before speaking: "I only know that the Sanhai Association is a powerful merchant association, but it doesn't have much of a reputation in Nantianfang."

"The Wrathful Seas Society doesn't have much of a relationship with the Three Seas Society."

Qi Fei nodded, indicating that he understood.

He continued, "Those who have close ties with you are mostly rogue cultivators like me, right? How do you usually extort money from them?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Xu Long's face, but it was fleeting. He chuckled twice and said, "It's just a matter of extorting a small amount of money from someone, making them lose a little bit."

He didn't say the whole thing.

When dealing with outside rogue cultivators, they pick on the weakest ones.

Squeezing bones and draining marrow is the least of it; murder, selling people, and turning people into magical artifacts are no secrets in the underground black market of Nantianfang.

Just like he said, among cultivators, it's all about fighting and killing each other. Who hasn't had blood on their hands?

Although he didn't say it, Qi Fei had already discerned the underlying meaning in his earlier statement, "Isn't killing people to practice martial arts and forge weapons a very normal thing?"

This person in front of me is no pushover.

"Actually, the true law is not as dangerous as you imagine," Qi Fei said. "Most people do not understand the true law, but they have awe of it and look at it with an aura of awe."

"Only by truly understanding the true Dharma can one realize that the true Dharma is simply about objectively viewing the world and oneself."

He looked into Xu Long's eyes.

"To cultivate the true method, you don't need to kill anyone, nor do you need to practice your skills or forge weapons to become very powerful. If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Xu Long's expression changed, his face shifting between light and dark.

Study the true Dharma?

What a load of crap!

What can you do with it? You might become powerful, but you could also die at any time!

Over the years, he has seen many people go to learn the true teachings. At first, they were all crazy and talked about what was real and what was fake, how powerful they were, and how they looked down on him.

In the blink of an eye, they were all dead!

Moreover, who knows what kind of background this rogue cultivator has?

Who knows if there are any hidden backdoors or loopholes in the methods he teaches?

Wouldn't that mean being at his mercy at all times?

"This—" Xu Long said with a smile and a humble attitude, "I'm afraid I'm too dull and not qualified enough."

Qi Fei shook his head: "No special qualifications are needed. Just understanding the difference between 'name' and 'reality' is enough."

Spiritual practice, in fact, is quite simple; it simply begins with "name" and "reality."

To know what a name is and what a thing is in itself is the beginning.

Xu Long smiled awkwardly, a smile that seemed to say, "Please don't make things difficult for me," and politely declined, saying, "I am not wealthy enough to support the Immortal Master."

"Neither the true Dharma nor I need your offerings," Qi Fei said, "and you should not kill people to forge weapons."

Xu Long's smile froze for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I am greedy for wealth and status, and I am afraid I will not be able to comprehend the true methods of the immortal master."

Qi Fei finally let out a complete sigh.

He realized that people's pursuits are different.

Xu Long is a truly rotten person.

His pursuit of immortality was solely for wealth, power, to gain recognition and be surrounded by admirers!

He had no desire to become an immortal!

Becoming an immortal is so tiring. One must observe the truth, undergo tribulations, engage in dialectics, and reflect. If one relaxes even slightly, one will die and one's cultivation will be extinguished.

Where could I find such comfort?

He lived a life of luxury, surrounded by beautiful women, collecting protection money, and being called "Master Immortal" by everyone. So what if he died? He had lived a life of pleasure while he was alive.

Even if you put a cultivation technique in front of someone like that, he won't practice it.

"The Great Way lies ahead—" Qi Fei looked at Xu Long and suddenly felt a pang of sorrow.

It's not that I feel sorry for Xu Long, but for the path of cultivating immortality.

The road is there, it has been there for thousands of years, but far fewer people are willing to walk on it than one might imagine.

"Never mind, you can go," he said.

Xu Long was overjoyed and immediately bowed and kowtowed, repeatedly saying "Thank you, Immortal Master" before leading Ma Hu towards the door.

The two walked quickly and lightly, as if afraid that Qi Fei would change his mind.

Just as he was about to step out of the courtyard gate, Qi Fei's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Over the years, have you killed quite a few people and practiced many evil magical artifacts?"

Xu Long abruptly stopped. He turned around, his smile still on his face, and blurted out, "Not a single one."

Before he could finish speaking, a thunderclap exploded in his heart.

The thunder, like the might of heaven, shook him into a daze, causing him to involuntarily speak his true feelings.

"Many were killed."

Then he heard Qi Fei say, "Then you deserve to die."

That was the last sound he heard.

His head slid off his neck and rolled to the ground with a thud. Only then did a fleeting glint of sword light flash across his neck.

Ma Hu, who was standing next to him, then saw that his elder brother had been killed.

His legs went weak, and he knelt down with a thud: "I didn't kill any cultivators, and I don't have any magic power yet."

His forehead slammed against the ground with a loud thud, even louder and faster than Xu Long's earlier slam.

Qi Fei looked at him and said, "I know, so you can leave now. If your Fury Sea Society comes looking for trouble, I'll be waiting."

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