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Chapter 129 Piglet Appears Again

Whether it was the world Qi Fei lived in his previous life or the cultivation world he now inhabits, there are people who believe in "gods".

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From those insignificant mountain spirits to the supreme "cause without cause" in the Dragon Master's words.

The followers of these "gods" have never ceased.

This is not because people don't think; quite the opposite, it's precisely because most people do think.

Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?

These three most basic and fundamental questions, along with the boundless void behind them, are enough to make any thinking person feel deeply bewildered and uneasy.

And then there's the endless questioning; every cause has an effect, and every effect has a cause.

So, if we take an effect as a cause, and cause and effect are linked one after another, infinitely going backward, what is the initial starting point of cause and effect?

These can also cause immense feelings of emptiness and anxiety.

Nothingness is the price of thinking.

Filling this void becomes a basic spiritual need.

Secondly, in the real world, good and evil are often reversed.

Many efforts may not be rewarded, many people do good but do not have a good end, and many people do evil but do not suffer retribution.

People need to believe that above all of this, there exists an absolute standard of good and evil, an ultimate judgment, and a fairness on the other side.

Good deeds will ultimately be rewarded, and evil people will be judged after death.

This is also a basic spiritual need.

Finally, and most fundamentally, the question of life and death.

All problems and troubles, when traced back to their source, are mostly inseparable from the two words: life and death.

Death is the ultimate anxiety shared by all people.

This is why the practice of cultivating immortality and the pursuit of eternal life arose.

The path to immortality is incredibly difficult. Countless people aspire to become immortals, but those who truly embark on the path and transcend life and death are as rare as morning stars.

Thus, "God" became another way out.

God severed the boundary between this world and the other, endowed the soul with eternity, dispelled the despair brought by death, and gave the fleeting life a destination that transcends death.

Humans need God because there are too many things in reality that cannot be changed. Humans use God to counteract spiritual emptiness.

This fundamental spiritual need has remained unchanged throughout history.

This is the fundamental reason why God exists.

The beings Qi Fei had seen included the "Shadow God" worshipped by Zhu Yixin, the deity who called himself "River God," and the "Causeless Cause" and ultimate rationality worshipped by the Dragon Master and the group of pregnant women.

Despite their different forms and vastly different statuses, they are all essentially responding to the same fundamental spiritual need.

As long as the basic spiritual needs remain, God will never disappear.

After all, only a few people can truly face and overcome nothingness; most people need a "god" to counteract it.

Just like these women who are hurling insults at Qi Fei.

Their spiritual needs overlapped with their own logic, leading to this peculiar sect that believed in "causeless causes" and "ultimate reason."

They are rational, but also irrational.

Seeing their furious and embarrassed expressions, Qi Fei smiled and said calmly, "You've said so many hurtful things, so many nasty things, do you think you can kill me with your insults?"

He even said with a hint of mockery: "Can you curse me with a causeless cause? Can you judge me with ultimate reason?"

"It's just noise."

Before he could finish speaking, he ignored the raging insults and laughed, then leaped into the air.

What he hates most is this kind of faith in God, and God's followers.

He understood the psychology of these believers; they needed a supreme being who loved them, protected their lives, and made them feel that they were not alone, but were chosen people who saw and understood "God".

In reality, such a thing does not exist.

But within "reason," such existence exists within reason itself.

Metaphysical deductions and the "world of reason" can also be self-deceptive, because "pure reason" does not necessarily conform to the real world.

Some of them are confused, while others are deceiving themselves.

That's just too cowardly!

Qi Fei couldn't persuade these delusional people, but he could sever their reliance on others!

His figure merged with the sword light, man and sword becoming one, transforming into a sharp and incomparable silver light, directly slashing at the strange entity in the air.

The silver light pierced through the mass of matter like a bolt of lightning, as if a sharp blade were piercing a bubble.

With a soft cracking sound, the thing shattered into pieces, scattering fragments everywhere.

And from among those fragments, a little pig actually wobbled out?

Qi Fei: "?"

Qi Fei had seen this little pig before.

He had personally delivered the pig to the Sanhai Association, saying it was Miss Sanhai's pet.

The moment the pig saw Qi Fei, its teary little eyes lit up, tears welled up, and it cried out in a sob, "Big boss, save me!"

Qi Fei reached out and grabbed the falling piglet, then glanced at the strange entity that had been swept away by his sword energy and was slowly dissipating. He asked curiously, "What are you doing here?"

The little pig had a long face and looked extremely aggrieved: "Boss, my lady is dead—I was swallowed by that wicked thing, and almost digested."

It sniffed, its voice trembling: "If it weren't for the big boss saving me, I would be a pile of poop by now."

Qi Fei glanced at the pregnant women who were still glaring at him and cursing him, and decided not to bother with them anymore.

They can't possibly curse him to death, can they?

He put away "Shadow Detector", grabbed the piglet in one hand, and soared into the air, disappearing into the distance.

"This is not the place to talk."

He led the pig away from the island in the lake, the wind whistling past his ears.

He looked down and asked, "What exactly happened?"

The little pig looked as if it had lost its parents, its entire face scrunched up in grief, and it said sadly, "Boss, after you sent me back that day, I finally managed to see Miss—"

"Miss also barely survived the previous attack; we haven't had a few days of peace yet—"

Its voice choked with sobs: "As a result, Miss was betrayed and sacrificed to this strange god by a group of vile women. I was swallowed up by that thing along with her."

It grew more and more upset as it spoke, tears streaming down its face: "It also said that it likes to eat piglets, it's so cruel! Waaaaah!"

"Thanks to the big boss—but Miss is dead—my beloved Miss is dead—"

"I'm so sad! Waaaaaah!"

It cried so heartbreakingly, its little body trembling. The sight was so poignant that it brought tears to the eyes of anyone who heard it.

Qi Fei could tell from its cries that it was truly heartbroken!

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