Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Saint Master, Twelve Talismans Chaotic the Continent

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Are you sure you're only going to do what you've said?

After consulting with Poseidon, Poseidon went to Bibi Dong again.

"What else do you want to do?" Nan Feng asked, puzzled.

"Overthrow the divine realm? I have no interest in that."

"But you've become like this..." Poseidon hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

"You think I'm just fooling you, that after the plan succeeds I'll go and take revenge on those god-kings?" Nan Feng said.

Do I look that childish?

"Huh?" Poseidon was stunned.

"I've said this so many times, it's annoying, you go tell her." Nan Feng floated away.

Since Poseidon did not directly summon Shura down, and Poseidon's attitude has been roughly determined, then Poseidon Island is no longer a threat to him.

"He doesn't care," Bibi Dong said.

"Don't care?" Poseidon didn't quite understand.

"Do you think he'll think about taking revenge?" Bibi Dong asked.

"Could it be...?" Poseidon said.

"You're overthinking it. He's not interested." Bibi Dong sat down.

"He only does what is necessary, and he won't even bother to look at things that don't have a valid reason."

"If I hadn't insisted on keeping him alive, he wouldn't have had any interest in living."

"Even everything I'm doing now is just to fulfill a promise I made to someone before."

"If I had to put it in a nutshell, he was simply fulfilling his promise."

"But..." Poseidon paused.

"He doesn't seem like that kind of magnanimous person to me."

"I said it's not that he's magnanimous, but that he doesn't care," Bibi Dong said.

"These are two different things."

"Shura had a valid and reasonable reason to kill him, and he himself was aware of this and understood everything Shura did. Therefore, he didn't care that Shura was killing him, because it was Shura's duty."

"Huh?" Poseidon looked completely bewildered.

"How should I explain this to you..." Bibi Dong pondered for a moment in silence.

Simply put, it's a matter of rules.

"Nan Feng's thinking is very rational. He doesn't care about things that happen within the rules, no matter how disgusting they are."

"The reason why Shura wants to kill Nanfeng is very clear: it's because he's been associating with the Dragon King. This is Shura's duty as the God of Law Enforcement. Shura would kill anyone who did this, not because Nanfeng did it."

"Simply put, it's the difference between focusing on the issue rather than the person, and focusing on the person rather than the issue."

"If a rule is set out in the open, and someone breaks it and gets punished by the management, that's addressing the issue, not the person."

"But if someone doesn't violate the rule, but the manager insists on punishing them out of personal feelings, then that's targeting the person, not the issue."

"Nan Feng doesn't care about the malice he suffers, because he thinks it's only natural."

"The latter—no matter how small the matter—Nan Feng will hold a grudge forever! He won't rest until he gets his revenge!"

"In this matter, the God Realm took action against Nan Feng because he had colluded with the Dragon King. This was a risk he had known about for a long time, so even if he died, he had no resentment and thought it was normal."

"Therefore, the retaliation you are worried about will not happen at all."

"..."

"Don't believe me?" Bibi Dong looked at the stunned Poseidon.

"Still don't understand?"

Poseidon's expression was somewhat unnatural. "I just didn't expect there to be such a...rational person."

"I don't believe it either." Bibi Dong shrugged.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it, even if you killed me."

"But if you change your perspective slightly, you'll find that his line of thinking is actually quite easy to understand."

Poseidon was taken aback. "What angle?"

"It is not scarcity that is to be feared, but inequality," Bibi Dong said.

"If everyone is the same, then it doesn't matter, but if it's just targeting him, then it's a matter of life and death."

"You think his way of thinking is unrealistic because your own thinking is flawed; you're like a weather vane, always going with the flow."

"To put it bluntly, it's a double standard. I can kill you, but you can't kill me. What I do is perfectly justified, but what you do is utterly rebellious."

"Everyone has double standards, being lenient with themselves and strict with others. When their own interests are harmed, they feel it's no big deal, but when they see others doing the same thing, even the smallest thing, they wish they could kill them."

"But Nanfeng applies the same standard to himself and to others."

I'm currently reading the error-free version! This is the first time I've published this novel.

"He acts according to a set of logic, which makes him stand out particularly among people who apply double standards, and even seem somewhat hypocritical."

"To be honest, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't witnessed his transformation from madness to calmness."

"His thought process is sound, the world he sees is incredibly clear, and his actions are never contradictory, so no one can stop him."

"He has achieved his balance."

"Don't let his current appearance fool you; his intellectual level is far higher than yours."

Nan Feng has completed the path of ideological development he had previously described. He has finished constructing his own ideological logic and will no longer be influenced by the outside world.

"What was he like before?" Poseidon asked curiously.

"Before?" Bibi Dong sighed.

"He's acting crazy all the time, sometimes normal, sometimes insane. Today he's thinking about saving the world and bringing love and peace."

"The first thing I'll do when I wake up the next morning is destroy the world!"

"Idiots, they're all idiots. This world is one big idiot, and it has bred countless little idiots."

"A world full of idiots has no value."

"In a couple of days, he'll walk down the street and see a pretty little girl. She'll call him 'big brother' and give him a kiss. He'll feel like the world is bright again, and he'll want to save the world."

"A recurring cycle."

Poseidon looked puzzled. "And now he..."

"Now he's just a simple old pervert," Bibi Dong said.

"It's a return to simplicity."

"If it weren't for his promise to do this, now..."

Bibi Dong looked up at the bright sun.

"He should indulge in debauchery during the day."

"Huh?" Poseidon looked completely bewildered.

Such a large span?

Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow. "Why do you think he had to choose you?"

"Is it really because you're closest to the divine realm? And the easiest to deal with?"

"I don't deny that's one reason, but also, that old lecher has his eye on you, you can't escape him."

"I..." Poseidon's expression was somewhat unnatural.

"Don't worry, he won't force himself on you. He's not that vulgar." Bibi Dong stood up.

"However, it's impossible for you to run away." (End of Chapter)