Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal-Chapter 33 - : When The Honest Man Loses His Temper

Chapter 33: Chapter 33: When The Honest Man Loses His Temper

Gu Chaoyang silently took a deep breath, gazing at Bai Yang, bowing slightly, and whispered, "Pavilion Master Bai, must it be like this? If it's a matter of price, we can negotiate..."

"Negotiate? What are you to negotiate with me?" Bai Yang said coldly.

By his side, a disciple-looking man stepped forward, harshly shouting, "My master told you to call Jiang Dongqu to give us an explanation. Are you deaf, or do you not understand human speech?"

As he spoke, he kicked at Gu Chaoyang.

Gu Chaoyang tried to dodge to the side, but with Bai Yang's disciple already at the Peak of Gang Condensation and striking suddenly, he had no way to avoid. The kick landed squarely on his chest, sending him flying.

"Clang!"

Su Nanxing instantly drew his sword.

Sword Qi crisscrossed.

Almost simultaneously as he drew his sword, the three Hugging Pill experts watching him also made their moves, scattering his Sword Qi on the spot.

"Stop... stop... Brother Su, I'm fine... cough cough..."

Gu Chaoyang hurriedly shouted.

Breathing out too quickly, his blood and qi congested, causing him to cough up blood involuntarily.

"Let's go, we're leaving."

He quickly darted to Su Nanxing's side, pulling him, and retreated towards the exit of Heavenly Grass Pavilion.

Watching the retreating Gu family and their associates, another disciple whispered to Bai Yang, "Master, should we..."

He made a gesture of uprooting weeds.

Bai Yang was somewhat tempted.

Initially, he dealt with Gu Jinlai mistaking him for a Jiang Family's Young Master, so he hadn't given it much thought.

But this morning, by chance, he learned from a member of the Jiang Family that Gu Jinlai was not only not a Jiang Family's Young Master, but also an escapee from Changjun City and a traitor of the Purgatory Demon Sect.

This he could not tolerate.

His Heavenly Grass Pavilion, a reputed and righteous clan, could not cooperate with crooked and evil paths.

Wouldn't it be better to enact divine retribution by eliminating demons and seizing those materials as spoils of war?

Hence the scene just now unfolded.

As for sending someone to kill Gu Jinlai...

"Gu Jinlai is no weakling, despite having fallen from Refining God due to deviation and then switching to the path of the Heavenly Master, draining his qi and blood. Not long ago, he had caused a massacre in Changjun City, killing several Hugging Pill experts, not an easy target unless one is at the level of Refining God."

Bai Yang regretted somewhat, "Unfortunately, just yesterday the Pavilion Master personally escorted a batch of precious elixirs to Dragon Sparrow Manor, and Zuo Bu'er Venerable Daoist is in a critical phase of his cultivation. The remaining Dong Hanxue Venerable Daoist needs to protect the Venerable Daoist Zuo and also needs to stay at the sect..."

"He might kill one or two Hugging Pills, but what could he possibly do against ten or eight? If we were to strike in full force..."

"Striking in full force aside, just his breaking out under others' protection might make it difficult for us to stop him, and if he were to escape, the endless troubles would at least be too much for us, master and disciple, to withstand his revenge."

Bai Yang spoke, shaking his head, "Thus, either we don't strike at all, or we must strike to kill in one blow."

Having said this, he looked somewhat displeased at the other disciple, "Wu Tong, you were reckless just now."

"Disciple admits his mistake. I was just overcome by anger and messed up Master's plan."

Wu Tong hurriedly apologized.

Another disciple spoke regretfully, "The news from the Jiang Family came too late."

When they received this news, the Treasure Armor that Gu Chaoyang was escorting had already been dispatched; otherwise, if they had delayed a few days until the Pavilion Master returned, they could have completely captured Gu Jinlai, detained him in Heavenly Grass Pavilion, and used him day and night to forge Treasure Armor for them. novelbuddy.cσ๓

"News from the Jiang Family? Perhaps they deliberately chose this time to reveal it to us."

Bai Yang narrowed his eyes, "Getting our hands on those ten sets of Treasure Armor was already quite good. Even if the Pavilion Master returns at the critical time of killing Gu Jinlai, the Jiang Family members would probably intervene, harboring the same thoughts as us."

"Then if Gu Jinlai later goes to the Jiang Family..."

"The troubles brought by Gu Jinlai will surely cost the Jiang Family some effort to settle. We can also use this matter to sow discord between the Jiang Family and the Demon Refining Hall. If the Purgatory Sect also turns its attention to the Jiang Family, that would be even better."

...

While Bai Yang of Heavenly Grass Pavilion was scheming against the Jiang Family, Gu Chaoyang and Su Nanxing were already fleeing.

Starlight City still maintained order, and under the public eye, Heavenly Grass Pavilion dared not commit murder on the streets.

"Brother Su, don't say anything, it's not related to you. Let the patriarch decide on this matter."

Gu Chaoyang looked at the silent Su Nanxing and consoled him.

Su Nanxing glanced at him and nodded.

Soon, the group had returned to the courtyard.

By then, Gu Jinlai had already received the news and was sitting in the courtyard waiting.

Seeing Gu Chaoyang and the others arrive, he asked, "How's the injury?"

"I dodged his Gang Power impact, and with True Qi protecting my body, I should recover in three to five days," Gu Chaoyang said.

Gu Jinlai nodded, "Go rest and recover, and let everyone else leave."

"Yes," Gu Chaoyang agreed.

At that moment, Nian Buwang stepped forward, speaking solemnly, "Patriarch, the Family Head has sent a message, the training of the three thousand soldiers has shown some initial success..."

"You, go take care of Gu Chaoyang."

Gu Jinlai slightly intensified his tone.

"Yes."

Nian Buwang dared not speak further and quickly retreated along with the others.

Only Su Nanxing remained in the courtyard.

Gu Jinlai looked outside the courtyard.

The sun set behind the mountains, the evening sky was like brocade.

Looking at the scenery, this world's natural features were almost identical to those of Blue Star.

After a while, Gu Jinlai then said, "Am I too easy-going?"

Su Nanxing looked at his master and nodded, "Much more than before."

"Really?"

"Really."

Su Nanxing nodded, "Master now talks about rules."

"Didn't I talk about them before?"

"You did, with people stronger than you."

Su Nanxing said, "But what Master talks about more now is that in this world, there are no good or bad people, no morality or justice, no bullying the weak or fearing the strong. It's merely a matter of life and death, defeat or victory, where the victor claims kingship."

Gu Jinlai had an epiphany, "Continue."

"The so-called righteousness and morals are just the powerful's version of truth. In the Cultivation World, strength is supreme, the real power of speech is always in the hands of the powerful. You feel dissatisfied, you feel restricted, you must obey rules only because you are not strong enough to break all rules, to shatter all bonds, to level all injustices…"

Su Nanxing spoke, Gu Jinlai listened.

This was the "Ancient Demon's" philosophy of life.

He was just an ordinary person who had crossed over from the peaceful and prosperous Blue Star.

Innately understanding and abiding by rules.

The entire Blue Star was filled with various kinds of laws, shackles, and rules.

Bureaucratic rules, workplace rules, drinking rules, unspoken rules, official rules, and so on…

But that was Blue Star!

The peaceful and prosperous Blue Star!

This world…

It wasn't about living, but surviving.

The "Ancient Demon" who rose from humble beginnings had more practical survival experience. "His" principle of life let him live better in this world!

"The essence of the Cultivation World is survival of the fittest. What kind of power you hold dictates the kind of deeds you perform, the resources you command. Rules are merely frameworks devised by the powerful to more easily devour the weak, nothing more."

Su Nanxing stated.

This was the nature of the dark underworld within the Cultivation World.

Not just the Cultivation World, Blue Star was no different.

Powerful nations conquer weak ones in the name of human justice.

Weak nations initiate wars to protect themselves and are sanctioned by powerful ones.

Gu Jinlai glanced at him.

This disciple…

"Then what do you think, which version was better, before or now?"

"Whatever Master says, I will do."

Su Nanxing stated.

"I understand," said Gu Jinlai with a nod.

Rules.

"In that world, I followed the rules for too long, so much so that when I came to this world, everything I did was based on those rules, trying to be a good person, to abandon evil and follow goodness. But I failed to see clearly what kind of world this is; adapting to local customs is a must in this world."

He recalled the suffocation and oppression during the ten days of fleeing upon his arrival in Changjun City.

"Everyone ignores the rules, all come to bully someone like me who wants to follow the rules. When being cunning and slick becomes mainstream in society, the honest ones deserve to be bullied."

Gu Jinlai "watched" the little man in his mental realm.

Watching the circles of red Karmic Fire surrounding the little man.

This Karmic Fire bound him, making him so frightened to abandon evil and reform as soon as he arrived in this world, which…

...led to the start of a calamity.

"Honest people deserve to have a gun pointed at them."

If he hadn't immediately adhered to the rules to forsake evil and embrace goodness, the sheer strength of the Ancient Demon wouldn't have been so easily exposed.

Had he not shown weakness, the Demon Refining Hall wouldn't have dared to steal his credit; he would have obtained a satisfactory Refining God Technique, and with his ventures in cleansing Qingguang, he could have soon recovered his Refining God potency.

He would still be a Refining God Giant, Purgatory Sect Elder.

Would Heavenly Grass Pavilion dare to offend him over such a trifle?

After a while, Gu Jinlai spoke up, "The weak obey the rules, the strong trample them!"

This was not the Cultivation World he wanted.

But…

The world does not shift for the will of the weak.

Because, beyond obeying the rules, hoping for the mercy of those who set them, the weak have no other choice.

"Ridiculous."

Gu Jinlai twisted his neck, producing a series of crisp sounds.

"I'm an honest man, I abide by the rules, because I'm afraid. But what good is being afraid now, if honest men are to be shot dead anyway?"

Rules? Reason?

You talk rules and reason with the underworld?

You discuss human rights and equality with nobles?

You debate law and righteousness with robbers?

You argue charity and morality with capitalists?

Does it make sense?

Is there a need to discuss?

Rules?

The rule of this world is that there are no rules!

Gu Jinlai slowly stood up.

"Armor me, we're going to kill!"