Chapter 23: On the Heroes of the WorldVoices were heard immediately inside and outside the teahouse: "It's okay, Mr. Lu, please continue talking. What you said is quite interesting!" "I'm really impressed. Mr. Lu, you not only like to interrupt stories when telling them, but you also like to do so when telling stories in real life!" "Wonderful, really wonderful!" Chi Xiao himself also hurriedly said: "I am sorry to bother you all today! So, all your expenses today will be borne by me alone!" Lu Li then continued: "The other two are the monk Ku Dian from the Southern Xuan Kingdom. He is crazy and doesn't follow the rules, but he is actually a living Buddha who saves the world. He has saved hundreds of millions of lives in three catastrophes." "There is also the current general of the Dali Dynasty, Zhen Kuangfeng! He has a miserable life story. Both his parents are from Dali, but they drifted to the enemy country, the Daqian Dynasty. In the end, he discovered his life story and reconciled the dispute between the two countries with his own strength." Chi Xiao showed a puzzled look on his face. He thought for a while and said: "Mr. Lu, if I remember correctly, these two are both powerful people who have entered the Saint Realm! How can I be compared with them?"
Lu Li hummed and asked Chi Xiao: "Does your mind mean that the level of one's cultivation determines whether or not a person can become a hero?" "Back then, in order to save a small village with only a few hundred people, you dared to fight two demon beasts comparable to the Dao Realm with your cultivation in the Life and Death Realm. Your courage is no less than theirs." Chi Xiao took two steps back, a look of disbelief on his face: "How is it possible? I have never told anyone about this, and it has been hundreds of years! How could you…" Lu Li's heart was at peace, and the smile on his face became more mysterious: "Of course, to become a great hero, in addition to following your heart and acting with a clear conscience, you must also accomplish great feats." "Chi Xiao, I admire you. When you found out that your father decided to ignite the Fire God Pond in order to reach the Enlightenment Realm, and sacrificed the entire Fire God Sect and killed all the living beings within a radius of thousands of miles, you must have struggled a lot." "One is your father. As a son, you should not disobey him according to normal ethics." "One is all of these people. You have been very chivalrous since you were young. You don't care about your future in order to save others. If you don't stop your father, you will be unworthy of your conscience!" Everyone was shocked! They didn't expect that the previous leader of the Fire God Sect was such a devil! They were even more worried about Chi Xiao at that time. Anyone who encountered such a difficult problem would probably find it difficult to make a decision! Lu Li continued: "At that time, your father said, 'My child, the way of heaven is ruthless and treats all living beings as straw dogs! Now the devil is on the rise and the way of heaven is declining. The world is in chaos. If I don't become powerful, how can I protect you and your mother? You shouldn't have stopped me, and you shouldn't have come!'" "You were silent for a long time, and you were confused for a long time." "But just when the Vulcan Pool was about to burn, you still took action." "You didn't want to hurt your father, nor did you want anyone else to get hurt, so you decided to sacrifice yourself!" "You used your supreme power to suppress the Fire God Pool and endured the backlash for your father. You brought him into the pool and sealed him in." "Your father said angrily, 'Rebellious son! If the Fire God Sect loses me, it will be destroyed sooner or later! The evil demons are rampant now, how long can you protect them alone? There is actually no difference between the righteous path and the evil path! It's only because of the benefits that more people are willing to join the righteous path!'" "'Now that the situation has changed, there is no need for us to be righteous anymore. Why are you so stubborn? Do you think you can clear the sky and turn the world around by yourself?'" "You still didn't answer, but after leaving the Fire God Pond, you sneaked into the Demon Sect alone." "You have to prove with your actual actions that you can do it!" "Okay, okay, I admire you for that. You never give up your original intention at any time. In fact, you are similar to many people in "The Legend of the Great Love Immortal" in this respect."
Su Huan-zhen was shocked: "It is the Demonic Sect that suddenly rose up five hundred years ago. This sect swept across various countries at that time, and Daliang was also deeply affected by it. The Demonic Sect practiced a secret method that could absorb the vitality of others to improve their own cultivation." "Five hundred years ago, I was not yet in the Dao realm, but I fought with many people from the Demonic Sect. This sect is very powerful, and the sect master is a powerful person who has entered the Saint realm. "It's just that... Brother Chi is only at the Enlightenment Realm now. How did he deal with the Demonic Sect back then?" Her beautiful eyes flashed, and she suddenly thought of a rumor. Back then, the Demonic Sect was rampant for nearly a hundred years, making all the righteous forces unable to raise their heads. It was the most powerful sect at the time, but it suddenly declined at the peak of its prosperity! Some claimed that the leader of the Demon Sect went insane while practicing martial arts, suffered backlash and died. Some people also said that an elder of the Sha Yao Sect suddenly betrayed the sect and killed the sect leader and a group of elders, which led to the destruction of the Sha Yao Sect. Su Huan-zhen suddenly shuddered and looked at Chi Xiao in disbelief: "Could it be that……" Chi Xiao suddenly fell silent and just listened to Lu Li's story quietly. "You just experienced a great battle and were seriously injured. Your cultivation has dropped to the level of Perfection." "But you are very smart, and you are determined to destroy the Demon Sect. You disguised yourself as a demon monk and sneaked into the Demon Sect. You have been infiltrating for twenty years!" "If you were a reckless and impulsive young man before, then the twenty years you spent in the Demonic Sect have transformed you into a truly extraordinary hero!" Chi Xiao suddenly raised his hand and interrupted Lu Li: "Sir, please stop talking. I didn't expect you to know about this past..." "I did want to test you just now, but I didn't expect that what you know is far beyond my imagination! I am convinced." If you listen carefully, you will find that Chi Xiao's voice is a little choked. Lu Li was also very tactful. He closed the Mountain and River Fan and stopped talking. He just said: "In fact, everything you did in there was without regret, so why blame yourself?" Chi Xiao showed a miserable smile on his face. His laughter became louder and louder, shaking the whole teahouse slightly. He laughed heartily, but also miserably and painfully! “But I still can’t let it go!” "The reason why the Demonic Sect was so rampant back then was not because the Demonic Sect Master was so powerful, but because the Demonic Sect members were endlessly killed, like locusts!" "I know that in order to completely eliminate the evil and wipe out those demons, I must sacrifice something! So in those twenty years, I became the same person as them! The same demon!" "Killing someone just to save them... Isn't that ridiculous? I try my best not to stain my hands with the blood of innocent people, but I simply can't do it!" "What's even more ridiculous is that the leader of the Demonic Sect had actually discovered my identity a long time ago, but he just never pointed it out!" (End of this chapter)