"What?! You asked us to kill people and set fire to things, and you even framed us?!"
Pei Shengyue's voice suddenly rose and she looked at Jiang Yuebai in shock.
Jiang Ling'er's eyebrows were twisted together, and Shi Yuming shook his head like a rattle.
Zhao Benlei said in a deep voice, "How can a sword cultivator like me do such a mean thing? Wouldn't it be much easier to just kill them?"
Zuo Qiuhe nodded slightly, Feng Zhuxin seemed to be thinking about something.
Xie Jingshan glanced at everyone. Although he felt that it was not right, mainly because it was too risky, he still scratched his face guiltily and said, "In fact, there is no need to follow the rules when dealing with the enemy. If you talk about morality with the enemy, the enemy will only use your morality to kill you."
Jiang Yuebai looked at Xie Jingshan and rarely showed him an expression of admiration and approval, which made Xie Jingshan's cheeks hot. He quickly clenched his fist and coughed to avoid Jiang Yuebai's gaze, but the corners of his mouth could not help but rise wildly.
In fact, this was said by Shen Huaixi, but from this moment on, this is the wise saying of Xie Jingshan, hahaha!
Feng Zhuxin, who has always been more mature and the oldest among them all, agreed, "Sometimes taking advantage of the situation appropriately is a good idea. Moreover, this Great Wilderness is not the real world. All people and things are projections of Mahayana's memory. We don't have to have too heavy a moral burden."
Jiang Yuebai glanced at everyone. Pei Shengyue, Shi Yuming, and Zhao Benlei were still very conflicted and hesitant. On the contrary, Jiang Ling'er's brows had relaxed, and Zuo Qiuhe nodded slightly, indicating that he had accepted her proposal.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuebai raised his hand and patted Pei Shengyue on the shoulder, and said softly, "In this world, there are always some people who have to carry heavy burdens forward. It doesn't matter if you don't want to. I won't force you. I will do the dirty work. As long as you are safe, I will be at ease."
As soon as she finished speaking, Pei Shengyue trembled all over, her pupils suddenly constricted, and she turned to look at Jiang Yuebai. She saw bitterness, forbearance, respect and almost resolute determination on Jiang Yuebai's smiling face.
At this moment, Pei Shengyue suddenly understood why the Immortal Lords were unwilling to let her go on such an important mission as an undercover demon clan, and didn't even tell her a word.
For a long time, she couldn't figure out why she lost to Jiang Yuebai. She was indeed inferior in terms of fighting power, but not too much. She would definitely be able to catch up if she tried hard.
But at this moment, she finally realized that her state of mind and pattern were far inferior to Jiang Yuebai's.
While she was still insisting on her righteous identity and was unwilling to admit that she was not as good as Jiang Yuebai, Jiang Yuebai had already resolutely abandoned Taoism and turned to evil, and together with Lu Nanzhi, he infiltrated the demon clan at the risk of eternal damnation.
Compared to the hardships and torment in her heart that Jiang Yuebai encountered in the demon clan, she was practicing comfortably in the safest realm of the human race, with the protection and resources provided by her teachers and the sect.
Even when she was going through the tribulation of transformation, there were two Lingxu masters and one Fusion master protecting her, and there were also elixirs given to her by her master, Immortal Lord Bodu.
And Jiang Yuebai, in such a dangerous environment like the Demon Tribe, not only completed the task of weakening the Demon Tribe's strength, but also successfully transformed into a god. Compared with Jiang Yuebai, she is nothing!
At this moment, Jiang Yuebai resorted to this desperate measure in order for everyone to leave the Great Wilderness. However, she still insisted on her so-called morality and rejected Jiang Yuebai. Doesn't she just want to reap the benefits without paying the price
Damn her!
Pei Shengyue suddenly slapped herself in the face, and the sound scared everyone.
"Shengyue, what are you doing?" Jiang Ling'er was also frightened.
Pei Shengyue's eyes were red as she looked up at Jiang Yuebai. Her gaze was so fiery that Jiang Yuebai couldn't help but raise his hands to hug himself, fearing that Pei Shengyue would pounce on him.
"I'm sorry! I was so ignorant!"
"ah?"
Jiang Yuebai had a dazed look on her face. She had just used a little provocation, but how much did Pei Shengyue imagine
Jiang Yuebai hadn't figured out Pei Shengyue's condition yet when suddenly another sobbing sound came from the opposite side. Everyone looked over and saw Shi Yuming, who was like an iron tower, holding back his tears and looking at Jiang Yuebai with burning eyes.
"Jiang Yuebai, I'm a straightforward person. I can't change my mind once I've made up my mind about many things. But I've made up my mind about you now. I know you won't harm us. You must have your reasons for doing what you want to do. Just tell me where to fight and kill. I, Shi Yuming, will listen to you from now on!"
Beside them, Zhao Benlei, Xie Jingshan and Zuo Qiuhe all twitched their lips.
Zhao Benlei and Zuo Qiuhe could understand the reasons and purposes of Jiang Yuebai's actions, but they would not be as hot-blooded as Pei Shengyue and Shi Yuming and overthink things.
But at critical moments, such as during the Qingyun Society's trial when the demons invaded, it was often Jiang Ling'er who went to rescue Pei Shengyue.
The more mature Feng Zhuxin clicked her tongue and shook her head. She turned her eyes and found that Xie Jingshan had a look of contempt on his face.
Feng Zhuxin saw through Jiang Yuebai's tricks, while Xie Jingshan knew her too well.
Everyone agreed with Jiang Yuebai's plan of "taking advantage of the situation", so Jiang Yuebai took out the map of the Great Wilderness and spread it out on the table.
"Lu Nanzhi will handle the affairs of the demon clan, so our next main target will be the human clan and the demon clan. These circled areas are the targets we will attack."
"My idea is that we can go through a few more time turbulences before the Great Wilderness becomes chaotic, and cause trouble multiple times. After that, we can escape through the time turbulence. At that time, I will refine some jade talismans and seal the aura of the witch people of Zhangwei Mountain..."
Jiang Yuebai pointed out the mountains and rivers on the map, and everyone listened attentively with serious expressions.
Due to the special nature of the Great Wilderness, they cannot act separately and can only work together. The route planned by Jiang Yuebai is to run around the human territory first, then change to the demon territory, go to Bai Ze Mountain to find Lu Ling, and go to Xiong Li Hill to find Ao Juan.
Let the two of them go to Qingqiu together to look for the Nine-tailed Sky Fox. If they can directly find the remaining soul of the Nine-tailed Sky Fox and persuade the Nine-tailed Sky Fox to mobilize the power of the entire demon race, things will become simpler.
Unfortunately, they have no idea where the two Mahayana masters of the human race are. They can only take one step at a time and hope to find more helpers on the way, such as Uncle Fuyi... No, Sister Fuyi and the others.
Pei Shengyue and the others discussed the details together. Jiang Yuebai called Xie Jingshan aside. She was still very concerned about the blue-clothed swordsman who had fought against her in front of the Xuantian Sword Sect's mountain gate.
Jiang Yuebai had never encountered the strange power in his sword energy, so he had to ask clearly.
"That blue-clothed swordsman, that is the ruthless swordsman Xiao Wuqing from the Xuantian Sword Sect. Of course, he was not called Xiao Wuqing before. He changed his name to Wuqing after practicing the ruthless sword art."
"Ruthless swordsmanship?" Jiang Yuebai asked doubtfully.
Xie Jingshan nodded, "Well, there are actually very few people in our upper realm who practice the ruthless way now, but in ancient times, there were still many people who practiced the ruthless way, because the ruthless way can make one's heart firm, not be confused by anything, not be hindered by anyone, and identify a goal and move forward courageously."
"How do you know so much about the ruthless way?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
Xie Jingshan smiled awkwardly, "Didn't I tell you? When I was in the Mermaid Country, I met a weird old man who kept asking me to kill you so that I could practice the ruthless way, so I later went to learn about the ruthless way."
"It's a pity that my grandfather practiced the Way of Love, which places great emphasis on kinship, so the Way of No Love is not suitable for me to practice, so I didn't practice it."
Jiang Yuebai nodded, remembering that this was the case. Until now, Xie Jingshan and she had not figured out who the weird old man who appeared in the Mermaid Country was. It was also that weird old man who asserted that Xie Jingshan was the reincarnation of a sword immortal when he was a child.
So the sword energy of the blue-clothed swordsman, carrying the law of ruthlessness, forcibly cut off all the emotions in her heart, which made her feel unbearable pain.
Jiang Yuebai still remembered that she had seen in Zhufeng's memory that Lu Xingyun broke off all ties with Zhufeng just because he wanted to practice the ruthless way.
"The ruthless path is indeed indestructible, but it also has ways to be broken." Xie Jingshan suddenly said.
Jiang Yuebai's eyes lit up, "What's wrong?"
Xie Jingshan looked at Jiang Yuebai and said seriously, "The ruthless person has feelings, and the ruthless way will be broken."
Jiang Yuebai's head buzzed, and her whole soul trembled because of Xie Jingshan's words. She suddenly understood those things about Zhufeng that she had never understood before.
I'm going to take a lunch break because of a headache. I have two more updates today, which will be posted before 10pm.
(End of this chapter)