The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 185 - Second Farewell
"Teacher," call Xue Zhan.
"What's wrong?"
"No, it's just that I want to talk about Yue Linghe ..." He let out a heavy breath, his face looking agitated.
"Although Yue Linghe had killed thousands of humans, she also had a human side. He just wanted to protect his brother. I began not to understand what was called right and what was wrong. What is evil, what is good ... What if I'm actually a criminal because I want to avenge the deaths of people who mean something to me?"
Xiang Yi Bai saw the chaos in the young man's two eyeballs, he was engulfed in anxiety.
He patted the young man on the shoulder to give him an answer.
"Evil exists because of goodness, and vice versa. Goodness and evil cannot exist on their own without the other and good can only be measured and judged by the prevailing standards or benchmarks. The standard is often formed by actions that are considered evil."
Xue Zhan frowned, trying to understand his words.
Xiang Yi Bai patted his head. "If thinking about distinguishing it is difficult, you just follow the path of truth. Don't hurt the innocent, use your sword to protect instead of harm. When the world is under threat and you are forced to get rid of people who will ruin what you want to protect, then do it. Even if you end up reaping resentment and regret."
Xiang Yi Bai looked at the sky above him with a meaningful gaze.
"There are some people who live with their hands covered in blood and are not allowed to live in peace, because it is he who is responsible for creating peace itself." He looked at Xue Zhan. "Two of them are us."
Xue Zhan nodded. "Teachers can bear all regrets alone. I think the teacher's patience is greater than your own."
"Oh, stop praising me boy. I know you have what you want."
"There is no teacher." Xue Zhan laughed, "after all it seems like now is not the time for Teacher to get angry," he whispered very little.
"What did you say?"
"I'm just talking to the grass." Xue Zhan shuddered, his gaze falling onto the corpse demon centipede that was none other than Yue Linghe. Again feel sorry for the fate that the woman received.
"She must have missed her sister a lot." The young man smiled weakly, reminding him of Lin Yu Mei and how much his longing for the chatty little girl was. Maybe his sister is resting quietly right now.
"I miss my sister so much even though we don't have blood ties. I understand what Yue Linghe is feeling, Master." she said. "If they're not allowed to be together while in life, I want them both to be able to rest together in their resting houses."
Xiang Yi Bai nodded, thinking Xue Zhan had a point. "I'm the one who took his body to the Pit of Regret to be buried. It should be in the middle of the centipede's body that the woman's body still remains."
"Wait a minute, Teacher?" Xue Zhan repeated.
"Back to the Pitfall of Regret will take a long time. I'm sure you're an independent student, going alone to the Hot Waterfall can. Discovering Red Taring itself is not able?"
Starting again, an unreasonable mission that made her throat feel suffocated. Once enough Xue Zhan's heart nearly dislodged while going to the Hot Waterfall and met many death obstacles and many times almost died. Now Xiang Yi Bai told him to continue the mission alone.
In just a few seconds, Xue Zhan finally thought that Xiang Yi Bai was right. He should be able to do it alone even if there was no Master. One enemy had fallen in Xiang Yi Bai's hands. Xue Zhan wanted to be as strong as his Master in order to eradicate people who were more powerful than Yue Linghe in the future.
"I understand, Teacher."
Hua Lian returned when Xiang Yi Bai spoke with a chest containing a golden cup that looked expensive and antique and had magical energy in it.
The two chatted for a while, explaining the three of them were going to split up on the road.
Xue Zhan was restrained for a moment.
"But when will we meet again?"
Xiang Yi Bai did not reply but rather switched the conversation. "Remember the way of goodness, lest you misstep. See you, stupid student."
"See you soon," Xue Zhan said as he waved in disbelief.
Again he was left. But last time, Xue Zhan felt that what he got was much more than that. He found a good friend, Fenghuang. Training his strength desperately and all of that was for what he would fight for now. Maybe he just gave up.
In the end Xiang Yi Bai left with Hua Lian towards the return way while Xue Zhan was left behind. He turned his back, walked his own path and continued his journey in solitude.
When Xue Zhan turned back, Hua Lian and her Master were already nowhere to be seen.
Xue Zhan slowly developed a wide grin as he waved his hand.
"We will definitely meet again!"
*
Xue Zhan continued to walk through the dark forest, where the wind alone felt bone-chilling. Sun down. The sky was getting darker and it seemed as if it was giving a sign that it would soon rain. Each step taken is increasingly heavy with a pool of water that is getting deeper and extends under the feet.
Xue Zhan continued to step up and began to seek shelter before the night actually came.
Shortly walking in the middle of the wilderness, Xue Zhan came across a wooden hut that seemed to have been abandoned and neglected for a long time. But in this desperate situation the hut became the best shelter.
Xue Zhan rushed over to the hut and grabbed the rusty handle of his door. He pushed the wooden door and entered, not seeing anyone inside and feeling safe.
The rushing rain flowed profusely from the roof of the already broken hut, making an unpleasant rustling sound.
Xue Zhan sat in the corner of the dry hut while thinking about his goal, the Red Taring that was still far away.
The view outside the hut seemed to be getting worse. The strong wind made the tree branches sway and the sound of rain grew louder. The rumbling sound of lightning drew nearer and lightning filled the night sky. Xue Zhan was grateful he could find shelter in the middle of the storm.
He pondered for a moment, recalling all the things that had happened during the trip. He met so many things.
Suddenly from the direction of someone's backyard came, Xue Zhan started to fret, suspecting that it was most likely that that person was the owner of this place. He stood by the sword at his waist until it finally appeared that someone was carrying a basket of vegetables, he seemed to have picked it up in the garden. Xue Zhan stared for a few seconds, like recognizing the beautiful girl before him.
"You ... " his voice was cut off. " ... Miss Wen?"