Chapter 227 - Qilin Behaved Oddly, The Vast Ocean (1/2)

Jiang Xue tilted her head and looked at everyone. “I feel that all of you are so mature in your thinking. Why didn’t I feel it previously?”

The river rushed. After the discussion about life, they were no longer anxious.

Xiao Jinghong and Han Shenbo sat by the side of the raft. They listened as they kept watch of their surroundings.

Zhao Congjian rubbed his chin and said, “If someone tries to empathize and protect the person we are taking revenge against, like what we did just now, should we put aside our vengeance? If we were to do that, would it be considered following the original heart?”

He was not trying to detract Zhou Xuanji but was merely curious.

He loved discussions like this because he felt that they were helpful for him to understand the Sword’s Way.

Zhou Xuanji glanced at him, saying, “The ordinary human world would emphasize abiding by righteousness and shunning evil. The cultivation world is about survival of the fittest. If you are powerful, you can set the rules. If you are Heaven, you can determine the rules for all living things.”

“If you are powerful enough, you can protect whoever you want to protect. If you are not powerful enough, even if the person you protect is good and righteous, you cannot protect that person from someone powerful.”

The strong reigns supreme!

This was the cultivation world!

“I hope that you don’t kill innocent people. Doing good is good, but never do evil.”

Zhou Xuanji instructed. He was afraid that the others might misinterpret him and act as they pleased in the future.

Daoya Old Man nodded and looked at Zhou Xuanji favorably. “Xuanji, your grand-teacher is right about you. You are a principled man. If a person like you can become the most powerful cultivator, it would be fortunate for humans. If the Evil Lord or Ta Tianchen becomes the most powerful cultivator, it would spell disaster for the human race, or even the world.”

Jiang Xue hooked her arms around Zhou Xuanji’s shoulder and smiled proudly, “Xuanji has been doing good since he was young. He has saved many people.”

The others nodded. They remembered Zhou Xuanji’s initial title.

The righteous and benevolent Sword God Zhou!

The group began to chat about life. The atmosphere was no longer grave, and they talked about their past.

The river flowed swiftly, and shortly after, they got away from the Fallen Immortal Heavenly Lake.

They encountered numerous tributaries of the underground river and even waterfalls. Fortunately, they mastered spells that secured their passage.

Then, they began to talk about creating a sect.

Huang Lianxin suggested, “I think that Tanhua Sect has totally fallen. Why not recruit Xian Xianghua? Doesn’t she want to be our master’s wife? Make her an elder in our sect. That’s the most powerful person after all. At the same time, we can restrain her and help her turn over a new leaf.”

Everyone praised her for the suggestion.

Daoya Old Man felt good about the suggestion as well.

Only by letting go of Tanhua Sect could Xian Xianghua turn over a new leaf.

“But after this battle, the world will see us differently.”

Daoya Old Man said intently. In the current world, everyone who was related to Tanhua Sect became the world’s common enemy.

Zhou Xuanji said calmly, “Don’t worry. Time will prove everything.”

Daoya Old Man nodded. He loved how steady and confident Zhou Xuanji was.

Next, they continued to float along the underground river.

According to Xian Xianghua, the river would flow into the ocean. How far was the Fallen Immortal Heavenly Lake from the sea?

And so, they began to take turns to be on the watch, while others cultivated.

Because they were in constant darkness, they could not gauge time accurately.

Days passed.

This day, the red Qilin suddenly began to sneeze nonstop.

Jiang Xue squatted beside it and asked worriedly, “Is it sick?”

Zhou Xuanji said without opening his eyes, “It’s a Fire Qilin. Do you think it can fall sick?”

As he spoke, he even stretched out his hand to slap the red Qilin.

Jiang Xue stared at him and said, “Why are you so rough!”

Then, she began to inspect the red Qilin’s body.

Zhou Xuanji did not take this to heart.

Because the little guy recovered on the day itself.

However, once every few days, the red Qilin would sneeze and recover in 15 minutes.

Even Daoya Old Man could not see what the problem was.

They could only put this aside temporarily.