Chapter 436 (1/2)
Chapter 436
Chapter 436: Treating Injuries
Translator: chuchutrain Editor: DavidT, Rock
Just this word, this extremely humiliating and shameful word, was spat out carelessly from Ling Tian's mouth softly, as though he didn't even use any strength . He didn't purposefully increase his volume, but this soft reply was heard clearly by the 40 to 50 odd men around . It was as though they had received an imperial pardon . All their faces immediately showed traces of joy, and in fact, grat.i.tude instead of anger as they picked up their injured comrades and sped off .
Upon leaving some of them even bowed towards him, saying, ”Thank you young n.o.ble Ling for sparing our lives, your magnanimity will be repaid!”
Looking at the group disappearing over the horizon, Ling Tian quietly stood there with a sarcastic smile on his lips as he enunciated, ”This is human character!”
”Why so?” Li Xue furrowed her pretty brows as she walked to stand beside him . Looking at the scene of blood and gore, she couldn't help but feel a little nauseous, her face turning pale . While her hands were bloodied with the lives of many, such a scene was something she had never seen even in her past life .
Seeing Li Xue's condition, Ling Tian smiled as he replied, ”Why don't we walk as we talk . Let's find a place to recuperate first . ” As he spoke, he moved forward, throwing the sword he s.n.a.t.c.hed from one of the ten experts carelessly on the ground . As it landed, the sword shattered into a mult.i.tude of pieces, totally unrecognizable . This sword had no special properties imbued within it during its making, and it was sustained purely by Ling Tian's strong internal energy . Now that Ling Tian had withdrawn his energy, the sword naturally reached the end of its life, totally disintegrating!
Li Xue shot Ling Tian a look that seemed to indicate that she had other thoughts, before moving to catch up to him .
”You mentioned just now that this was human character . What do you mean by that?”
”We were originally enemies and couldn't share the same sky . But because I spared their lives, not only did they not have the dignity of a martial artist and feel humiliated, they were even thankful that they could leave and expressed their grat.i.tude towards me . This, I find extremely interesting . ” Ling Tian slowly began . ”I don't term this sort of warrior as a martial artist, but rather tras.h.!.+ This is because they don't even possess the hot-bloodedness of a farmer who tends to his fields day after day! Thus, I let them go . To have such people in the Yu Family is a good thing for us . ” Ling Tian let out a meaningful smile .
”What if they would rather die than retreat? What if they were those sort of strong and determined men, would you really be willing to cut them down? Or would you be in admiration of them and let them go?”
Ling Tian suddenly stopped short and turned back to stare into her eyes as he snapped, ”Li Xue, you must drill this into your head . I said before that I'm no gentlemen, nor am I some great hero! These are my heartfelt thoughts! An enemy will forever be an enemy! No matter if he's some great hero or some valiant warrior, ultimately they will be people that can threaten my life! I can admire and respect them, but when it's time to kill, I will not have any intention to let them off! Doing so is akin to leaving a tumor unchecked, letting them plot against you and your loved ones! Such an enemy can be said to be the most frightening one you can find! For a bunch of cowards, you can ignore, but for a warrior, so long as you leave him with a breath of life, there's always the possibility he will inflict tremendous damage towards you one day, which will leave you with irrevocable regret!”
”Heroes pitying heroes will only ever appear in stories . If they become reality, then that would be a tragedy . ” Ling Tian concluded .
”Just like your past? A cripple exploding a great portion of the elites of the two biggest clans? Are you that kind of valiant warrior?!” Li Xue stuck out her tongue as she jested . During this period of time together, following the release of their heart's burdens, their topic about the past lives was not as taboo as before, and thus Li Xue dared to bring up this matter to tease him .
Ling Tian gave a meaningful smile in return . ”That differs to some extent . I wasn't killed because I was meant to be used as a form of humiliation, as well as to form a bait of sorts . This was to allow those who helped me to be punished as well . ”
Li Xue silently thought about it, before smiling to herself .
”I was merely lamenting just now . If we had never experienced hards.h.i.+ps and suffered, we would probably be like those people just now, running with our tails tucked between our legs . ” Ling Tian mused out loud . ”As the saying goes, 'A portion of hard work will reap a consequent portion of benefits' . This is very reasonable, and the ancient sayings have never lied to me!”
”That's right . In this world, if you don't work hard, then you only can let others step on your pride, forever remaining at the bottom rung of the ladder . ” Li Xue lamented as she sighed .
”Wrong!” Ling Tian laughingly scolded . ”It's not just this world, even our old Earth also had the same principles! There's no difference anywhere we go!”
”Even if you are living on the bottommost rung, you still can use effort to succeed . ” Ling Tian resolutely spoke . ”A person's life has always been about starting from the very bottom and fighting their way up for their entire lives . While one might not always succeed, but they at least can achieve something! And that is by allowing his or her descendants to borrow from his strengths, to stand on his shoulders to reach greater heights so that one day they might extricate themselves from the bottom . So long as they work as hard, there will be a place higher up for them . Even if their children can't, grandchildren, great-grandchildren… there will be one generation which will succeed, and that's the essence of 'where there's a will, there's a way'!”
”You're trying to say that if every generation works as hard as the one before,” Li Xue laughed out, ”that one day, someone will stand at the top of the ladder . So long as one doesn't stop working, their future is limitless! Is that the meaning?”
”Precisely!” Ling Tian solemnly replied . ”There will always be people that tell their children, 'my life is gone, all my hopes are pinned on you' . For parents like that, they have basically given up on themselves and thus are destined not to progress further . If you wish for your children to seek out a good future, you have to first start from yourself!” Ling Tian let out a sarcastic smile .