659 Arrival At The Shui Family (1/2)

Only after asking did they find out what actually happened. Right after Justice carried Shui WuBo's body away, Yu ManLou had collapsed onto the ground unconscious. After the experts under Yu ManLou took him away to take a rest, they left without witnessing the final mixed battle.

They estimated that Yu ManLou had probably escaped to the pier at that moment, leaving on the boat immediately...

He left without the slightest bit of hesitation!

Yu ManLou's judgment was truly admirable.

He did not consider whether or not Justice had spotted anything and did not dream that Justice would die from the venom in Shui WuBo's body. He made plans for the worst possible scenario and left immediately. He could not even be bothered about what would happen to his Yu Family in Heavenly Wind...

There was another possibility: Yu ManLou decided to leave the moment he saw Justice! Because Justice was one of the few in the world who had the strength to threaten Yu ManLou! The moment he realized something was wrong, he left without any hesitation and refused to take the slightest bit of risk!

Resolute! This was the demeanor of an ambitious character!

Ling Tian and Justice stood by the pier with worry on their faces.

With this sudden change in the war for hegemony, the two of them felt their hearts turn heavy. With Yu ManLou leaving today, it would be difficult to find another chance to deal with him!

”With things turning out this way, the only option available would be for us to defeat all of Yu ManLou's forces and force him into a corner before killing him with a single blow!” Ling Tian said with a low tone, ”This is probably the only way left.”

”No, we can also a.s.sa.s.sinate him!” Ling Jian said with a serious expression, ”If the few of us brothers join hands, I believe that we will be able to get rid of Yu ManLou!”

”You must not!” Justice and Ling Tian shouted together. Ling Tian looked at Ling Jian with a deep gaze. ”Ah Jian, my previous judgment of Yu ManLou was insufficient. If I really allow you to try to a.s.sa.s.sinate him, I believe that even if all of you are able to successfully a.s.sa.s.sinate him, not a single one of you would be able to return alive! If the price of me ruling over the world is the lives of my brothers, then I rather allow Yu ManLou to rule over the world! Unless... I take action personally!”

”Young n.o.ble, no!” The rims of Ling Jian's eyes turned red and he quickly turned around to prevent the two others from seeing the tears in his eyes.

”If the price of me ruling over the world is the lives of my brothers, then I would rather allow Yu ManLou to rule over the world.” Justice repeated those words and lamented, ”Ling Tian, from the beginning to the end, I always thought that you were no different from Yu ManLou with your ambitious character and vicious means. In that case, regardless of who gains the world, it wouldn't be anything good for the commoners of the world. But after hearing the words 'unless I take action personally' from you, I finally understand that I have underestimated you!”

”Yu ManLou wants to gain the world under his command even if he has to sacrifice his parents and family members. Anyone who blocks his way will be killed without mercy. In order to achieve his goals, apart from sacrificing his life, he is willing to sacrifice anything else! However, you, Ling Tian, are different. You have so many things that you aren't willing to give up. I am beginning to believe in you.”

Ling Tian let out a desolate smile. ”I never wanted to be a hero or become an ambitious individual. After all, it is too tiring to be a hero and there are far too many restrictions. An ambitious individual is too lonely and it is difficult for an ambitious individual to have family and trusted aides! There are far too many people in the world that I cannot abandon. Like my brothers, my family, and my women!”

Ling Tian sighed as he lamented, ”I have far too many weaknesses for my enemies to target and so I cannot allow them to find out my weaknesses. Currently, everyone including you thinks that I, Ling Tian, am an ambitious character! When dealing with an ambitious character like Ling Tian, it would be useless to threaten him with his kin. As long as he is alive, there would definitely be endless troubles! I must attract all of their attention to myself. This is also something that I wanted!”

”It seems like your acting skills are truly fantastic.” Justice could not help but laugh, ”It is truly a good idea for you to act like an ambitious character.”

”This isn't an act!” Ling Tian said with a serious expression, ”It is truly more comfortable to be an ambitious character as compared to being a hero. I can do whatever I wish to and that is the most delightful way to live! Justice, do you think that a hero does not wish to do as they wish?” Ling Tian burst out laughing, ”They also wish to do so but they are entrapped by their t.i.tle of being a 'hero'! They have to suppress their desires and are unable to do as they wish. Can that still be considered a hero? They are just pitiful bugs!”

”A hero should be rated on whether or not his deeds benefited the entire world and not his means!”

”A false gentleman will never be a hero! If they cannot even do as they wish freely, how can they be considered a hero?” Ling Tian burst out laughing, ”I am numb to killing and my methods are sinister. I will not treat my enemies with mercy and will wipe them out by the roots! When fighting for hegemony, I will resort to any means possible and scheme against the various aristocratic families! However, I have never harmed the commoners of the world! I have only killed those who deserved to die!”

”Even if I am an ambitious character, when I unite the world and bring peace to the commoners, who would not say that I am a hero? Of all the monarchs in history, which one of them would be heroes to the very end? Not a single one! Not even half a monarch! If they continue leading a 'heroic' life, not a single one of them would be able to survive to the very end, not to mention ascending to the throne!” Ling Tian turned around to look at Justice, ”Determining who the hero is from one's actions? Only your Beyond Heavens would make such casual judgments!”

For the first time, Justice was rendered speechless. He never imagined that a casual joke of his would incite such a long speech from Ling Tian. But as he thought about it carefully, Ling Tian's words did indeed make sense.

”Hero? Ambitious character?” Justice muttered under his breath as he looked up at the sky.

Perhaps it is time for Beyond Heavens to be disbanded, Justice thought to himself in his heart.

The generational battle between the Shui and Yu Families was over but the storm in Heavenly Wind had only started to brew. The flags of the Sky Alliance were already fluttering proudly all around the continent. At the same time, the war for authority in the Shui Family had also begun!

Shui WuBo's death had greatly affected the strength of the already dwindling side branch of the Shui Family. Just when the conflict between the two factions was extremely intense, Ling Tian appeared in the great hall of the Shui Family with his men!

After witnessing Justice's departure like a free swallow, Ling Tian made his way to the Shui Family together with Ling Jian. With the generational battle over, the members of the Yu Family were packing up and getting ready to leave. Yu BingYan was naturally not part of this group.

Ling Tian had pondered about whether he should inform Yu ManTang and Yu ManTian about Yu ManLou cultivating an evil martial art. But after long consideration, Ling Tian decided to remain silent about it. With Yu ManTian's character, he would definitely interrogate Yu ManLou the moment he learned of this. At the same time, Yu ManTian would probably be the first to die in Yu ManLou's hands as well. At that time, Ling Tian would only be harming Yu ManTian.

As for Yu ManTang, Ling Tian had only briefly mentioned it to him. Ling Tian only briefly mentioned that Yu ManLou's martial art was extremely evil with a heavy sigh of anger. After that, he did not say another word.

With Yu ManTang's wisdom, it wouldn't be difficult for him to guess why Ling Tian was beating about the bush. However, Yu ManTang hid everything in his heart and pretended that he did not hear or understand anything. After all, their Yu Family still has to survive from now on. Before the world was united as one, large aristocratic families such as the Yu and Shui Families would not disappear.

However, Ling Tian had already made a decision in his heart. The moment peace is restored to the world and there are no longer wars, Ling Tian would not allow families like the Yu, Shui, and Xiao to continue being the local tyrants of their region!

Before that day arrives, everything was just empty words.

With regards to the authority of the Shui Family, Ling Tian had a long conversation with Shui ManKong. Ling Tian felt that since they intended to cleanse the Shui Family out of all oppositions, they should do it thoroughly.

Ling Tian had openly proclaimed his intention to unleash a ma.s.sacre in the Shui Family. If the cleansing only happened with water, it would only be a matter of time before a relapse happens. The moment a relapse happened, it would be a tragedy for the Shui Family! Only by using the sharpest and reddest blood to cleanse the Shui Family would they be able to ensure that no relapse would occur!

Being overly merciful would never allow one to accomplish anything!