Chapter: 1104 (2/2)

A man must be cruel and vicious.

Ignore morality and benevolence.

A man must show his worth on a battlefield.

With the courage of a bear and the savagery of a wolf.

As a man, one must kill.

A man knows how to protect his loved ones without ever being taught.

Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men and you are a hero. Kill them all and you are a hero among heroes.

Yet all heroes profess a different purpose.

Disillusioned by the facade of morality,

Seeking only to be known.

Preferring infamy to good reputation,

Feeling no guilt even after killing millions…

Qing Shui did not wish to be a hero, much less a hero among heroes. He wanted to live for himself and for the people he cared for. He did not wish to kill even one innocent person. He believed that people who killed indiscriminately have their reasons, so those words are merely an ideal.

Qing Shui felt heavy-hearted when he thought of this massacre song, the number of people he killed was still far from that described in the lyrics but he still had many years ahead of him… Actually, this series of events had made him uneasy, he was afraid that he would unintentionally take the path of bloodlust…

……

Qing Shui did not know why Lion King’s Ridge hadn’t take any action. Was it because they were too large to care about this because it was all too common? Or were they waiting for him to be negligent so that they could stealthily deliver a lethal blow.

Copper Pot City…

Copper Pot City was not far from Lion King’s Mountain, it was already considered the central zone of Sealed Northern Ice Emperor Region. Lion King’s Mountain was at the north of Sealed Northern Ice Emperor Region and there were many powerful groups nearby.

Copper Pot City got its name because it looks like a huge copper pot from the sky. There was a Copper Pot Spring in the city. Many cultivators looked forward to bathing in the extremely famous Copper Pot Hot Spring here because it could relieve tiredness, boost one’s immune system and help people to reach breakthroughs.

At least, it was rumored that it had such benefits. The claims about the breakthroughs were questionable. Perhaps, there was such an incident which later added to the mysterious properties of this hot spring but it could indeed relieve tiredness, boost immunity and boost one’s cultivation a little.

In addition, due to its central position, various groups have branches in the city including Lion King’s Ridge. Of all these groups, Lion King’s Ridge’s branch was the strongest, at least in name.

This was an important branch which was governed by two Supreme Elders and one Elder. There were also quite a lot of normal members. Actually, not many members actually stayed within Lion King’s Mountain. In fact, the ones there were all living fossils.

They were the foundations of Lion King’s Ridge and the trump cards of the sect. They were so powerful that they could communicate with people from the Four Continents. Qing Shui heard about them throughout their journey. This information was not secret so he obtained it easily.

The Lion King’s Ridge branch in the west of Copper Pot City. The people from the groups in the city were not only cultivators, their families and disciples all ran businesses such as cloth shops, auction houses, etc to amass wealth or medicinal herbs.

The larger the sect or aristocratic clan was, the more important wealth was to them so it was common for them to gain rare treasure by using certain underhanded schemes or adventurers in their group would organize treasure hunts…

Not long after Qing Shui group arrived in Copper Pot City, more than ten humongous demonic beasts flew towards them.

Lion King’s Ridge!

Once he saw their clothes of the riders, he knew they were from Lion King’s Ridge.

Qing Shui smiled because this was the first time that Lion King’s Ridge took a proactive approach. It wasn’t much of a surprise to Qing Shui that they could find him as his group had been killing their members all throughout their journey and he did not make any attempts to hide their whereabouts.

Two old men led the Lion King’s Ridge group, they floated in the air without any demonic beasts, as their white long hair flowed to their ankles. Their faces were covered with deep wrinkles, like dried tree bark. At that moment, they looked calmly at Qing Shui’s group.

The youngest men among them were also past middle-age. They looked over fifty but were probably older and they were also eyeing Qing Shui and his companions.

Yiye Jiange, Yiye Tian and Luan Luan were on Qing Shui’s left side while Lin Zhanhan and little Fatty were on his right. The other women were at the rear.

“So you are the one who wants to get revenge for the Yiye Clan!” the old man said to Qing Shui, without any joy or anger. He sounded just like a thousand year old tree.

All this while, Qing Shui had been openly announcing his intentions to seek revenge for the Yiye Clan, on behalf of Yiye Tian and Yiye Jiange!