in the edge

Chapter 497 What does the world look like in your eyes?
The cave that the coyote mentioned was not too far from their caves, at most it was a little higher in height.

"So, the location where I opened the cave was chosen by you on purpose, right?"

After Du Chengfeng, who was flying in the air, noticed this, he turned around and looked at the coyote beside him.

"It's closer, so if anything happens to you I can't escape?"

"You think too badly of me."

The coyote, who was also flying in the air, shook his head repeatedly.

"It should be said that being so close makes it convenient for us to help each other. If something happens, we can support each other... Otherwise, if I am in the east and you are in the west, and one of us dies suddenly, the other side will probably know nothing and can only wait for the enemy to block the door."

"That may not be the case."

Du Chengfeng decided to show off his skills first and let the coyote see his strength.

Then he stopped, stretched out his hand and made a move, and a hole appeared beside him.

He has the ability given by God to open portals everywhere, and can reach places thousands of miles away in an instant. As long as there is a specific location, distance is not a problem for him at all.

"This is a big problem. Your method is so ingenious."

Coyote shook his head.

"I roughly know where you got this method from. You probably got a lot of things from him... He is just a so-called ancient remnant. It's hard to say whether he is really ancient or not."

"……How to say?"

Du Chengfeng was stunned. He didn't expect that he would hear news about Huangtian from this coyote.

And judging from the tone...it seems like there's something else going on?

"If it's convenient, could you tell me in detail?"

“It’s not an inconvenience.”

Coyote said it with ease.

"Since you know that many predecessors came to heaven and opened up their own caves to regulate the three turbidities, you should also be able to think that the predecessors who first opened up the caves may not have done it in heaven... Although the ignorant predecessors can be considered predecessors in terms of seniority, they may not be that strong, and their vision may not be that high."

"You mean...eyes?"

Du Chengfeng was a little confused.

"What does this have to do with vision?"

"It matters a lot."

Coyote sighed, and then simply explained it to Du Chengfeng.

"Let me put it this way. Do you think the purpose of the first batch of predecessors who opened the cave was really to clean up the three turbidities?"

"..."

Du Chengfeng originally wanted to nod, but immediately he frowned.

not necessarily.

This is not necessarily the case. Huangtian's family is the best example. The reason they chose to stay away from this world was not to clean up the three turbidities, but to live in seclusion from the very beginning. Although from a certain perspective, they can indeed be regarded as pioneering, the original intention of this pioneering spirit is ultimately to escape.

No matter how bravely the process is described, from the very beginning, their starting point comes from weakness, rather than the strength to face difficulties.

"It seems you already understand what I'm saying."

After looking at Du Chengfeng's expression, Coyote nodded.

"Their vision determines their thinking, and their thinking determines how they deal with things when they encounter them. The results of this approach will fall on them and become part of their strength... This does not mean that they will get better and better. Bad results will fall on them as well."

When good results befall you, you will naturally become stronger and stronger. When bad results befall you, you will become weaker and weaker.

Du Chengfeng understood what the coyote wanted to express.

The strong will rise all the way to the sky. As for the weak, they may survive for a while, but as time goes by, they will eventually meet someone stronger and be ruthlessly eliminated.

Survival of the fittest, the strong prey on the weak, these are indeed what the coyote would say.

This is indeed one of the truths of this world.

"So you have to pay attention later."

While Du Chengfeng was still thinking, the coyote spoke again.

"The place we are going to now is the place where the strong man who built this cave has a very strong vision."

"Strong?"

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but feel curious.

"How strong is very strong? Can you describe it in detail?"

"This... is hard to describe, but you can see it from his cave."

The coyote thought about it and continued.

"You should also know that the cave is built by the owner himself. It can even be said to be the external manifestation of the owner's will. So after you go in and experience it for yourself, you will understand... If I tell you now, it will only scare you. After all, I only know part of it."

"Scare me?"

Du Chengfeng frowned.

"Not really, how can it scare me? Which part did you see?"

“…The most amazing part.”

The coyote closed his eyes, a look of nostalgia appearing on his face.

But Du Chengfeng saw a subtle trace of fear on this face.

What is this coyote afraid of?
"Why don't you just talk first."

Du Chengfeng stopped again.

"What's that saying? Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to a hundred battles without danger... Otherwise, if I follow you in without knowing anything and without even hearing where you're going, and I die in there, wouldn't that be a waste?"

"If you ask me that, I have never been into his cave, although he did bring me up here, but... never mind."

With a sigh, the coyote stopped.

"Then let me tell you what happened when he brought me up here."

Having said this, the coyote began his story.

A long time ago, he was not a wild wolf, but a general in a country called "Dajing" in the mortal world. However, unlike other veterans who were promoted by leading troops and accumulating experience, he was very young at that time. Although his status was difficult to convince people due to his age, no one questioned him, just because his style was completely different from those veterans, and even his way of fighting was completely different.

Simply put, he fought his way to this position as a general.

If a person can defeat three or five people, he can only be considered to have some courage at most. If a person can defeat more than ten people, he is qualified to be selected as a vanguard. If a person can defeat hundreds of people, he can only be considered a fierce general at best. But when a person can kill tens of thousands of people, he is enough to be regarded as an army.

“Only strength is absolute and is the root of all things.”

When talking about the past, Coyote seemed calm and relaxed.

"The strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be eliminated. I understood this very early, so I chose to make myself the strongest."

And the facts have proved that his original choice was correct. When other pillar generals were gradually eliminated for reasons such as having too many troops and being self-reliant, no one dared to make any moves on his side - simply because he did not need baggage and food, nor did he need a full complement of soldiers and horses. He alone was an army, so who could touch him?
Even if Emperor Dajing tried his best, he could do nothing about him.

"I was still young at that time, so I didn't understand the emperor's fear."

At this point, Coyote sighed.

"At the time, I just felt that I hadn't done anything to betray him, nor did I have any intention of going against him. All I wanted was to become stronger, to become the strongest. Why did he have to do everything he could to me? I didn't understand at the time."

But even if he didn't understand, it was of no use. After taking away the military power of several other generals, he was already the only general, ranked first among all officials, and was even qualified to enter the palace with a sword and shoes.

And the most troublesome thing is that he is younger than the emperor on the throne.

Not only in terms of age, but also in terms of physical condition. Although he is only three years younger than the emperor, he is nearly thirty years old but still has the peak physique of when he was eighteen or nineteen years old. And it is visible to the naked eye that this state will continue. Even if the emperor becomes old and frail in a few decades, he will not necessarily age a bit.

Just because he is too powerful as an individual.

"I have no intention of rebelling. We were good friends when we were young, and he should have understood my feelings, but he still chose to attack me... Of course, if his methods were good, it would be fine, and it would give me more challenges, but the methods he used every time were so clumsy, so clumsy that it was even difficult for me to be angry with him."

Coyote sighed once more. It was obvious that the things that happened in his youth were still somewhat sad even in the present.

"I didn't want to kill him, but I didn't know what to do. I even thought about living in seclusion, but he was still worried."

But at this time, things changed.

That was the first time he met an opponent. The old man's strength was beyond his comprehension. He broke six weapons, but was still unable to defeat a fishing rod in the old man's hand. This made him lose all his will to fight.

It’s not that he doesn’t have ambition, it’s mainly because what he encountered didn’t make any sense. He had no idea how the old man knocked him to the ground, so how could he fight back?
"You were hired by him to kill me, right?"

At that time, he said this to the old man.

"You are indeed very strong. I admit my defeat to you, but you also let me know that there will always be stronger people in this world... The way I died today is the same way you will die in the future. See you in the underworld."

"…What are you talking about? Do you think that my ability is something that a mortal can employ?"

Coyote still remembers that this is what the old man said.

"Then I realized that I just happened to run into such a strong man, a strong man who is much stronger than me. It was like being struck by lightning while walking on the road... You can say it's unlucky, or you can say it's lucky, but this is not something that was planned after all."

But even though he understood it, the old man didn't understand. Not knowing what was going on, the old man simply asked a few more questions.

On his part, he naturally told everything.

After all, this is something he has never been able to understand. He has clearly stated to his former friend time and time again that he is not interested in the so-called throne and that all he wants is to become stronger. But why would the other party still try to kill him time and time again, not even caring about their old friendship? What is he trying to achieve?
After hearing what he said, the old man stroked his beard.

“I still can’t forget what he said at that time.”

At this point, the coyote narrowed his eyes.

"Have you ever seen a wolf? That's what he asked me."

Whether he had seen a wolf or not, of course he had seen it. After all, when he went out, he had killed countless wild wolves with ease, and he had even killed tigers and leopards.

But what does this have to do with his current predicament?

"There will be no rabbits near a wolf's den."

The old man continued talking to him.

"You must put the wolf and the rabbit in the same den. The rabbit will be scared to death. No matter how close the wolf and the rabbit are, a wolf is a wolf and a rabbit is a rabbit. The wolf always has the ability to skin and bone the rabbit. How can the rabbit not be scared?"

After listening to the old man's explanation, he suddenly understood.

He, who could fight against thousands of troops alone, had become the most ferocious wolf in the Dajing Dynasty. The man who was once his best friend, even though he had become the emperor, was still just a cowardly rabbit compared to him.

The rabbit was terrified, almost scared to death, so he tried his best and used all his tricks on the wolf beside him - but these weak tricks were meaningless to him as a wolf, they were just attacks like poisoning or stabbing, which couldn't even hurt his fur.

Because so many methods had failed to work, the rabbit became more and more frightened.

"So... there were only two options before me at that time."

Coyote sighed.

"Either I have to give up all my cultivation, cut off my claws and teeth, and become his rabbit, or..."

"Or fly to the sky, right?"

Du Chengfeng thought about it.

"Is this the solution the old man gave you?"

"Or go to a stronger place, where wolves should live."

The coyote gave a wry smile.

"A wolf stayed in a rabbit's den. Even though that was where I was born and raised, I was wrong to refuse to leave and even scared the rabbits around me."

“…So, I’ve actually always wanted to ask a question.”

After listening for a long time, Du Chengfeng finally couldn't help but speak.

"You've said so much, but what does this have to do with where we're going? Why don't you tell me more about that old man?"

"Didn't I tell you everything? Or do you still not understand?"

The coyote frowned and looked at Du Chengfeng with doubt in his eyes.

"You've been listening to this for so long, haven't you ever thought about it?"

"What have you been thinking about?"

Du Chengfeng was a little confused.

"Please tell me in detail."

"I mean, have you ever wondered why I'm a wolf now?"

(End of this chapter)