in the edge

Chapter 555 Thought Parasitism
If it were the previous Du Chengfeng, he might not have noticed this abnormality at all.

But Du Chengfeng is completely different now. He has long been accustomed to practicing and examining the thoughts that arise in his mind at any time - it is precisely because of this that he can realize at the first moment that the thought that arises in his mind is not actually his.

After all, he actually has only two ideas now, one is to practice and become stronger, the other is to live a peaceful life for a few days after becoming stronger. Maybe it seems a bit unambitious, but Du Chengfeng never denies that these are what he wants.

But even this little thing is difficult to accomplish in this devilish idealistic world, so he keeps going on and on until he reaches this point now.

As for ambitions like "Everyone is like a dragon"...it sounds good, but for him, it is a bit too big.

"I think I saw it from the memory of that incense head."

Du Chengfeng tried to summarize the source of this idea.

However, this statement is actually a bit untenable.

Grand wishes, ideas that sound powerful, he had seen them in other opponents before, but even though he had seen them, he would never have the urge to do the same - but this time was different. After this thought arose in his mind, he actually felt that this idea made sense, and even wanted to do it once.

And if you think about it carefully, this thing is really feasible. After all, in this idealistic world where you have seen ghosts, as long as you think about it, you can really do it. In other words, this is not a materialistic world, and there is no limitation of "limited resources". As long as people want to do it, everyone can be like a dragon.

"No wonder, no wonder I disliked the county magistrate so much before..."

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but think of his previous disgust towards the county magistrate's behavior. This disgust was actually somewhat unreasonable. After all, what the county magistrate did, whether from the county magistrate's own perspective or from the perspective of the current world, was actually nothing wrong.

After all, no matter what, those teachers were hired by the county magistrate, and the people were happy to learn to read and write. As for whether what they taught was really useful, it didn't matter to the people in the county. They just needed to know that they could learn to read and write, and even pass on this knowledge to future generations. That was enough.

For the county magistrate, this is even better. From the perspective of reputation, this is considered to be educating the people. From a practical perspective, these people spend their time studying and have no time to burn incense. In fact, this can effectively suppress the output of local evil spirit masters. After all, everyone spends their time studying, and few people have time to pick up knives and chop people.

Whichever way you look at it, this is a win.

But from Du Chengfeng's perspective, it was difficult for him to accept.

“How can knowledge be false?”

Even though he had already figured out the ins and outs of it, Du Chengfeng still found it a little difficult to accept. After all, in his opinion, one must teach real things. In Du Chengfeng's eyes, teaching a bunch of useless things to waste other people's time was no different from murder for money - it could even be said that the county magistrate was killing people with a soft knife, but the whole process was magnified over several decades.

"You still need to teach me something real..."

The thought in his mind grew like a big tree, and Du Chengfeng couldn't hold it back for a moment.

Or perhaps, there was no need to suppress it. After all, even he himself felt that there was nothing wrong with the idea.

What's wrong with everyone being like a dragon? Everyone in this world should be like a dragon! Everyone has their own abilities and everyone has their own awareness. Isn't this a great thing?
"Or in other words, if everyone is like a dragon, then everyone will be truly equal."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but nodded repeatedly.

Yes, that's it, that's how it should be. People are people, there is no distinction between high and low, everyone can gain through their own efforts, this is the greatest fairness.

"Fair! Yes! Fair!"

At this moment, Du Chengfeng no longer paid attention to that thought, or rather, that thought had already become his own thought. Just like the incense head before, he had also recognized the concept of everyone being like a dragon.

But unlike the incense head who only knew how to make profits and had no ideas or motivation, Du Chengfeng had plenty of ideas and motivation.

"If you want to carry out this idea, it may not be possible to rely on extraordinary power alone."

Du Chengfeng decided to go ahead and started thinking immediately. At the beginning of his thinking, he immediately rejected the idea of ​​using supernatural powers - after all, if supernatural powers were really used, it might not achieve the effect he wanted. What was more likely to happen was the scene that happened in Jishui Town before.

In other words, everyone worshipped him as a god. After all, since he used extraordinary powers, he was no different from a god in the eyes of ordinary people.

But this would also lose the original intention of what he wanted to do. After all, what he wanted was for everyone to be like a dragon, not for himself to become a Buddha.

"Besides, we are also practicing now, we need to control ourselves... Never mind, let's pull up the people's hands first!"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng, who had just left the county government office, slapped his head and went back directly.

He wanted to ask the county magistrate for a title, so he said that he wanted to recruit a group of people, train them, and use them as constables - of course, this was just a nominal excuse, in reality, he was competing with the teachers invited by the county magistrate for people.

First grab a few people to teach them, and then we’ll deal with the rest later.

Although Du Chengfeng often looks lazy on weekdays, once he decides to do something, he moves as fast as lightning.

Du Chengfeng was arguing with the county magistrate for the release of someone, but unknown to him, in the distant desert, the broken Black Tiger Star Lord was also struggling forward, fulfilling his own wish.

The biggest wish of the Black Tiger Star Lord is of course to be resurrected, and then to take revenge on the Fire Star Lord who has targeted him time and time again. However, before completing his resurrection, he must first complete a test from a senior master - crossing this desert is one of the other party's tests.

"If you don't even have this much strength, then going out would be like going to die."

Black Tiger Star Lord still remembers what the unknown senior said.

What the senior said was actually correct, or in other words, the other party’s remains alone were already an entire desert. A powerful being of this level, even if what he said was wrong, would definitely be right - after all, ordinary people can only understand reality, but the strong can change reality, and in front of a powerful being of this level, reality will even have to give way to it.

Just like now, Black Tiger Star Lord clearly remembered that he had been walking for more than ten days, but he still had not seen the edge of the desert. There was still endless yellow sand in front of him, and the desert seemed endless.

No matter how big the desert is, it cannot be truly infinite. The only explanation is that reality is making way for that senior master.

The desert that shouldn't exist in the world is now right in front of him, simply because the senior master wants to test him.

“This kind of handwriting…”

Even though his body was broken into pieces and only half of his head was left, the Black Tiger Star Lord became more and more excited.

As long as he can hold on, as long as he can get through this test... the seniors will not give up on him, he will definitely be able to do it!
"You have some guts... I'll give you a treat."

Just as the Black Tiger Star Lord gritted his teeth and continued to persevere, the voice rang out again.

Immediately afterwards, a sky full of yellow sand swept towards the Black Tiger Star Lord.

The sandstorm swept the Black Tiger Star Lord into it instantly, and the Black Tiger Star Lord, who only had half of his head left, was blown into a panic - if he really still had hands and feet. He clearly remembered that his hands and feet had been chopped off and broken by the damn Fire Star Lord, and sealed in the north and south of the world, how could it suddenly...

"...Huh?" Black Tiger Star Lord subconsciously looked at his palm.

Yes, palm, his palm is back.

However, this palm was not his original palm, but a rough palm formed by yellow sand, including his legs and body - when he raised his hand, he even touched the missing half of his head, but this half of the head was still made of quicksand.

"This is……"

The Black Tiger Star Lord moved his body for the first time in a long time. Even though his body was just a body of quicksand, even if it was just a pile of sand, it was much better than his previous shabby appearance.

This is simply...

“This is the reward you get for your persistence.”

The voice spoke again.

"You have proved your will through persistence and proved that you are qualified to go out. At least now you do have the possibility of revenge... But have you ever thought about how to take revenge?"

"Kill them!"

Black Tiger Star Lord’s answer was concise and to the point.

"All have to die!"

"Oh, you've fallen behind."

Hearing that Black Tiger Star Lord answered so straightforwardly, the voice couldn't help but sigh.

"You always fight and kill, no wonder you... Use your brain, can you kill him? Can he kill you? If he could really kill you, would you still be like this now?"

"I... uh."

The Black Tiger Star Lord choked on the spot.

It seems that this is indeed the case.

Just now he was blinded by hatred, so he instinctively wanted to kill the Fire Lord for revenge - but now that he has calmed down a little, he has realized that fighting and killing may be useful for mortals, but just like the Fire Lord could not kill him and could only torture him in this way, he actually had no way to really kill the Fire Lord.

The best result he could achieve was to do the same as what the Fire Star Lord was doing to him now, which was to cut him into eight pieces and seal them off in different places across the country. When any of the opponent's parts revived, he would chase them down, kill them and seal them up again. If they revived again, he would kill them again, and the cycle would repeat.

The fight will not end until one of the two sides gets tired of this cat-and-mouse game, or one of them can no longer hold on.

This was obviously not the result he wanted.

But this level is still too cheap for the Fire Star Lord, and this is obviously not the result he wants.

"Look, you don't know, you don't know anything..."

The voice spoke again.

"Like you don't know why they're doing this to you."

"Why did you attack me?"

Black Tiger Star Lord was stunned by the question.

"Isn't it because the Fire Star Lord is evil?"

"Bad?"

The voice was obviously stunned for a moment, and then there was a hint of smile in the words.

"Your explanation is interesting. It is indeed because the stars in the sky are too evil... Don't look at me like that. I'm not scolding you. Besides, don't you want to know why you were killed?"

"Why exactly?"

The more questions were asked, the more confused the Black Tiger Star Lord became. After all, the Fire Star Lord attacked him too quickly. He didn't even expect that the Fire Star Lord would suddenly kill him.

We were just here to gain experience, why were we so cruel? We had to chop him into pieces and make him unable to stand up forever... How big of a grudge was this? What had he done wrong?
"The way they used on you is not common. Especially when they want to beat you to the point where you can never stand up again, that's the only way."

The voice spoke again.

"This is the case. You have shown your extraordinary power to mortals. You have allowed mortals to see things they shouldn't have seen... You have broken the so-called monopoly of knowledge by the stars, so you must die, and you must never stand up again."

……

After hearing these words, Black Tiger Star Lord was dumbfounded.

Actually...is it because of this?
So the Lord of Fire attacked him because of this incident?
It's not that he hadn't thought of this possibility, but when it came true, he still found it hard to accept - after all, this kind of thing didn't make sense, what monopoly of knowledge, what eternal damnation... Which powerful person didn't ascend from the mortal world, how could mortals really know nothing about them? What's wrong with being seen occasionally? Should they die?
But from what this senior said, it seems like there's something else behind his words?
"senior."

Thinking of this, Black Tiger Star Lord couldn't help but speak subconsciously.

"How do you know all this? Could it be that you also..."

"Yeah, me too."

The voice sighed.

"At that time, I thought that everyone in this world should be like a dragon, knowledge should be spread, and everyone should have the opportunity to gain power... until that shameful betrayal."

At this point, the voice began to grit its teeth.

"It was a shameful betrayal. They monopolized the way forward. They flew into the sky and then sealed me underground..."

"They are the ones who should be damned."

(End of this chapter)