in the edge

Chapter 564 The sealed power
Unlike the Fire Star Lord, Du Chengfeng didn't think there was anything crazy about his ideas at all.

After all, this is how things are. There is no difference between people, no hierarchy, no high or low - although in fact, such a thing is impossible to achieve, but in this weird idealistic world, facts are the least important things.

As long as the will is strong enough, you can even distort the facts themselves. As long as the will is firm enough, you can change everything around you.

“Perhaps, this is the true use of this power?”

When he realized this, Du Chengfeng suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment in his heart.

All along, no matter it was evil spirit, willpower, incense and vows, or what is now called "his own way", he mostly regarded it as a way of practice, a tool to make himself stronger - just like the reason why humans have evolved from monkeys hiding in the treetops to the humans who are killing people everywhere today is because of making and using tools.

But all Du Chengfeng had done so far was just using the tool, and he seldom thought about what this tool could actually do.

After all, most of the time, you don’t need to think about this kind of thing. Everyone is doing it. You just need to keep using the tools and keep getting stronger.

Harvest evil spirits, cultivate mental strength, accumulate incense and vows, collect all kinds of weapons, and strengthen your will, so firm that it is even enough to transcend life and death itself.

They have already transcended life and death itself. Isn't this powerful? Isn't this the best that these powers can do?

"Really... not really."

Thinking of what he had understood, Du Chengfeng shook his head and laughed.

Not really. The idea of ​​merely being strong as an individual is too narrow-minded. At least in his opinion, if one insists on a certain path just for the so-called longevity, then this so-called longevity is somewhat too empty - perhaps this is why he has not been able to determine the Taoism he wants to adhere to until now.

Just because, each one looks good, but when you think about it carefully, there is always some problem.

Just like this idealistic world that has seen a ghost, this world itself seems to have some problems.

Since in this devilish idealistic world, a firm will can change everything, then as long as the will is firm, everyone can get what they want - Du Chengfeng once thought that this would be the source of some disaster, but now he has realized that perhaps this surprising thing is the root of everything.

When a strong will is enough to change everything, when reality has to give way to this steely will...

"Everyone, like a dragon..."

Taking a deep breath, Du Chengfeng stood up and called out to the young constable who shot and killed the swordsman Meng Hu.

"You did a good job. You were very brave and you didn't lose face."

"I, I, I, I..."

The young constable, who had just seen blood, was still trembling a little and could not even speak clearly.

So Du Chengfeng simply found another bowl of wine for the young constable. Although according to the rules of the county government, drinking is not allowed while on duty, special matters must be handled specially. Right now, the young constable was restless and needed to drink some wine to calm down.

What's more, this young constable deserves this special reward.

After all, the actions of this young constable actually helped him prove that certain things did exist.

"turn out to be……"

After arranging for the young constable to go down and rest, Du Chengfeng also clenched his fists.

"It turns out... everything is fake!"

Du Chengfeng punched his own palm.

With his current skills in cultivating his Qi, there are very few things that can make him angry, but what he has discovered now cannot make him not angry - simply because this matter itself is too outrageous, and it has even exceeded his original scope of cognition.

You know, in his original understanding, comprehending the evil spirit is already considered a master, and being able to touch the level of mental strength is already a leader among masters. As for the later power of incense and vows, and even the so-called "Tao"... the solid sense of control brought about by this layer after layer of power promotion is so real that it cannot be more real.

Strength can be materialized and expressed through power. A strong person is one who can face many weak people without any pressure and can stand tall with his own will.

"But... they're all fake."

Du Chengfeng looked at his palm.

“Everything is fake.”

At this moment, Du Chengfeng even felt a little regretful. Perhaps he should not have passed on what he had learned to this young constable. However, at that time, he was still immersed in the excitement of mastering new skills, so he was unaware of all this.

As for this so-called new skill, it is simple to explain. It is also inspired by the concept of "everyone is like a dragon" - since "everyone is like a dragon", then the same is true for "dragons are like people". In other words, when he was teaching those constables, he had deliberately blurred the concepts of strong and weak, and deliberately guided these constables to make them feel that even those ferocious masters were no different from them.

There is no difference, which means that the same injuries that they can suffer, these masters will also suffer, and facing attacks that can kill them, these masters will also die.

At that time, Du Chengfeng once thought that he had discovered a loophole. After all, a firm will can change reality. These constables already have the most basic firmness, which is enough to bring their opponents to the same level as them.

But now, when the corpse of a new powerful being really appeared in front of him, Du Chengfeng realized how incredible something he had discovered was.

"If a constable can easily kill a master of evil spirits, or even a powerful one, with just a crossbow... then what is the meaning of the power of this so-called master of evil spirits, or a powerful one?"

Looking at the corpse on the ground, Du Chengfeng was a little dazed.

Perhaps this question shouldn't have arisen in the first place. After all, when this question arose in Du Chengfeng's mind, he already had the answer in his heart.

The answer is that it makes no sense.

The so-called power is meaningless. In this devilish idealistic world, all power is nothing but external appearance.

What really determines everything is will itself.

If you can think it, you can do it.

This power has never been a tool used by the strong to maintain their own strength.

This power should be the last weapon in the hands of the weak.

Under the influence of this power, the boundary between the strong and the weak has become blurred, and all living beings have truly achieved equality at this moment.

"This is……"

Thinking back to his past, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but want to laugh at this moment, especially when he was still working hard to pursue the power of evil spirit. At that time, he still thought that as long as he killed enough people, he would become stronger - but now it seems that this so-called evil spirit is clearly a seal, a seal of true power.

After all, evil spirit is too useful. As long as you kill people, you can become stronger quickly, so why not just kill people? Everyone is killing people and chasing after evil spirit, so no one would have thought that they don't have to rely on evil spirit.

They could have killed their powerful enemies with their own willpower without relying on evil spirits.

As for the so-called mental strength, it directly leads people astray. A firm will is enough to change everything, but the cultivation of mental strength obviously emphasizes the will itself - although it seems to be the closest way to that power, it is also the farthest distance. Blindly repeating determination is no different from a repeater. No wonder something like stupidity is born.

As for the power of incense and vows... this is even more contradictory. After all, the power of incense and vows itself cannot even be taken out alone as a power. It is more like a collection of many mental powers, but they have chosen someone as its host. Similarly, as the direction of the incense and vows, it is also necessary to complete what these incense and vows want to do. You may even feel that these incense and vows are your own power. This is simply...

"These powers that are popular in the world are all fake."

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

Even the so-called "one's own way" is just a further application of these false powers. The real power itself is far less troublesome.

Real strength only requires a determined heart.

In this devilish idealistic world, only this can decide everything.

"But these false forces still spread and even prevailed."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Although he had gone through a lot of hardships to explore this level, Du Chengfeng did not think that he was the only one who had explored this level. The stars in the sky, those so-called great powers, all lived longer than him. Perhaps from the current perspective, these great powers may have gone astray, but that was the problem.

During this long period of time, is it true that these powerful people have not discovered any problems at all?

Someone must have discovered it before, and Du Chengfeng doesn't think he is the only one.

But nothing has changed.

Perhaps some powerful people have discovered the problem, but nothing has changed. People are still chasing after evil spirits, chasing after mental strength, chasing after incense and vows, and even the so-called Taoist orthodoxy.

Didn't they change anything?

Or did they discover it but don't want to change it?
"hiss……"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng subconsciously raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky.

The stars in the sky twinkle, like eyes blinking every moment.

Du Chengfeng could feel that the starlight was watching everything on the earth.

"But they haven't come to find me yet... Have they not discovered it yet?"

Du Chengfeng frowned slightly.

This shouldn't be the case. It seemed like something had happened. Otherwise, according to his previous estimation, after doing this kind of thing, he would definitely become the target of public criticism and the enemy of all the powerful.

But something seemed to have happened right now, and those powerful people didn't seem to pay attention to him yet.

However, there is one powerful person who should be considered an exception.

"……You came."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng raised his head and just saw the Fire Star Lord pushing the door open.

"Just think about it, you're coming too."

"Maybe I shouldn't have come."

The face of the Lord of Fire was extremely serious.

"Hearing you say that, I'm sure you already know what you did... Forget about it, just pretend you never knew about it, and I will also pretend that nothing happened today."

"You said that... Hey."

Looking at the red-haired and red-bearded Fire Star God in front of him, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh.

"You are quite a friend. You were able to stop such a big thing for me."

“It’s not a big deal actually.”

Seeing that Du Chengfeng was showing signs of giving in, Fire Star Lord's expression relaxed a little.

"After all, just like the slogan 'Everyone is like a dragon', you know that it has a lot of power, but as long as you don't do it, nothing will happen... So, as long as nothing happens today, nothing will happen to you."

"…You have something else in your words."

Du Chengfeng narrowed his eyes.

"What you mean is..."

"Just erase the traces."

The Fire Star Lord pointed at the corpse on the ground.

"As long as we erase all the traces, this body, those constables, that inn, and even this town... As long as we erase all the traces, then nothing will have happened here."

As he spoke this, flames burst out from the hands of the Lord of Fire.

"Right now, other powerful beings are still paying attention to Black Tiger Star Lord. He thought the things he brought with him could help him cover up, but in fact, this cover-up exposed their whereabouts... While those powerful beings haven't turned their attention yet, we can still buy the last bit of time..."

Before he could finish his words, the Fire Star Lord's wrist was grabbed.

"……what are you doing?"

Looking at the big hand grabbing his wrist, Fire Star Lord was stunned.

"I am helping you out of kindness, are you still going to stop me?"

"I appreciate your kindness, but it's unacceptable to let the people in this town die because of me."

Having said that, Du Chengfeng also raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky.

"Besides, do you really think that they didn't see anything?"

"you……"

The Fire Star Lord gritted his teeth.

"As long as you are still willing..."

Before he finished speaking, the Lord of Fire saw Du Chengfeng retreat two steps, and his body changed from standing frontally to sideways, which was clearly the posture of a boxing stance.

"Oh, by the way, I remember that I still owe you a duel... and I have time now."

After flexing his wrist, Du Chengfeng waved to the Lord of Fire.

"Come on, let's have a fight."

"It's a good opportunity for me to test the results of my practice."

(End of this chapter)