in the edge

Chapter 599: False Orthodoxy

While Wenquxingjun was dealing with the Demon's Brain, Du Chengfeng also encountered some troubles.

Those were some powerful people who came to seek shelter. They all failed to snatch the remains of the Heavenly Demon. Normally, they should have looked for those powerful people who possessed magic soldiers, and everyone would rely on the power of the magic soldiers to resist the extraterritorial demon - but now, those powerful people who possessed magic soldiers were no longer accepting people.

After all, even if one possesses the power of a demon soldier, the protection that can be provided is ultimately limited.

So these weak powerful ones found the Centipede Star Lord.

Although the Centipede Star Lord looks like he has no magic soldiers, he is at least stronger than them. He should be able to protect them when they are facing a disaster.

What these powerful men don’t know is that their actions are no different from seeking their own death.

"But... don't kill him yet."

Just when Du Chengfeng invited several powerful men into the cave and was about to close the door and beat the dog, Wu Zhao stopped him.

"Don't kill yet, there's a problem."

"why?"

Du Chengfeng was a little puzzled. You know, these powerful men had participated in the encirclement and suppression of him. Rounding it off, they had a grudge against him. Now that the enemies had met, and he also had to protect his own privacy, the most correct idea was to kill these powerful men.

Anyway, when the time comes, all we have to do is say that it was the demon from outside the domain who did it. After all, many powerful people have disappeared recently, and people outside say that it was the demon from outside the domain who did it. Du Chengfeng can be sure that he did not do those things, but since the demon from outside the domain has already been blamed to this extent, it doesn't matter if he takes on more cases.

"Because these powerful ones..."

Wu Zhao was silent for a moment.

"Do you really think they are powerful?"

"In terms of strength..."

Du Chengfeng choked on the spot when he was halfway through his words.

Yes, in terms of strength, these people who came to seek refuge were indeed truly powerful, but in terms of mentality, they would actively seek refuge instead of seeking solutions to their problems. This kind of thing...

Du Chengfeng couldn't see any heroism in these people.

You have to know that these people were once heroes among heroes, heroes among heroes. In every era, only the top few, or even that one person, would have the opportunity to peek into the heavenly world, soar into the sky and achieve great power.

They once called the wind and rain, dominated the world, fought against powerful armies, and accomplished great things.

But now it seems...

They are not even as good as a master of evil spirit in the mortal world.

Mortal masters of evil spirits at least know how to fight to the death, and know that the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, but these powerful ones, these powerful ones who have lived for a long time, they...

"What? You're asking us why we don't fight hard?"

When Du Chengfeng finally couldn't help but express his doubts through the mouth of Baizu Star Lord, these powerful men shook their heads.

"We definitely can't fight to the death. Or what's the point of fighting to the death? If we can't win, we can't win. It doesn't mean that we can win if we fight with all our might... We should assess the situation and choose a way to survive. This is the way of the world. Otherwise, if we really know we are going to die and still fight, we might as well just commit suicide in advance."

"..."

After listening to the statements made by these powerful men, Du Chengfeng and Wu Zhao fell silent for a while.

They couldn't even point out the mistakes of these powerful men, simply because what these powerful men said was indeed correct. If they knew they couldn't win but still went on to fight, it was no different from suicide - especially for these powerful men, since they already knew that their choice was suicide, then death would naturally follow.

So in order to survive, in order to continue living, their current choice is natural.

Only by living can you have the Tao, only by living can you have a future, only by living can you have everything.

When you die, there is nothing.

"but……"

The right eye of the Centipede Star God controlled by Du Chengfeng and the left eye of the Centipede Star God controlled by Wu Zhao exchanged glances.

In fact, there's no need to even exchange glances for this kind of thing. They all know deep down that neither they nor the other party can accept this kind of thing.

"Although I did this kind of thing in the past, but..."

Thinking of this, Wu Zhao couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Back then, Wu Zhao had actually once tried to pursue immortality by using the method of using weapons to become immortal, but that was only because he had no rivals in his time. He needed to find more exciting battles and stronger challenges. This was his purpose of living. He had never thought of doing anything to prolong his life like these powerful men.

As for Du Chengfeng's words... he couldn't agree with it even more. After all, when he was penniless, facing He Xiqing, his choice was not to escape but to fight to the death.

Indeed, at that time, escape was the right choice. He could have gone all the way south and left He Xi Qing to the generals of Southern Chen to deal with. As for himself, he could have avoided being contaminated by the evil spirit and instead used the knowledge in his mind that was different from this world to become a handsome and romantic rich man.

"But if we really do that..."

Du Chengfeng smiled bitterly.

If he really did that, he would not be himself. If he really did that, he would not have reached where he is now.

If he had really done that, He Xiqing would have caught up with him and killed him long ago, and he would not have been alive until now.

The more you fear death, the more likely you are to die. The less afraid you are of death, the more likely you are to survive.

These powerful people in front of us were once heroes, they should not be unaware of this.

But judging from the current performance...

They seemed to have forgotten this dangerous experience.

No, it’s not even like forgetting. They may still know these things, but their understanding of the world has surpassed this cognition. When they face the pursuit of death for a long time, when they devote everything to understanding this world, this world is also gradually taming them.

Until they became what they are now.

"has a problem."

At this moment, Du Chengfeng and Wu Zhao both felt it clearly.

"This so-called great power, this so-called orthodoxy... these so-called principles of heaven and earth, or the research on the principles of heaven and earth, are problematic in themselves!"

Wu Zhao was fine, but Du Chengfeng was already sweating coldly. After all, compared to Wu Zhao, who had not yet become a powerful person, Du Chengfeng had truly become a powerful person.

He even accepted this so-called powerful way of cultivation at one point.

Getting rid of the three turbidities, pursuing the power of purity, pursuing the power of will, and feeling that a firm will can change everything - indeed, this itself is the special feature of this world, and at first glance there is nothing wrong with it.

However, if a strong will can really change everything, then what else needs to be changed by it?

When he can achieve everything and do everything, what greets him is not the omnipotent other side.

At the end of this road, what awaits him is actually greater nothingness.

"It seems like it's a good thing that I didn't take this path."

In the Centipede Star Lord's mind, this time it was Wu Zhao's turn to start laughing.

"No wonder you became like this. Even your body was cut into pieces. So it was because of this. So it was because you were deceived and became stupid... Don't you realize that something is wrong?"

"..."

Du Chengfeng was speechless for a long time.

If there is something wrong, there is, for example, after becoming a powerful man, he can't find an opponent. He even needs to return to the earth to train himself again. And this so-called training has no direction and depends entirely on luck - Du Chengfeng is actually not used to this situation.

After all, the way he has mastered power has been by relying on one enemy after another, one opponent after another. They may have indeed brought him the threat of death, but they can indeed be regarded as his best teachers.

But after flying into the sky, Du Chengfeng couldn't see the way forward.

The days seemed to have returned to normal, which should have made him happy, but to Du Chengfeng, who was used to fighting, this was not a good thing. An inexplicable sense of crisis entangled him, always making him want to find something to do - perhaps this was why he suddenly chose that dangerous path, even though he knew he would most likely have to fight with many powerful men, he still continued.

Even though the Fire Star Lord tried to dissuade him again and again, he was unable to stop him. Perhaps what he longed for at that time was a hearty battle.

Peace is only a temporary falsehood; struggle is the deepest truth.

And now, these powerful people in front of Du Chengfeng have lost their consciousness of fighting.

They have lost the consciousness of struggle and the will to continue fighting. Perhaps they once had courage and passion, but the strength of iron and blood was eventually worn out in the peaceful life day after day.

If they knew that they would become like this in the future, would they laugh when they were young?

Maybe, but maybe not. After all, isn’t the current appearance of these powerful beings determined by their own will?

They decide everything by their own will, and become what they want by their own will. Now they may be somewhat happy with what they are now.

"But, as for me..."

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng shook his head.

It was because of seeing the appearance of these powerful people that Du Chengfeng would never allow himself to become like this.

The same goes for Wu Zhao, who controls the other half of the body.

"Then now, we can actually confirm it."

Wu Zhao didn't continue speaking until Du Chengfeng came to his senses.

"The cultivation tradition of the powerful is problematic in itself. Have you discovered that the three turbidities that are isolated by you so-called powerful people are actually the source of power? Even if you powerful people want to kill people, you need to rely on controlling the three turbidities to inflict damage... You say this thing is not good, but you still want to use it. Don't you think this is wrong in itself?"

"You mean..."

Du Chengfeng vaguely thought of an answer.

"Is the Taoism itself fake?"

"It's not necessarily false. After all, you all do have the power."

Wu Zhao thought about it, then controlled half of the Centipede Star Lord's head and shook his head.

"After all, I know your strength. If the thing I gave you was a fake, you would definitely find the problem immediately. After all, you are not a fool. How could you not even have this little bit of vision... The strength is real, and the further improvement is definitely real, but is this further improvement really compatible with your original thing?"

"this?"

Du Chengfeng was stunned by this question, this was completely different from what he had imagined.

Originally, Du Chengfeng had expected that at most there was something wrong with the orthodoxy, or that there was something mixed up in the way the powerful men grasped their power. Of course, Du Chengfeng also knew that with the keenness of many heroes and great men, they would definitely be able to detect it if he directly deceived them with false things - but Du Chengfeng also knew that the truly clever lies were often the truth, with the most important information concealed.

But now, Wu Zhao's explanation gave him another idea.

The words are not false, the power is not false, and even the information is complete. After all, these powers and knowledge are explored by the powerful people themselves. There is no problem with everything and it seems to be the case.

The only problem is that this thing is not compatible with their own power, or even with the world itself.

If you want to adapt to the new power, you must give up the old power. This is obviously completely consistent with the theory of "three turbidities". But when you really want to kill someone, the expression of power must ultimately be in the form of three turbidities.

In the past, Du Chengfeng didn't even notice the distortion in this aspect. He just thought that perhaps this is how the advancement of strength should be, that is, one should abandon the old self and achieve a new self.

But looking at it now...

"It's so obvious!"

Recalling his experiences along the way, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The inconsistency here is too obvious.

No matter how much the Three Turbidities affect people, they are at least real, omnipresent, and something we have to deal with every day - but the power wielded by the powerful, the so-called firm will, and everything, are clearly just empty talk.

This power of the void is completely different from the original three turbidities, which is the heavy power like the rolling red dust.

Although there is indeed a certain connection between them, this connection is more like a forced grafting, and is obviously not a normal transition that comes naturally.

“That’s the real trouble.”

Seeing that Du Chengfeng had also realized the problem, Wu Zhao added a sentence.

"It's something more troublesome than that Wenquxingjun you mentioned."

(End of this chapter)