Chapter 98: To Kill or Not?

  "Don't say that... Ugh... " Gu Du Xing collapsed, shaking his head, looking at Chu Yang's bewildered face, almost wanting to punch him: Too depressing! Such a little fool, unknowingly upgraded, and he didn't even know how rare this situation was. I've been pursuing this state for several years and haven't entered it once...

  As he thought about it, a surge of wanting to cry out loud suddenly rose up in Gu Du Xing's heart: I...I'm the one who needs to upgrade the most!

  Chu Yang had no choice, who wouldn't want Gu Du Xing to upgrade as soon as possible? After all, his current strength was weak, and upgrading one or two levels wouldn't be of much use. But now Gu Du Xing was already a fifth-grade Sword Sect! Even if he upgraded just one grade, it would be a huge increase in combat power.

  But the realization of such things depends on a person's innate capacity and opportunity. If someone like Gu Du Xing lacks the opportunity, telling him what you have realized will only mislead him and prevent him from entering that realm for his entire life!

  What's yours is yours! What others have realized, no matter how they put it, are still their thoughts. How can they be the same?

  If Gu Du Xing had realized it, then Chu Yang's subtle hints would have been enough, just like what Jian Hun did to Chu Yang. But if Gu Du Xing didn't realize...then everything would be in vain!

  Both Chu Yang and Gu Du Xing understand this principle, which is why they both become depressed.

  "How... how did you enter that realm?" Gu Du Xing asked with a glimmer of hope, but shook his head as soon as he spoke: "Forget it, I reckon you don't know either. That mysterious realm, if you knew about it, you wouldn't be able to enter."

  "Brilliant! You're really knowledgeable." Chu Yang gave a thumbs up and praised him. But this praise made Gu Du Xing's face turn red and white, and he became even more disheartened...

  "I don't know how I got in, nor do I know why I leveled up. Moreover, I couldn't possibly share with you the personal epiphanies I've gained, but there's one thing I do know." Chu Yang looked at Gu Du Xing and slowly said: "That is... you're being too impatient! As the saying goes, 'haste makes waste!' The more anxious you are, the less likely you'll achieve anything. No matter how hard you try to force your way into a realm, you won't be able to enter it. If you keep practicing in such a bitter and stubborn manner, you'll only end up exhausting yourself!"

  Gu Du Xing was taken aback for a moment. He suddenly straightened his body, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

  These words of Chu Yang were like a sudden enlightenment, awakening Gu Du Xing.

  He quietly fell silent for a moment, his breathing becoming calm without realizing it, and slowly said: "Not bad, I was too impatient; this is my heart demon. After all, your enlightenment, your promotion, that's your business, your opportunity! And I have my own enlightenment, my own opportunity. Why force it? I just need my own."

  Chu Yang smiled and said deeply: "Everything, in the end, depends on oneself."

  This sentence is his deepest realization just now. The insight of martial arts cannot be told to Gu Du Xing, that would harm him. But the insight of life is harmless.

  "Rely on yourself!" Gu Du Xing's right hand tightly grasped the hilt of his sword, and his entire being was like a sharp sword out of its scabbard, emitting a fierce aura. His eyes gradually brightened!

  Relying on oneself doesn't mean refusing friends' help or living a solitary life. It means... relying on oneself fundamentally, and one's state of mind also relies on oneself...

  This point, Gu Du Xing naturally understood.

  "Chu Yang! Brother! You've helped me again!" Gu Du Xing said softly, his eyes gazing at the eastern sky which was about to brighten up.

  "You once said that if there were a mountain of knives in front of you, and I stepped on it for you, you wouldn't complain at all." Chu Yang smiled: "Then what's wrong with me helping you out before we even reach the mountain of knives?"

  Gu Du Xing smiled, and his smile was unusually warm; he softly and quietly repeated: "Yes, if there's a mountain of knives in front of you, I'll let you step on me to get past!"

  He said this very lightly; almost no sound came out. Chuyang only saw his lips moving, and didn't hear anything either.

  But Gu Du Xing knew that he had made a vow.

  He also knew that although Chu Yang was joking just now, Gu Du Xing believed that if one day he were to face a knife mountain, Chu Yang would probably make the same choice as himself.

  Some words don't need to be spoken. Keeping them in your heart is better than anything else. So Gu Du Xing didn't say a word, but it was as if he had said it from his own mouth to his own heart...

  "After tomorrow, the walls around here will be up. I'll let them build the rooms here too, I'm going out once." Gu Du Xing looked at the gently rippling lake water and said: "We just sit here, the experts won't come looking for us. I'll go choose a few people, also go... kill a few people!"

  "Alright, I'll take it from here."

  Gu Du Xing slowly said: "This time I left home, also took advantage of an opportunity. The heavenly phenomenon appeared, the nine heavens changed; the entire middle three heavens and upper three heavens, all have people coming down to temper themselves! Moreover, they are all outstanding individuals from their respective tribes or families..."

  He hadn't finished speaking, but Chu Yang already understood what he meant: "You're saying that you want to pull these people in?" But in his heart, he was stirred up: Heaven and Earth's strange change? Three days of gathering? Family trials? What... did this represent again?

  In past lives, such things didn't happen. With these guys around for three days... how would it turn out? How would fate change? How would the continental situation change? Would there be an impact?

  Gu Du Xing thought for a moment and shook his head, saying: "Not sure." He thought again and still shook his head, sighed, and said: "Still not sure."

  Chu Yang smiled, understanding the meaning of Gu Du Xing's two "no grasp". The first was that he had no grasp on pulling them in, those people were all geniuses, how could they be subordinate to others? Second, even if one was pulled in, if they didn't obey control or even wanted to usurp power, there was no guarantee of stopping or killing them!

  After all, these little ancestors came out, how could they not bring strong bodyguards? With the strength of Chu Yang and Gu Du Xing, it was still too weak...

  "Which of your uncle's two sons has come down this time?" Chu Yang asked.

  "Both of them have fallen." Gu Du Xing smiled faintly: "With only the two of them competing, how can they not be distinguished as superior or inferior?" There was a hint of ridicule in Gu Du Xing's smile.

  "How about getting rid of them?" Chu Yang seriously suggested: "They used to bully you so much, and couldn't tolerate you; have you ever thought about this matter?"

  Gu's body shook, his complex eyes looked at Chu Yang, and he said softly: "If I could kill, I would have killed them long ago." He turned around, saying silently: "They may not be good, but they are the sons of my adoptive father, and my adoptive father only has these two sons. Moreover, they are Xiaomiao's biological older brothers! If they both died, I'm afraid that my adoptive father and Xiaomiao would collapse; and the entire Gu family would have no one to inherit!"

  "In fact, I want to kill them more than you do, but I will never kill them! Because of my family, because of the kindness of my adoptive father; because of little sister Miao... " Gu Du Xing said lightly: "If they encounter danger, I will still... protect them."

  He smiled wryly: "Isn't it contradictory?"

  "Gu Du Xing......" Chu Yang said from the bottom of his heart: "You're a real man! No, you should be a man! To kill is to be a hero; not to kill is to be a man!"

  "Killing is a man, not killing is a husband..." Gu Du Xing muttered to himself, repeating it over and over. After a while, he finally smiled. He shook his head, didn't say anything, and stood quietly for a moment; looking at the eastern sky, took a deep breath, and said: "It's dawn, I'm leaving. At most in a month, I'll be back."

  As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Chu Yang to respond, he flapped his arms and rose into the air like a large bird. He didn't take the floating bridge, but instead tapped his feet on the water's surface twice, and then reached the other shore. From afar, he waved his hand twice, and his body swayed before disappearing from view.

  The lake's surface rippled out where Gu Du Xing had trodden, slowly spreading.