Chapter 107 106. You’re not a bad person, right?

The moment the ninth-level soul guide shell was activated, all the soul guides in the Sun-Moon Palace felt a sense of crisis coming from nowhere.

Intuition is warning you!
The warning level is... a catastrophic disaster!
But when they realized these four words and the meaning behind this crisis, it was too late for them to react!

The ninth-level soul-guided artillery shell is the essence of the soul-guided technology of the Sun-Moon Empire. As a strategic weapon, its power is not only reflected in its exaggerated lethality, but also in its supersonic flight speed.

In the war four thousand years ago, more than one Titled Douluo died in the Douluo Continent under the saturation bombardment of this strategic weapon. Therefore, since then, Douluo Continent has developed two effective prevention methods against this special weapon: using soul skills that can attack from a distance to conduct air defense interception of soul guide shells, or evacuating the current bombing area in time.

Don’t compete with the ninth-level soul guide shells in speed!

Don’t question the lethality of the ninth-level soul guide shells!

Don't question how many artillery shells the Sun-Moon Empire can produce!

This is the experience that Douluo Continent gained at the cost of the lives of millions of soldiers and more than a dozen Titled Douluo. Every word is stained with blood.

However, as the Sun-Moon Empire that developed the ninth-level soul guide shell, it must have measures or plans to counter this weapon. Although it did not expect that a hypothesis that had been abandoned for a thousand years would be used again, the self-protection soul guide device of the Sun-Moon Palace was still activated normally. Even after this ninth-level soul guide shell landed, there were three other fierce ninth-level soul guide shells following closely behind, but the soul power shield provided by the self-protection soul guide device above the Sun-Moon Palace still completed its mission at the last moment before it was broken.

A silver divine light slowly rises!

The four ninth-level soul guide shells that had already exploded were frozen at this moment!

The sound, fire, metal fragments, and air waves were silently annihilated in the next moment. If it were not for this towering silver light column that still existed in the sight of everyone in Mingdu, at this moment, everyone in Mingdu would probably think that everything that had just happened was an illusion, and there was no ninth-level soul guide artillery shell explosion, nor any unknown terrorists attacking the Sun and Moon Palace!
However, soon, shrill alarms sounded in various important buildings in Mingdu. Schools, hospitals, government buildings, power plants, commercial areas, industrial areas, residential areas, etc. all issued extremely shrill alarms through various loudspeakers!
Wake up again those who cannot distinguish reality!

These people who were frightened by the noise of the ninth-level soul-guided artillery shell explosion were still in shock and had not seen a cruel war for many years, but after the unknown strong men in the Sun and Moon Palace eliminated the noise and aftermath of the explosion, they managed to regain some composure. There was no screaming, but they ran to the air-raid shelters in a chaotic but orderly manner.

but……

“The Holy Spirit Church has only over 35,000 evil soul masters…” Looking at Xiao Hongchen who summoned 128 soul guide cannons aimed at her, Ju Zi did not feel threatened at all. She lifted her skirt slightly and gracefully knelt to Ye Qingcang in the equally chaotic crowd of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy: “Four level nine soul guide shells have announced your arrival and the death of the Sun Moon Royal Family; over 33,000 evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Church have begun to wield their butcher knives to create capital for you to lead justice; I have booked a box on the rooftop of the Sun Moon Tower. Although I have been slowed down by some insignificant matters, I still want to invite you and sister Nan Nan to come and take a look…”

“You can’t go anywhere!” Xiao Hongchen felt that he was facing three lunatics, three lunatics who were able to remain calm even when being pointed at by 128 soul guide cannons. He shouted at Meng Hongchen who hadn’t reacted yet: “Sister, these three people are not good people!”

If Meng Hongchen was not within his attack range, he would have opened fire long ago, but Meng Hongchen was right next to Ye Qingcang, Juzi, Jiang Nannan, Zimu, Keke, and Wang Zijie. He could ignore everyone, and even kill Wang Zijie, a member of the royal family, in public, but he just couldn't kill his own sister.

So, while jumping back to create some distance, he said this to his sister.

however……

Tsk!!!
One hundred and twenty-eight soul guide cannons emitted a unique metallic clanging sound, and the barrels were visibly twisted. The formation on the core gem seemed to be wiped out by an invisible hand. In Xiao Hongchen's shocked and empty eyes, after a brief twist and transformation, it turned into liquid metal that only existed in theory, and like flowing water, it turned into an alloy he did not recognize, and was molded into chains that tied him up. The various runes on the chains flickered slightly, completely sealing off the remaining soul power in his body!

"If you blindly pursue lethality, you will only be attacked by the weapon in the end." The reason why Ye Qingcang looked down on soul guides was that they could be changed hands. If the battle armors of Dou San and Dou Si involved the stage of controlling the divine consciousness after the four-character battle armor, and could leave a divine consciousness imprint on their own battle armor in the crudest way to ensure that the battle armor would not be controlled by the opponent, then all the soul guides of Dou Er could be used by any soul master, or even snatched from the opponent: "Practice, after all, is a process of controlling and increasing strength, among which controlling strength is more important than increasing strength. If you blindly increase strength, even if you pile these 128 soul guide cannons into 1,280 level 9 soul guide cannons, you still cannot control their raw materials, the atoms, molecules and ions in the metal, etc..."

"How... is it possible!" Xiao Hongchen summoned his own martial soul, the three-legged golden toad, and tried to take back control of these metals: "My martial soul can naturally control all metals. Could it be that... your martial soul is the superior species of the three-legged golden toad, the Golden Toad King?"

Golden Toad King?
Toad King?

Ye Qingcang felt like he was being scolded by Xiao Hongchen.

But there is no evidence.

I am speechless in response to Xiao Hongchen’s ignorance.

"Remember, you have to rely on yourself and master everything." Facing Meng Hongchen, who was possessed by the martial spirit, Ye Qingcang didn't care about the poison of the Zhu Qing Bing Toad at all. He raised his hand nonchalantly and rubbed Meng Hongchen's hair, quietly satisfying his wish of stroking the white hair. The Zhu Qing Bing Toad lying on Meng Hongchen's shoulder slowly disappeared in Meng Hongchen's unbelievable eyes, as if it saw that after seeing its master Meng Hongchen being rubbed by Ye Qingcang, it could not bear the humiliation and automatically shrank back into its body: "Martial spirit and blood can be taken away, even the body can be taken away. The advantage of martial spirit is that it directly provides you with certain talents, which does not mean that you can use these talents with peace of mind and regard these talents as part of yourself."

"Wait!" Meng Hongchen was not embarrassed or annoyed after being stroked. Instead, under Ye Qingcang's earnest teaching, new doubts arose. She grabbed Ye Qingcang's hand that he wanted to pull away and pressed it on her head, and asked anxiously, "You are not a bad person, right?"

"Good and bad are relative. There has never been an absolutely bad person in the world, nor an absolutely good person..." Ye Qingcang patiently answered Meng Hongchen's question, "Just like your grandfather, he is a kind and gentle old man in front of you and your brother. Even if he is sometimes harsh, there must be a reason. He doesn't want to harm you. But many years ago, in the eyes of the soul masters who died at his hands, he was a bad guy. In the eyes of the descendants of those soul masters, he is also a bad guy... Good people can also have a cruel side, and bad people can also have a soft side. Do you understand what I mean?"

Meng Hongchen was silent for a moment.

Slowly loosened his grip on Ye Qingcang's hand.

Not far away, Xiao Hongchen, who was still struggling, also slowed down his movements.

They all understand these principles.

There is no right or wrong in many things.

Just like the war between the two continents four thousand years ago, the Sun-Moon Empire wanted to give its people a better life, cheaper living resources, and greater space for development. Then, these things could only be obtained from Douluo Continent. Since Douluo Continent would not give them, we had to rob them. And in order to protect its own resources, to protect its own people, and to ensure that its descendants live in a peaceful era, Douluo Continent had no choice but to fight. When a loaf of bread was sold for 500,000 marks, any act of violence was absolutely just; as long as people were fighting to survive, all actions were just!

So, it’s neither right nor wrong, nor good or bad!

but……

"You're not a bad person..." In Meng Hongchen's azure eyes, there was only a desire to find an answer: "Right?"

"Yes." Amid the howling of bloodshed that broke out in various parts of Mingdu, Ye Qingcang gave a reason that Meng Hongchen could accept: "Today's casualties are just necessary sacrifices for the arrival of peace!"

"Peace?" Xiao Hongchen sneered. As a citizen of the Sun Moon Empire, he did not agree with Ye Qingcang's high-sounding words: "Look at what you are doing now, how can there be peace?"

"I can put it another way if you like."

“Peace is only peace in my eyes.”

"The Sun-Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent have been fighting for four thousand years."

"The cumulative number of deaths over the past four thousand years is enough to make everyone in Mingdu die ten times. Therefore, a short pain is worse than a long one. It is better for one family to cry than for ten thousand families to cry. This is the peace that succumbs to the will of the strong!"

"Maybe it's unfair to the crying family."

“But for the peace that the strong want, the injustice of the weak can only give in, just as every time you compromise for the greater good, the civilians are always the victims!”

The light wings slowly spread out behind Ye Qingcang. Although they were not alchemical creations, but only a relatively rare ninth-level flying soul guide, they were sufficient as a means of transportation. "In this world, everything can have the best of both worlds, except peace. Because you can't ask everyone to be a saint without desires, and you can't ask everyone to lose their seven emotions and six desires. Therefore, as long as humans still have seven emotions and six desires, peace can only be a peace where the strong laugh and the weak cry!"

"...Then what do you want to do?" Ye Qingcang's words made too much sense. Xiao Hongchen's brain was almost frozen, but he still couldn't find the mistake. He gave up and said, "Do you plan to kill all those who resist you, or force the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire to abdicate, or are you willing to leave your own heirs in the world as descendants of God, so that the Sun Moon Continent and Douluo Continent will be under your rule forever, so as to satisfy your desire for peace?"

"Why bother so much..." Xiao Hongchen's question was too simple, and Ye Qingcang laughed dumbly: "Suppose I am willing to pay all the soul masters who awaken their martial spirits, a soul master of the first ring can receive one gold soul coin a month, a soul master of the second ring can receive ten gold soul coins a month, and a soul master of the third ring can receive a hundred gold soul coins a month, plus the treatment of awakening martial spirits for free, in less than ten years, the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire and all the nobles today will become enemies in the eyes of soul masters all over the world, enemies who prevent them from living a better life."

"Do you have that much money?" Xiao Hongchen looked at Ye Qingcang as if he were a fool. "Besides, money is not the more the better. Too much of it will only cause prices to rise."

"So, we need to expand outward..." Ye Qingcang was not afraid of this happening, because he had expected it to happen one day, and he solved the problem fundamentally: "If I have 10,000 loaves of bread, then I naturally cannot issue money that can buy 10,001 loaves of bread, but if I find another world that can produce bread, then obviously, I can issue money again and maintain the fairness I want."

“So that’s how it is…” Xiao Hongchen finally understood Ye Qingcang’s thinking, even if it was just the tip of the iceberg of all Ye Qingcang’s plans. He laughed bitterly: “Have you regarded our world as your prey?”

“No!” Ye Qingcang rubbed Xiao Hongchen’s messy white hair for the last time, then spread his wings of light, turning into a stream of golden light that soared into the sky. Under the scorching sun, Xiao Hongchen burst into tears: “It should be said… It is for the greater good and the peace of more people that I came to this world with peace; to balance evil with evil means, and to maintain justice with just means. Therefore, my heart is bright, and therefore, everything I do is just!”

"Where did he go?" Xiao Hongchen was forced to close his eyes under the dazzling sunlight. When he recovered, Ye Qingcang's figure had disappeared. Recalling the trajectory of Ye Qingcang's takeoff just now, he was suddenly shocked: "Wait, he won't go to the palace, right?"

"It seems so..." Meng Hongchen said uncertainly.

"That's right." Ju Zi gave an affirmative answer. His arrogant eyes gave Xiao Hongchen the illusion that he was looking at an emperor who was high above him. "Otherwise, why do you think the master would come all the way to the Sun Moon Empire, and even bring sister Nan Nan with him?"

"Why?" Jiang Nannan really didn't understand why Ye Qingcang brought her here, and even suggested that she take a leave: "Could it be that he wanted me to witness everything that happened in the capital?"

"Wrong..." Ju Zi is half a year older than Jiang Nan Nan. After switching states, she has the aura of an elder sister. Even though Jiang Nan Nan is beautiful and has long legs, she looks like a younger sister in front of Ju Zi in her current state. "It's because he didn't come and I wasn't sure I could do it. There is no good or bad technique, it only depends on the level of the user. In front of him, any soul guide is equivalent to a piece of scrap metal. And he brought you with him, which is a proof that he regards you as his own and is willing to let you know him. Including the explanation I just gave to Xiao Hongchen, it was all because of his potential..."

"A talented person with great potential?" Xiao Hongchen smiled bitterly: "The most shameful evaluation..."

"Since you've said that, let's talk about a non-shameful topic..." Juzi's smile was rather malicious, so obvious that it almost had these four words written on her face: "Junior Xiao Hongchen, and this junior Meng Hongchen, you don't want anything to happen to your grandfather Jing Hongchen, do you?"

(End of this chapter)