Free Web NovelChapter 506: Chapter 503: Righteous and Evil
"Brother Mo, we can’t let them go!" Gu Peng said suddenly. "The people of the Demon Sect believe in the Demon Dao. They’re cruel by nature and commit every evil imaginable. If we let them go today, they’ll become a huge problem in the future!"
Mo Qi was taken aback. He hadn’t expected the honest and straightforward Gu Peng to suggest he kill Xiao Zhang and his group. That didn’t match his personality at all.
It seemed the conflict between the Demon Sect and the Hall of Envoys of the other four major districts was considerable.
"Bullshit!" Before Mo Qi could react, Xiao Zhang glared at Gu Peng and started cursing.
"Where did you hear that our Demon Sect is cruel by nature and commits every evil imaginable?"
Gu Peng asked coldly, "You believe in the Demon Dao, don’t you?"
"We do," Xiao Zhang said with a nod.
"Then what else is there to say? Followers of the Demon Dao are evil. Everyone has the right to execute them!" Gu Peng stared at Xiao Zhang, his face filled with killing intent.
"Hold on!" Xiao Zhang frowned. "The Demon Dao is the Demon Dao, and evil people are evil people. Please don’t lump them together. We are the orthodox line; they are just a bunch of madmen who’ve lost their way."
"Hmph. You people of the Demon Dao have always refined souls from the slain and used blood to sacrifice and temper Demons. Your methods are so cruel they make one’s hair stand on end. How is that any different from those evil people?"
Xiao Zhang laughed, looking at Gu Peng as if he were an idiot. "And here I thought you were going to say something profound, but it’s just this. Refining souls from the slain? Using blood to sacrifice and temper Demons? And that’s unforgivably evil?"
"You mean to tell me that your Divine Master Valley in the North District doesn’t kill people? You use swords, sabers, and fists to obliterate others, Divine Soul and all. Our Bloodthirsty Soul Refining achieves the same effect. Tell me, is there a difference?"
"Just because our methods of killing are different, you’re noble and we’re depraved?"
Gu Peng was at a loss for words, momentarily unable to refute him.
’He’s right. When it comes to killing, is there really a distinction between right and wrong, good and evil?’
In truth, the Demon Sect and the other four major districts had a long-standing feud, having openly and secretly attacked each other for tens of thousands of years.
The reason Gu Peng felt the Demon Sect’s people deserved to die was because he had been indoctrinated since childhood with the idea that they were unforgivably evil, which had long since become a habit of thought.
So, while Xiao Zhang’s words had a certain impact on him, they weren’t enough to shatter his long-held beliefs.
"But your Demon Sect frequently slaughters the innocent for its own selfish gain!" Gu Peng found an outlet for his frustration, his conviction instantly returning.
"Slaughters the innocent?" Xiao Zhang chuckled again. "Did you see it with your own eyes or hear it with your own ears?"
Gu Peng was speechless once more. In truth, he had never experienced it himself.
"Look at you, shouting so loudly, yet it’s all just hearsay. How pitiful and sad." freёwebnovel.com
Xiao Zhang spread his hands and added, "But when it comes to slaughtering the innocent for selfish gain, you self-proclaimed ’Righteous People’ are far more proficient than our Demon Dao."
"You’re talking nonsense!" Gu Peng roared.
"Am I?" Xiao Zhang snorted coldly and sneered, "Then let me ask you, why have so many of you come to the Desperate Mountain Range?"
"Isn’t it to kill him and claim the bounty?" Xiao Zhang said, pointing at Mo Qi. "But he has no grievance or grudge with you, does he? If that’s not slaughtering the innocent, what is?"
Gu Peng opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn’t know where to begin.
"Judging by your clothes, you must be from Yunfeng City, right? Let’s not even talk about other things. In the last century alone, your city has had three different City Lords! Don’t you dare tell me the first two voluntarily abdicated to a more worthy successor. As far as I know, they’re both dead, and they both died at the hands of their own people."
"If the infighting is that severe, what hope do outsiders have?"
"And that’s just recent history. Seventy years ago, a small family with the surname Wu outside Yunfeng City happened to find an Ancient Weapon Fragment. Before they could even warm their hands on it, their entire family was massacred overnight. From thousand-year-old Immortals down to pregnant women and infants, not a single soul was left alive. That was the work of you Righteous People, wasn’t it?"
"Fifty years ago, an Independent Cultivator got lucky and found a Spirit Reviving Grass in the Desperate Mountain Range. He was invited as a guest by the He Family of your Yunfeng City, but he never came out. Half a month later, someone discovered his corpse in the Chaotic Burial Mound."
"Twenty years ago, a rumor spread that a Precious Treasure had appeared in a Mortal District under your jurisdiction. Afterward, that entire Mortal District was razed to the ground. The casualties were countless, and rivers of blood flowed. That was the work of you Righteous People, wasn’t it?"
"Need I go on? The righteous path? Heh!" The sneer on Xiao Zhang’s face grew more intense.
Gu Peng’s expression turned incredibly ugly. Everything Xiao Zhang had said was true, and he couldn’t utter a single word of rebuttal.
"So you’re all just a bunch of hypocrites in shining armor. On the inside, you’re countless times darker than our Demon Dao. At the very least, we in the Demon Dao are united and act openly!"
As he said this, Xiao Zhang’s expression was filled with pride.
"Uh... sorry to interrupt," Mo Qi said, raising his hand, "but I’m not interested in your debate over good and evil. Get on with it. I’m in a hurry."
’Good and evil?’
After all he had been through, Mo Qi had long since stopped believing in that nonsense.
’If you could distinguish good people from bad people just by relying on so-called "good" and "evil," then what would be the point of Cultivation? What would be the point of having fists?’
Hearing Mo Qi’s words, Xiao Zhang immediately put on an almost fawning smile.
"What are you all standing around for? Didn’t you hear the big boss speak? Take everything out!"
As he spoke, Xiao Zhang collected all the Storage Rings from his subordinates, including the old man, and handed them to Mo Qi.
"Please accept this, big boss."
Mo Qi accepted the rings, a dumbfounded look on his face. freewёbnoνel.com
’Is this guy out of his mind?’
’Who gets this happy while being robbed?’
But he didn’t have time to dwell on it. The Pig Emperor was urging him on again.
"Let’s go!"
Mo Qi grabbed the somewhat dazed Gu Peng, and with Mo Tu in tow, they quickly departed.
"Take care, big boss!" Xiao Zhang called out, waving at Mo Qi’s disappearing back.
After Mo Qi was long gone, the old man asked, "Young Master, what do we do now?"
Xiao Zhang licked his buck teeth. "We follow them!"
"What about them?" the old man asked, pointing to the eight heavily injured men in black.
"Let them return on their own. Grandmaster Wei, you just need to follow me."
"But..." The old man hesitated.
Without the protection of the eight men in black, and having been robbed clean by Mo Qi, the old man could no longer guarantee the Young Master’s safety.
"Young Master, perhaps we should reconsider and plan for the long term?"
"No!" Xiao Zhang refused outright. "My father and mother’s lifelong wish is for me to become a proper great Demon and the Demon Venerable!"
"Before, I had no direction and didn’t know what to do, but now, I’ve found my chance!"
"Young Master, are you referring to that man from just now?"
"There’s no time to waste! We leave now. We can’t lose him!"
Xiao Zhang didn’t answer directly, letting his actions speak for him.
With a move of his feet, he shot off in the direction Mo Qi had left.
Seeing this, the old man sighed and followed close behind.
