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On the large square of Tiger Slaying Gate.

This place is usually used for group speeches and martial arts demonstrations, so it is quite large, enough for everyone in Tiger Slaying Gate to stand comfortably.

The trial and execution just now took place here.

Upon Li Qi's arrival, Ju Ye immediately stood up and respectfully said, "My lord—"

"Wait a minute, don't rush to speak." Li Qi waved his hand casually and walked up to one of the Beast Taming Mountain members who had been punished.

It was a man, but at this moment he was as timid and fearful as a chick, trembling all over.

Ju Ye's power was already beyond comprehension, but... Ju Ye actually addressed the other party as "sir".

This terrified him, and he feared he was going to die there.

However, Li Qi brought it up, released a wisp of life force, and healed the other party's injuries.

Then, Li Qi said, "I know you have been wronged. You have been trying to stop the Beast Taming Mountain leading beasts to eat people and you have never joined in. For this, you were even punished by a True Disciple because the beast species you submitted were not good enough."

Upon hearing this, the man burst into tears.

Li Qi ignored him and instead walked up to another True Disciple.

This was a girl whom Ju Ye had judged to be a good person. Just moments ago, Kikuye was feeling smug, but now her legs went weak.

Li Qi walked up to her and said calmly, "Regarding the Spirit Vein you used for cultivation, although you made a move, your lackeys should know what happened. Tell Ju Ye honestly."

After saying that, Li Qi grabbed her and threw her over to Ju Ye.

Then, it's time for the next person to be wrongly accused.

Then came the next one to escape punishment, let go by Ju Ye.

One after another, Li Qi selected two or three thousand people in a row.

The Tiger Slaying Gate Sect has a total of over 100,000 members, and these two or three thousand are all "bad people".

By the time all the items were chosen, it was getting dark.

Li Qi walked over and looked at the Ju Ye.

Ju Ye immediately lowered her head. "My lord..."

He panicked a little, thinking that Li Qi was dissatisfied with what he had done and had even specifically pointed out his mistakes.

But Li Qi remained calm and simply said, "You did a good job."

"... Isn't this a really big mistake?" Ju Ye said, bowing her head in shame.

"That's not the problem. The key issue is that you haven't grasped your own principles. Although you have the will, you don't know how to do it," Li Qi said to Ju Ye.

Then he went on to explain, "Why did you make a mistake? Besides being young, it's also because you don't have a guiding principle in your heart."

"With this guiding principle, you'll be able to act with discretion. I ask you, what is good to you? What is evil? Can you distinguish between them?"

"That is of course... doing good is good, and doing evil is evil. Good and evil are inherently distinct. For example, I would never bully others," Ju Ye immediately said, trying to justify herself.

Li Qi immediately countered, "Is it good or evil for someone to plunder others so that their own people can have a better life? And what about yourself? Are you good or evil?"

"I'm not saying this to punish you, but simply to ask you: do you have a scale in your heart that can weigh everything and then make your own decisions?"

"People can look at problems from any angle, and everyone can come to their own conclusions. There is no right or wrong in this. Everything depends on one's own conscience, and upholding one's conscience requires one's own path," Li Qi said.

He already knew, through his superficial thinking, that after taking revenge, Ju Ye felt only emptiness inside.

As Li Qi said—

Revenge is not such a simple matter.

You need to take revenge, and after that, you need to go through other processes to heal your wounds.

It's like you've been injured, and there's clearly a thorn inside the wound.

You need to remove this thorn, which means taking revenge on your enemy. By doing so, you get rid of the thorn.

After all, if you don't avenge your enemy, the thorn will stay there forever, and you'll never be able to get rid of it, suffering endlessly.

But it's not over yet.

The thorn has been removed, but the wound hasn't healed yet; you still need to find a way to heal the wound as well.

This is what Ju Ye look like now.

Therefore, Li Qi made a special appearance to point out his mistakes, thus temporarily suppressing his emptiness.

However, this only suppresses the problem; it does not improve it.

Li Qi still had other things to do.

He continued, "Think about it carefully. What do you really want to do when faced with these people? What are your standards for judging good and evil?"

"This is important because the standard by which you judge good and evil is the standard by which you view the world, and the standard by which you view the world is the way you understand the world."

"Ultimately, all of this constitutes you, your essence, and all your actions; this is the 'Dao is within.'" Li Qi said.

The Tao is external, and it is the Principle governing the natural order.

The Dao is within, which is the rule of conduct that people themselves follow.

Ju Ye didn't know what the Dao was. He did all this simply out of a sense of justice, a simple and unpretentious feeling of righteousness from his heart.

Therefore, upon hearing Li Qi's words, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

What exactly is it like?

What should it be like?

Li Qi did not stop him from thinking; in fact, he did not need Ju Ye to come up with anything useful.

As long as he's thinking about it, that's fine.

As long as one is thinking, one is moving closer to the 'Tao', and Li Qi's purpose of spreading the Tao will naturally be achieved.

This is the true essence of pursuing the Way.

In the mortal realm of immortals, these people cultivate for power, just like animals, pursuing thicker shells and stronger muscles, but they never think about what they should do with this power.

No one but a martial arts fanatic or an idiot would strive to become stronger for the sake of becoming stronger. Since Xian Tian is deliberately cultivating idiots, Li Qi plans to teach these idiots to think more and see the world from a different perspective.

Li Qi plans to stay in the mortal realm for a very, very long time.

Anyway, there are things similar to the special cosmic light in the Immortal Realm. According to Teacher Zhu, it can reach a ratio of one to ten thousand. Li Qi has plenty of time.

Seeing that Ju Ye was deep in thought, Li Qi said to him, "Think about it carefully and reflect on it."

After speaking, he waved his hand, shutting out the sounds around Ju Ye, allowing him to concentrate fully on his thoughts.

After that, he took a couple of steps and sat down next to the 'senior sister'.

To be fair, she wasn't a very beautiful woman; she was just average. In the mortal world, she might be considered a beauty, but she was far inferior to the immortals that Li Qi had seen.

The senior sister immediately stood up, wanting to kneel and pay her respects.

Li Qi nodded slightly, and an invisible force pressed her down. "Sit down. You are pregnant and it is inconvenient for you to greet me. Let's just say I have some questions to ask you."

"My lord... please, may I ask?" the senior sister said humbly, bowing her head.

Li Qi pointed to the Ju Ye over there and said, "He seems quite conflicted. What are you going to do?"

Li Qi's question was quite sharp, hitting the most important and hurtful spot directly in one sentence.

What will happen to Ju Ye and her senior sister next?

Senior sister could see that Ju Ye actually harbored a lot of resentment, but it wasn't her fault, and she couldn't be blamed.

The culprits have already been killed by Ju Ye.

Now, only Ju Ye and Senior Sister remain. How can they bridge this rift and heal their wounds?

"I—" The senior sister was speechless for a moment.

Li Qi said, "You're still young, so it's understandable that you don't know what to do. I have a suggestion for you: you should take the initiative to leave him for a while and give him some time."

"After you left, he was definitely disappointed, but more than that, he felt relieved. This way, he wouldn't have to bear that kind of pressure. He knew that even if he chose to accept you, it was mostly because of his conscience. After all, abandoning you at this time would make him seem like a scoundrel. Ju Ye is someone who cares a lot about these kinds of things."

"After he lets go, he'll face life without you. We'll see what he chooses then. Whether he comes looking for you or gives up, it's all up to him."

"However, doing this will be a test for you. After all, if you stick with him, you will definitely be set for life. No matter how deep his resentment is, he will definitely not give up on you. You can live off him for the rest of your life. But if you choose to leave, you will definitely suffer a lot."

That goes without saying. After leaving Ju Ye, she was nothing more than a woman with mediocre cultivation, and in this dog-eat-dog world, she even had several children...

Surviving in this world will be very difficult, you will suffer a lot, and you may even die.

"How are you going to choose?" Li Qi asked naturally.

He couldn't read her thoughts right now because his senior sister's superficial thinking was very chaotic, and even she herself didn't know what she was thinking.

This was indeed a difficult choice. She actually liked Ju Ye very much, but... did she deserve it?

Furthermore, leaving Ju Ye is not just an emotional matter; it will also force her to face the competition of this cruel world, which will be extremely difficult for a single mother.

As long as she stays by Ju Ye's side, Ju Ye will be the one who suffers, because Ju Ye will never abandon her no matter what. Ju Ye will endure all the grudges; that's just his personality.

So--

"Please open the exit for me, sir, I'll leave right away," the senior sister said to Li Qi.

Rather than let Ju Ye suffer, let her do it herself.

"Alright." Li Qi nodded, waved his hand, and a crack appeared in the formation.

The senior sister stood up and bowed respectfully. She did not kowtow because her pregnant belly did not allow her to do so.

After bowing, she set off, and Li Qi noticed that she had taken several children with her.

Yes, that's good.

Li Qi stood up and walked to those who had been judged innocent. "You can leave now, go ahead."

After saying that, Li Qi opened a rift in another direction.

Upon hearing this, the others hurriedly bowed and then rushed to leave.

Today was too terrifying; they didn't want to stay here for even a second longer.

Especially in front of Li Qi.

Yes, whether in front of Ju Ye, Senior Sister, or Mo Zhanhu, Li Qi is no pushover; in fact, he is even more terrifying than the most vicious people.

He displayed a high degree of indifference to the outside world, and his actions were incomprehensible and baffling, as if he didn't care about any consequences.

Even though Li Qi has never killed anyone, in their eyes, Li Qi is far more terrifying than those killing gods.

It's an instinctive feeling.

After all, when it comes to killing... judging by his battle record, Li Qi was once a super killing god who slaughtered billions of worlds with a single order.

If Li Qi were to unleash his Sha Qi, it could spread across the range of several star systems, leaving no mortal creature within it alive.

If Li Qi dies in the outer realms, his body will leave behind a trail that will become a ruin that countless cultivators from various civilizations risk their lives to explore. Countless people will fight to the death around him, vying for any possible chance.

By now, Li Qi has already reached a realm that is almost inaccessible to ordinary people.

However, it is precisely because of this that these people believe what Li Qi says.

They didn't believe in Li Qi, but in that faint, elusive hope.

Where there is no unknown, there is hope.

Li Qi was that unknown entity.

This is actually a rather sad thing.

This shows that the mortal realm of the celestial realm has developed into a very abnormal state.

Li Qi felt that he might be able to change this abnormality.

Then, they could use this opportunity to observe the reactions of the powerful beings in the celestial realm.

As for Yao Ji?

Whatever, Li Qi couldn't be bothered.

Li Qi, and those who have been judged as evil, are waiting here.

About half a Chen later, Ju Ye woke up, but his cultivation level and combat strength remained unchanged.

This is normal. Cultivation level is directly linked to Dao heart. Whatever one comprehends or learns can be directly manifested. This is a characteristic of all Cultivation Method in the world. Many Cultivation Method and techniques from other realms do not have this ability.

For example, for practitioners in the world, they comprehend a certain rule, such as deriving a formula, which can be applied to certain mechanical structures.

For people in other worlds, they might need to create machines to apply the formula, or they might need to train and cultivate themselves to create a Technique Method object based on their knowledge.

But the world doesn't need it. The world's Cultivation Method, combined with the structure of their inner world, allow them to comprehend and immediately put them into practice.

If you can't execute it, it means you haven't grasped the concept.

Once you learn a framework, you can use the energy of the inner world to create that framework out of thin air and apply it to reality.

For the world at large, learning equals application.

All spiritual practice in the world is about 'learning'—learning things you didn't know before, and applying what you've already learned directly.

This is a Dao Lineage of the world, Li Qi has not yet seen anyone else replicate it.

Of course, the level of application depends on the individual; even if they understand the same thing, there will be differences in how they use it.

Therefore, although the Ju Ye did not change, Li Qi could still clearly sense it.

Ju Ye realized something.