"Whether it was cruel depended on how you looked at it. If I had ignored you just now and let them surround and annihilate you, wouldn't that have been even crueler?" I countered.
The old woman was left speechless, while the girl nodded and said, "You're a good person. And you're definitely a good person in a high position, yet still kind. I can feel it..."
"Hehe, Saintess, you flatter me. The heart of the Jiuzhou realm should originally have been rich and prosperous, making it the envy of others. The immortals here lived in peace and contentment, and all the races were happy to recuperate and rebuild their strength. The root of everything was merely that the Fate Dragon had changed course. Its exhaustion had caused the vitality of Jiuzhou to be stripped away. But you don't know that the Jiuzhou realm changed course to avoid being destroyed by powerful experts from beyond the realm. That was why it had forcibly made the Fate Dragon alter its course, allowing it to escape disaster. Ignorant and fearless, fearless and unafraid—naturally, war would arise. Naturally, you would seek the truth. But what would finding the truth accomplish? Perhaps it would turn out to be nothing more than a wrong decision made at the beginning. You should know that after several decades, or a hundred years... the Fate Dragon's vitality will gradually recover on its own. The conflicts may not need to be started by anyone. You don't need to pursue the justice you believe in; it will naturally return to the way it was many years ago." I shook my head with a smile.
Yet just after saying this, I suddenly felt a glimmer flash through my mind. It seemed within reach, yet seemed impossible to grasp, leaving me utterly bewildered.