By the time they were on their way back, it was already night. Since heavy rain had started falling in the mountains again, Li Fei and Hao Yi found a cave to shelter from the rain and prepared to spend the night there before continuing on.
"Have you killed anyone?"
Hao Yi suddenly asked.
Li Fei nodded. "I killed several people on the very first day I participated in an operation. Later, while tracking them, I killed several more after the Tranquil God Sect discovered us."
"Mm."
Hao Yi's expression turned solemn. "They were all people who deserved to die. You don't need to take it to heart."
He was afraid Li Fei would be left with some psychological trauma, so he had deliberately brought up the subject.
After all, in his eyes, Li Fei was still only a seventeen-year-old boy.
"Li Lei should have told you about my previous student, right?"
"Uh, he told me a little."
"That student's aptitude was inferior to yours, but his comprehension was excellent. He could learn any martial skill at a glance. Like you, he wanted to obtain a place at a university. But he failed time and again, and could barely see any hope."
The cave was pitch-black. Li Fei sat opposite Hao Yi, but he could not make out the other man's expression. He could only hear the other man's voice continuing:
"Later, he fell in with an evil sect and set foot on a road of no return."
"Was it the Tranquil God Sect?"
"Yes."
"But aren't spells very difficult to use against martial artists?"
"He wasn't bewitched by the Tranquil God Sect's spells. But in this world, what could bewitch the human heart besides spells? Some things were even more formidable than spells."
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"In the end, I personally