You Were Far Too Extreme

"What do you mean?"

"Only single dogs are full of fantasies about love," Shi Feizhe said.

"I'm not a single dog! I have five wives and seven children!" the blind man said, his face darkening.

"Let me tell you how it is!" Shi Feizhe said in the tone of a man who'd been through it all.

"When you first meet, you'll find that being together makes you happy and sweet. But after a while, you'll realize she isn't pretty at all. She's full of flaws and bad habits, all because she was spoiled rotten growing up!"

At that, the blind man's face darkened. It seemed he'd thought of something.

"The bickering between your two families before the wedding, the betrothal gifts—it'll make you shudder, as if your relationship were just merchandise, with everyone haggling over how much it's worth!"

"A little more or a little less, and both families will sit there doing the sums."

The blind man's expression eased a little. He hadn't gone through anything that miserable himself, so he couldn't relate.

"After you get married, she'll change, and you'll change too. Before you know it, you'll both get lazy and stop wanting to cook or wash the dishes. Resentment will pile up between you, then one day it'll explode!"

The blind man's face darkened again.

"But that's nothing. It's just the two of you. Once you have children, that's when the nightmare begins!"

"The baby poops in the middle of the night. Who gets up to change the diaper?"

"The baby crawls all over the place during the day. Who has to keep an eye on them?"

"A sleeping child is the most lovable child of all!"

The blind man's face turned black as ink.

"As the children grow up, she'll become a nagging, haggard old wife. Every day, she'll complain that you don't earn enough, that you don't care about the family! The woman you first met will be gone without a trace. So... what does it matter whether you meet Miao Miao Fairy?"

"Knowing eggs taste good doesn't mean you have to know what the hen looks like!" Shi Feizhe finally finished in one breath.

In this world, he'd never said what was on his mind before.

There was no other reason. Nobody had been around to listen.

"Ha! 'Knowing eggs taste good doesn't mean you have to know what the hen looks like!'" The blind man, whose face had been dark as a pot, suddenly burst out laughing at Shi Feizhe's words.

He found the young man before him quite interesting. He wasn't some fool who'd let a few casual words from him stir up wild fantasies.

"I never expected someone so young to have been through it all too. So... when you meet a beautiful woman, you ought to turn her into a wax figure while she's at her most beautiful!" the blind man said languidly.

"You're taking it too far!" Shi Feizhe said, his face darkening. "There's no end to the money to be made in this world, no end to the power to be seized, no end to the good food to be eaten, and no end to the beautiful women to be bedded. A person's life is limited. We ought to do something more meaningful!"

"That's true!" the blind man said with deep feeling. "Even Yuan Jiuzhong, invincible beneath the heavens, has only a hundred and forty-nine years to live! Our time is limited, so we must do what we want!"

"Young man, what are your ambitions?" he suddenly asked.

He felt the man before him was bound to give an interesting answer.

"Hmm..." Shi Feizhe thought for a moment, then said what he'd always wanted to do: "Become invincible beneath the heavens and spread martial arts everywhere! Make it easier for everyone in the world to practice!"

The greatest thing about the martial world was that you could speak your heart to strangers you met by chance.

Because a stranger would never remember what you said!

"Huh?" The blind man froze. He'd never expected Shi Feizhe to give that answer.

He looked Shi Feizhe up and down. "Young man, you've got ambition!"

"Aren't you blind?" Shi Feizhe couldn't help asking as he watched him look him up and down.

"Ahem... It's a habit! I haven't been blind for very long," the blind man said.

"Then how can you..."

"This world is so dull. There's only one person who can still catch my eye. No one else is worthy of entering it, so I gouged out my own eyes!" the blind man said flatly.

"...You're taking it too far! But that was one hell of a flex!" Shi Feizhe said, his face darkening.

"I'm telling the truth!"

"So am I!"

"Hahahaha... You're an interesting young man!" the blind man laughed. As he spoke, he picked up the cane beside him and prepared to leave.

"Young man, I'll see you again in the martial world!"

"Until we meet again!" Shi Feizhe rose too and clasped his fists toward him.

And so the two passed each other by, each walking down the road he'd chosen.

The blind man tapped his cane, making a "tap, tap, tap" sound. He followed the roadside around the side of the tower and came to its entrance. At his arrival, the two vermilion doors studded with golden nails swung open for him.

He lightly climbed the three steps at the entrance and went inside. The gatekeeper caught sight of him and immediately dropped to one knee before him, not daring to look at his face.

As he walked on, everyone in the towering building knelt before him.

In his presence, everyone had to bow their heads!

At the tower entrance, Hua Miaomiao spotted him and hurried over. She curtsied and said, "Greetings, Father!"

"Mm! You played well!" The blind man only grunted, then praised her.

"Thank you for your praise, Father!" Hua Miaomiao looked cautiously at the blind man. Seeing the faint smile at the corner of his mouth, she said, "You seem to be in a good mood, Father!"

"I met an interesting person at the entrance." The blind man continued into the tower and plopped down on the seat at the very top.

"What did he do to amuse you, Father?" Hua Miaomiao went behind him and massaged his shoulders.

"He's a madman. He actually wants to become invincible beneath the heavens and spread martial arts everywhere! It's truly amusing!" the blind man said with a laugh.

"Someone like that? Why not capture him and have him keep you company every day, Father?" Hua Miaomiao said with a smile.

"Are you telling me what to do?" the blind man suddenly snapped, his mood changing like a page turning.

Hua Miaomiao had been smiling, but her face turned pale. She stammered, "I wouldn't dare, Father!"

Ever since her father had gouged out his own eyes, she had to face him with the utmost caution, even though she was his own daughter. Her father had become the greatest source of fear in her life!

"I have my own reasons for what I do!"

"Yes! I understand, Father!"

"I found Yuan Jiuzhong's whereabouts, then met an interesting young man. I was in a fine mood, and you've ruined it!" the blind man snorted, then got up and left.

"Father..." Hua Miaomiao truly had no idea that one remark from her could make her father angry.

Fortunately, her father really was in a good mood today. He hadn't even killed anyone for entertainment!

"I'll see you out, Father!" Hua Miaomiao followed behind him.

"No need." As the blind man spoke, his figure flickered several times and vanished.

Hua Miaomiao watched the blind man disappear, feeling relieved.

Truly, every time she spent time with her father, it put her under immense psychological pressure.

She sincerely hoped her own father would be beaten to death by the invincible Yuan Jiuzhong!

Tell me, which character in this chapter was the most extreme?