Do you regret it?
Hearing her disciple suddenly ask such a question, Charm Ancestor had originally wanted to say something, but after glancing at Xu Xing, she ultimately said nothing.
"..."
The room fell silent for quite a while.
"How should I answer that question? I need to think it over carefully," Xu Xing said.
Ji Yinxue's question naturally had an answer in his heart, but how to put it into words required careful consideration.
After all, her temperament had always been...
If today's answer made her way of doing things even more extreme in the future, that would be troublesome.
Only after quite some time did Xu Xing finally settle on his wording and slowly speak:
"These past years, I have also constantly reflected on whether what I did in the past was right."
"It is only that, looking back now..."
"Everything I did back then was born of a moment's rage. There were many things I could have handled better."
Ji Yinxue stared at Xu Xing with blazing eyes.
"So, Senior, do you regret what happened back then as well?"
"Regret..." Xu Xing pondered briefly, then shook his head slightly. "I suppose I do. What happened then was far too hasty. If I had considered things more thoroughly, perhaps it would not have brewed so many future troubles."
Seeing Ji Yinxue's eyes grow brighter and brighter—
"However, while I regret that I did not think things through, I do not regret sparing Yifeng back then."
Hm?
Ji Yinxue paused, her delicate brows knitting slightly, yet she still did not speak.
"Though he ultimately chose that path, before then, Yifeng was not an utterly wicked man."
As he spoke, Xu Xing rose from the redwood chair.
Back then, Yifeng's younger brother had kept several thousand Sword Slaves and murdered