Fear

Seven Kills stared at Ye Yu, seemingly desperate for an answer.

Yet Ye Yu did not answer immediately.

"With your experiences and way of doing things, you shouldn't be able to say something as stupid as love and justice, should you?" Seven Kills suddenly said with amusement.

Hearing that, Ye Yu suddenly laughed.

Yet neither of them noticed that, upon hearing those words, the Cauldron Spirit's expression had turned somewhat unsightly.

"I think the essence of people is fear. Because of fear, countless causes and consequences are formed," Ye Yu said.

Afraid of being looked down upon, so they exhausted all their strength to perform well.

Afraid of being unable to provide the life they wanted, so no matter how much they loved someone, they could only hide it in their hearts.

Afraid of seeing disappointment in the eyes of those around them, so they kept running away, not daring to face it or tell the truth.

It seemed that throughout one's life, because there were too many things to fear, one had never truly lived for oneself.

The people around you had told you since childhood not to be afraid. Yet everyone knew that fear was useless—but who could truly remain unafraid?

Because one cared too deeply, one was afraid.

"You're someone who isn't even afraid of death, yet you can still speak of fear." Seven Kills paused, recalling how Ye Yu had overcome his fear of death within the Void Sky Cauldron, then laughed.

Ye Yu shook his head. "For me, and for many others, not fearing death simply means fearing that death will have no meaning. We don't want to have lived in vain."

"But that isn't called fearing death."

Seven Kills nodded thoughtfully. He glanced at the Cauldron Spirit beside them and said, "Enough talk. I'm