"In the end, ordinary soldiers and disciples all come from commoner or humble backgrounds, while those who died at my hands this time included no shortage of nobles and local magnates!"
"There's no end to other people's children dying. No matter how many ordinary people I kill, it only builds my fearsome reputation and intimidates everyone around me."
"They won't call me a butcher. Instead, they'll go to great lengths to win me over and embrace me as a new friend."
"But the moment their own interests are touched, their true colors show, and they become terribly anxious!"
"Brother Fang, since you knew all this, why did you still do it?"
"Because I wanted to try... to find the answer to a question in my heart!"
"The answer?"
"Yes. And now I've found it!"
At his words, Wen Qingfei could not help stopping and looking at Fang Qianyuan with a hint of puzzlement.
The two were strolling and chatting in the rear garden of the residence in the inner city. Wen Qingfei had originally thought Fang Qianyuan had acted so recklessly on a momentary impulse, but she had never imagined that he seemed to have done it deliberately.
Fang Qianyuan sighed deeply. "All things are equal-that was a virtue of the Ancient Cultivators, and the principle behind their decisiveness in killing. Heaven gives birth to all things, yet people always prize some above others. When it comes to those they hold dear and the things they love, they place them above everything else. Once tangled interests are touched, the karmic consequences grow heavier still. That's why they say I've 'caused trouble.'"
"Now the sect has begun to worry. They want me to step down, return to the sect, and hide in secluded cultivation until the storm passes. How utterly tiresome!"