"": 200,
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"": "I know, I know... Anyway, this time, my thinking was too radical, and there really were too many risks. Fine, I admit it. I admit it. I was even thinking of taking a few people back to settle the score."
"That's out of the question too, huh?"
Xu Lu drew a deep breath and tipped his head back slightly.
"Little Xu's about to cry." Fourth Master Gray squeaked.
Naturally, no one but Xu Lu understood.
"Ah, I was too young back then. I thought that if someone beat me up or bullied me, I could turn to my family, and my family would have to stand up for me."
"Now I understand. There's actually not much my family can handle. I was weak back then, so how strong could the people bullying me have been?"
"Now that I've gotten stronger, the trouble I attract has gotten bigger. It's only natural that my family can't handle it."
"People have to grow up eventually." Xu Lu mocked himself.
"You're nearly forty, aren't you? Yet you're acting like some child who's only just ventured out into the world." Guo Baichi shook his head.
"You weren't locked in a room without daylight for over a decade. You wouldn't understand how I got through every day, or how much hope I placed in my family!"
"A child?"
"Call me whatever you want."
"This is how my mind works. You think I'm immature? Exactly."
"I haven't lived through everything you have. Time wore down your mind. All it did to me was age this face."
As he spoke, Xu Lu suddenly raised his head, every word ringing out with conviction.
"Whatever. If you want to abide by the divination hexagram, then cling to it. Xian and I know perfectly well where