When Grandmaster said, "He was murdered," I felt a chill throughout the room.
The Feng Shui practitioner Huang Zhang, who had acted as the go-between, had been murdered, and so had Pockmarked Face, who knew Seven Deaths for a Life.
Zhang Rong just happened to have gone down the mountain during that time...
Grandmaster just happened to know that Pockmarked Face was dead, and that someone had killed him...
For a moment, I didn't dare speak. I didn't know why Grandmaster was telling me this.
When I hadn't spoken for a long time, Grandmaster went on by himself. "Of morality, virtue, benevolence, and righteousness, virtue is a higher level of cultivation pursued after birth. But people are born with compassion, and so humanity has a sense of benevolence and righteousness."
"But among humans, some are born without benevolence, righteousness, loyalty, or trustworthiness. So propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness were later established to restrain them."
"But when even propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness can no longer restrain them, they lose all humanity and disregard propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame. They are morally corrupt and have no regard for other people's lives. I think there's nothing wrong with people like that dying."
With that, Grandmaster looked at me. "Chen Mo, what do you think?"
I nodded repeatedly. "What a coincidence. I think exactly the same as you."
Grandmaster smiled faintly. "Good. I think you're someone who clearly distinguishes good from evil. Come to think of it, I've always admired you."
Overwhelmed by his praise, I said, "You're too kind. There's nothing about me worth admiring, but when it comes to character, I've always hated evil with a passion and drawn a clear line between good and evil."
"Good!" Grandmaster suddenly stood up and asked me with a smile, "Since you also think such people