After Lu Ren saw what Third Offering said, he raised his hand and made Mahoraga stop moving forward.
He gave the other party the power of a strong man, which is to leave his last words.
"Go on."
Third Offering slowly raised his hand, and a thin paper figure appeared in his palm.
The paper figure was only the size of a palm and seemed to be cut out of the most ordinary paper.
There are still some uneven rough edges on the edges, which even look a bit rough.
It lay quietly in his palm, like a child who had been sentenced to death before he grew up.
"Haha, look at my Martial Soul, do you recognize it?" Third Offering handed his hand in the direction of Lu Ren, asking him to look more carefully at the paper man in his palm.
Lu Ren shook his head in confusion.
This Martial Soul is also the first time he has seen it.
"You're right if you haven't seen it before. Everyone is like this."
Third Offering looked at the paper man in his hand and whispered, "I named it Curse Fiend Paper Figures."
His tone was now so calm that it was almost numb.
"In the entire ancient books of the Douluo Continent, after searching for tens of thousands of years, I'm afraid you won't be able to find any Martial Soul that is the same as it."
"It does not appear to be Beast Martial Soul, nor does it belong to the category of Tool Martial Soul. In other words, I have awakened a unique Mutated Martial Soul. Do you know what this means?"
He asked and answered himself, and said flatly, "It means no one knows it, no one understands it."
"But no matter what the truth is, just knowing Shrek is enough."
"In the early years, I was arrogant and took the initiative to challenge Mu En. The final result was that he won and I lost. However, it was not that easy for Mu En to win, so I was hit hard."
"But Shrek Academy believes that this duel is not fair."
"They said that I was able to severely injure Mu En because I killed countless innocent people to cultivate these paper figurines, so that I could have such strong combat effectiveness."
"At that time, Mu En was seriously injured and in a coma. As an insider, I could not speak out in my defense. Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, who were beside Mu En, were also taking care of him in Shrek. They had no idea what was going on in the outside world.
Third Offering suddenly burst into laughter as he spoke. The laughter was dry and harsh, like a rusty saw pulling back and forth on the bones.
"The words Shrek said are more deadly than any Soul Master's Soul Skill."
"Shrek said you are Evil Soul Master, and you are Evil Soul Master. No evidence is needed. All you need is an announcement from Shrek, and the entire continent will put a knife on your neck for them."
"Soon, those so-called righteous people began to gather to attack me and my family, and then killed everyone in my family."
"If it weren't for Holy Spirit Cult, I wouldn't be alive today."
His voice suddenly rose, hoarse with anger that had been suppressed for nearly a hundred years. "Before I die, I really want to say, what are you Righteous Path headed by Shrek, what are you best at?"
"Just stepping on the horse is your subjective consciousness and it is a rumor!"
"It took me countless years to explain to everyone that my Martial Soul had nothing to do with the souls of living people, and that I had never harmed any innocent person. But who is willing to listen? Who would waste their time to learn the truth for someone who has nothing to do with them?"
"Shrek said you killed someone, then you did it. No matter how much you explain, it's just sophistry."
"Those so-called righteous people who follow the trend don't care about the truth at all. They only care about whether they can stand on the moral high ground and wield their swords."
"Kill a Evil Soul Master, and you can walk on the street with your waist straighter than others, as if you have done something extraordinary and you are superior to others!"
"And what about the people watching?" He continued, "They don't care about the truth. They only saw the announcement of Shrek, and only heard the three words Evil Soul Master", and then they began to think about things that had never happened: This person must have killed many people, this person must be a devil, and this person must die."
"They won't spend a moment thinking about whether the person they threw stones at was actually wronged? Maybe he wasn't Evil Soul Master? Didn't he do anything harmful? What Shrek said doesn't seem right?"
"They don't care. They throw stones anyway and talk casually without being responsible. Everyone says he is Evil Soul Master anyway, so he must be Evil Soul Master."
Third Offering seemed to be so angry when he said this, he coughed up blood foam but did not stop.
He looked at Lu Ren, as if looking at something more distant through Lu Ren: "The favorite method you Righteous Path like to use is to slap others."
"As long as you wear the label Evil Soul Master, whatever you do to him will become justice."
"To kill him is to do justice for heaven; to wipe out his whole family is to eradicate the roots; to drive him to a dead end is to eliminate harm for the people."
"You never feel that you have done anything wrong, because you are Righteous Path. How could Righteous Path be wrong?"
"Righteous Path Killing someone is not called murdering someone. Riding on a horse is called doing justice for heaven!"
"Evil Soul Master, hahaha, Evil Soul Master!"
Third Offering's mouth was so bitter. "What exactly is Evil Soul Master? Is it Soul Master that uses living people to practice? Is it a villain who kills innocent people? Or is it anyone who does not conform to your Righteous Path aesthetics?"
"My Martial Soul is biased toward curses and has something to do with Dark Attribute. My ability in fighting is not fair enough, and my personality is not gregarious. I am unwilling to bow to Shrek, so I deserve to die, my family deserves to be exterminated, and my name deserves to be nailed to the pillar of shame of mainland Soul Master World?"
He slowly raised his head, his eyes were red, but his voice became calmer and calmer. "You always say that Evil Soul Master harms innocent people, but you Righteous Path have harmed less innocent people than Evil Soul Master?"
"When you destroyed my whole family, did you ever think about whether my family was innocent?"
"When you were hunting down those people who were forced to join Holy Spirit Cult because of Martial Soul's darkness, have you ever thought about whether they have never killed anyone?"
"You don't, because you are Righteous Path, and Righteous Path doesn't need a reason to kill, just a label is enough."
"Label, hahahaha! This is Righteous Path's most powerful weapon, fuck the label!"
Third Offering suddenly went crazy, his laughter was sharp and wild, and tears mixed with blood flowed down from the corners of his eyes.
"One mouth and one label can turn a person from a human into a ghost."
"You don't need to have done anything bad. You just need to look like a bad person and not have the same heart as Shrek. That's enough. It's enough to make you the public enemy of the entire continent."
Suddenly, he stopped. After a long pause, he squeezed out the last words from the depths of his throat. His voice was so soft that it was almost blown away by the wind. "Mu En, Mu En----"
"The thing I regret most in my life is not that I joined Holy Spirit Cult, nor that I killed those who were chasing me, but that I chose to challenge Mu En that day. This is definitely the stupidest thing I have done in my life."
Third Offering smiled foolishly.
"If I hadn't challenged him, maybe my family would still be here, and maybe I wouldn't be where I am now."
"An honest duel, because of this, I became Evil Soul Master."
"Tell me, is this fair?"
Lu Ren stood quietly, with no change in the expression on his face.
The night wind passed through the ruins, blowing Third Offering's hoarse words into the ice mist.
Ice Empress also restrained the surging cold air all over his body, and Eternal Frozen Domain's struggle gradually subsided.
Ye Guyi held Holy Sword tightly with both hands, with complex emotions surging in his eyes.
The entire ruins fell silent, leaving only the sound of wind and the occasional crisp sound of ice breaking in the distance.
Finally, Lu Ren spoke, "You are right, this is very unfair."
"What happened to you in your life, if it were me, I would also take revenge."
He paused, and then continued, "I want to ask you a question. After you joined Holy Spirit Cult, did you use Evil Soul Master's cultivation methods to harm innocent people?"
After hearing Lu Ren's question, Third Offering was suddenly stunned.
He was silent for a long time, countless complex emotions flashing through his cloudy old eyes.
There is struggle, guilt, escape, and some unspeakable pain.
Finally, he nodded stiffly.
"After I joined Holy Spirit Cult, at least I followed them - and killed thousands of people."
"The most important thing is that they are far away from my hometown, and they are all people from the Star Luo Empire and Sun Moon Empire.
"And my hometown is in the Heaven Dou Empire."
Third Offering When he said this sentence, his voice gradually became lower.
He realized the seriousness of the problem.
He has been accusing the Righteous Path people headed by Shrek of the injustice, accusing them of the hypocrisy of justice, accusing the indifference of the onlookers, but when he himself swung the butcher knife to innocent people, what was the difference between what he did and those who surrounded and suppressed his family?
Lu Ren sighed, with regret in the sigh and some indescribable heaviness, "I'm not saying you can't retaliate or kill, but at least you have to kill the right person, right?"
"Your hometown is in the Heaven Dou Empire, which means that the Soul Masters who are attacking you may be concentrated in the Heaven Dou Empire."
"Those who really caused harm to you, those who burst into your home and killed your parents and brothers, those who spread rumors and labeled you Evil Soul Master, they are probably all in the Heaven Dou Empire."
"But you went to the Star Luo Empire and Sun Moon Empire, which are half a continent away from the Heaven Dou Empire, to kill people. Those innocent people you killed didn't even know who you were, and they hadn't even heard of your name."
"I want to ask you, please answer from the bottom of your heart, have you completed your own revenge?"
"----No."
Third Offering The sound is muffled.
Despite his age, he now looks like a child who has done something wrong.
He lowered his head, clenched and unclenched his hands, and his wrinkled face was full of confusion.
Lu Ren said, "So you see, this is not a reason why you can harm others with peace of mind."
"They have wronged you, so you should take revenge on those who wronged you, instead of wielding the butcher knife on weaker innocent people."
"Every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner. If you vent your hatred for Shrek on those who don't know you and have never hurt you, what's the difference between you and those Righteous Path people who surrounded and suppressed your family back then?"
"You asked me what Evil Soul Master is? My answer is - using the lives of innocent people to satisfy one's own selfish desires is Evil Soul Master."
"No matter what experiences you have had before, when you really start to use the souls of innocent people to practice, you will have become the Evil Soul Master they call you."
"When they wrongly accused you of being Evil Soul Master, you weren't, but now, you are."
"It's just that, just because I said so much, it doesn't mean that I am on the side of Righteous Path."
Lu Ren looked at Third Offering with some pity in his eyes and a calm and magnanimous tone.
"I just sympathize with you. Your tragedy was not caused by your initiative. You just provoked Shrek Academy, that's all."
"You didn't do anything wrong."
Lu Ren's voice was not loud, but it reached Third Offering's ears in the night wind.
"Besides, I've never been a Righteous Path person."
"When I kill you, I won't feel so happy. Why do we have a conflict today? It's just because you are my enemy. If I don't kill you, you will kill me in the future. That's all."
"Like you, I am also being hunted by Shrek. So what you said, Shrek can decide life or death with just one sentence, and Righteous Path does despicable things under the guise of morality. I can understand you, and even agree with what you said."
"This world is indeed unfair, but the way to fight against them is not to become Monster who is even more despicable than them." Lu Ren looked directly at Third Offering and said solemnly, "In the near future, I will overthrow them."
"I will use Spirit Pagoda so that children who have Dark Martial Soul will no longer be regarded as Evil Soul Master, so that they can have a way to live without taking refuge in Holy Spirit Cult."
"We also want Shrek to no longer be able to ruin a person's life with just one word."
"You chose to respond to hatred with hatred, and I understand."
"From an outsider's perspective, I can't even say anything to you about judging you and doing justice to God."
"But----what should we do about those unrelated people who were harmed by you?"
"People are bound to make mistakes in this life. After all, we are not saints, and it is our first time to be human. What's wrong with making mistakes? Even I myself have made mistakes."
Lu Ren enlightened Third Offering and said in a deep voice, "If you make a mistake, make up for it instead of making the same mistake again and again."
"Your Majesty, please turn back."
"I can give you another chance, join Spirit Pagoda, and work with me to correct this wrong world, so that those who own Dark Attribute Martial Soul will no longer experience the same tragedy as you."
Saying that, Lu Ren sincerely extended his hand to Third Offering, as if he wanted to accept him.
Third Offering's lips moved, opening and closing silently several times, but in the end nothing could be said.
He looked at the young man in front of him, his eyes were open and there was no trace of disguise.
Moreover, Lu Ren's eyes were not those of judging him from a high place, but those of looking at him with true equality and understanding.
He had lived for so many years and had never seen such a look in any human's eyes.
Even if it was Old Ghost Zhongli who saved his life, the kindness in his eyes was mixed with use.
Third Offering pondered for a long time, thinking about the lines he wanted to say. He wanted to say something to refute, but found that all the words were stuck in his throat.
After a long time, he has become much calmer than before, like the sea surface after a storm. Although there are still waves, it is no longer violent.
"If someone could have said these words to me back then, maybe I wouldn't be where I am today, nor would I choose to join Holy Spirit Cult."
"If I could have met you earlier - maybe my life would have changed."
He looked at Lu Ren and sighed.
"Young man, what is your name?"
Lu Ren:"Lu Ren."
"Lu Ren?"
Third Offering rolled the name on the tip of his tongue, then shook his head.
His voice was very soft, as if he was talking to himself. "Unfortunately, if you lived in the same era as me and I could have met you earlier, you would definitely be my biological brother in this life."
"Now I also want to tell you my name, but people like me who have been stained with the blood of innocent people are no longer qualified to live, let alone say my name."
"They are looking at me at World of the Dead and want me to give them an explanation."
Third Offering When he said this, there was no fear in his eyes, only a sense of relief that he was finally reaching the end of his life.
Lu Ren felt anxious when he heard this.
From the other person's tone, he heard the final calmness of a person who had no worries.
Lu Ren ran as fast as he could to stop Third Offering, and at the same time gave an order to Mahoraga to stop him.
Mahoraga immediately took big steps and grabbed Third Offering with his big gray hands, trying to stop him.
But all this is still not as fast as Third Offering himself.
In the blink of an eye, Third Offering's whole body was ignited with transparent flames.
That is the soul-burning Origin Flame, which he ignited himself.
The flames rose from the soles of his feet and spread to his whole body along Meridians, wrapping his entire body in a layer of beating transparent flames.
Under the illumination of the flames, the expression on his face was relieved.
All the hatred, all the unwillingness, and all the anger slowly rose up with the transparent flame at this moment.
"If I have another life, then I will work for the Spirit Pagoda you call me, and then help you correct the world.
"I can't look back now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Third Offering's whole person completely disappeared.
There was not even a scream or struggle, a transparent flame burned quietly in the night, and then went out silently.
If in the end, Third Offering chooses to fight back desperately, his Martial Soul ability will definitely bring huge trouble to Lu Ren, and he may even have to rely on Mahoraga's adaptability to completely kill him.
But----after talking to Lu Ren, he did not choose to resist to the end, but directly chose to commit suicide.
Use Spirit Dissipation's method to give an explanation to the thousands of innocent people who died in his hands.
Looking at Spirit Dissipation, Third Offering, and Lu Ren had just arrived in front of him, staring blankly at all this happening.
The place where Third Offering stood just now is now empty. Only a small scorch mark remains on the ground to prove that a person once burned his soul here.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
At this time, Fourth Offering, who had fainted, had already woken up.
He woke up in the middle of the conversation between Lu Ren and Third Offering.
But he did not choose a sneak attack or run away. He just lay quietly on the ground and listened to the subsequent conversation.
After Third Offering died, Fourth Offering had already stood up, especially looking at Lu Ren with strange eyes.
There was confusion, shock, and a hint of emotion that even he himself couldn't explain in his eyes.
Everyone he has seen in his life is either Righteous Path who is chasing him, or Evil Soul Master who is as depraved as him. There has never been anyone like Lu Ren.
Neither standing on the side of Righteous Path to hold high the banner of morality, nor standing on the side of Evil Soul Master to indulge in indulgence, but standing on a road between the two that no one has ever walked before, reaching out to both sides at the same time.
After a while, he sighed. The sigh was long and heavy, as if he was spitting out something that had been suppressed in his heart for decades. "Lu Ren, little friend, you can kill or behead me, it's up to you."
"I won't do anything to you and that angel child again.
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"Like this old guy, I was also forced to join Holy Spirit Cult by Shrek. I also have a lot of people's blood on my hands."
Fourth Offering looks much older.
He leaned against the remains of the ruins, a trace of exhaustion appearing on his always gloomy face.
"I would rather die in your hands than be discovered by Shrek in the near future and die in their hands."
"At least----you gave the third child a chance to speak, and you listened to all his last words."
"You even gave him a way back before he died."
Lu Ren twitched the corner of his mouth with some reluctance. "It's a pity that he didn't accept it."