What is a villain?
In novels and films, villains are often introduced to the audience with just a few words and expressions, to convey their identity as villains for the sake of the plot.
But in the real world, would villains admit they're villains? Just kidding, they'd hide themselves very well.
He hides himself as an ordinary person next to you. You can't tell that his hands are stained with blood, or that he sneaks into the capital to steal from the city at night. In fact, in your eyes, he is a chivalrous hero who punishes evil and promotes justice.
It's not just villains who hide themselves; true heroes and true knights-errant also hide themselves. Punishing evil requires killing, but killing inevitably brings disaster.
To give a simple example, if you kill a corrupt official, won't the government arrest you? If you kill a Jianghu, doesn't that person have relatives and friends?
A single move can have far-reaching consequences. Those who truly act chivalrously for the sake of pleasure are often young people just starting out in the Jianghu, or people with ulterior motives.
For example, if I want to become the leader of the martial arts world, I need fame, so first I have to become a great hero praised by everyone.
Such are many examples; reality is not a novel. In reality, what are clearly defined heroes and villains?
Drifting Cloud City is a celestial city at the Drifting Cloud Mountain, protected and governed by the Drifting Cloud Sect Drifting Cloud Sect.
Within Drifting Cloud City, A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality and cultivators live together; the Northern District is mostly inhabited by cultivators, while the Southern District is mostly inhabited by A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.
Because of the protection of the Drifting Cloud Sect, there are few troublemakers in Drifting Cloud City.
However, in the past month, Drifting Cloud City has been plunged into panic.
Every day, people die, and bodies are discovered, either in homes or at the entrance of alleyways.
At first, most of them were just ordinary people, and then there were ordinary people, but also Martial Practitioner. Yesterday, the corpse of an outsider cultivator was dumped on the street.
All the dead had one thing in common: they were shriveled up like dead trees, their life force completely drained.
In an ordinary residential house in the southern district of Piaoyun City, an elderly man with a hunched back was carrying a load of fruit as he walked out of his courtyard gate.
" Uncle Yun, how dare you run outside? That evil cultivator hasn't been caught yet, and everyone is panicking. It's safer to stay at home during this time," a neighbor said, who happened to be taking out some night water.
The old man smiled kindly and waved his hand dismissively, saying, "I'm practically half-buried, why would I be afraid of these things? If this business stops, my family will probably go hungry in a couple of days."
"Besides, I'm old and my meat is spoiled; even if that evil cultivator wanted to eat me, he would still find it repulsive."
"It's still a bit dangerous after all. I have some leftover food at home, I'll bring you some later. It should last for ten days or Half Moon."
" Young Bai, this won't do! How could I, an old man, take your life-saving rations? Don't say that again, I'm off!"
Old Yun, carrying his fruit basket, Youyou walked away into the distance.
"Sigh, life is tough!" The neighbor shook his head helplessly and turned back into his room.
Old Yun was too old to care, but he dared not run around recklessly.
As the evil cultivator's disturbance grew louder, prices in the city skyrocketed. If he continued his antics, life would become unbearable.
But now, even if he wanted to leave Drifting Cloud City, he couldn't.
In order to capture that evil cultivator, Drifting Cloud City has sealed off all four city gates.
"I just hope the Drifting Cloud Sect can capture that evil cultivator soon so we can return to normal life!"
What he didn't know was that the so-called evil cultivator was actually right under his nose, far away but not far away. He was none other than the Old Yun who had just left, who had changed his appearance and become Cang Tianyun.
In the past month, Cang Tianyun Plunder nearly a hundred people using the system's Plunder function.
Among them were ordinary people, mostly Martial Practitioner, but only one person was a cultivator.
"I didn't expect that cultivator to be so weak. I overestimated them." Cang Tianyun pondered to himself as he walked towards the Central District.
"But yesterday's experience was quite fruitful. It turns out that the only difference between Martial Practitioner and cultivators is the method of Transport Spiritual Power."
"It's just that this Human Spirit root is a low-grade Mixed Spiritual Root, and their aptitude is rather poor."
Thinking of this, Cang Tianyun shook his head. At least the other person had Spiritual Root Spiritual Root, while he didn't even have any before. If it weren't for this system, he probably would never have seen the path to immortality in his entire life.
However, Cang Tianyun did not kill indiscriminately; those he killed were all heinous criminals.
Now, in the Laosan's view, words of good or evil float above everyone's heads.
Gold represents goodness, and red represents evil; the deeper the color, the heavier the good or evil.
The system not only allows Cang Tianyun to discern good and evil, but also the Karma and life stories behind them.
The people killed by Cang Tianyun were mostly wicked.
"The world is full of evils, but even gold is as good as nothing!"
Cang Tianyun squatted on the bustling street, looking at the sea of "red cesium" and couldn't help but sneer.
During this month, the Ten Thousand Demons Sect was besieged and attacked by the Drifting Cloud Sect and a group of so-called righteous sects.
During this period, twenty-one secret bases of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect were destroyed. It seemed like a brilliant achievement, but Cang Tianyun knew that for the Ten Thousand Demons Sect, it was not even a serious blow.
The greatest advantage of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect lies in its skill in concealment and hiding.
These twenty-one secret bases were merely given up by the higher-ups of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect to allow those so-called righteous people to vent their anger.
Furthermore, it's likely that eight or nine out of ten thousand of these so-called disciples of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect Ten Thousand Demons Sect have little to do with the sect itself.
The Ten Thousand Demons Sect has existed in the world for so many years, it naturally has its own methods, methods that these so-called righteous people can hardly understand.
"Ha, it's truly laughable. It was the people of the Eastern Cloud Sword School who bought the life of that Fairy Biqiong's disciple; they are the real culprits."
" The Ten Thousand Demons Sect is nothing but a weapon. Because the Eastern Cloud Sword School Sect is powerful, the Drifting Cloud Sect dares not provoke them, yet they seek trouble with the Ten Thousand Demons Sect!"
"After this, the Drifting Cloud Sect will likely never have peace again."
Won't the Ten Thousand Demons Sect retaliate? How could that be?
The Ten Thousand Demons Sect will be like Viper lurking in the shadows, keeping a close eye on the Drifting Cloud Sect, waiting for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow.
Just then, twelve handsome men and beautiful women dressed in white robes descended from the sky on Flying Sword and landed at the street corner.
They all possessed Transcendent qualities, their bodies radiating Spiritual Essence, and each had Foundation Establishment Realm.
These are the inner disciples of the Drifting Cloud Sect, and they are also Cang Tianyun's next targets.
However, now is not the time. On the one hand, Cang Tianyun's strength is still somewhat lacking, and he cannot kill with a single blow.
For Cang Tianyun, he would never make a move unless he was absolutely certain of a fatal blow.
On the other hand, these people all had the word "goodness" written on their heads in pale gold.
Even if we kill them, we can only Plunder 10%, which is too little profit.
But it doesn't matter, before long, the "good" above these people's heads will slowly turn into "evil".
With the arrival of these twelve inner disciples from the Drifting Cloud Sect, the people of Drifting Cloud City finally settled down a bit.
The next day, the twelve people were divided into four groups of three, each group assigned to a different area to monitor all unusual activity in Drifting Cloud City.
Although no trace of the evil cultivator was found, he did not commit any further crimes.
This led many to believe that the evil cultivator must have been afraid of the power of the Drifting Cloud Sect and had already fled Drifting Cloud City.
Two more days passed, Drifting Cloud City gradually began to return to normal.
The trading market in the Central District, in particular, has returned to its usual bustling state.
"Senior Sister, I think that evil cultivator has already fled. There's too much filth in this mortal realm. When are we going back to the Drifting Cloud Sect?"
A woman who looked to be in her early twenties with delicate features looked at the people passing by with annoyance.
The woman called "Senior Sister" casually grabbed a bright red apple from a hunched old man's fruit stand, which flew out and landed lightly in her hand.
After applying a Dust Removal Spell to the apple, I put it in my mouth and took a small bite.
The crisp and sweet taste made the woman's eyes light up, and she exclaimed, "Delicious fruit!"
The woman who had spoken earlier and the young man behind her both looked suspicious.
"Are these mortal fruits really that delicious? Are they even as good as the spiritual fruits from the sect?"
"What the eldest sister appreciates is the warmth of home cooking, not just the flavor!" the man behind her laughed.
"My senior brother's understanding of the world is far superior; I simply cannot comprehend this level."
The three chatted and laughed, each taking some fruit from the hunched old man's stall. The eldest sister even put most of the fruit into her storage bag.
The Back the three figures leave while eating fruit, Cang Tianyun's eyes gleamed.
" A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, mortals? We live in the same world, so where does the distinction between immortals and mortals come from?" Cang Tianyun's eyes were full of Taunt.
Seeing the three of them dragging the character "evil" that had turned into a pale red, he couldn't help but smile "kindly".
"The old man's apples aren't that tasty; it's almost time to harvest them!"
The next morning, a message quickly spread throughout the entire Drifting Cloud City.
The twelve immortals who came from the Drifting Cloud Sect three days ago all died overnight, their deaths just like before: their bodies withered like wood, their expressions ferocious and terrifying.
The news of the terrifying evil cultivators in Drifting Cloud City spread rapidly.
The tragic deaths of twelve inner disciples of the Drifting Cloud Sect at the hands of evil cultivators caused an even greater uproar.
Meanwhile, taking advantage of the chaos in Drifting Cloud City, Cang Tianyun quietly left the Drifting Cloud City.
This wave of gains has been enormous, but great profits inevitably bring great risks.
The deaths of twelve inner disciples are no small matter. These twelve were being groomed by the Drifting Cloud Sect Drifting Cloud Sect its future successors.
The eldest sister among them has already reached the Pinnacle the Foundation Establishment Realm at a young age, and is expected to achieve the Golden Core before the age of thirty. Her future achievements are limitless.
Now that he has died, how could the higher-ups of the Drifting Cloud Sect not be furious?
In this world, people with Spiritual Root are already rare, and those with high-grade Spiritual Root are even rarer.
And how enormous are the resources required to cultivate a cultivator?
The deaths of these twelve inner disciples were a huge blow to the Drifting Cloud Sect.
The elders and sect leader of the Drifting Cloud Sect will definitely participate. They are all powerful figures at the Golden Core Realm and Nascent Soul Realm, and Cang Tianyun currently does not have the ability to contend with them.
To the east of Drifting Cloud City lies Drifting Cloud Mountain.
The Drifting Cloud Mountain stretch for thousands of miles, covering a vast area, and the Drifting Cloud Sect is located in the very center of the Drifting Cloud Mountain.
In a mountain stream between Drifting Cloud City and Drifting Cloud Sect, a figure emerged from the ground.
It was Cang Tianyun who had left Drifting Cloud City. He suppressed his Aura to the lowest level and then found a tree hole to crawl into.
He didn't set up any Formation or cultivate; he simply concealed his Aura and even suppressed his vital signs to the lowest possible level using Breath-Holding Art.
The matter of the Drifting Cloud Sect is not over yet, so how could Cang Tianyun possibly leave now?
He wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Drifting Cloud City to sort out his gains over the past period and wait for the right opportunity to deliver another Heavy Strike to the Drifting Cloud Sect.
If the experts of the Drifting Cloud Sect were to come out in full force this time...
Thinking of this, Cang Tianyun couldn't help but sneer, then closed his eyes and gradually blended into the surrounding environment.