Chapter 325: Parting Ways
“The Yellow Heaven Path is gone.”
Sun Daoren sat in a chair, dejectedly speaking to the two people.
Hua Chonglang also knew this outcome, so he didn’t speak.
For an organization, a force, prosperity and decline all hinge on a critical turning point.
All other times are just garbage time.
In this current situation, even if Shi Feizhe were killed,
could the Yellow Heaven Path unify the Nine Provinces?
I’m afraid not!
He had been to Yangzhou and knew the terrifying power hidden within its system.
Ren Daokuang, however, found it difficult to accept. He said, “Old Daoist Sun, you still have three provinces, you still have followers, you still have so many people! You’re just giving up like this?”
“It’s not that the old Daoist is giving up, but that the old Daoist is powerless.” Sun Daoren said:
“The old Daoist thought about it. That day, Shi Feizhe showed mercy to the old Daoist, not because of the old Daoist himself, but because of the people who believe in Yellow Heaven.”
“The old Daoist feels so ashamed. The old Daoist used them as divine armor, but Shi Feizhe…”
Sun Daoren shook his head and said.
That anticlimactic battle, Shi Feizhe’s final actions, he couldn’t understand them.
It wasn’t until the Yellow Heaven Path’s followers began to dwindle that he realized.
Shi Feizhe showed him mercy because of those people.
How could a Jianghu person show mercy to an enemy because of their enemy’s people? This was what he couldn’t understand before.
On this point alone, his demeanor differed from Shi Feizhe’s.
Seeing Sun Daoren like this, how could Ren Daokuang not know that Sun Daoren had completely lost his fighting spirit?
“You’re like this, and Old Hua is like this too. Just one defeat, and you’re like this!” Ren Daokuang said loudly.
He couldn’t understand them.
Acting tough when things were going well, silent when facing adversity, just giving up.
It was just one defeat,
was it really that big of a deal?
“I misjudged you two!” Ren Daokuang looked at them and said, “I’m ashamed to be associated with you!”
With that, he flicked his sleeves and left.
He wanted to see Yangzhou for himself, to see why Shi Feizhe was so strong.
He wanted to explore the essence of power!
“Brother Ren, where are you going!” Seeing Ren Daokuang leave in a huff, Sun Daoren wanted to stop him, but Hua Chonglang held him back.
“Let him go. When he suffers, he’ll naturally come back.” Hua Chonglang shook his head and said.
“Sigh…” Sun Daoren sighed and said nothing.
“Do you agree to the siege?” Hua Chonglang said.
“What?”
“Do you agree for the three of us to besiege Shi Feizhe?” Hua Chonglang repeated.
Sun Daoren looked at Hua Chonglang, at this person obsessed with winning, and said, “The old Daoist…”
“Does not agree!”
“You…” Hua Chonglang was puzzled.
“Three against one is too dishonorable.” Sun Daoren said, “Whether we win or lose, the old Daoist cannot accept it!”
“Are you just going to wait for death like this?” Hua Chonglang said loudly.
“Everyone dies eventually. The old Daoist is willing to coexist with the Yellow Heaven Path.” Sun Daoren looked directly into Hua Chonglang’s eyes and said.
He had his own principles.
“…”
Looking into Sun Daoren’s bright eyes, revealing his unwavering determination, Hua Chonglang understood.
From the beginning, Sun Daoren had disregarded his own life and death.
After all, he had nothing left to lose.
He only had the Yellow Heaven Path!
If the Yellow Heaven Path was gone, his Golden Age of Yellow Heaven was gone, there would be no meaning for him to live.
But to gang up on an invincible enemy for the sake of the Yellow Heaven Path, he felt it was meaningless.
Because even without Shi Feizhe, the Golden Age of Yellow Heaven was inferior to the new Jianghu.
The loss of his followers proved this point.
He was actually questioning life more than Hua Chonglang.
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Hua Chonglang simply wanted to win, while he wanted the Golden Age of Yellow Heaven!
That was the Dao in his heart!
Now, the Golden Age of Yellow Heaven was inferior to the new Jianghu.
He had been crushed by Shi Feizhe and the new Jianghu from multiple perspectives.
“Alright! I understand!” Hua Chonglang looked at Sun Daoren and said.
“It’s good that Brother Hua understands.” Sun Daoren said.
Although his face was much older than Hua Chonglang’s, looking very old, he was actually younger than Hua Chonglang.
He was still an old farmer in his forties, and it had only been twenty years since then.
While Hua Chonglang had already gained fame decades ago.
“Heaven is unjust, Yellow Heaven prevails.”
“If Yellow Heaven cannot prevail, it means Heaven is still just.”
“Isn’t that a good thing?” Sun Daoren said with an ambiguous smile.
Heaven being just was indeed a good thing.
“I don’t believe in Heaven, I only believe in myself!” Hua Chonglang looked at this person who constantly spoke of “Heaven” and “Yellow Heaven,” and continued, “In that case, I’m leaving too!”
There was no need for him to stay here anymore.
Sun Daoren didn’t try to keep Hua Chonglang.
Firstly, he wasn’t close to Hua Chonglang.
Secondly, they had different paths.
He had heard about Hua Chonglang’s rampage through the Jianghu and the killing of his own children.
He had never married and, after comprehending the 《 Scripture of Great Peace 》, his heart was filled with the desire to establish the Golden Age of Yellow Heaven.
He had neither a wife nor children.
But he felt that if he truly had children, he would definitely care for them well, not kill them.
Therefore, he felt that someone like Hua Chonglang was desolate and cold, without any pursuit or goal.
He didn’t understand Hua Chonglang, and Hua Chonglang didn’t understand him.
They were both Jianghu people, but not the same kind.
Hua Chonglang left Yiyang City and flew towards the Mobei desert.
He hadn’t seen Master Cat for several months, but he didn’t care. Master Cat often disappeared, he was used to it.
He flew all the way, and by the time he reached Mobei, it was already dusk.
In a small town in Mobei, he even saw things from Yangzhou.
Like enamel mugs and matches, both very convenient items.
He continued north and soon arrived at a vast ice field with a giant crater.
It was the mark left by his battle with Yuan Jiuzhong back then.
So many years had passed, there were changes here, but very few.
In the past, he was taught by Yuan Jiuzhong for several months here, allowing him to break through the Heaven’s Barrier and become a Barrier-Breaking expert.
But he still couldn’t defeat Yuan Jiuzhong, nor was he killed by him.
The Yuan Jiuzhong of that time could still be injured by him, but the current Shi Feizhe wouldn’t be injured by him at all.
The pressure Shi Feizhe exerted on him was even greater than Yuan Jiuzhong’s back then.
It was hard to imagine that he hadn’t even considered Shi Feizhe a threat back then.
“Master Yuan, how can I defeat him?” Hua Chonglang muttered to himself.
Naturally, no one answered him.
He just stood there, lost in thought about the two months he spent with Yuan Jiuzhong.
From those months, he only remembered one sentence.
Strength is will, will is strength!
As long as you follow your heart and do what you want to do, you will have strength!
You will have invincible strength!
You will have the strength to defeat your enemies!
So, what exactly was it that he wanted to do?
Hua Chonglang continued to ponder.
