Chapter 210: They’re Not Worth It
Jicheng, 5:00 AM.
After returning, Guan Shan went directly to Shi Feizhe’s office to report.
“……Finally, on the way back, I encountered people from the Demon Sect, who seemed to have designs on Luoyang as well,” Guan Shan finished recounting the events of the past few days.
It took him two days to get there and only one day to return.
Much faster than he had anticipated.
“Sigh!” Shi Feizhe sighed, putting down the 《Literacy Pilot Project Summary and Jianghu Literacy Plan 》 in his hand, and said, “I can’t believe they would turn out like this.”
The Jianghu, with news arriving again, had already changed beyond recognition.
“Now, I’ll go to Luoyang with you, to take a look.”
“Wait… I have a lot to do during the day today, let’s go tonight!” Shi Feizhe was about to go with Guan Shan to deal with the Great Wisdom Cult matter when he suddenly saw the notebook beside the table and said.
He had a lot to do every day, but the evenings were a little more relaxed because others needed to sleep, but he didn’t.
“Okay!” Guan Shan had no objections; morning and night made little difference.
With their True Realm martial artist’s speed, it would take about two hours to reach Luoyang.
Guan Shan thought for a moment and said, “Academy Head, when are we going to take over Yu Province?”
“After Jing Province is digested, we’ll take Yu Province,” Shi Feizhe sat down, continuing to refine the literacy plan, and said casually while writing.
“Why not a little faster? I remember Academy Head has a grudge against the Demon Sect, right? It seems Hua Xiaocheng was the one who drove Academy Head out of Yu Province,” Guan Shan said.
“That’s right!” Shi Feizhe nodded and said.
“Why doesn’t Academy Head seek revenge and take over Yu Province?” Guan Shan asked again.
“Revenge is meaningless, and taking Yu Province is impossible without enough manpower,” Shi Feizhe said.
“Is revenge also meaningless?” Guan Shan didn’t understand.
“Finding the Demon Sect people and killing them like playing whack-a-mole would waste a lot of my time,” Shi Feizhe looked up seriously and said, “They’re not worth the time.”
“Not worth it?”
Is revenge not worth it?
Killing those who bullied you before, isn’t it worth it?
“Take my second-year junior high class as an example. They did terribly on their trigonometry test this time. Out of fifty-six students, only twenty something passed! Chemistry was okay, only a few people didn’t understand valence.”
“As for physics… it’s even worse than math!” Shi Feizhe pinched the bridge of his nose and said, “This is my fault, I’m not very good at physics, and I don’t teach it well!”
Guan Shan listened to Shi Feizhe with confusion; he didn’t quite understand.
“These past few years, most of the students in Qing Shan Martial Academy are elementary school students, only fifty or sixty quick-witted students have become junior high students.”
“They are the foundation for changing the Jianghu in the future, the hope of the Jianghu!”
“If I spend seven or eight days wiping out the Demon Sect, it’s possible these students will stagnate or regress during that time. Coupled with other work, it would seriously affect the progress of changing the Jianghu. It might also be seven or eight days, but it could be longer.”
“If the Demon Sect is wiped out, Yu Province will still be the same Yu Province. Without the Four Families of the Demon Sect, there will be other families like the Wangs and the Zhaos, continuing to play the role of the Four Families. Yu Province will still be the same Yu Province.”
“So I say, revenge is meaningless!”
“Only after we digest Jing Province can we free up our hands to thoroughly change Yu Province! Not only must we wipe out the Demon Sect, but we must also eradicate their roots. That’s what’s meaningful!”
Shi Feizhe said all this in one breath, and finally said, “Do you understand?”
Guan Shan understood. Although he was confused about some parts, he knew what Shi Feizhe meant was that he felt it was not worth delaying the progress of changing the entire Jianghu just to avenge him.
“……”
Guan Shan looked at Shi Feizhe silently. After the battle in Jicheng, he realized Shi Feizhe had changed.
Before, he would patiently explain things, but now he would only tell them what to do.
Everything he did was to overturn the existing Jianghu, for the Jianghu in his heart.
To change the entire Jianghu with his own strength, so that everyone could be human.
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No one could stop this goal, not even himself.
Guan Shan still remembered Shi Feizhe, covered in blood a few years ago, asking him to help bandage his wounds, and carrying him all the way to Jing Province.
He also thought of the people he saw in Xincheng, completely different from the people in Jicheng.
“I want to go to Yu Province!” Guan Shan said.
“Huh?” Shi Feizhe looked at Guan Shan, not understanding why he said that.
“I want to go to Yu Province! To carry out the work in Yu Province!” Guan Shan repeated.
“We don’t have the manpower right now!” Shi Feizhe rejected Guan Shan’s request.
“I’m very familiar with Luoyang in Yu Province. After I take Luoyang, I can start working, changing Luoyang bit by bit, changing Yu Province,” Guan Shan said.
“We don’t have the manpower right now!” Shi Feizhe repeated. He said to Guan Shan, “Your most important task now is to establish the constable system, select and train more constables, so that…”
“But I want to take on the responsibility of changing Yu Province. I’m already a True Realm martial artist,” Guan Shan said.
Shi Feizhe fell silent. When someone took the initiative to shoulder a responsibility, he couldn’t dampen their enthusiasm.
Especially for something like changing Yu Province.
“I know we don’t have the manpower, but we can’t not do it just because of that,” Guan Shan added, “I’m a True Realm martial artist now, I have the power to protect myself in the Jianghu. I want to change Yu Province, my hometown.”
Those things he could only watch before but couldn’t intervene in, were all because he was weak then.
Now he was strong, if he couldn’t follow his heart and do what he wanted to do.
Then… what was the point of becoming strong?
Shi Feizhe looked at Guan Shan seriously. He felt that Guan Shan seemed to have changed after this trip.
In the past, Guan Shan only had two things: practicing martial arts and working.
“Although I don’t have much time to deal with the Demon Sect, if you can gather them together, I’d be happy to take a day to settle them!” Shi Feizhe thought for a moment and said.
“Huh?” Guan Shan thought he would have to maneuver between the Demon Sect members bit by bit, but he didn’t expect to be the one pulling the aggro.
He just had to gather the enemies together, and then he could call for backup?
“The Demon Sect has been rooted in Yu Province for many years. As long as their True Realm martial artists are dealt with, the rest will pose no threat to you! Once they’re settled, your reputation will also spread, deterring any petty villains and making it easier for you to carry out your work!” Shi Feizhe said, making a strange sound with his mouth, like a bird call.
As he called, a giant black crow flew in from the window and landed in front of him, transmitting his thoughts: “To send letters, choose Black Bird. Black Bird Express, worry-free life!”
“Boss, it’s a good thing I’m a bird, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get up so early! As the saying goes, the early bird…”
Shi Feizhe pinched the crow’s beak, stopping its incessant chatter.
“I didn’t expect the demon race to have something like this. This letter delivery is very fast. When you’re ready, have it send me a letter!” Shi Feizhe said.
The crow flapped its wings, as if to say, I’m not a thing.
Guan Shan naturally knew what “ready” meant.
Suddenly, he said, “What about Xiong Ba?”
He knew Shi Feizhe had always looked at Xiong Ba differently.
“What about Xiong Ba?” Shi Feizhe asked.
“Xiong Ba is also from the Demon Sect.”
Shi Feizhe simply said calmly, “No one can stand in our way!”
No one could obstruct this path!
