Chapter 281: You Don’t Have to Go Crazy Anymore

Damn it!

He’s already like this!

Why can’t he still defeat him!

The old him was like this, causing the Buddha Mother to die.

The current him is like this, unable to even remain a monk!

How cruel!

How pathetic!

Did he just give up like this?

How could he give up like this!

He still has one life to fight with!

He can only fight with his life!

Choosing to fight with his life, for the sake of being himself!

Even if he wins, he’ll have nothing left!

Is it really worth it?

Of course it’s worth it!

Because if he kneels, if he doesn’t remain a monk, then what’s the point of living!

He would rather die!

There was no shouting, no roaring.

That’s not Liaocheng’s style.

Only silence, not dying in silence, but erupting in silence!

With a “boom”, black and gold flames ignited on Liaocheng’s body.

He abandoned everything, burning everything, breaking through Shi Feizhe’s imitation psionic suppression field.

Behind him, the illusory woman became clearer, gradually gaining flesh and bones, gradually taking on a human form. Like a woman walking out from the past.

The woman smiled gently, standing beside Liaocheng.

She was the Buddha Mother in Liaocheng’s heart, and also the woman who left the deepest impression on him in his life.

Is it love?

Liaocheng didn’t know.

Is it a flutter?

Liaocheng didn’t know that either.

A person like him had never experienced love. A person like him had never felt a flutter. A Jianghu person like him wasn’t qualified to have love.

At that time, he just wanted her to live.

To live!

But…

“Buddha Mother, let’s go together!” Liaocheng said flatly.

The woman beside him nodded gently, just like him, charging towards Shi Feizhe within the black flames.

Liaocheng threw a punch at Shi Feizhe’s face amidst the flames.

Nothing fancy, just wanting Shi Feizhe dead!

“Bang!” It hit Shi Feizhe’s face with a sound, but Shi Feizhe didn’t move an inch, completely unharmed.

The woman also delivered a hand-knife chop to Shi Feizhe’s neck, but Shi Feizhe still didn’t move.

Liaocheng threw punch after punch, bang bang bang, hitting Shi Feizhe’s face. His blood and Qi were burning, turning into strength, his lifespan was also burning, turning into strength.

But he still couldn’t move Shi Feizhe.

Shi Feizhe was like a mountain standing before him, making him feel powerless, making him feel despair, making him feel pain.

That was the deepest, most difficult pain in the world to quell!

It was the dullest knife stuck in his heart, tearing him apart bit by bit!

That was… helplessness!

Clearly able to see, but unable to do anything!

“Why!”

Liaocheng asked.

“Why!”

Liaocheng asked angrily.

“Why! Why aren’t you dead yet!”

Liaocheng roared.

“Why won’t you die! Why do you have to make things difficult for me!”

“Why…”

His fists were covered in blood, not Shi Feizhe’s, but his own.

Shi Feizhe stood there letting him hit, but he couldn’t even make him budge.

He felt that his persistence, his anger, had all become a joke.

“Bang!” Shi Feizhe caught his fist and said, “Baldy, what are you going crazy for!”

“Do you think you’re aggrieved enough?”

“No, not yet!”

“Some people can’t even express their grievances! Some people can’t even say why!”

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“Such people are everywhere!”

“The Jianghu is wrong!”

“Look at me!”

Liaocheng looked at Shi Feizhe, he saw only firmness in Shi Feizhe’s eyes.

“You’re aggrieved for yourself, who’s aggrieved for every bullied person in this Jianghu!” Shi Feizhe said.

“This poor monk can only take care of himself!” Liaocheng said stubbornly.

The Jianghu was so vast, he could only take care of himself.

Other people, he couldn’t take care of the entire Jianghu!

“But I want to take care of the entire Jianghu! I want to overturn this Jianghu!” Shi Feizhe said loudly, “Baldy, stop going crazy!”

“In the new Jianghu, no one needs to go crazy to live well!”

“If someone really has to go crazy, let me be the one!”

“I’m willing to be a madman for those who are bullied in the Jianghu!” Shi Feizhe said seriously.

Even the most foolish monk can be taught, Liaocheng was just stubborn, his heart wasn’t bad.

“!!!”

Liaocheng’s originally defiant expression turned to astonishment.

At this moment, he truly felt the madness in Shi Feizhe’s heart. He was still fighting for the injustice he suffered, while Shi Feizhe was fighting for everyone.

His own grievance, how could it compare to the grievances of the entire Jianghu.

Compared to a madman willing to stand up for the bullied people in the Jianghu.

His madness, compared to Shi Feizhe’s, was simply too insignificant.

No wonder… Shi Feizhe was terrifyingly strong.

For the sake of future Jianghu people not having to go crazy, not having to become mad, Shi Feizhe was willing to be the one to go crazy.

Because the Jianghu had someone like Shi Feizhe, a place where reasoning was possible.

People in the Jianghu, when bullied, wouldn’t have to risk cultivating, wouldn’t have to cultivate techniques that would drive them mad if practiced incorrectly. They wouldn’t have to go crazy to gain strength, to find the lost fairness.

Now, in the new Jianghu, there was fairness, no one needed to go crazy anymore.

He went crazy, so that no one in the new Jianghu would have to.

Great vow, great conduct, great compassion, great equality, and great madness.

Only now did Liaocheng understand Shi Feizhe, truly comprehend him.

Compared to such a person, his own persistence was too petty, too ridiculous.

So, the flames and the black body with golden face on him disappeared.

The woman behind him also disappeared. Before vanishing, the woman gently kissed Liaocheng’s forehead.

“Buddha Son! This poor monk understands you!” Liaocheng knelt before Shi Feizhe, but Shi Feizhe pulled him up.

“We’re all human, no need for kneeling!” Shi Feizhe said.

“Good, good, good!” Liaocheng, no longer stubborn, laughed heartily.

He had knelt to Buddha all his life, but never had Buddha told him there was no need to kneel.

“Buddha Son, I want to return to secular life!” Liaocheng said to Shi Feizhe.

“Since you’re returning to secular life, there’s no need to call me Buddha Son. You can call me Xia. In Yangzhou, everyone is proud to be a Xia.” Shi Feizhe looked at the emaciated Liaocheng and said.

Before the fight, Liaocheng was neither fat nor thin. During the battle just now, he had burned his flesh and lifespan, becoming withered.

“Xia Shi, I’ve returned to secular life, but I don’t have a name. Why don’t you give me one?” Liaocheng said.

“Don’t you even have your master’s secular name?” Shi Feizhe said.

“I remember his secular surname was Chuan.” Liaocheng thought for a moment and said.

“In the future, we will build a new Jianghu, shatter the old Jianghu, and strive for equality for all.” Shi Feizhe said, “How about Chuan Pingdeng （Equality）?”

“Equality? Equality!” Liaocheng said, “It has a bit too much of a Buddhist feel.”

“How about Chuan Jianxin （Build New）! To build a new Jianghu!” He added.

Shi Feizhe thought for a moment and said, “Good! Let’s go! I’ll send a message to have people from Yu Province come over!”

“To take Yong Province?” Liaocheng… Chuan Jianxin said.

“No, to transform Yong Province! To turn Yong Province into the new Jianghu!” Shi Feizhe said, “You and I, together with the people from Yu Province.”

“We’ll mobilize the people and transform it together!”

（End of Volume）

Some people like to see people go crazy, saying I don’t write about madmen anymore. But a Jianghu where no one has to go crazy, that’s the new Jianghu, and also the original intention of writing this book.