C23

Chapter 23 - The Heart of Peace

Hearing Li Chengfeng's words, Ye Yang's heart immediately tightened. He had done all that he could, and he thought that he had done so flawlessly, so he shouldn't have left any traces behind.

On the surface, he looked confused as he said, "Didn't Zhao Zihao go missing? Besides, it was normal for someone as devoid of conscience as him to disappear. Perhaps the heavens were in a good mood and accidentally took him in …

"Nonsense, do you really think that you've done it flawlessly? Do you take me, the Eight Desolate City Lord, to be a decoration? " Seeing Ye Yang playing dumb with him, Li Chengfeng scolded him with a smile.

"Did you really kill Zhao Zihao?" Ye Lingtian was also surprised. When his son went out to kill someone, he, the father, actually had no idea about it.

Although he did not know how Li Chengfeng detected it, he did not seem to be angry.

Ye Yang said with a serious face, "Mm. In truth, I don't want to kill him either. It's just that I've recently learned a divination technique. That day, I helped him die. But after half a day had passed and he still hadn't died, how could I endure this? Didn't this mean that my calculations were incorrect? So I decided to go for broke, and at night I found his place, and then there was no more. "

The two of them were stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. Ye Lingtian slapped the back of Ye Yang's head and said, "You speak nonsense, you never behave properly, explain what's going on!"

Ye Yang had no choice but to tell them the story of the conflict in the marketplace. In the end, when Zhao Zihao left, he leaked it to Ye Yang, attracting his attention.

"No wonder you asked me to invite Meng Bai over. At that time, I thought that making a big fuss out of nothing," Ye Lingtian sighed and said. Meng Bai was the warrior level expert who had disguised himself as a Law Enforcement Elder. He was a good friend of Ye Lingtian.

"As expected of a young hero, to think of such meticulous plans at such a young age, his future accomplishments are limitless," Li Chengfeng said as he laughed.

Ye Yang laughed bitterly, "Uncle Li, are you praising me or scolding me? What do you mean by 'never leaving anything behind'? If it wasn't for you helping out at the end, the brat would have gone to report to Yama Minamiya long ago."

"You don't have to belittle yourself. Even if it's us old fellows who have been fighting for so many years, who hasn't done so in the battlefield? Besides, you're still young, so you'll have plenty of opportunities to hone your skills in the future.

Li Chengfeng patted Ye Yang's shoulder and continued, "And today, you have really surprised me. Other than your talent, methods, and intelligence, I also saw something very precious — you were born with a gentle heart."

"Peaceful heart? I don't understand. Isn't it more important for a warrior's heart to be positive and brave? " Ye Yang was truly puzzled this time. There's no need to pretend.

"Determination in martial dao indeed requires an unyielding heart and the courage to climb the peak. "But without a peaceful heart, there is no strength in your heart."

"A peaceful heart, what exactly is it?" Ye Yang asked.

"You must have killed quite a few people in the past few days. Forget about others, even the solo thief Lu Qingfeng died in your hands. Logically speaking, your body should be overflowing with killing intent right now."

"Because if you kill a person, they will more or less stick to the aura of death and resentment, forming an aura of killing intent around the body of the martial artist. How much of your killing intent will depend on the cultivation of the person you killed, and with you, a Qi Condensation warrior, killing a Division Ranker, the killing intent on your body should be hard to conceal. " Li Chengfeng said slowly.

Was there such a thing? Ye Yang had heard that some officers who had fought in Vietnam would be tensed and drenched in sweat just by glancing at them while giving them military training.

Could this be killing intent? If I also have this kind of killing intent, wouldn't I be able to scare the enemy out of his wits with just a glare? He didn't even need to fight anymore. Or could it be like Zhang Fei in the past, where just a loud roar was enough to frighten the other party out of his wits?

"Uncle Li, do you mean that I do not have killing intent?" He couldn't hide the disappointment in his voice. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to kill so many people?

Ye Lingtian could not bear to listen any longer. He shouted out, "Listen carefully, don't interrupt!"

Li Chengfeng had been on a campaign throughout his life, and he had never thought that he would one day be as tireless as an old scholar. He was really not used to it, "Killing intent is not as good as you think it is, it will make people around you uncomfortable, moreover, too much killing intent will produce inner demons when you try to break through a bottleneck, resulting in you failing your advancement."

"So, other than training normally, every martial artist also spend time to calm their heart and dissolve their killing intent. This will waste a portion of precious cultivation time and you are not one of them."

"Does it have something to do with a peaceful heart?" Ye Yang said.

"Yes, after most martial artists kill, they will feel fear, anger, excitement, regret, and many other negative emotions. At this time, their murderous intent will stick to these emotions, and as more and more people are killed in the future, the accumulated murderous intent will become denser and denser, which will affect one's emotions and form an inner demon. "But I realized that you don't need to worry about that at all. It's really not bad," Li Chengfeng praised.

"Can I take your words as you saying that I view human life as grass and do not feel the slightest bit of burden?" Ye Yang said a little depressingly. Could it be that I really have the potential to become a demon king that kills people?

"You are not wrong, but there is one thing that matters. When you killed your opponent, you were firm in your conviction and had no conflicts in your mind. That is why you were not stained with the slightest bit of killing intent!"

Then, Li Chengfeng looked at Ye Yang seriously and said, "But being calm is not always the same. If one day you kill an innocent person, or someone you think you shouldn't kill, then you will develop contradictions and have negative emotions. Then, your calm heart will be broken. So in the future, you must remember not to kill the innocent and be arrogant and despotic. "

Seeing that Li Chengfeng was serious, Ye Yang immediately said, "I will remember the Uncle Li's words in my heart. Moreover, look at my face, it's full of blessings.

"You punk, you were talking about studying divination just a moment ago, why do you bring it up now?" Li Chengfeng originally wanted to beat Ye Yang up to maintain his calm, but who knew that Ye Yang's words would not follow the usual pattern.

"Isn't this the same? As the young master of the Ye Family, he will surely become an overnight celebrity in the future. If he doesn't even have the ability to understand things by touch, how can he do that?" Ye Yang giggled.

Li Chengfeng's train of thought was completely disrupted by Ye Yang. He originally wanted to beat Ye Yang up, but he had completely forgotten everything. He was the king of cultivation, but in terms of communication, he was lacking a lot.

Li Chengfeng and Ye Lingtian looked at each other, both of them seeing the helplessness in the other's eyes. Even Ye Lingtian was starting to less and less understand his son.

From the few words in the impression, decadent depressing, these days plotting to exterminate the insider, the calm, wisdom of a hundred.

A few days ago, the killing in the square was decisive and ruthless. Now, it was time for him to display a young and arrogant attitude.

Logically speaking, Ye Yang in front of them was the type of person that a teenager should be, but with so many different images in front of him, no one knew which one of them was the real Ye Yang.

Seeing the two of them staring at him in a daze, Ye Yang felt a little uncomfortable. He coughed dryly and said, "Don't look at me like that. Even though I'm destined to rise in the future, we're both acquaintances. If you want to see me in the future, then there's no need to be so hasty."

Ye Lingtian could no longer hold it in and slapped the back of Ye Yang's head hard. Ye Lingtian scolded, "Smelly brat, after all these years, why have I not discovered that you're a narcissistic person?"

Seeing Ye Lingtian reaching out to pat him, Ye Yang did not avoid him, nor did he want to avoid him. He liked this feeling of kinship very much.

Ye Yang said with a bitter face, "The key is that I've only recently discovered how outstanding I am!"

"You!"

"Alright, Ye Yang, stop playing around. The reason I called you here today is to notify you to go to the Tianwu Academy and see what you think?" Li Chengfeng stopped Ye Lingtian's atrocities.

"Let's go, we'll definitely go. Where can we find such a good thing?" Ye Yang agreed without even thinking. What a joke. If he didn't go, he wouldn't be a fool.

"Alright, as for the second matter, although Uncle Li does not have any good stuff, after going to war for so many years, he has collected a lot of trash. Why don't you choose some and take it back as a gift?"

When Ye Yang heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. This City Lord was truly generous, Li Chengfeng had fought in wars for many years and had countless spoils of war. Compared to Li Chengfeng's collection, the Ye Family's Martial Skill Pavilion was truly in ruins.

Without waiting for Ye Yang to speak, Ye Lingtian immediately stood up. "No, Brother Li, we can't accept such a great gift!"

A Battle King's treasury, was too much of a help to him. could not feel at ease after receiving such a great favor for no matter how hard he tried.

"I told Ye Yang to pick the item, and I didn't ask you to pick it. What's more, Ye Yang kept calling me Uncle Li, why can't I, an elder, give him a present? "Could it be that Brother Ye is looking down on me?" Li Chengfeng pretended to be unhappy.

"But …"

"No buts, it's settled. Come, Ye Yang go with uncle to the treasury. You can choose any battle skill, cultivation technique, or weapon." As he spoke, he pulled Ye Yang out of the room and into a storage room.

In the warehouse, Li Chengfeng pressed his hand on a wall and a stone door opened up, revealing an underground passage.

After walking in the passageway for the time it took for an incense stick to burn, they finally saw a tall stone door at the end.

The stone door was covered in strange patterns. Although Ye Yang didn't understand it, he knew that this was a restriction rune carved by the Inscription Master. It's impossible to open it without knowing the real method.

Li Chengfeng extended his hand and pressed down on different parts of the stone door, and then the ancient stone door slowly opened.

Looking through the door, Ye Yang's eyes immediately lit up.