Chapter 1246: Chapter 88: Divergent Paths (1/3)
Clearly, both believed they could not truly convince each other, so persuading others beca even more important.
Without words, An Jing knew he had beco the arbiter of this dispute.
“I unconditionally support Jin, Miss Su, sorry about that.”
Yet, without hesitation, An Jing expressed his stance, but before Jin Yanhua could smile, he continued, “That said…”
“In my past life, I read many novels, watched movies, series, and played gas… Many villains had grand ideals, so, like Jin Qixu, wanted everyone to beco dragons.”
“Many protagonists refuted them with strange words, like ‘making everyone another species must have hidden dangers’, ‘how could dreamlike life be better than the real world?’, ‘brainwashing violates free will’, ‘darkness and corruption are endless’…”
“Ultimately, it’s just human conservatism at play, a preference for familiarity; faced with epoch-defining, unimaginable, groundbreaking things, they label them as ‘wrong’.”
“I’m not defending actually wrong ideas, just find it odd—there are more valid argunts, why use such dull reasons?”
An Jing turned to Su Xinbai: “Ideals are good, but practice is hardest, I won’t deny your ideas, but can you transform all current and future beings into Dragon People at once?”
“Or can you ensure all Dragon People beco like you?”
“I guess, probably not.”
Su Xinbai didn’t answer, evidently consenting to this point.
So An Jing nodded: “Then if Dragon Blood spreads, and new Heavenly Dragon People oppress everyone with their invincible Divine Skills, what then?”
“If they fail, doesn’t it an this bloodline has less ‘potential’ than all beings?”
“If they succeed, wouldn’t they beco Heavenly Demons?”
“There will eventually be internal strife among the Heavenly Dragon People. You can’t control thoughts; granting power, if any Heavenly Dragon People commit vile acts, harming beings, in so sense it’s your fault.”
At this point, An Jing shook his head and sighed: “This is even less than Martial Arts—Martial Arts advance by a firm Will, selecting ‘qualified to hold power’ Martial Artists, excluding those indecisive, prone to fall, and self-deceptive, that’s the righteous path.”
“When virtue doesn’t match position, disaster follows, power is the sa. Ultimately, this Heavenly Dragon Blood Essence is a shortcut. The true righteous path is to develop a way to analyze Cosmic Light Divine Power and Heavenly Dragon Blood fundantally, gradually selecting those who can truly beco ‘Heavenly Dragons’, a new ‘Heavenly Dragon True Spirit Path’.”
“Jin Qixu is willing to sacrifice himself to create an easy path for people like Miss Su to grow, and that’s about right since you indeed qualify to wield power. Any more is beyond your control and will inevitably lead to ‘fall’.”
Su Xinbai opened his mouth, wanting to say sothing, but furrowed his brows, showing distress, and after a while, with so sha, said: “Actually, the Master knows this.”
“So… He wants to invite you…”
“I see, he thinks so highly of .”
An Jing chuckled, but understood their thinking.
He knew Su Xinbai and Jin Qixu had more core ideas; problems he thought of instantly, they had no reason not to, yet Jin Qixu insisted and even sought his wisdom.
This wasn’t a bad thing, nor were they bad people.
So An Jing nodded slightly: “Alright, I understand your thoughts. I don’t deny your ideas, just hope to act thoughtfully… The more powerful and wise a being is, blind action leads to unintended bitter consequences; I believe Jin Qixu is not that kind of dragon.”
Leaving Su Xinbai where she was, An Jing moved quickly with Jin Yanhua to You Ruhui’s side, activating a barrier Law Domain, whispered: “Jin, what’s going on, you oppose so much, did Jin Qixu tell you sothing else I don’t know?”
“Not really…”
Jin Yanhua felt satisfaction at An Jing’s reasoned dismantling of Su Xinbai’s points, and when asked, she frowned: “He just told a few truths.”
“[People differ, dragons vary, that’s the reality. Where in reality can you be truly free? If you weren’t the Dragon God’s daughter, where would you get the opportunity and resources to solely practice the Thunder thod]?”
“[Since that’s the case, I intend to reform the Ancestral Dragon Hall, spread the Dragon Blood to billions, make everyone a dragon, even just to correct so human disparities!]”
Jin Yanhua admitted frankly: “He’s right, if I wasn’t the Dragon God’s daughter but an ordinary girl from a poor family, however unwilling to be a Great Craftsman, to survive, I would have to beco one.”
“But don’t you think the root is because [this world is too harsh to allow people to freely choose their Fate]?”
“To optimize everything, hoping everyone walks ‘the strongest’ path… I can’t deny its correctness.”
“But I feel, if a world doesn’t allow failure, like a ga with only optimal choices, only the [strongest], only [paths soone designed] to win, then it’s too dull, too competitive.”
“Life shouldn’t be a goal, but an interesting process… I can’t refute him, but I don’t like such a world, so I’m angry.”
“I see. Teaching you to play a ga is indeed boring.”
“I see… like an Emperor, needing to read fixed Scriptures to beco a Heavenly Official, ignoring other Scriptures is dull and likely to overlook things!”
An Jing and You Ruhui understood.
Especially An Jing, who also gad in his past life, hence he could appreciate the conflict between the Present Dragon God siblings was fundantally ideological.
One wanted everyone to clear difficult gas, the other wanted simpler gas.
Simply put, Jin Qixu, possibly due to possessing Cosmic Light Divine Power, leans toward [result-oriented], seeking [equality at the end], inclined toward utilitarianism.
Jin Yanhua, likely as a mber of the Endless Heavens, leans toward [process-oriented], pursuing [freedom of choice].
He didn’t criticize this divergence, as both had valid points in An Jing’s view.
Be it any argunt, compared to Embracing the Void now, both discern change.
Since so, then change first. It’s not like we can’t change later; new problems might arise, but solving them leads to new progress.
Seeing An Jing’s overly broad-minded attitude, Jin Yanhua smiled wryly, stretching out a hand to ruffle his hair: “You little kid, not being a dragon, naturally unaware of Dragon Clan’s familial matters. He might really beco the Present Dragon God, actualizing his ideas, while I… never mind, as long as you and Ruhui are fine.”
Jin Yanhua shook her head slightly, unwilling to continue the topic, and An Jing understood this was why Jin ca to the Zhaolin Realm.
To stop or alter Jin Qixu’s approach, she must also be a Heavenly Dragon, an inheritor of the Dragon God, to engage in equal dialogue.
“I’m fine, as for Ruhui…”
An Jing glanced at You Ruhui, who shared matters about the Heavenly Demon and the Great Chen Dynasty with Jin Yanhua, causing her to frown deeply and nearly grit her teeth: “Indeed… so that’s how it is, Guangyun, Ruhui, your parents’ deaths are linked to the Heavenly Demon, that’s horrible…”
“It seems, the ans used by the Imperial Court to restrain Guangyun from resisting should also involve the Heavenly Demon—there must be terrifying limitations within the Emperor’s Blood; violating them, even the Mysterious Heaven Imperial Lord would face severe damage, perhaps even death!”
Jin Yanhua had previously felt the Late Emperor was at fault, but now it seems that the Late Emperor and King Jing struggled against each other for decades, not rely a case of ‘the bird is shot, the bow hidden’.
Now it appears, the previous Mysterious Heaven Imperial Lord, the Late Emperor, also experienced failures due to constraints, while King Jing, with his Heaven and Earth Core, could not withstand all challenges.
In the end, King Jing failed for various reasons, only managing to send the modified ‘Heavenly Martial·Southern Dipper Life’ out before letting the Heaven and Earth Core fade away.
“Now we know there’s a foe, things will be easier.”
An Jing mused: “The only question is… Who controlled the Heavenly Demon, chasing after Ruhui at the ti?”
“And did the Little Emperor know all along?”
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