Chapter 97: The Opportunist

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"He..." Zhu Zhuyun was stunned.

"Dai Weisi, he wouldn't..."

"Ouch!" Nan Feng was about to lose his temper.

"I'm asking, what on earth do you young girls have in your heads? Are you all rebellious teenagers going through puberty? How can you have absolutely no ability to distinguish right from wrong?"

"No wonder high schools don't allow dating—look at this pathetic state of yours!"

"Damn it... looks like I'll have to set up a course on the psychology of love at the academy to help you establish a proper view of relationships."

Hu Liena's eyelid twitched. "Take it easy, you need to be careful with what you say!"

Everything Nan Feng said in public was recorded by others, and many of his die-hard fans had even compiled every word he spoke into books! Many people were even spontaneously preaching his words all over the continent!

And this wasn't something Nan Feng had orchestrated; no one had even organized it. It was purely started by those who had been "enlightened" by Nan Feng's words! Even the worship of the Angel God in the Spirit Hall wasn't as fanatical as the cult of personality surrounding Nan Feng!

"Careful? Have I ever had a problem with what I say or do?" Nan Feng asked.

Hu Liena looked at him strangely. "Isn't it just that you manage to hit the mark by sheer luck every time?"

Every single thing Nan Feng did had a huge element of luck involved.

Even this guy himself admitted that most of the time, he was just gambling!

"Wrong!" Nan Feng stood up.

"Once is an accident."

"Twice is a coincidence."

"Three times is luck."

"Four, five, six times—every single time, that damn well isn't luck!"

"It's strength!"

"Back then, I was just a pathetic little Soul King, yet I suppressed a whole group of Titled Douluo in the Elder Hall so they didn't dare lift their heads. If that isn't strength, what is?"

"Right, strength. If that old thing Qian Daoliu had made one more move, you would've been dead," Bibi Dong said, appearing quietly behind Nan Feng.

"You still have the nerve to bring that up?"

Back then, Nan Feng had controlled Qian Daoliu once, which drained half of his mental power! If Qian Daoliu had moved again, Nan Feng would have suffered mental exhaustion and passed out on the spot!

It was a pure bluff!

This bastard had really lost his head back then! He knew his gun had no bullets, yet he pressed the muzzle against someone's head! He was truly betting his life!

*I bet that you don't dare to bet against me! *

"What's there to be embarrassed about?" Nan Feng shrugged.

"If I lose, it's expected; if I win, I become a legend."

"A pathetic little Soul King, single-handedly bluffing so many Titled Douluo—who else can replicate that?"

Bibi Dong's eyelid twitched. "Not everyone has a broken brain like yours."

Nan Feng basically went all-in on everything he did; if he won, great, and if he lost, it didn't matter.

To put it bluntly, this guy didn't care about the result at all; he just wanted to know to what extent he could push things.

He wasn't without desires, but if he couldn't get what he wanted, it didn't matter.

Because he had requests but no cravings, he was fearless.

But how many people could truly have requests without cravings?

Most people just wanted a result. Why do people work? Isn't it for money?

Why do people cultivate? Isn't it for strength, for power, to be above others?

Because there is a purpose, they feel disappointed and angry when they can't finish or get the result they want.

But for Nan Feng, success or failure was the same.

Because most of the time, even he didn't know what he wanted. ……

Spirit Academy.

After clarifying the situation with Zhu Zhuyun, Nan Feng came to find Dai Mubai.

"Have you heard about Dai Weisi?" Nan Feng asked.

"Elder, please calm your anger! This has nothing to do with me! I don't know! I wasn't involved at all!" Dai Mubai said in a panic.

"What are you panicking about?" Nan Feng asked, confused.

"I'm not going to eat you. I'm just here to notify you that if you want to go back, you can; I will arrange for someone to escort you."

Dai Mubai was stunned and suddenly knelt on the ground. "Elder, spare me! I really didn't want to run away!"

He had no way out if he stayed in Star Luo; Dai Weisi wouldn't let him go. Coming to Wuhun City at least provided some insurance—at least Dai Weisi wouldn't dare make a move on him here. But if he went back, he didn't want to die as inexplicably as his second brother!

"Suit yourself." Nan Feng didn't force him.

"However, Xue Qinghe and Xue Beng from Tiandou are preparing to go back, and Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing also want to go back. If you don't want to go..."

"Zhu Zhuqing?" Dai Mubai was stunned.

"She wants to go back?"

"Her sister wants to go back, so shouldn't she follow?" Nan Feng said.

"As for whether you stay or go, decide for yourself. I won't force you. My contract with Dai Tianfeng this time is only for three years. Within these three years, you are all exchange students of the Spirit Hall, and I will guarantee your personal safety."

"As for after three years, that's your own business."

Zhu Zhuqing was still young and easy to fool; in these few months, she had basically been led astray by Hu Liena and had even learned how to hide her true self. As for Zhu Zhuyun, she had been involved in the power struggles of Star Luo for so many years and would need a bit more time.

As for Dai Weisi, there was no helping him; even in his dreams, he only thought about imperial power, and he couldn't be swayed.

As for Dai Mubai, he could be scared by Dai Weisi into abandoning his fiancée and running away, lacking even the most basic responsibility of a man; Nan Feng didn't hold any expectations for such a person.

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"I thought you intended to cultivate one of these two princes to inherit the Star Luo Empire, thereby cooperating with you," Bibi Dong said.

"Dai Weisi ran away; don't you plan to fool Dai Mubai a little?"

"Can you expect someone who lacks even the most basic sense of responsibility to have social responsibility? To have the determination to fight for the future of a group of unrelated people?" Nan Feng said.

"Cultivate the self, regulate the family, govern the state, bring peace to the world—from small to large. If someone can't even do the basics, can you expect them to do the rest?"

"People without fundamental beliefs are like duckweed without roots."

"So-called non-positionalism or neutralism is, to put it bluntly, just being a damn opportunist. They lean whichever way the wind blows."

"They follow whoever is doing well."

"When the landlords were in power, they were the lackeys of the feudal landlords; when the capitalists came, they became the lackeys of the capitalists. Whoever is strong becomes their master."

"Dai Mubai is a typical representative of this. He is submissive to the strong and bullies the weak. I cannot hold high expectations for such a lackey of authority."

"If he were an ordinary person, I might try, but he is a prince; it is impossible for him to betray his class position."

Bibi Dong looked at him strangely. "But you have to admit one thing: the vast majority of people in this world are the kind of lackeys you despise."

Smart people are, after all, a tiny minority; the vast majority are just clever in their own minds—what Nan Feng calls opportunists.

They don't feel ashamed for being wishy-washy; they even take pride in it, thinking they are 'those who know the times are heroes.'

The vast majority of people also identify more with this type of person.

"That's why I'm trying. Before I lose my patience, I will try my best to change this shitty status quo," Nan Feng said.

"And if you can't change it?" Bibi Dong asked.

"……"

"Then let the raging fire pave the way for a new world."

(End of chapter)