Chapter 69

A Few Shallow Views and Explanation

A Few Shallow Views and Explanation

To address some questions that have arisen since entering the God Condor, I have specifically prepared answers or explanations.

There's no such thing as the protagonist's character design changing.

The first chapter of Linked City World was written; before the protagonist transmigrated, he was just looking at a long-legged girl.

Also, "long-legged girl" means "long-legged girl". It's not a name.

But in Linked City World, he didn't provoke women; he was driven by the greatest righteousness in his heart. To give Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua time to leave, he acted ostentatiously, attracting the attention of the martial world.

But he also feared death in his heart and had his own moral bottom line.

Simply put, he was afraid of being tricked by women he didn't know, and with that saying, he felt that women must never be loved; for women whose background he knew well, he didn't want to trick them either.

Because he attracted too much attention, any woman he had thoughts about would surely not fare well; that's why he never entertained any thoughts toward any woman.

But it's not that he dislikes women.

He is a man who is physiologically and psychologically normal.

In the God Condor World, he and everyone else owed each other no gratitude or obligation, and no one knew who Feng Yi was, so he had no psychological burden or baggage.

He acted naturally according to his nature; without the 'Seven-Day Strong' halo, he didn't have to wonder whether people appearing before him were plotting to harm him, etc.

This is a change in the big environment, so he is much more relaxed than in Linked City World.

Furthermore, when judging the actions of people in the martial world, we must never use law as a standard—whether it's contemporary world law or present-day law, it simply doesn't work.

Because at any time, killing someone requires paying with one's life.

Guo Jing and Qiao Feng, these great heroes, could simply bury themselves on the spot. Daoist sect masters like Wang Zhongyang, Zhang Sanfeng, and Qiu Chuji could also kill themselves.

Because in the martial world, who hasn't killed someone?

So in the eyes of martial world people, killing someone is hardly anything at all.

Which of them doesn't have blood on their hands, with many innocents under their command? Even someone like Guo Jing has once fallen into deep doubt.

Of course, Li Mochou is a murderous demoness, no doubt about it, but no one has the right to judge her on that basis.

All that exists is overwhelming her with martial power; whether you kill or spare her is up to you, and no one will say you're wrong.

But if the Five Greats like Guo Jing don't appear, Li Mochou's martial arts would let her run roughshod, and no one could deal with her.

Why can't the Quanzhen Sect simply surround and attack in one go, instead of dueling?

Because when Li Mochou kills people, she does it herself; others follow the rules, so you must also follow the martial world's rules.

And when they hurt Sun Bu'er and gave her the antidote, you can't continue to make things difficult for them—that's also a rule.

Of course, if we were some modern people, we'd think, 'Great, I've revived with full health,' and then keep going, surrounding and beating you to death.

Such behavior is not that of martial world people.

Even demonic sect members wouldn't stoop to that, let alone the orthodox sects.

Of course, the only ones on the martial world who could righteously condemn and deal with Li Mochou are people like Hong Qigong, who repeatedly investigates before killing, confirms there's no mistake, then acts.

But Hong Qigong's reputation is too great; he's a senior master, a legendary figure in the martial world, and ordinary people rarely even see him.

Even if they saw him, they wouldn't recognize him.

If he happened to encounter Li Mochou while she was committing atrocities, taking care of her in passing would be possible.

But if he directly sought her out, for example by issuing a martial world challenge to make her step forward, that would just be a joke.

Because then no one would say Hong Qigong is chivalrous; instead they'd say he's bullying juniors by relying on his superior martial arts.

This is the fucked-up martial world!

Why Huang Yaoshi couldn't bring himself to act when provoked by Li Mochou, and ended up seething with resentment.

Furthermore, having been harshly scolded by Yin Zhiping, it's not that Huang Yaoshi lacks temper, nor that he can't beat him.

Simply because he is of the same generation as Wang Zhongyang and Lin Chaoying, while Li Mochou and Yin Zhiping are of the disciples' generation; as a grand master of martial arts, quarreling with them would truly be beneath his stature.

It's hard to say, and it's not pleasant to hear!

Ouyang Feng is ruthless enough not to care about benevolence, righteousness, or morality, yet when he fights juniors, he also says he won't use weapons.

These people aren't evenly matched opponents; they're either being ganged up on. If he were to deal with juniors, whether due to his arrogance or concern for reputation, he couldn't get past that mental hurdle.

And all martial arts masters spend their lives cultivating a single heart, cultivating a single openness.

Whether good or evil, one's actions must also be guided by a clear conscience.

Ouyang Feng could sneak attack Hong Qigong without feeling guilty, but when facing Guo Jing, because he had gone back on his word and captured Huang Rong...

... he immediately covered his face and fled, because keeping his word was his last bottom line and also his pride; as a result, he was caught red-handed.

What he thought about wasn't fighting, but running; or rather, fleeing while covering his face.

Thus, the martial world and the imperial court are utterly incompatible, clearly distinct.

Experts who join the imperial court will be labeled as hounds and hawks.

Because they always have their own understanding.

According to imperial law, Guo Jing and Huang Rong, when shooting eagles, could be punished with the extermination of their nine clans.

Because Guo Jing and Huang Rong were eating, they heard that the tavern hung a calligraphic work by Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou, and Guo Jing immediately tore down the painting and the tavern itself.

Is this illegal behavior, or is it outright treason? Moreover, the reason Li Mochou can run rampant in the martial world is that the greatest evil there is never merely slaughtering innocents; it's killing one's teacher or parents—acts that break humanity's bottom line.

So the protagonist and the onlookers could judge Qi Changfa and them!

Because the protagonist has never done this, nor have others.

But just because someone has killed, you say they deserve to die—what about yourself? And again, there's Qiao Feng from the Heavenly Dragon.

His fame far surpasses Li Mochou's, and he knows people all over the world, yet after acquiring that reputation, he became a public enemy of the martial world; any way of besieging or scheming against him is justified.

If Li Mochou carried that reputation, Huang Yaoshi would have finished her off in his hands.

Because the master's weight is too great! He is always highly respected!

So Yang Guo merely wanted to marry his master, which also made it hard for people to accept.

Humans are social creatures; if you don't detach from society, many things will bother you.

Whether it's feudal etiquette or a series of other factors.

For example, if Yang Guo and Xiao Longnv stayed in the ancient tomb and never came out, let alone marrying their master, even if they had a soccer team, no one would care.

But once you come out and face society, doing that and still wanting everyone to think you're right is just nonsense.

At first, Yang Guo even asked the heroes, "I just want to marry my master—what's wrong with that?"

But later he understood, doing it and still wanting others' approval is just taking it for granted.

So he stopped asking.

Speaking of today's society, it's fairly open, but once a teacher-student romance scandal breaks out, it still attracts much attention—this isn't accepted by most people, let alone in feudal times.

Of course, the protagonist's views differ greatly from ordinary people's, but he likewise hates those who are ungrateful and betray their master and ancestors.

This is his bottom line!

You can't say he's a time traveler; that's the feudal era, your thinking can be a bit more open.

That's also nonsense.

No matter the era or the person, he always has his own cognition.

Just like Li Shimin killing his brother and imprisoning his father, some praise him, some condemn him.

But how many can truly achieve that? You can't, just because he exists, expect everyone to emulate him and also want everyone to think he's right! This is the most important point: whether in fiction, history, or reality, anyone's actions aren't necessarily correct; he merely represents himself.

Even if he is the protagonist.

I also know that when people read novels, they project themselves onto the protagonist, but no protagonist anywhere is ever completely right.

Just as people think Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, Guo Jing, Yang Guo, and Zhang Wuji have done some things wrong, they should have done this or that…

So the protagonist of fan fiction is the same! Even if he wants to make up for regrets in the original plot, he's not necessarily right in everything! Feng Yi, he's just Feng Yi.

He's an individual; expecting him to think differently from everyone else is not very possible.

Moreover, many people talk about what "heroic fame" is.

Know this: the protagonist never considers himself a hero! He doesn't have that high a moral standard.

Have you ever seen a great hero who lightly threatens to strip people's clothes?

He merely did some deeds of punishing evil and promoting good in the Liancheng World, and people call him a hero.

But Feng Yi has never considered himself thus! Let me say it again: a hero is the exemplar of self-sacrifice for others.

Not seeking personal gain, sacrificing oneself, seeking blessings for many acquaintances—that is a hero! The protagonist can't do that! Moreover, the Condor Hero World already has a Great Hero Guo; more Great Hero Fengs would be useless.

Even a great hero cannot change the invasion of the Mongol iron hooves.

But someone like Feng Yi, who varies from person to person, might just make it possible!.

(End of chapter)