Chapter 1277: Heart Like a Clear Mirror

Looks like you got quite a haul this time!

Ye Liuyun felt that Mo Tianheng's past life had arranged for him to come here to obtain resources, with a quite deep intention.

It not only let his cultivation realm break through, but also helped him break through his state of mind.

Ye Liuyun, on the other hand, just tagged along to bask in the reflected glory.

"How do I always end up tagging along to bask in your glory?" Ye Liuyun suddenly asked.

Mo Tianheng, hearing this, solemnly said: "Perhaps this is fate's arrangement! For now it's your luck, maybe someday it'll be mine! This is what they call the cycle of cause and effect!"

"According to your cause-and-effect cycle, will we meet again in the future?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"When haven't we? We've been constantly meeting, haven't we?" Mo Tianheng countered.

"Yeah! You're right too! I actually hope I can help you in the future. Otherwise, I'd feel bad always sponging off your resources!" Ye Liuyun laughed.

"Haha, if you can sponge off it, that just shows it was meant to be yours!" Mo Tianheng also laughed.

"Then I won't thank you from now on! After all, it was supposed to be mine anyway!" Ye Liuyun also joked.

The two of them, chatting and laughing all the way, returned once more to the entrance.

Both of them, without prior agreement, searched everywhere for the Mohu's trace, yet still found nothing.

"It seems the greatest danger here is the Mohu trial?" Ye Liuyun asked Mo Tianheng.

Mo Tianheng nodded and said: "Heart demons are forever the greatest danger for Martial Cultivators!"

"Then how can one overcome heart demons?" Ye Liuyun asked Mo Tianheng.

"Heart like a clear mirror, follow your true heart!" Mo Tianheng replied without hesitation: "If you let go and see things openly, there will be no heart demons."

Ye Liuyun also agreed upon hearing this: "Yeah, when I go back, I should really think it over!"

"After we go out, where are you headed?" Mo Tianheng asked Ye Liuyun.

"Any battlefield will do; it's all the same to me! And you?" Ye Liuyun also asked Mo Tianheng.

"I'll just wander around. After my realm rises, I'll seek the next batch of resources based on my memories. I want to find resources once more, and then it's time to leave this place!" Mo Tianheng sighed somewhat.

He felt some reluctance toward this life, and also worried that regaining all his past-life memories would turn him into another person.

This, too, is his heart demon.

"Don't worry, you're you, and you'll always be my friend! We'll meet again someday!"

Ye Liuyun also guessed Mo Tianheng's worry and spoke to comfort him.

Mo Tianheng nodded gratefully, and immediately left the Secret Realm together with Ye Liuyun.

After exiting, the Foreign Tribe outside was still searching everywhere for their whereabouts.

Their goal is now clear: to leave this place, so their departure speed is much faster than when they arrived.

Soon, the two returned to the city where Ye Liuyun resides.

Mo Tianheng continued to wander the world, while Ye Liuyun began cultivating in seclusion.

Though called cultivation, during this period he focused more on refining his mind.

He intends to, while the Underworld God has not yet arrived, resolve his own heart demon, and think clearly about the problems troubling him and his future direction.

The main issue is his martial cultivation and his relationship with his family.

What he cares most about are his parents and those close to him, whom he regards as family.

And the Mohu exploits this very point to give rise to his heart demon.

"The stronger I become, the more danger I bring to my family?"

Ye Liuyun repeatedly asked himself this question in his heart.

Indeed, as his strength grows, so do his enemies, and the threat to his family naturally increases.

"But if I lack cultivation, I can't even protect my family! Wouldn't that be even more dangerous?"

Ye Liuyun has already overturned this point of the Mohu's reasoning.

In the martial world, how could one not cultivate and strive to raise one's realm?

The martial world is inherently survival of the fittest; without strength, one is destined to become someone else's prey.

"Since we must cultivate to increase strength, competing for resources is inevitable!"

Ye Liuyun then continued his train of thought.

"Without resources, strength cannot improve. And since resources are limited, obtaining them inevitably involves conflict."

"That is to say, fighting over resources is quite normal; consequently, injuring others in the process is unavoidable."

Ye Liuyun also felt that the struggle over resources is something any Martial Cultivator cannot avoid.

However, some Martial Cultivators are simply greedier, while others resort to any means for resources.

"That's because those Martial Cultivators have lost their true hearts and abandoned humanity." Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

There are some resources he would never even consider.

For example, Mo Tianheng gave him only one-fifth, yet he had no thought of robbing Mo Tianheng; instead, he felt deeply grateful toward Mo Tianheng.

On the contrary, looking at the magic monkey, it was its greed that caused its demise.

If Mo Tianheng had not been on guard, it's very likely that they would have been the ones to die.

"The Alien Evil Artifacts are what the Mohu spoke of: the stronger they are, the greater the harm! Because they are greedy, they plunder resources everywhere."

Ye Liuyun suddenly felt that, if viewed from the perspective of the Alien Evil Artifacts, their actions could not be considered wrong.

After all, they too need resources to grow stronger. And the Alien Evil Artifacts have always regarded humans as food, so the Foreign Tribe cannot be condemned by conscience or feel guilt.

They simply feel they are obtaining food and resources.

"So if we don't exterminate those Alien Evil Artifacts, they won't retreat voluntarily! And as humans, protecting ourselves and our world is everyone's responsibility."

Ye Liuyun also reflected on his current halt to advancing. Could it be that, due to his own selfishness, he has abandoned his duty to protect humanity?

"If one wants to protect humanity and fulfill a greater duty, one must first protect oneself! If one cannot even protect oneself, how can one speak of protecting others?"

Just like that, Ye Liuyun began to think seriously inside the Xuan Kong Shi.

He analyzed each problem by unraveling it piece by piece.

He found that, because his perspective on the problems differed, the conclusions he reached were vastly different.

But at least this prolonged contemplation cleared many things for him. His inner demon also dissipated a great deal.

Now only two questions remain: how he will develop in the future, and how he should treat his family.

"Since it's decided that I must continue cultivating, I will definitely go to the Divine Realm! But what about the others?"

Ye Liuyun finally grew worried about this question.

If he cannot settle all his family, he would not go to the Divine Realm with peace of mind.

"Unless..."

Ye Liuyun thought of a possibility.

That is, he becomes the strongest in this world, and no one would dare to trouble his family.