The Wisdom of the Older Generation

Grandpa!

Seeing the old man laughing heartily, Lin Qingxue was initially startled, then couldn't help but frown. I am talking about something very serious!

The Qingxuan Sect has been wiped out! And you are still laughing!

I hate you the most, Grandpa!

Uh... ahem!

The old man finally coughed twice and restrained his smile. While stroking his beard, he gazed at the setting sun in the distance with a calm expression, seemingly thinking very seriously about the future she had spoken of from her dream.

After quite a while, Lin Heming slowly spoke.

Grandpa wants to ask you a question.

Go ahead, Grandpa, Lin Qingxue nodded obediently.

Is our Qingxuan Sect on the righteous path or the demonic path?

The righteous path, of course!

Lin Qingxue said as a matter of fact. Roaming the world with a sword and eradicating all the injustices in the world is the ancestral teaching left behind by our founder!

Very good, very good!

The old man laughed loudly and nodded in approval.

Then Nannan, since our Qingxuan Sect is of the righteous path, we are naturally a thorn in the side of the demonic path. Fighting against the demonic path is our duty in the first place, so how can we blame others?

Grandpa... Lin Qingxue froze.

She really hadn't thought about this question.

Thinking about it carefully now, it seemed to be true.

The righteous path fighting the demonic path was an unalterable principle. On what grounds could they push all the blame onto a single person?

Nannan, Grandpa will ask you again.

The old man continued to ask with a smile, In that dream of yours, did you see how that boy provoked the demonic path?

How else could he have provoked them?

Speaking of this, Lin Qingxue got angry.

He set his sights on the treasure of the Demonic Holy Son, so he used a scheme to kill him and snatched the demonic holy treasure. As a result, he was targeted by the demonic path and implicated our Qingxuan Sect.

After hearing this, the old man did not get angry. Instead, he smiled and asked, Nannan, you are not him. How do you know what he was thinking? Sometimes, looking at a problem from a different angle makes things simpler.

From a different angle?

Lin Qingxue looked at Lin Heming in confusion. Grandpa, I don't understand what you mean.

It's very simple. We won't look at what he was thinking.

The old man smiled and said, We will only look at his identity and what he did.

What is the identity of the Demonic Holy Son to the righteous path?

A major... threat? Lin Qingxue hesitated.

Exactly, a major threat. The old man nodded. So, as a member of the righteous path, our Qingxuan Sect killed the Demonic Holy Son and eliminated a major threat.

Tell me, is that right or wrong?

Halfway through his words, the old man corrected himself.

If it were you, Nannan, if it were you, as long as there was a chance, would you kill the Demonic Holy Son?

Of course I would!

Lin Qingxue said as if it were only natural.

As soon as the words left her mouth, she froze.

Of course I... would...

Lin Qingxue repeated softly. She turned her head and found her grandfather looking at her with a smile. She quickly looked away, snorted, and said stubbornly.

E-even if that's the case!

He's still a big jerk who abandoned his wife and children!

When our Qingxuan Sect was fighting the demonic path, he actually slipped away alone to cling to life. If that's not being a jerk, what is! Lin Qingxue said angrily.

Hearing this, the old man was not in a hurry, but asked again.

Nannan, then how do you know that he will become the co-lord of the world in the future?

That's of course because I'm alive too.

Lin Qingxue looked righteous.

After saying that, her heart skipped a beat. She looked at her grandfather suspiciously, and seeing the old man smiling like an old chrysanthemum, she knew she had accidentally fallen into a trap again.

Sure enough, the old man immediately pressed:

So, when our Qingxuan Sect was fighting the demonic path, Nannan, you actually slipped away too, right?

Hearing this, Lin Qingxue suddenly stood up, her cheeks puffed out high.

That's different!

I fought with the Qingxuan Sect until the last moment. Eldest Senior Brother resisted desperately, and in the end, when there was really no hope, Eldest Senior Brother told me to go, and I had no choice but to go.

So that's how it is.

The old man restrained his smile and nodded in realization.

That's right, that's how it is.

Lin Qingxue looked proud, as if she and her senior brother were some great heroes.

However, the next second, she heard the old man change the subject: So, what you mean is that only the people who left the sect under the protection of your senior brother, Su Xiao, have a clear conscience, while the people who left the sect under the protection of others are guilty of heinous crimes.

Is that right, Nannan? Is that what you mean?

I... I didn't mean that!

Having such a big label pinned on her, Lin Qingxue was completely stunned. Her arrogant demeanor immediately deflated, and she waved her hands and feet to defend herself: He ran away from the very beginning! He didn't even resist, he didn't even contribute!

But Nannan.

The old man was not angry, just said calmly.

Leaving early or leaving late, isn't it all leaving?

He didn't stay, and the Qingxuan Sect was wiped out. You stayed until the end, and the Qingxuan Sect was still wiped out.

What's the difference?

Lin Qingxue was instantly rendered speechless. Her mind was a mess. She felt that what her grandfather said was wrong, but she couldn't explain why, and her little tongue tied itself in knots:

This! This, this, this!

No! Grandpa, you are just wrong!

After holding it in for a long time, Lin Qingxue simply didn't give a reason and threw herself into Lin Heming's arms to act shamelessly and coquettishly. Anyway, what Grandpa said is problematic!

Grandpa is playing dirty!

Hehe.

Since she was acting coquettishly, the old man stopped using traps to bait her. Instead, he stroked her little head and said earnestly:

Nannan~

Grandpa is not blaming you or anyone.

I'm just stating a fact.

This fact might make you very uncomfortable and hard to hear.

But reality is often like this. It won't change just because of what you think in your heart. It's just there. A hundred people looking at it will have a hundred different thoughts, but it only has one appearance.

That is—

After our Qingxuan Sect was wiped out, your senior brother, and your grandfather—me—were all buried in the dirt.

And you were somewhere, feeling sorry for yourself.

But Ye Shu not only survived, but also grew up, wiped out the demonic path, and avenged our Qingxuan Sect.

This isn't Grandpa talking nonsense, but what you said.

Because he is... the co-lord of the world.

Hearing this, Lin Qingxue froze. She looked at her grandfather's somewhat serious face, opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

This was too absurd.

That heartless man who abandoned his wife and children.

In her grandfather's mouth, he had actually transformed into a great hero who endured humiliation and bore heavy burdens, ultimately avenging the Qingxuan Sect?

Under the setting sun, the old and the young sat on the eaves.

The old man stroked his beard, narrowing his eyes at the distant sunset and sea of clouds. Lin Qingxue lowered her head and remained silent for a long time.

After a long, long time, she finally spoke, her voice very soft: But... but he has so many wives... and I was clearly the one who came first, I was the first one.

The old man froze, then couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Hahaha!!!

"After all this fuss, it turns out our Nannan is just jealous of that little guy."

"Who is jealous of him!"

The girl denied it with a blushing face, glaring at Lin Heming with puffed cheeks. "Let's see how you try to spin this. I am your granddaughter! Now that I am being bullied, are you actually going to side with him?"

Regarding this question, the old man was very candid.

"To tell you the truth, Grandpa also thinks he is in the wrong."

"But."

Lin Heming's tone shifted, throwing out another 'but'.

"Nannan, if your dream is true, then you need to think about it carefully. If you keep hesitating and wavering like this, I am afraid that young man will be snatched away by other girls."

With that said, the old man stroked his beard with a smiling face.

"He won't be snatched away by anyone else..."

Lin Qingxue curled her lips.

"That guy, even dogs despise him now. He did too many terrible things in his past life. In this life, any woman who sees him would want nothing more than to hack him to death..."

"Wait!"

Halfway through her sentence, Lin Qingxue suddenly widened her eyes.

If everyone else had been reborn, and they all hated the heartless man, didn't that mean...

Nobody wants the heartless man right now?

"No, no, Lin Qingxue, what on earth are you thinking!"

Lin Qingxue vigorously shook her head and patted her cheeks, forcing herself to calm down.

How could she possibly like that heartless man?

He was so bad, so utterly awful.

That is right, you do not like him.

You do not like him.

Do not like him.

Lin Qingxue suddenly raised her head and shouted toward the last lingering afterglow of the setting sun: "Heartless man!!!!"

"I will never like you!!!"