Good to be kind, but not to be a saint

Gu Changyuan relaxed his left hand.

The longbow transformed into a streak of flowing light and returned to his storage space.

He withdrew his shared vision, his gaze falling upon Mo Yingluo and Mo Yingyue beside him.

"Xiao Luo and Xiao Yue."

No further words were needed.

The two women immediately understood. With a spin of their bodies, they turned into two streaks of flowing light, shooting off toward the direction of the Black Fiend Sect.

Gu Changyuan withdrew his gaze from the direction they left, letting it rest on Jun Mukong and Jun Anshi.

At this moment, the two were still immersed in the shocking scene from just now, their eyes somewhat vacant.

"How does it feel?"

Gu Changyuan spoke. His tone was casual, yet it carried a hint of seriousness.

The two looked at their Master, mouths slightly agape, seemingly pondering how to phrase their thoughts.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Gu Changyuan did not rush them.

He simply stood with his hands behind his back, looking toward the distant horizon where faint ripples of aura still lingered, and slowly said,

"The cultivation world is just like this. The weak are prey to the strong, and the powerful reign supreme."

"The establishment of a sect might take tens of thousands of years, requiring the blood, sweat, and effort of countless generations. But its destruction—"

He paused.

"Sometimes, it only takes an instant."

"Without sufficient strength, cultivators are nothing but lambs waiting to be slaughtered."

Gu Changyuan continued.

"No matter how lofty your ambitions are, no matter how kind your heart is, in the face of absolute power, you cannot control your own destiny."

He turned around, his gaze falling upon the two of them. It was a calm look, yet it carried a soul-piercing power.

"Of course, I know that your hearts incline toward goodness. You won't go out and harm innocent cultivators just because you have gained strength."

The two nodded heavily.

The corners of Gu Changyuan's mouth curled up slightly.

"You may be kind, but do not be blindly compassionate."

"As for those evildoing cultivators, killing them is stopping them from harming other innocent people in the future."

He had said this to every single one of his disciples.

You may be kind, but do not be blindly compassionate.

Kindness is a choice, but while choosing kindness, one must also possess the strength to protect that kindness, and the clarity of mind to recognize evil.

Listening to their Master's teachings, the faint trace of confusion in the siblings' hearts gradually cleared up.

They nodded heavily.

"Master, we understand."

Gu Changyuan revealed a satisfied smile.

"I will not force you to accept all of this right away. But in the future, you must slowly learn how to establish yourselves in this world."

He paused.

"Alright, that is all for today. You two may go back first. Having just awakened your physiques, you need to properly stabilize them. You can also meditate on the power of space and time from that arrow just now. It will be of great help and benefit to you in controlling your physiques and finding your goals in the future."

"Yes!"

Jun Mukong and Jun Anshi replied in unison, then turned and walked toward their rooms.

Gu Changyuan watched their retreating backs disappear from sight.

The two had just awakened their physiques; it was not as if their souls had just been possessed.

It wasn't that the moment they awakened their physiques, they would instantly achieve total enlightenment about the entire cultivation world and understand everything all at once.

Even though they possessed top-tier physiques, the siblings still had much to improve in terms of their understanding.

The two had just awakened their physiques, not had their souls possessed. Their true natures remained unchanged, and their minds were still those of youths.

It wasn't that awakening their physiques would instantly grant them complete enlightenment about the cultivation world, allowing them to grasp all its rules and see through everyone's hearts in a flash.

Even with top-tier space-time physiques and immense power, the siblings still had much to improve in their perception and temperament. They still had a long way to go.

However, Gu Changyuan was not in a hurry. He had given them plenty of time and possessed enough patience to guide them step by step and help them improve.

Just as he had done with his previous thirty disciples, he would teach them carefully and in accordance with their individual aptitudes.

......

On the other side, Mo Yingluo and Mo Yingyue traveled very fast. It did not take long before they arrived in the sky above the ruins of the Black Fiend Sect.

Below them was a scene of utter devastation. Broken walls and ruins were scattered everywhere, smoke and dust had yet to fully dissipate, and the air still lingered with a thick aura of malevolence and the stench of blood.

The Black Fiend Sect, which had once dominated the Western Region of the Eastern Continent, was now nothing but a desolate wasteland of ruins.

The two women exchanged a glance. Without a word, they immediately got to work.

They raised their right hands, and the boundless three energies below were drawn up, transforming into three torrents that surged into the Three Energies Return-to-Origin Gourds in their hands.

After absorbing the three energies, the two women spread out their divine senses, carefully scanning every corner of the Black Fiend Sect, refusing to miss a single detail.

Although their Master's arrow had destroyed the entire sect, he had intentionally preserved a few things.

Those spatial rings and spatial pouches.

Before long, dozens of spatial rings and over a dozen spatial pouches were located one by one.

Mo Yingyue raised her hand and waved it. The rings and pouches flew up into the air and landed securely into the large pouch in her hand.

Just as they were looting, several auras suddenly approached the ruins from afar.

There were experts at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, as well as Half-Immortals.

It was obvious they wanted to see what had happened here, and perhaps see if they could scavenge any useful resources from the ruins of the Black Fiend Sect.

A cold light flashed in Mo Yingluo's eyes. With a cold snort, the blood-red spiritual energy around her instantly erupted, and a tyrannical oppressive might swept downward.

At the same time, the phantom of a massive blood-red bat materialized out of thin air, appearing above the ruins.

The bat phantom was a full hundred rods in size. When it spread its wings, it blotted out the sky and covered the sun.

It opened its bloody maw, revealing razor-sharp fangs. A terrifying aura of blood fiend energy swept out in all directions like a tsunami.

The approaching cultivators only felt an irresistible force crash into them head-on.

"Boom—!"

The powerful blood-red spiritual energy violently rippled outward, directly blasting all of them back several hundred rods.

Some immediately spat out mouthfuls of blood, their faces turning deathly pale.

After stabilizing their bodies, those cultivators felt the terrifying oppressive might from above and the intimidation brought by the blood-red bat phantom. Their faces instantly drained of color.

How could they dare harbor even the slightest thought of scavenging anymore? Scared out of their wits, they stumbled and crawled as they turned to flee, wishing they had sprouted two extra legs.

They were terrified that if they displeased the other party, they would be slaughtered right there on the ruins.

Sure enough, not all spectacles were meant to be watched.

"Consider yourselves lucky you ran fast."

Mo Yingluo watched their fleeing backs and gave another soft snort as the coldness in her eyes gradually faded.

Consider yourselves lucky you ran fast. Had you stayed for even one more breath, you would have left your heads behind today.

"Sister, I've collected everything."

Mo Yingyue swung the string of spatial pouches in her hand, a satisfied smile on her face.

Mo Yingluo nodded.

"Let's go."

With those words, the two women turned around together and shot off toward the direction of the Celestial Human Holy Land.

"Speaking of which, should we ask Master for a reward?"

"Mo Yingyue, what do you want to ask Master for?"

"How about soaking in the spirit pool? I heard from Senior Sister and the others that Master quite likes soaking in it, and I haven't even tried it yet."