Chapter 46: The Mortal Situation
Tao Zi couldn't deny it. Anyway, everyone had forgotten to check her food. Now only Han Yueshan knew the truth.
He saw what she was thinking and said helplessly, "Senior Sister, I promise, I really didn't poison you. I was just joking."
She nodded, not intending to dwell on it any further. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "You didn't do this well enough. Once Xi Jing recovers, she'll soon realize that something's wrong."
Xu Jia is not stupid, it is impossible for him to do something that will be discovered once it succeeds.
Han Yueshan was stunned for a moment, then knocked his head in frustration: "Senior Sister, I was stupid. When I saw that she wanted to hurt Xi Jing, I just wanted her to leave quickly and also let Xi Jing be more careful."
"You could have told her the truth."
He shook his head: "No, that would be a bigger blow to Xi Jing."
"So what are you going to do now?"
Han Yueshan thought for a moment and said, "I know someone from Xujiamen, so I'll ask someone to go in and tell her that she has no other way out except to admit it."
"Okay, you can do whatever you want."
Just as she was about to leave, Han Yueshan called her back: "Senior Sister, I'm sorry."
Tao Zi raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "Didn't you say there was no poison?"
"That's not it."
He considered carefully before speaking, "This matter involves you, I should have told you in advance."
"Then why didn't you tell me in advance?"
This time he said it simply and clearly: "Time is too tight and the decision has to be made in a hurry."
Tao Zi nodded: "Okay, I understand. There may be some problems later, so you should pay attention to it."
"ah?"
"Xu Jia could confess in many ways, making Xi Jing suspicious is a piece of cake. What are you going to do then? Tell her everything? Then wouldn't all your efforts be in vain? Besides, I think Xi Jing still trusts Xu Jia very much. If she wants to take action, she'll have plenty of opportunities."
In her opinion, what Han Yueshan is doing now is too stupid. Not only is it only treating the symptoms but not the root cause, it also leaves a lot of hidden dangers.
Five words to describe it: thankless task.
"Then, what should we do?"
Tao Zi raised her eyebrows, and Han Yueshan immediately walked behind her and massaged her back and shoulders: "Senior Sister, I was wrong, really wrong. I will definitely discuss it with you next time."
"You don't have to discuss it with me, but you can't be so reckless."
According to the master, the three of them are destined to face a disaster. Apart from anything else, they need to change their reckless nature.
"Yes, yes, Senior Sister, I will think carefully before taking action next time. Now, Senior Sister, if it were you, how would you handle it?"
"Just tell Xi Jing everything."
Han Yueshan immediately denied it: "No, it has come to this. I can't let Xi Jing know that Xu Jia was planning to do something to her in the past or even now. She will be sad."
Tao Zi asked back, "Is sadness more important than her life?"
He stiffened his body and whispered, "Senior Sister, you don't know that it's more painful than death when someone you trust wants to harm you."
Her expression faded and she remained silent.
"Senior Sister, is there any other way?"
Tao Zi nodded and said, "Yes, it's very simple, deal with Xu Jia."
Han Yueshan stopped pinching his shoulders instantly, his voice trembling a little: "Senior Sister, what do you mean by dealing with it?"
"Just as you thought."
She was not surprised by his reaction. After all, he was just a young man in his teens. It would be hard for him to have the heart to kill an elder, even if she had bad intentions.
The person behind him was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Senior Sister, forget it, he is just an ordinary person."
"Just because she's an ordinary person, you're going to let her go? Even though she's plotted against you more than once?"
Han Yueshan said with difficulty: "Aren't we cultivators supposed to protect mortals?"
"Yueshan, have you studied history?" Tao Zi turned around and looked at him.
"ah?"
"We cultivators didn't protect mortals from the beginning. On the contrary, in the beginning, cultivators and mortals did not interfere with each other, and each had its own territory, unlike now, where mortals are forced to live within the protection of cultivators."
He looked at her blankly, obviously unaware of these things.
Tao Zi sighed. Reading is still useful. If it was Zhao Xue standing now, perhaps there would be no need to explain.
"Why is Xuanyue Continent called Xuanyue Continent?"
Han Yueshan's eyes lit up, he knew the answer!
"That's because three thousand years ago there was a royal family called the Xuanyue Royal Family!"
Tao Zi nodded and continued, "When the Xuanyue Imperial Family was still around, mortals were protected by them. Until the alien invasion, the Imperial Family was completely annihilated in order to protect the people behind them. Since then, the immortal cultivators have taken over the Imperial Family's responsibilities."
"Yes, doesn't this mean that we cultivators must protect mortals?"
She asked in return, "Then why is it that when immortal cultivators kill mortals, not many people care, but when mortals kill immortal cultivators, they must die?"
"Someone is in charge." Han Yueshan's voice weakened at the end.
Tao Zi sneered, "One hundred and fifty years ago, the Xujia Sect killed nearly five hundred people to test the performance of their mechas. What was the result? Fifty years ago, someone from the Jiuzhuan Sect accidentally became possessed by a demon and killed twenty civilians. What happened? Thirty years ago, the Sword Sect's sword energy accidentally killed five civilians. What happened?"
Han Yueshan gradually quieted down. He opened his mouth and asked hesitantly, "How?"
"Only one elder of the Xujia Sect was imprisoned for three hundred years, and more than ten disciples were expelled. The man from the Jiuzhuan Sect was finally rescued after the demonic energy was removed, but he was mistakenly treated as a victim and remained unharmed. The Jian Sect paid some compensation and received a reprimand, but nothing else happened."
He didn't say anything else. It was obvious that these things had shocked and confused him. "Master clearly didn't say that. He said that mortals are weak and should be protected if possible."
"Yes, they are weak, so no one takes them seriously. Everything depends on conscience and morality."
Han Yueshan moved his lips and whispered, "Senior Sister, this has nothing to do with whether I kill Xu Jia or not."
"Han Yueshan, you need to understand one thing: immortal cultivators don't necessarily have to protect mortals."
He looked at Tao Zi in front of him and suddenly felt that this senior sister was very strange, extremely strange.
She said coldly, "Han Yueshan, you can protect mortals, such as Grandpa Chen, Grandma Huang, and Sister Li, even if you have to sacrifice your life to protect them. But not Xu Jia. People like her who try to attack you, no matter if she is a cultivator or a mortal, when she intends to take your life, you should kill her. Yueshan, you have to learn how to kill."
Han Yueshan's throat was itchy and he couldn't speak.
"You can be kind, but don't be too kind. People like Xu Jia shouldn't be allowed to live these extra years."
If he had been a senior brother of the Yisan Sect for his entire life, it would not have been a problem if he had been like this, but he would face disasters in the future, so he had to change his temper.
"Senior Sister, I disagree. This is far from the point of killing her."
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