Chapter 83 The Best Strategy: Do You Dare to Use the Power of Determined Good and Evil on Yourself?
Shen Cangyu kept a secret; she didn't tell anyone about her attack habits.
Trying to figure out her opponent's offensive and defensive habits is a poor strategy for her.
The middle strategy involves strategic planning and retreating to advance, leading the opponent step by step into a trap when they believe they have the upper hand, and then striking a fatal blow.
After leaving the arena, Shen Cangyu glanced at the other arenas where the duels were still in progress.
Pei Wenjing won the competition with a complete victory, while Shen Qingyan was not among the participants and drew a bye.
Shen Cangyu could not deny that even though the system that Shen Qingyan had possessed had been transferred to her, his lucky aura still continued to surround him, and the cheat codes he had acquired had not disappeared with the transfer of the protagonist's identity.
Over the years, the Tongmenghui (Revolutionary Alliance) overcame its initial period of silence and gradually began to recover. Its members were scattered across various Daoist sects in Kunlun, each achieving considerable success, which in turn improved the Tongmenghui's reputation. However, Shen Qingyan, who also belonged to the Tongmenghui, disappeared without a trace. People gradually forgot about his existence, and some even said they didn't understand why Shen Qingyan had been able to obtain the "Weeping Ghosts and Gods" skill back then.
There are two divine swords in the world, one is the Kunlun Sword, and the other is the Weeping Ghost God Sword. Neither of their owners can be considered a good swordsman. The owner of the Kunlun Sword left the world of weapons to return to the heart, to play the art of mind. The owner of the Weeping Ghost God Sword disappeared into obscurity, always avoiding battle and dodging all those who challenged him.
The sword cultivators felt it was a real pity that these two swords had fallen into their hands.
Shen Cangyu didn't think there was anything wrong with what he was doing. Since the principle of "all weapons returning to the heart" applies, the Kunlun Sword is the weapon, and the mental techniques are the heart. "All weapons returning to the heart" simply means using the Kunlun Sword to play with mental techniques, which is perfectly fine.
However, after saying this, the sect leader's hair turned quite a bit white overnight.
The Wanqi Guixin line is about to die out, and the sect leader is worried about this. He thinks he must recognize Shen Cangyu as soon as possible. Maybe she will be moved by their blood connection and the feelings they have had for each other over the years and decide to return to Wanqi Guixin.
With that in mind, he took some time to go find Elder Hongyu that very night.
Elder Hongyu's Taoist magic is the causal thread, which allows her to see the causal connections in people's lives. However, the causal thread has no successor, and Elder Hongyu has not been able to find a suitable successor for a long time. Therefore, she retired from Kunlun and traveled to the mortal world, only returning to Kunlun occasionally.
If Elder Hongyu returns to Kunlun, she will only stay in the Hall of Good and Evil for a few days before soon starting to travel the mortal world again.
Elder Hongyu never wears name tags and deliberately avoids being contacted, making it exceptionally difficult for the sect leader to find her. This time, the sect leader specifically left the mountain to search for Elder Hongyu's whereabouts, hoping to bring her back as a witness for his reunion with Shen Cangyu.
Because Elder Hongyu could see through the causal thread whether Shen Cangyu had a blood relationship with the sect leader, the sect leader thought that with Elder Hongyu as his witness, Shen Cangyu would finally believe him this time.
Prior to this, the sect leader had hinted to Shen Cangyu several times, both openly and secretly, that Shen Cangyu came from Penglai, and that the sect leader had a marriage with a woman from Penglai many years ago. Now, Shen Cangyu also has the surname Shen and has inherited the Kunlun Sword, so perhaps she and the sect leader really are related.
Shen Cangyu cursed every time he heard such a statement; "Impossible, don't try to be my father, my father died a long time ago."
The more she denied it, the more the sect leader felt that Shen Cangyu was hiding something. Otherwise, why would she react so strongly? Perhaps her mother had said something to her when she was a child that affected her image of him.
Once Elder Hongyu arrives, Shen Cangyu will surely believe him this time.
The sect leader pondered, looking at Shen Cangyu who had returned to the dueling platform, his eyes filled with melancholy. Shen Cangyu now only used mental techniques in battle; he had never seen her draw the Kunlun Sword again. Perhaps the return of all weapons to the heart had truly become a knot in her heart.
The sect leader sighed.
Suddenly, a disciple approached and whispered in his ear. The sect leader's eyes lit up instantly: "Elder Hongyu has finally returned?"
"Yes, the elder is coming from the Hall of Good and Evil, saying he wants to see the current level of the disciples in the Hall of Good and Evil."
Shen Cangyu's opponent happened to be a disciple of the Hall of Good and Evil.
The man had poor eyesight and always squinted when looking at people, which looked like a provocation.
Shen Cangyu stood to his side, bowing to him, her gaze subtly falling on the wolf-hair brush in his hand.
That was a magical artifact of the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil, a wolf-hair brush infused with the intent of a Taoist judge's pen.
The judge's pen is above, able to judge whether a person is good or bad based on the good and evil deeds they have done in the first half of their life. If one has done more evil deeds than good deeds, then one is a bad person; the more evil deeds one has done, the heavier one's sin value.
The disciples of the Judge's Pen use the power of the Judge to act as judges in the human world, punishing evil people.
The more wicked a person is, the heavier the "evil" mark will be above their head under the judge's pen. The evil deeds they have done in the past will become a heavy burden on them, restricting their actions. Those they have harmed in the past will also appear at this time, becoming vengeful spirits to claim their lives.
The method of determining good and evil in the Hall of Good and Evil is very similar to the method of determining life and death with three coins in the Copper Coin Eye. The method of determining life and death with the Copper Coin Eye also uses the weight of the opponent's greed as a bargaining chip. If the opponent's greed is strong, the damage suffered will also be moderate.
The Judge's Pen and the Copper Coin Eye's magical techniques were so similar that this was why Shen Cangyu initially thought the Copper Coin Eye wasn't a malevolent cultivator. They both clearly understood people's hearts and promoted good while punishing evil.
The Judge's Pen is best at dealing with bad guys, but most of the people in Kunlun are native cultivators who have never done anything immoral or immoral in their lives, let alone killed anyone.
This is also why the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil always suffer crushing defeats in the disciple competition.
The disciple of the Hall of Good and Evil had just straightened up and hadn't even made a move when he saw Shen Cangyu rushing towards him like a ghost. At the same time, purple lightning struck down from nowhere, hitting his protective magic weapon. He quickly regained his senses and fled in a sorry state.
In the previous battle, Shen Cangyu was completely at ease, only retreating and never advancing. Even the spectators commented on her humble demeanor. Despite possessing the ability to defeat an opponent in one move, she maintained a balanced exchange with her opponent on stage, giving him ample time to showcase his skills. Furthermore, after the match, she would point out her opponent's weaknesses and offer him some pointers.
The elders watching said with satisfaction that this was exactly what they expected the disciples' competition to look like.
Unexpectedly, not long after the praise ended, Shen Cangyu struck first when he encountered this disciple of the Hall of Good and Evil, giving the other party no chance to defend himself and attacking vital points with every move.
"How much does she hate the Hall of Good and Evil..." Qiu Sheng looked at Shen Cangyu on the stage and couldn't help but sigh. Liang Duo looked at Shen Cangyu and asked, "Does she have a grudge against the Hall of Good and Evil?"
Qiu Sheng thought about it and realized that there really was such a thing.
When Shen Cangyu first arrived in Kunlun, she caused a scene at the Hall of Good and Evil because of Pei Wenjing, thus beginning her feud with the Hall. At that time, various major Daoist sects in Kunlun, seeing that she came from Kunlun, vied to invite her to join their sects. Shen Cangyu visited every sect, but deliberately avoided the Hall of Good and Evil. They then guessed that Shen Cangyu harbored deep resentment towards the Hall of Good and Evil.
Could it be that after all these years, Shen Cangyu hasn't let go of his conflict with the Hall of Good and Evil? Now that Shen Cangyu has the opportunity to encounter disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil in the disciple competition, could it be that he wants to settle both old and new scores?
Shen Cangyu stared intently at the movements of the disciple from the Hall of Good and Evil, giving him no chance to pick up his pen. If he tried to retaliate, she would unleash heavenly lightning to attack him, forcing him to flee. She would not allow the disciple of the Hall of Good and Evil to have the opportunity to use his judge's pen against her.
Because she knew she wasn't a good person.
She had no idea how many people she had killed in her previous lives. If the judge's pen were to determine good and evil and fall upon her, it would surely unleash its malevolent light.
If she wanted to continue to conceal her true colors, she would never give the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil such an opportunity to expose her to the public.
When the disciple of the Hall of Good and Evil saw Shen Cangyu relentlessly pursuing him, he initially thought that Shen Cangyu was using the competition as an opportunity to vent her dissatisfaction with the Hall of Good and Evil. However, as he dodged, his gaze fell on Shen Cangyu. He saw that her eyes were calm and cold, and there was no pleasure on her face when she was venting.
He realized that perhaps Shen Cangyu wasn't deliberately trying to torment him.
He sensed something amiss, but didn't have time to think about it. Suddenly, the ground beneath his feet turned into fine, dense quicksand, pulling his feet and dragging him downwards.
“Liusha River,” Shen Cangyu uttered.
Oops!
He lost his balance and fell to the ground. He tried to grab something to his side, but there was nothing to support him. He fell backward and landed on the ground, where he was bound by quicksand.
The moment he was distracted, he unknowingly stepped into the trap that Shen Cangyu had set for him.
He struggled frantically, but the quicksand around him sank him deeper and deeper until only his head remained outside the sand. The quicksand squeezed his chest, and he struggled to breathe, his face gradually turning red.
Shen Cangyu's worst strategy is to analyze and figure out the opponent's offensive and defensive habits, his middle strategy is to plan and strategize, retreat in order to advance, and lure the enemy deep into his territory, while his best strategy is to press forward step by step and not give the opponent any chance to attack.
Shen Cangyu looked at the disciple of the Hall of Good and Evil lying on the ground and raised his hand to remove the Flowing Sand River covering him.
The disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil breathed heavily, as if they had survived a catastrophe.
Shen Cangyu clapped his hands and walked off the stage.
She had just stepped off the fighting platform when she suddenly stopped. She felt a sense of danger coming towards her. She raised her hand to block, and a wall of wind, seemingly sealed off, blocked her way. But the light pierced through the wind wall and landed on her head.
"Determine good and evil."
The disciple on the platform held up the judge's pen, his eyes fixed on Shen Cangyu.
Two beams of red and white light flashed continuously above Shen Cangyu's head. Shen Cangyu looked at the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil who were still panting on the stage and said in a deep voice, "The competition is over. You are not qualified to attack me."
As she finished speaking, a red light representing "evil" appeared above her head. The red light was thick and vivid, like blood, which caused the onlookers to gasp in surprise.
Many spectators who were still watching the competition heard the exclamations and looked over, all drawn to the red light above Shen Cangyu's head.
"This..." They stared at the word "evil" on Shen Cangyu's head with complicated expressions, and even the elders watching from afar couldn't help but look at her with concern.
There are very few evil people among the cultivators of Kunlun.
But Shen Cangyu is one of them.
"I knew it, you must be afraid of something." The disciple of the Hall of Good and Evil on the platform stared at Shen Cangyu and said righteously. Otherwise, why would she be in such a hurry to attack him and control his movements? She was afraid that he would use the Judge's Pen to expose her as a villain.
As disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil, their mission is to expose the identities of evildoers and punish them at all costs.
After her true nature was revealed, Shen Cangyu did not show any fear. Instead, she looked at the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil on the stage and said, "I competed with you according to the rules. I did not harm your life or injure you. On the contrary, you violated the rules of the competition even though it was over and suddenly attacked me. According to the rules of this competition, I am the good person and you are the evil person."
She looked at the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil on the stage and suddenly laughed, "Do you dare to use the 'Determine Good and Evil' technique on yourself once and see if you are a good person or an evil person?"
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