I rely on myself

Chapter 68: Lonely Journey
"Lin Yuan, I want to ask you, no, or should I say why you are desperately pursuing power."

When Qianyin asked this question, the expression on her face was very serious.

Although Qianyin initially met Yihui and others because of Lin Yuan, and now she feels very happy to be with everyone, she is also very confused about some of the issues.

That is exactly the endless pursuit of strength by Lin Yuan, Yihui, Stella and others.

Qianyin thought it was normal for Stella to do this. After all, she had unparalleled talent. In addition, Stella was the princess of a country, and it was Stella's own wish to protect her country. This was basically known to everyone who was familiar with Stella, so Qianyin could understand her constant pursuit of greater power.

Next is Ikki. Putting personal feelings aside, Chiyin still agrees with the Kurogane family's decision to prevent F-class swordsmen like Ikki from becoming knights. After all, F-class magic power is too scarce.

Even E-level magic can be hit by bullets and only cause scratches, but F-level magic is simply unable to withstand the power of bullets. This alone is enough for most people to agree that F-level magic should not be included in the scope of the Swordsman.

After all, not everyone can develop the same superb swordsmanship as Ikki. Although many people say that Ikki's talent is very poor, that is only his talent as a swordsman. If we only talk about his talent in martial arts, Ikki can be said to be a genius.

Otherwise, Ikki would not have been able to master such superb swordsmanship by secretly learning without any guidance.

When Ikki was facing various difficulties from the Ethics Committee, he finally had a duel with the student council president, Touka Toudou, even when he was extremely exhausted.

Qianyin wanted to persuade Yihui not to continue several times. After all, she didn't want to see her friend die like this.

But after seeing Ikki's expression at that time, Qianyin found herself unable to speak. Why? Qianyin herself didn't know why.

This question has troubled her for a long time, and after seeing Yihui being slashed by Lin Yuan today, Qianyin could no longer bear the doubts in her heart, so she came here to ask Lin Yuan.

Regarding Qianyin's doubts, Lin Yuan quickly understood what Qianyin meant.

"So in your opinion, Qianyin, we are pursuing power too much, and even disregarding our own lives for it, right?"

Lin Yuan summed up this sentence from Qianyin's confusion.

Qianyin also heard this and agreed: "Of course, isn't the pursuit of strength for the purpose of living a better life? If you lose your life, what's the point of having strong strength?"

Lin Yuan agreed with this statement very much, because this is exactly what a normal human being should know. The reason why people pursue strength, money, power, friendship, partner...all of these are due to one purpose, which is to live a better life.

Living a better life is what a normal human being does from birth to death, and all their actions are for this origin. That’s why Qianyin thinks that Lin Yuan and others disregard their own lives in pursuit of power, which is putting the cart before the horse.

But this is only the perception of a normal human being. Regardless of what Ikki and Stella think, Lin Yuan is quite self-aware and understands that his situation is very different from that of a normal human being.

After all, he lived as an ordinary human being in his previous life, but was suddenly reborn in this world, and suddenly connected to his selves in different worlds, so Lin Yun understood very well that his understanding of himself might be different from that of ordinary people.

"Qianyin, I understand what you said, but this does not mean that this is the path that everyone should choose."

When Lin Yuan said this, the expression on his face was more serious than ever before. Qianyin was also shaken by this.

'Indeed, ordinary happiness is what most people pursue.'

At this moment, Lin Yuan recalled his previous life as an ordinary person, the process of being born, studying, graduating, finding a job, going to work, etc. Although there were various troubles every day, generally speaking, they were not too serious problems, at least not to the extent that would cost him his life.

So Lin Yuan understood very well what this ordinary happiness was.

But it is precisely because of this that Lin Yuan can no longer accept such a life. Why? It's very simple. He is just lucky to have the opportunity to live a second life. No, if his own experiences in other worlds are added, then he doesn't know how many lives it would be.

With such special qualities, how could Lin Yuan continue to live this ordinary life? That would be a waste, an incomparable waste, a waste of such a life with almost infinite tolerance for error.

Although each self has a different self and personality, after each exchange of memories, they can gain different experiences from the memories of other selves. With such uniqueness, Lin Yuan still maintains the same ordinary life as in the previous life. Isn't that a waste?
"For some special reason, since I was born, I have had an extraordinary interest in paths other than the ordinary, and I even have the urge to abandon everything else for this."

Qianyin was terrified by Lin Yuan, not only because of his words, but also because while he was saying them, Lin Yuan revealed a ferocious smile. That smile could make people feel his endless greed.

Qianyin deeply realized at this moment that she had never really understood what Lin Yuan was pursuing.

Thinking of this, Qianyin mustered up the courage to ask: "Then Lin Yuan, what are you pursuing?"

After hearing this, Lin Yuan looked at Qianyin in surprise.

"I didn't expect you to ask me this question, Qianyin. You should know that you never asked this before."

"Don't interrupt me, answer my question quickly."

Looking at Qianyin's angry expression, although Lin Yuan found it very interesting, he still gave his answer.

“I’m not pursuing anything, I’m just moving forward.”

"go ahead?"

"Yes, moving forward, not for any goal, but simply moving forward on the road to becoming stronger. For me, this behavior is like eating and sleeping. It has become a part of my life."

Qianyin was very surprised when she heard this unexpected answer. After all, Lin Yuan's ferocious smile just now was still very clear in Qianyin's mind. But now Lin Yuan said that he had no goals. How could this not surprise people?

"Don't be so surprised, okay? I really don't have any goals. I just want to keep moving forward. Don't you think this goal is not enough?"

Hearing this, Qianyin understood what Lin Yuan's greed really was. It was just a desire to keep moving forward on the path to becoming stronger. However, it would not affect others or the world. He just simply wanted to keep moving forward. In comparison, it was a lonely journey with no end.

(End of this chapter)