A life of clearness

Chapter 606 Hypocrisy
The interior of the top floor of Juntian Tower is no different from what you see from the outside.

There is just one more Qin Xuanyi.

He was sitting cross-legged in the corner. When he heard the sound, he just looked up. When he saw it was Rong Qing, he was not surprised at all.

But Rong Qing was a little surprised, and then she understood.

Qin Xuanyi could take the torture of being locked up here and not knowing when he could get out calmly. Only when all his plans and hopes came to nothing did he instantly defeat this talented and powerful martial artist.

He's getting older.

Even though his body functions were still active and strong, his eyes were no longer sharp, and Rong Qing's arrival did not bring much ripples to this stagnant state.

"Why do you do this? Master, please help me solve this puzzle."

Qin Xuanyi sneered, too lazy to pretend. He glanced up at the white-clothed female cultivator in the distance. The pressure from her aura showed how powerful this newly promoted ninth-level incarnation cultivator was.

It's her, not him.

Qin Xuanyi said slowly: "Brother didn't tell you the reason? He dared to send you in without hesitation. Could it be that you were too soft-hearted and let me go?"

"Exactly."

"Too soft-hearted!" He clenched his right fist and slammed it on the wall behind him.

Rong Qing looked at the intact wall and spoke again: "Master, please help me solve my doubts."

"If you have any doubts, go ask your brother. I am no longer your master. Why should I help you solve your doubts?"

With messy hair covering his face, a pair of sinister eyes stared at Rong Qing coldly. It seemed as if the four masters and apprentices grilling and laughing happily on the lifting platform of the Jingzang Pavilion were all a dream.

"Is he Master's senior brother or my senior brother?" Rong Qing said slowly: "Even though the Sect Master hasn't mentioned it yet, I've been thinking about it these days. Among Master's disciples, the existence of the eldest brother is the most bizarre, and the existence of Senior Brother Xizi is the second most bizarre. The eldest brother is obviously very talented, and the sect should be happy about it, but they insist on suppressing him and making him shrink in the Taoist sect and not do anything out of line. Senior Brother Xizi has average talent and is not very enterprising in cultivation, but he became your disciple. Although you warned him, you often let him do what he wanted. Could it be that Senior Brother Xizi really has some extraordinary background?"

I am not a curious person, and I have no intention of prying into the past of my fellow apprentices. But what Master did before made it impossible for me to cover my eyes and pretend to be ignorant.

The person who can make Master take care of everything must be someone related to Heaven Devouring Daoist Master. Senior Brother Zhizheng, Senior Brother Xizi, who is Heaven Devouring Daoist Master's blood relative, or are they both?"

There was silence for a long time on the top floor of Juntian Tower. Rong Qing did not rush him and waited patiently for Qin Xuanyi to speak.

She had a premonition that the other party was going to reveal a huge secret.

Qin Xuanyi, who was sitting cross-legged in the corner, suddenly raised his head and banged his head against the wall behind him several times. A strange laugh spilled out, and he felt indescribably lonely and sad. The once powerful martial artist was now in such a state, and outsiders couldn't help but frown when they saw it.

"Senior Brother Tuntian... only has one son."

Qin Xuanyi finally spoke.

“That’s being upright.”

"This name was given by the Venerable Realm, and I don't like it very much. When Senior Brother Tuntian got into trouble, your eldest senior brother was just born, an ignorant baby, with no moral integrity or righteousness. Everything he has in this life was imposed on him by others. He is clearly just like Senior Brother Tuntian, with such ability, but no one allows him to stand out, no one allows him to stand out. He must stay in the Dao Sect forever to atone for Senior Brother Tuntian's sins, and he is not allowed to have a Daoist partner or children."

Chizheng has been to the most mysterious secret place in Qinghang Realm, called Shiwandashan.

Zhizheng had been to the most bustling market in Qinghang Realm, called Juntian Tower. He had been to the best places in Qinghang Realm, but none of them were free.

He used to be upright and full of vigor, and he overwhelmed the geniuses of the same level in the Juntian Tower. How proud he was.

But soon the reality made him stay quietly in a corner of Taoism, silently accepting the invisible shackles that had imprisoned him since birth.

"The sect master said that being able to save Zheng's life was a kindness from the Venerable Realm, and we should be grateful. Do you think this kindness is not hypocritical?"

"Hypocrisy." Rong Qing nodded: "But it is necessary. I have no way of guessing what Zunjie is thinking, but from the perspective of Senior Brother Zhizheng, since you have survived, then live well. There is still room for growth in the cracks..."

The Venerable Realm showed mercy once, but who knows if it will happen a second time? If you give up on yourself, then no one can save you.

Rong Qing suddenly stopped talking halfway.

He looked at Qin Xuanyi with doubt and uncertainty, and then slowly calmed down.

"I really didn't expect..."

"Oh?" He asked with interest.

"Master keeps saying that the Zunjie is hypocritical, but you are no worse than him."

"Tell me about it." Qin Xuanyi straightened up.

"You had planned for Senior Brother Zhizheng to become famous in Juntian Tower. You knew very well how outstanding Senior Brother was, and you also knew the reactions of the higher-ups of the various sects who knew about his fame. But you still let him go to Juntian Tower to show his talent. Senior Brother didn't understand at the time, but don't you understand the benefits and disadvantages? You did it on purpose."

"Why did I do that on purpose? I just couldn't bear it. I couldn't bear to see him remain unknown for the rest of his life. Even a moment of indulgence would be good."

"Yeah, what happens after you let him go?" Rong Qing sneered, "You will only be stricter in watching over Senior Brother Zhizheng. This is the strictness you want, so that he can only stay under your supervision. Holding him in your hands will bring you too many benefits. I shouldn't be the first person you choose to practice the Heaven-Swallowing Forbidden Technique. When it comes to the probability of the Heaven-Swallowing Daoist Master successfully taking over another body and returning, Senior Brother, as the Daoist Master's biological son, has a much higher probability than me."

Rong Qing pursed her lips, waiting for Mr. Qin to refute. Or rather, she hoped that he would refute.

But Qin Xuanyi laughed and said, "Who taught you these words?"

“No one taught me.”

"No one taught you, but you can think of this." Qin Xuanyi suppressed his smile: "Yu Rong, Yu Rong, you and I are the same kind of people. Don't think that the sect master's cultivation is higher than mine, they are all timid and stupid. What's the use of becoming a Taoist master? Except for Senior Brother Tuntian, who have you seen become a Taoist master? Among them, only Qing Huang was crowned a king, but she is still far from being a Taoist master."

Qin Xuanyi raised his palm upwards and tightened it slowly: "Heaven only gives cultivators this little, and the Venerable Realm takes nine out of this little. We have to fight for a way out, and we have to do whatever it takes."

"play hard?"

"You can be disdainful now and ignore the principles that your teacher taught you. When you run out of tricks, you will be even crazier than your teacher."

Qin Xuanyi looked at Rong Qing's indifferent back as she left and slowly closed his eyes.

He would never be wrong. The so-called gentleness and kindness were just a facade that deceived even herself, and deep down she was full of hypocrisy and cruelty.

(End of this chapter)