If these words had been spoken out of anger or ridicule, they would have been easy to answer, but Chen Changsheng was seriously asking a question.
He truly did want to know the answer to this question.
When he saw Daoist Wu in the stone room and learned that Wang Zhice would appear, he had begun to ponder this question, but he had never been able to find an answer.
Since one side needed to retreat, why couldn't you retreat?
If retreat meant falling into the abyss and dying, why didn't you die?
Idealists who placed all living beings in the world above all were willing to shed their heads and spill their blood. Why couldn't they make this choice?
Wang Zhice didn't know how to answer this question.
In his long life, he believed that he had not been mediocre, but had made some contributions, done many things for the Human race.
And he believed that he had an immense benevolence towards the world.
So when he looked back on the past, he felt no regret, no shame. He was calm and confident.
Only when he heard these words today did he realize that they were just skins of dough that had been blown hard by the wind. They simply could not be cooked into true delicacies.
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Wang Zhice could not answer Chen Changsheng's question because he knew that it was a real question.
The others did not know that it was a real question, so they naturally believed that Chen Changsheng was humiliating Wang Zhice.
Thus, angry retorts and sharp questions rang out incessantly.
"Then why don't you die?"
"Your Holiness the Pope, you can also die!"
"Do you and the Holy Maiden add up to the Daoist respect? Are you more important than Lord Wang? "
From a realistic perspective, these words were very reasonable.
Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong were extremely talented in cultivation, but they were still very young and needed a lot of time to enter the Divine Domain.
Shang Xingzhou and Wang Zhice were legendary experts who had made their names many years ago.
If the Human race wanted to defeat the demons, the latter was naturally more important.
"My words are only related to reason, not to strength or weakness. Otherwise, Zhou Dufu would not have died back then."
Chen Changsheng's words caused the voices in the hall to gradually grow softer.
Even now, the entire continent was unable to determine whether Zhou Dufu was dead or alive, but countless guesses had been circulating over the centuries.
These rumors were often related to Wang Zhice, and they were extremely dark.
Wang Zhice seemed to think of something, his expression turning gloomy.
Chen Chang Sheng continued, "Some people think that the common people of the world are the most important, and that it is worth sacrificing countless people, and then they use this to ask me. That's why I asked that question. As for myself, I don't think that way, so I naturally don't need to answer this question."
These words were in response to those questions, and also for Wang Zhice to hear.
Wang Zhice was silent for a long time before he sighed, "In the end, it's just selfishness!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.
Chen Chang Sheng was silent for a while and said, "So it's selfishness."
Xu Yourong looked at him quietly. She knew that he was sad at this moment.
This wasn't the answer Chen Chang Sheng wanted to hear, although he should have already expected this before asking that question.
From the Hundred Herb Garden to the Mausoleum of Books, the stage was constantly changing, but it was still the same old plot.
There was nothing new under the starry sky.
But what would be the ending of the story this time?
If, unfortunately, there was no if.
After several hundred years, Wang Zhice once again appeared in front of the world.
How many people would still be willing to support Chen Chang Sheng and Xu You Rong?
The experts from the south said nothing, and the heads of the Mutuo clan and Wu clan were nowhere to be seen.
How many of those Li Palace priests and Orthodoxy cavalry loyal to Chen Chang Sheng still had the courage to raise their weapons when they learned that their opponent was Wang Zhice?
The Prince of Zhongshan coldly snorted, displeasure appearing on his face. The other princes, ministers, and Divine Generals, on the other hand, were clearly much more relaxed.
In their view, the outcome of today's battle was already extremely clear.
At this moment, several young people walked into the Mausoleum of Books.
They arrived in front of the Divine Path, met up with the elders of the Sword Hall, and then stood behind Xu Yourong.
In this entire process, they did not hesitate, did not discuss. Both their movements and expressions were extremely natural.
Xu Yourong faintly smiled at them.
Chen Chang Sheng nodded in greeting.
Wang Zhice had never seen these young people before, but he could guess that they were Gou Hanshi, Guan Feibai, and Bai Cai.
The Mount Li Sword Sect had been the vanguard of the Human race's resistance to the demons in the last several hundred years. It had an extremely good reputation and great influence.
Wang Zhice lived in seclusion, so he also knew of these things, but he did not know of the many things that had happened in the last few years.
When he saw that the Mount Li Sword Sect so firmly stood on Chen Chang Sheng and Xu Yourong's side, he couldn't help but be rather surprised.
The experts of the southern sects and the princes and ministers were even more shocked, or perhaps uneasy.
Gou Hanshi and the others were part of the extremely famous Divine Kingdom's Seven Laws, but they were still young. The elders of the Sword Hall were the true elite experts.
More importantly, their actions represented the will of the Mount Li Sword Sect Master.
The will of an expert of the Divine Domain was something that even Wang Zhice and Shang Xingzhou had to value.
Soon after, another expert of the Divine Domain stepped forward.
The chilly wind and snow fell on the pitch-black blade, but they did not melt, but stuck to it.
Hugging his blade, Wang Po said, "Chen Chang Sheng is right. If anyone should retreat, it should be you."
Even if Mao Qiuyu and Cao Yunping were present, they would still find it very difficult to endure the pressure Wang Zhice exerted.
The Mount Li Sword Sect Master had not personally come, perhaps for this reason.
But Wang Po made no attempt to conceal his support for Chen Chang Sheng, even seeming to be showing off his abilities.
The age of blooming wildflowers had begun with Wang Po.
Perhaps it was for this reason that the senior experts of the Human race all greatly admired him.
Other than Zhu Luo and Su Li.
Wang Zhice also greatly admired Wang Po, so he was even more confused.
He asked, "Why?"
Wang Po answered, "Because he is younger than all of you."
He arched his brows. "Younger?"
"To be young is to be correct."
Wang Po added, "Or perhaps, it's easy to become muddle-headed when one is old."
Wang Zhice replied, "Thinking too much truly will cause one to lose one's drive, but with the greater picture in front of us, we have no choice but to be cautious."
Wang Po asked, "When my clan was destroyed by the decree of Emperor Taizong, you said nothing. Was it also because of the greater picture?"
Wang Zhice arched his brows. He wanted to explain that he had already suspected His Majesty and no longer had any power over the court, and also … but when he saw Chen Chang Sheng's rather impoverished brows, he suddenly realized that this explanation was actually very meaningless. In the end, he could only bitterly laugh.
At this moment, Shang Xingzhou suddenly said something to Chen Chang Sheng.
"If you want to clearly see your master's intentions, just these words are not enough."
It was hard to understand what he meant.
But Chen Chang Sheng understood it, because this was his intention in the first place.
"Yes, so I've thought of a method that can help us clearly see what we really want."
"What method?"
"Since none of us is willing to retreat or die, and we still want to prove that we are correct, we have no choice but to fight."
"I thought we had always been on the battlefield."
"No, there are too many people on this battlefield."
"Everyone has a reason to fight."
"But this is ultimately our business. Why should we drag the whole world into it?"
Chen Chang Sheng looked at Shang Xingzhou and said earnestly, "Master, let's fight. We'll listen to whoever wins."
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(I would like to recommend the new book by the young woman Lian Sanyue! The title of the book is "I Came from an Old Friend", and the introduction is as follows: He is the least cool and domineering CEO in the history of presidents. His original intention is to live up to the common people and the delicacies, so his wish is to enjoy world peace and eat delicious food. She is the most cool and domineering secretary in the history of secretaries. Her goal is to defeat the CEO, defeat the CEO, defeat the CEO, defeat the CEO. But the problem at hand is that the white horse is not the white horse. Who on earth is this CEO? There is only one question that bothers her: Oh my God, is this the person I want to avenge? In fact, I've been thinking about this plot for two months, but I'm still not satisfied with it. I've revised it many times. It's not until I've written the last sentence that I'm finally satisfied. I feel relaxed, calm, and relieved. The most difficult days are over, and the bright future lies ahead. Let them fight. Let us love each other. Love you all.) (To be continued.)
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