Stronger by Killing

Chapter 309 - 263: Heading to Bright Moon Gorge (Part 3)

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This pre-battle meeting of alliances lasted quite a long time, with the sect leaders discussing throughout the afternoon until evening before dispersing.

This afternoon,

Gu Zhan spent time accompanied by Nangong Weiyang and Sword One. Along the way, he met a few of Nangong Weiyang’s fellow disciples. As for Sword One, aside from Nangong Weiyang, he didn’t have any friends,

Nangong Weiyang did have friends, but because of Wei Zi’ang, and since this was the territory of Sword King City, none of them appeared, only a few prodigies from Qianyu Sect came to meet Gu Zhan.

However, Gu Zhan didn’t mind,

He was somewhat interested in meeting prodigies, but not greatly, encountering someone like Nangong Weiyang who matched his temperament was already quite rare.

By evening time,

The alliance meeting ended and the people from the various sects departed.

Sword One was socially anxious, so he accompanied Nangong Weiyang and Gu Zhan to the gate before slipping away and disappearing. Nangong Weiyang bid farewell to Gu Zhan and left with the Qianyu Sect leader.

Gu Zhan left in a carriage with Mo Jingzhou.

In the carriage, Mo Jingzhou asked with a smile: "Today you saw the prodigies from various sects, what did you think?"

Gu Zhan slightly shook his head and said, "I only met Nangong Weiyang and Sword One."

Then, Gu Zhan recounted the story involving Wei Zi’ang.

After listening, Mo Jingzhou chuckled and said, "No acquaintances, then no acquaintances. Connections and friends are ultimately auxiliary; truly standing firm in the Martial World depends on personal strength. As long as you’re strong enough, lacking friends you can still live easily in this Martial World, that is the essence."

Gu Zhan nodded.

Mo Jingzhou continued, "Furthermore, so-called friends, quality matters over quantity. A pack of fair-weather friends can’t compare to one who genuinely looks out for you; your judgment is not bad. Although Nangong Weiyang’s reputation in the Martial World isn’t good, she’s actually more reliable than most people,

Moreover, her personality is similar to yours, preferring to break rather than bend, favoring resolving matters with force. She bears the infamy of patricide, which makes her reputation worse than yours,

And that Sword One, although he seems timid, forming a friendship with him is actually quite good. He always considers others, though he claims not killing anyone, he never imposes his standards on others. Also, my Dao Heart is about to be complete, just lacking a catalyst, it would be intriguing to see what this catalyst exactly is, somewhat like the state of being able to become a Buddha or demon in a single thought."

Gu Zhan asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"

Mo Jingzhou replied solemnly, "Today was my first time seeing Sword One, I sensed from him a kind of impartial will, placing this will on ordinary people is no problem, but placing it on such a prodigious person is problematic.

This will has only two possibilities: one is being aimless, clearly Sword One is not this type of person. If he was, his Dao wouldn’t be so stable, so it must be the second one, ’All drunk while I alone am sober!’

This is very peculiar; Sword King City has such strong heritage, cultivation secret manuals, divine techniques, martial arts masters, unique prodigies, even Land Immortals, yet in such circumstances, Sword One can still remain impervious to any influence from right or wrong, light or darkness, clean or filthy, etc.,

Such will is pure and innocent like an infant, devoid of impurities. But there is a downside to such people; if his catalyst to perfect his Dao Heart is light, he will walk in light his whole life, becoming a Saint in the Human World. But if his catalyst is darkness, he will directly fall into Eternal Purgatory, becoming a demon in the Human World, very frightening!"

Gu Zhan slightly narrowed his eyes and said, "Sword King City should have measures to handle it, right?"

Mo Jingzhou nodded and said, "Otherwise, why would you think Sword King City instantly gave him such high status, Land Immortal personally appointed him as the next Sect Leader, immediately eradicating any vile schemes or filth from around him, ensuring he avoids all darkness."

Gu Zhan nodded.

Mo Jingzhou smiled and said, "Moreover, here’s a little gossip for you, during the sect leader alliance meeting today, it’s rumored that Qianyu Sect and Sword King City intend to arrange a marriage."

Gu Zhan raised his eyebrows and said, "Nangong Weiyang and Sword One?"

"You know?" Mo Jingzhou asked in surprise.

"It’s obvious," Gu Zhan said, "I’ve been with Sword One and Nangong Weiyang all day, Sword One is completely at Nangong Weiyang’s mercy, if there’s nothing going on between them, that’d be strange, right?"

Mo Jingzhou nodded and said, "Nangong Weiyang is a benefactor in Sword One’s life. Until age twenty, Sword One was just an ordinary person, waiting tables in a small tavern, unable to afford to marry. Without an accident, life would pass in monotonous normalcy.

He inadvertently saved the severely injured Nangong Weiyang, later trekking a thousand miles to help her escape Demon Dao’s pursuit. What transpired between them during this time remains unknown, but later Nangong Weiyang, to spare Sword One, left a Martial Arts Secret Manual and some cultivation resources for him and fled to lead the pursuers away.

It was precisely this manual left by Nangong Weiyang that successfully gave Sword One a chance to delve into martial arts, thus discovered by Sword King City, it was such twists of fate that inadvertently led a Sword Dao prodigy into the world."