“Unity itself is the best weapon!” The young man clearly had no idea what Master Sun was thinking and continued his smug analysis.
“A small group of dozens of martial artists should count as a considerable force even in Sin City, right?”
“That’s right.” Lin Xiu nodded again in affirmation.
“Since that’s the case, things will be simple from here on.” A confident smile curled at the corner of the young man’s lips.
“You can find a place to stay, then release the message that you won’t provoke anyone who leaves you alone. Once the three-year period ends, you’ll leave. That way, no one should take the initiative to provoke you, and you can spend the three years eating, drinking, and having fun.”
Afterward, the young man looked at Lin Xiu expectantly, as though waiting for the other party’s praise.
“You’re thinking about this far too simply.” Before Lin Xiu could speak, Master Sun refuted him.
A trace of confusion flashed through the young man’s eyes. He looked at his teacher, then turned his gaze toward Lin Xiu.
“You really are thinking about this too simply.” Lin Xiu smiled and acknowledged Master Sun’s viewpoint.
“You still don’t understand Sin City well enough, and you don’t understand human nature well enough either.”
“A large portion of the people in Sin City are criminals. The reason they hid in Sin City was to evade pursuit by the Night Watch Division and the Dragon Guard.”
“Another portion offended people they shouldn’t have offended in the outside world. They hid in Sin City to escape their enemies’ pursuit. They had long since become frightened birds. At the slightest unusual occurrence, they would tense up and find a way to eliminate every uncontrollable factor!”
“What do you mean?” A trace of confusion showed in the young man’s eyes.
“Let me put it this way: if you followed the method you described, you wouldn’t survive ten days in Sin City!”
“Why?” The young man remained unconvinced and argued, “We have dozens of martial artists. Even if they’ve only undergone Awakening and have no real combat experience, they are still genuine Level 1 Martial Artists. If they made a reckless move, they would suffer heavy losses even if they won. The losses would outweigh the gains.”
Lin Xiu smiled and shook his head, then patted The other party’s Shoulder. In the tone of a senior instructing a junior, he said, “The moment you said, ‘If no one offends me, I won’t offend anyone,’ you had already placed yourself at a disadvantage.”
“If you said nothing and did nothing, perhaps you could survive a little longer. But the moment you said that, you could no longer survive ten days in Sin City.”
Upon hearing this, the group of young people fell into deep thought. Some had even begun whispering among themselves.
However, Master Sun seemed to realize something and said, “You mean that if they say nothing, the others won’t know their background and won’t dare to make a reckless move.”
“That’s right.” Lin Xiu took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. After a deep drag, he said, “True Experts never need to Explain themselves or proclaim that if no one offends them, they won’t offend anyone.”
“As long as you’re strong enough, you can wait until someone offends you, then repay them with Thunderous methods. There’s no need to Speak much.”
“But even if you say nothing, they can investigate you over time. Once they figure out your background, they’ll still make a move against you.” The young man pondered before speaking.
“You’re right about that. That’s why I said earlier that saying nothing could let you live longer. I never said you could spend three years in Sin City safely.”
“Then how did you do it?” This time, the young man asked the Question everyone, including Master Sun, had been wondering about.
Lin Xiu exhaled an irregular smoke ring and said with a smile, “It’s very simple.”
“Kill people!”
“Kill people?”
“That’s right. Everyone knows that good people fear evil people, but what kind of people do evil people fear?” Lin Xiu posed another strange Question.
This time, the young man had become wiser. He did not answer, because he Knew that any answer he gave would most likely be wrong.
Seeing that no one answered, Lin Xiu stopped keeping them in suspense and answered his own question: “What evil people fear are those more evil than themselves!”
“The law of survival in Sin City has never been ‘If no one offends me, I won’t offend anyone.’ It is using evil to suppress evil and violence to stop violence!”
“Killing two people makes you more evil than them?” A young man behind Master Sun curled his lip in disdain.
“Killing two is certainly not enough.” Lin Xiu Stared at the young man who had spoken. A sinister smile curled at the corner of his lips, sending chills down one’s spine.
“So, on my first day in Sin City, I killed more than three hundred people indiscriminately, then chopped off their heads and hung them at the Entrance to our residence.”
Upon hearing this, even Zhao Qingqing, who had not taken part in the conversation, raised her head and knitted her brows.
“Lin Xiu, what do you mean by indiscriminate killing?”
“It means I took people with me and walked around Sin City. I killed anyone I disliked and anyone who disliked me.”
“Madman! You’re a complete madman!” The young man Lin Xiu had Stared at spoke, his voice filled with terror.
“The students of Magic City Martial University have this level of mental fortitude?” Lin Xiu looked at Master Sun with a puzzled expression.
“Ahem, ahem.” Master Sun coughed twice in embarrassment, then discreetly glared at the young man.
“Lin Xiu, your method may intimidate the people of Sin City, but it remains unacceptable. A disciple of the Night Watch Division must not kill innocents indiscriminately.”
Hearing this, the young people behind him regained their energy and echoed him:
“Master Sun is right. Even someone who isn’t a disciple of the Night Watch Division must not kill innocents indiscriminately. Otherwise, how are they different from a Demonic Beast?!”
“That’s right. Someone like that doesn’t deserve to enter Magic City Martial University!”
“Someone like that will tarnish the reputation of our Magic City Martial University!”
……
“Master Sun.” Lin Xiu looked directly at Master Sun and interrupted the group’s discussion. His voice was neither servile nor overbearing, and he held his back ramrod straight!
“Three years ago, when I first arrived in Sin City, I saw several burly men wantonly humiliating a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old girl on a Sin City street. I couldn’t bear to watch, so I ordered my people to rescue her.”
At this point, Lin Xiu paused, then asked, “Master Sun, do you know her identity?”
“That—” Master Sun shook his head.
“Her name was Xu Xiaowan, and her father was a squad leader of the Thunder Guard, a third-level martial artist.”
“The Thunder Guard?”
“That’s right!” Lin Xiu lit another cigarette. Ignoring the others’ anxious looks, he continued, “It was the Thunder Guard within the Dragon Guard.”
“He was merely passing through Sin City with his daughter when they encountered danger. As a Third-level martial artist, he should have been strong enough to escape Sin City with her.”
“But because he refused to kill innocents indiscriminately, he died at the hands of an eleven- or twelve-year-old boy.”
“What?!”
“Don’t be surprised. Sin City makes no distinction between men and women, the young and the old. In Sin City, anyone who can move can kill!” Lin Xiu tossed his cigarette butt onto the ground and crushed it underfoot. Then he smiled and said, “Everyone, if it were you, would you rather let your relatives and friends suffer such abuse, or would you rather kill innocents indiscriminately as I did?”
“Who can answer me?”