Now it seems that just throwing it away so casually can also turn into disaster.
Xu Chong felt very hurt, and at the same time, he thought of another question.
Why should the water ghost spare no effort to help him?
Could it be...
Xu Chong hesitated and asked: "Are you Xu Youan?"
"...Why do you think so?"
The water ghost was stunned for a moment, and his tone suddenly became a bit frivolous, as if he couldn't hold back his laughter.
"If it weren't for Xu Youan, why would you help me like this?"
Xu Chong frowned and said in a deep voice: "Although Sun Yourong and Zhou Ze both said that Xu Youan is dead, apart from him, I can't think of anyone else you could be."
"If he is still here, I really want to see his expression at this time."
The water ghost shook his head and laughed, saying: "Sun Yourong and the others are right. Xu Youan is really dead. I saw it with my own eyes. You don't need to doubt it anymore."
"Dead..."
Xu Chong was stunned and even more puzzled, "What is your relationship with him? And why do you want to help me?"
"Relationship... Well, he treats me as a friend, and I treat him as an opponent?"
The water ghost said that he was a little unsure, and then said in a slightly helpless tone, "Anyway, it's almost the same if it's not like this. As for why I'm helping you... this is a deal between me and Xu You'an."
"Deal?"
Xu Chong was speechless.
This seems to be the second rebel who has a close relationship with Mr. San.
And...opponent?
What kind of opponent?
Isn’t it about martial arts?
"I know what you want to ask, but my acquaintance with him was by chance. Most of the things you don't know, I don't know either."
After saying that, the water ghost waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, children should stop asking about adults' matters. Let's get back to the main point."
Xu Chong: "..."
If he hadn't really been unable to defeat him, he would have really wanted to take off the water ghost's hat.
"When I say you have a mental problem, I'm not being alarmist."
The water ghost's tone became serious, "Zhang Youde was fine that time, but this time is the worst."
"After destroying Fu and Wei's ability to resist, your most correct approach is to extract as much information as possible, check for omissions in the entire plan, and then kill them."
"But you chose the stupidest way and used such an important opportunity to show off your power."
"Do you know how risky this is?"
"I think you knew, but you did it anyway."
"Because you realize something is wrong with you, but you don't know exactly what is wrong, so you can only use this method to try to alleviate it."
After finishing speaking, the water ghost sighed quietly, "But ask yourself, is this really useful?"
"..."
Xu Chong remained silent.
"It seems that you have agreed with my point of view, let's continue."
The water ghost nodded, considered for a moment and said: "According to my guess, your mental state problem is caused by two reasons. The first one is the contradiction between conscience and words and deeds."
"Conscience and words and deeds?"
Xu Chong murmured, his eyes a little strange, "How should I say?"
"You think that your actions and pursuits are not worthy of being respected by the people, let alone being repaid by them."
"That's why the suspension failed."
"That's why you deliberately alienated the people after you became a historian."
The water ghost didn't leave any room, and directly pulled out Xu Chong's deepest emotions buried in his heart, and exposed them nakedly to the public.
But Xu Chong became more and more puzzled the more he listened.
There is nothing wrong with what the water ghost said. If he is still the same Xu Chong, then this point can indeed be established.
But he is not.
It's not like he did the hanging beam.
As for the subsequent deliberate alienation from the common people... it was simply a desire to get rid of the original persona.
Okay, okay, okay.
After putting all the responsibilities on the original person, Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief, but his face remained solemn: "It's our nature, there's nothing we can do about it, you'd better say the second thing..."
"It's nature like this?!"
The water ghost interrupted sharply, "You still think you did the right thing?"
Xu Chong choked at the sudden severity and said weakly: "Isn't it right..."
"You!"
The water ghost pointed at Xu Chong, who seemed to be very angry. He coughed for a moment and then put it down slumped, "Forget it, I can't decide whether it is right or wrong. Let me tell you about your father."
"He?"
When Xu Chong heard this, he immediately cheered up.
"You should have learned about his deeds in Canglong from Sun Yourong."
The water ghost's tone was a little low, with a hint of nostalgia, "As far as I know, when the people supported him, they regarded him as their reborn parent. When they hated him, they cursed him to death day and night."
"But he never wavered from the beginning to the end and always went his own way."
"I asked him why he was like this, and he said that he was just doing what he wanted to do and what he thought was right. How the people treat him is the people's business."
"I didn't understand it at the time until he abandoned the people of Canglong County without hesitation and chose to die to save you."
"Always do what you think is right at the moment, give up when you have to, have a beginning and an end, and don't be moved by external things."
"I think this is called true conscience."
Unity of knowledge and action?
Xu Chong thought thoughtfully, "I probably understand what you mean."
"That's good."
The water ghost nodded with satisfaction and continued, "The second reason is related to your martial arts realm, and this reason will aggravate the first reason... Are you now at the fourth level of Tongmai? Or fifth level?"
"Fivefold."
Xu Chong speaks out.
"This is the biggest problem."
The water ghost nodded, "In fact, state of mind can also be regarded as a state. The reason why it is not taken out separately is because under normal circumstances, state of mind exceeds strength."
"Normal situation?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows.
"Normal people improve their strength very slowly. No matter how talented they are, their mental state will grow faster than their strength."
The water ghost explained patiently, "But you are different. The foundation Xu Youan laid for you is too good, which causes you to practice too fast and your strength grows far beyond your state of mind."
"Strength exceeds state of mind...isn't it bad?"
Xu Chong was a little puzzled.
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In his opinion, strength is real power, something that is necessary for a life and a stable life. It has nothing to do with one's state of mind.
"Don't you feel that all the good and evil thoughts you have toward people are being multiplied invisibly?"
The water ghost asked back.
"This..."
Xu Chong was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed wildly.
He remembered something... when he saw the cats and dogs shot by the blood-clad guards, he actually had the urge to avenge them!
I didn't take it seriously at the time, I just thought that the blood-clad guard should die if he killed him without telling me, but now that I think about it...
Xu Chong had a cold war, "What should I do to change this situation?"
"Cultivate your moral character, slow down the improvement of your martial arts realm, and try not to fight with others."
The water ghost answered.
Xu Chong remained silent.
If he had a choice, he wouldn't want to improve so quickly.
How good would it be to store spiritual sources for immortality?
But the problem is that there will always be various people and various things that force him to improve.
After thinking for a while, Xu Chong said: "I will try my best not to break through, but there must be a end, right? When can I let go of the suppression?"
"It depends on you to feel it specifically. When do you feel that your mind is clear and harmonious, and when can you break through the meridians?"
"The mind is clear and harmonious..."
Xu Chong chewed carefully and didn't quite understand these two words.
"In the short term, the attention of the court and Taiping Dao will be focused on the disappeared Wei Wuxie. You have a long time to solve this problem."
"Besides, if you don't have a noble status, why would you break through to Tongmai? You can't show it."
The water ghost stood up and walked towards the door, "Remember, try not to do anything if you can."
Xu Chong's eyes moved slightly, almost instinctively, taking this opportunity to see the appearance of the water ghost.
An extremely unfamiliar face with a short beard. He is probably forty or fifty years old.
Just by looking at her face, it matches this outfit very well...
It's a pity that it's really not Xu Youan.
Xu Chong was slightly disappointed. When the water ghost came to the door, he stood up and shouted: "How can I find you?"
"Looking for me?"
The water ghost paused, then slowly turned around, his eyes seemed to have passed through the bamboo hat, and fell on Xu Chong's face, "I have said everything I should say, what do you want from me?"
"You helped me so much, and I want to help you too if I have the chance."
Xu Chong did not dodge and met this gaze.
Time passes slowly.
After a long time, the water ghost sighed: "You... just want to kill me that much?"
"Kill you?"
Xu Chong smiled and shook his head repeatedly, "You have helped me so much, how could I want to kill you?"
"No need to deny it."
The water ghost said calmly, "From the beginning to now, even if I clearly expressed my intention, you have never given up on looking for an opportunity to kill me."
"Really not."
Xu Chong's smile disappeared, and his expression became colder little by little: "I have Wu Xiangyi now, if the time is right..."
"To get rid of household registration, your first choice should be Sun Yourong, who you trust more, not me."
The water ghost was unmoved at all and turned his back again.
This action completely stimulated Xu Chong.
A hoarse voice that seemed to come from Jiuyou squeezed out word by word from his throat: "You...shut...your mouth..."
Xu Chong slowly stooped down, his face began to distort, and soon he lost his normal appearance.
Immediately afterwards, a huge roar blurted out.
"Shut up!!!"
"I said I didn't want to kill you, so I definitely didn't want to kill you!!"
"You just need to believe it, why do you want to refute me?!!"
"How dare you contradict me twice?!!"
"Do you really want to die that much?"
"Hmm——?!"
With the word 'um' full of threats and murderous intent, Huanghuang's divine power suddenly rose and poured down overwhelmingly.
Xu Chong was on all fours, staring at the back of the door with his scarlet eyes, like an uncivilized beast.
"Is it serious enough...even I feel threatened?"
The water ghost looked back, as if he was not affected by that majesty at all.
After a moment, he shook his head and stepped lightly.
"It doesn't matter, whether Xiangyi is here or not, you don't need me to take care of you from now on."