Chapter 1700: Those Born as Humans Have No Faults, How to Abandon Those Without Faults?

Tianren Wushai has something to say?

He isn't going to chant a spell, is he!

Separated by a Chuandao Jing, the Five Domains' spectators all felt a wave of bad luck.

At this very moment, with Zhong Yuanzi’s repeated emphasis and Feng Zhongzui’s interpretation, everyone understood the true meaning of the "Xueshi Zhu."

From this perspective, looking at Tianren Wushai's ascent of Shenshan, everyone understood why this person was born inauspicious.

"Such a beautiful Guizhe Shenshan, after he came, it's all gone!"

"What was supposed to be a normal match, a normal start and a normal end, he had to interfere, causing everyone to lose control."

"Shou Ye was originally a very kind person. In the disputes over the Great Dao, they didn't make things difficult for each other, at least there was a bottom line. He repeatedly spared Qin Duan, Qiu Gu, and others... After he came, he killed them all."

"He probably helped Shou Ye before, but now he's morally blackmailing Shou Ye, forcing him to save him by putting himself in a dangerous situation, tying Shou Ye to the world's opposite side to be slowly roasted by fire. It's truly disgusting."

"He's weak, but he loves to show off. Shou Ye originally had no weaknesses, but now because of him, he has a weakness. He truly deserves to die."

"How can a body of decay still be alive? What is Cang Sheng Dadi waiting for? He wouldn't actually want to give him a chance to speak, would he?"

"Just shoot him dead!"

Among the Five Domains' spectators, some initially had a good impression of Tianren Wushai for saving Feng Zhongzui.

After understanding the Xueshi Zhu, they completely felt that this person was incomprehensible and should not even be alive.

Such an existence, even living, was a waste of heaven and earth spiritual energy. How could he be given the time and opportunity to cultivate to Half-Saint?

But nothing is absolute; a very small minority still chose to speak up for Tianren Wushai:

"There will eventually be a battle between Shou Ye and Ai Di. No one is so naive as to think that if Tianren Wushai isn't around, there won't be any casualties when they fight, right?"

"Crows have never been inauspicious birds. They merely kindly report bad news in advance. It's only because they reported too much that you misunderstood them as inauspicious, okay!"

This clearly angered the majority, who rained down curses on them:

"What kind of ghost beast possessed this speaker?"

"You're sick, man, you need to take medicine! There's actually someone siding with Tianren Wushai? What are you after? Do you want him to kowtow to you?"

"Can you bear it?!"

Naturally, no one dared to speak up anymore.

Feng Zhongzui, in front of the Chuandao Jing, could not hear the disputes in the Five Domains.

Even if he heard them, he wouldn't participate in the discussion or express his opinions.

His heart still held gratitude for Tianren Wushai's previous assistance, but it was limited to that.

If he were to approach him or support him because of it...

Feng Zhongzui did not dare.

Born into a noble family, after learning the truth, his greatest sincerity towards the Xueshi Zhu and the decaying body was to keep a respectful distance.

He could only try his best to ensure that he was fair, just, and open in his sermon, rather than distorting Tianren Wushai's words and actions with camera language. This was the absolute limit.

Ai Cangsheng was different.

As one of the original Three Emperors of the Shengong Dian.

He did not need to rely on the power of the White Robes, nor did he need to use the research results of the Red Robes; he was always the neutral party.

He was loyal to his own feelings and did not believe what he saw, heard, or rumors.

Even in Tianren Wushai, he had already seen the most sensitive aspects of the Five Domains: the decaying body, the Xueshi Zhu, and ghost beasts.

After Tianren Wushai spoke...

Ai Cangsheng pondered carefully. Ever since this person came to Shenshan, his thoughts seemed to have been influenced.

He had never had the right to "speak" in Ai Cangsheng’s presence. The arrow of the Xie Zui Gong had already been shot.

If not for Xu Xiaoshou, Tianren Wushai would have been extinguished in silence.

"Speak."

Ai Cangsheng was in the Eastern Domain.

Ai Cangsheng’s single-word reply, similar to how he usually spoke to Xi, caused the Spirit Refiners watching in the nearby cities to panic.

Even Zhong Yuanzi’s face showed urgency.

To deal with a decaying body, the first priority is to reduce all "interpersonal" elements such as dialogue and intimacy, and it is best to maintain "parallelism."

To deal with the Xueshi Zhu, the first priority is not to give it time. The longer the time drags on, the stronger the guiding power will naturally be.

Ai Cangsheng, why does he still not understand these principles?

If Tianren Wushai uses a trick, then all living beings in the hundred thousand li of mountains and rivers will face the disaster of annihilation!

"Wait..."

Zhong Yuanzi, wrapped in a headscarf, was about to speak when he felt a weight on his shoulder and was patted down to the ground.

He turned his head and saw Xu Xiaoshou.

Zhong Yuanzi was so startled that he immediately stepped back, creating some distance to show that he had not yet accepted the Xingjie Yufu and had no involvement with the Tianshang Yilou.

He didn't have that much courage!

"Am I some kind of lonely star of disaster, or are my hands dirty?" Xu Xiaoshou turned his hands over to look, then shook his head with a smile, and said to Elder Zhong:

"No matter who he is, he at least deserves the right to speak a few words, right?"

"If given a choice, who would want to become Tianren Wushai?"

"Would you?"

Zhong Yuanzi was choked speechless, his mouth agape.

He did not possess Xu Xiaoshou's strong empathy, nor could he put himself in Tianren Wushai's shoes to consider the problem.

He still felt repulsed by the decaying body and the Xueshi Zhu; this was a physiological feeling that could not be erased.

He believed that anyone who had spent time on Shenshan and understood the Five Great Unique Bodies would not rashly make a decision like Ai Cangsheng did at this moment.

Therefore, he could not understand Ai Cangsheng!

There was no time to waste!

For the sake of the common people, how could one Tianren Wushai be compared to billions of living beings, like an ox hair compared to the stars in the nine heavens?

"Cang Sheng Dadi, can this old man also be considered one of the common people under your Dao's eye?"

Not far away, Tianren Wushai, who had received Ai Cangsheng's approval, suddenly spoke, as if he hadn't heard the abrupt halt of the dissuasion nearby.

Zhong Yuanzi’s brows furrowed at the words, and he turned his gaze.

This person...

In front of the Five Domains' Chuandao Jing, everyone at this moment had almost the same expression as Zhong Yuanzi, all showing surprise.

In everyone's intuitive impression, Tianren Wushai was a madman.

His silence, his actions, his murderous nature, and his destructive roots combined to form the impression of a completely inhumane madman in everyone's minds.

No one had imagined that the first question Tianren Wushai would ask would be so humane.

Some even heard a hint of sorrow in his words.

At this moment, Tianren Wushai did not resemble the supreme Half-Saint who walked alone on Shenshan and annihilated Qin and Qiu; he resembled an old man in his twilight years, his life flickering like a candle in the wind.

He seemed to have been crushed by the burden he carried, and after dying once in the desert, he had barely regained a little emotion.

"Considered."

The Gui wood wheelchair landed on the pile of shattered mountains.

Ai Cangsheng, in his wheelchair, nodded slightly, still looking down from above, still as taciturn as ever.

What the Dao's Eye saw was that Tianren Wushai had indeed changed, fundamentally different from before.

Previously, his soul body, thought body, and various other aspects were completely chaotic and muddled, making communication impossible.

Now, from the orderly flow of the Dao around him, it could be seen that he had temporarily regained his clarity of mind.

His normal self yearned for normal communication.

"Cang Sheng Dadi, do those who have made mistakes deserve to be forgiven?"

This second question broke the silence in various parts of the Five Domains, and everyone began to discuss.

Some said "yes," others said "no."

Some said "it depends on the situation," at least starting from the size and magnitude of the mistake.

It was hard to imagine that Tianren Wushai would also possess such deep thought.

If he were an ordinary Half-Saint, he should also enjoy ordinary rights. At the very least, he shouldn't have been almost shot dead in the Western Domain by Cang Sheng Dadi upon their first meeting, should he?

"Yes, right?"

Feng Zhongzui murmured, feeling that those who make mistakes can be "forgiven," whether they should accept "punishment" is another matter.

"Yes."

Ai Cangsheng's answer was not ambiguous; on the contrary, it was resolute.

He did not know what Tianren Wushai wanted to ask, so he could only proceed from this question—people are born with the "qualification" to be forgiven; the rest depends on the situation.

"Then..."

Tianren Wushai was affirmed twice, and a faint light appeared in his listless, drooping eyes beneath the mask.

This time, however, he waited a long time before daring to ask:

"Should someone born with a mistake die?"

Zhong Yuanzi’s ears involuntarily twitched, and then his scalp began to tingle.

Everyone in front of the Five Domains' Chuandao Jing understood at this moment what Tianren Wushai wanted to ask.

Destiny cannot be changed.

And a unique body is fate!

He was born with a decaying body, and a decaying body represents a lonely star of disaster. He was originally not at fault, but because of this, he committed many mistakes. Should he be forgiven?

The Five Domains exploded with discussion.

Ai Cangsheng, however, fell silent, unable to speak.

Xu Xiaoshou saw Tianren Wushai's true heart for the first time and couldn't help but be impressed.

He somewhat understood why Tianren Wushai wanted to go to Shenshan.

It wasn't because of the Half-Saint status, nor because of himself, but because of Ai Cangsheng.

Cang Sheng Dadi represents the supreme, the straightforward, and even more, the will recognized by most of the common people!

If these questions from Tianren Wushai were thrown to the Dao Hall Master, with a casual kick of the ball, the flashy old Dao could kick it to the outer heavens.

It was useless for him to ask himself.

Xu Xiaoshou knew he couldn't represent anything.

His experience was very shallow, and he couldn't even give a clear answer. At this moment, even if he asked himself, he wouldn't find a reason.

In the vast Five Domains, the only one who could truly make Tianren Wushai "question his heart" was Ai Cangsheng.

But Ai Cangsheng was stumped.

Tianren Wushai didn't wait for his answer and changed the question:

"Or rather, should a person born with a mistake 'be born'?"

A question that strikes at the heart, linked one after another.

Those who didn't understand couldn't comprehend what Tianren Wushai was asking with this one question and two ways of asking it—weren't they the same?

Those who understood...

Xu Xiaoshou took a deep breath.

Far beyond this battlefield of questioning the heart, by the side of Guizhe Shenshan, separated by a domain, Fang Wenxin sighed deeply.

How to answer?

Unable to answer!

Fang Wenxin had seen early on that Tianren Wushai was possessed by a ghost beast.

If Tianren Wushai's questions were asked to the Red Robes of thirty years later, to Rao Yaoyao, to Yue Gongli, the answers would all be "should die," "should not have been born"!

But he was asking Ai Cangsheng of thirty years ago!

Ai Cangsheng, of course, knew about the Red Robes and had personally witnessed how the Red Robes had decayed from their original state, gradually becoming a research tool for "Taixu Zhi Li."

Was this not good?

The research after the initial Red Robes benefited many people.

It gave higher combat power to those in the Wangzuo Daojing and Zhan Dao, allowing them to better protect more people.

Was this absolutely good?

Not absolutely!

At least after the initial Red Robes, due to "research" and the excessive pursuit of "Taixu Zhi Li."

The Red Robes' attitude towards ghost beasts gradually evolved into complete annihilation.

Rather than protecting certain ghost beasts—not to say they were kind, but at least those temporarily harmless to the continent—even if it meant filling the White Shadow Copper Coins until they became Blood Shadow Copper Coins.

Fang Wenxin had searched his entire life and failed to find an answer, or rather, he couldn't obtain or grasp the correct answer.

Tianren Wushai's question was not without an answer.

But how could Ai Cangsheng answer?

Would he deny the will of the Five Great Sacred Emperor Families?

Would he deny the achievements of the Red Robes over the past thirty years?

Would he deny his own identity as a "Dao Protector," deny that he could sacrifice a small number of people to achieve the Great Dao for the majority?

The battle of the Great Dao was bloodless.

If Ai Cangsheng directly gave the answer Tianren Wushai wanted, his Dao would collapse!

"What do you want to say?"

For the first time, Ai Cangsheng did not give a direct answer. Instead, he stared intently at the person in front of him with his Dao's Eye.

He could see all the Dao principles Tianren Wushai had cultivated throughout his life beneath the orange robe's hood and the orange Yanwang mask—everything!

Yet he could not see through Tianren Wushai's heart.

"Hoo..."

"Hoo hehehe..."

"Hoo hehehe, hahahaha..."

Tianren Wushai laughed miserably, his puppet-like head hanging, shaking and swaying incessantly.

His laughter grew increasingly sharp and grating.

Suddenly, it seemed to plunge into a chasm, and he could no longer control himself, emitting demonic qi all over.

"Even you, hoo hehehe..."

"Even Cang Sheng Dadi, dare not answer this question directly..."

Disappointment!

Complete and utter disappointment!

Everyone in front of the Five Domains' Chuandao Jing held their breath, seeing madness in Tianren Wushai once again, and a clear, distinct despair!

"Doesn't feel good..."

Someone suddenly remembered Zhong Yuanzi's words.

Until this moment, everyone felt that Elder Zhong was right.

Tianren Wushai must not be given time; from the very beginning of his appearance, he had to be shot down, shot dead.

The longer he lived, the more unnerving he became!

Yet, surprisingly, Tianren Wushai did not run amok or go mad.

He quickly stopped his disappointed laughter, raised his head, and pressed the question:

"Ai Cangsheng, you claim to be a 'Dao protector,' protecting the Five Domains of the continent, embracing seven or eight out of ten."

"You know that nothing in the world is absolutely perfect, adhering to relative justice, yet you are waiting for the appearance of a perfect 'ten'."

"Aren't you contradicting yourself?"

"Who can become 'ten'? Sheng Nu? Xu Xiaoshou? Ba Zun'an? Or all of your Ten Esteemed Seats?"

Tianren Wushai raised his hands, spreading them open, and said sorrowfully:

"None."

Ai Cangsheng's face was calm, without ripples, completely unmoved by these heart-piercing words.

Tianren Wushai continued:

"This old man passed by Shenshan, originally thinking that the Dao Hall Master could not give me an answer, because he had already done so."

"The world cannot give me an answer, because the world is already operating this way."

"But when I passed the Chuandao Jing, I heard your declaration to the continent, your straightforwardness, your sincerity, your yearning for the 'Dao'."

"Everyone says you are the 'Arrow of Judgment,' and this old man believed it, so I came to seek this question, but you dare not answer?"

He paused, then, in front of the shattered mountain heap, the wheelchair, and the lofty Cang Sheng Dadi, he shouted heavily:

"This old man asks you again, should someone born with a mistake be born?"

"Answer me, or kill me!"

Tianren Wushai puffed out his chest, his voice hoarse, pale, and tearing:

"I came to Shenshan, yearning for death!"

His voice was like thunder, shaking people's hearts.

The Five Domains' spectators were all startled by his shout. The Chuandao Jing's image focused on Cang Sheng Dadi, who remained silent.

Tianren Wushai angrily clenched his fists, as if to crush something, both collapsed and helpless:

"You dare not answer, yet you dare to give a definition?"

"With one sentence, you defined 'relative,' describing 'relative perfection' as 'absolute perfection.' Have you ever considered the feelings of those in the gray area?"

"Because they cannot speak, you do not consider them?"

"Because they are in the gray area, the Dao's Eye can see them, but the world cannot, so they can also not be considered?"

"Yes..." Tianren Wushai's voice weakened, and he said tragically:

"For so many years, only this old man became a Half-Saint."

"And it was only by accident that I entered the sight of your bright world. Why bother considering more?"

"Gray opinions, dark voices, are all noise, right..."

Tianren Wushai looked around blankly, finally looking at Xu Xiaoshou, his helpless eyes full of inquiry:

"How can one awaken someone who is pretending to sleep?"

You can't wake up someone pretending to sleep or be deaf, unless with a fist... Xu Xiaoshou slowly closed his eyes, silently turned his gaze, and looked at Ai Cangsheng.

Ai Cangsheng opened his mouth but still said nothing.

Tianren Wushai waited for a moment, then once again let out a "hehe" chuckle of laughter, raising his hand from afar and respectfully saying to the top:

"You reside atop Shenshan, and even now, descending to the Eastern Domain, your position is above ours."

"The chair you sit on emits the clear fragrance of Gui wood. Behind you can be the magnificent Sheng Huan Dian, or the vast and peaceful land of eternal peace."

Tianren Wushai shook his head, laughing sadly.

His ghostly qi and demonic qi burst forth, crisscrossing, and he bowed and roared:

"I can't!"

"I am in dire straits, emitting the foul stench of decay, performing uncontrollable and spirit-disturbed actions, and even my back! My back!"

He paused.

The Five Domains' Chuandao Jing zoomed out.

At this moment, the scene behind Tianren Wushai was the same as when he ascended to the halfway point of Shenshan.

Behind him, plants withered, gray mist formed, a scene of decay and desolation, devoid of any vitality.

"My back is no longer light..."

He took a deep breath, seemingly trying to muster the courage to roar a few more times.

He failed; all that remained was a sigh:

"Justice is above your head, judgment is on your bow. The Dao's Eye will radiate dawn across the Five Domains, and everything will flourish."

"But you can't see me..."

"I, in the shadows, shall forever enjoy the night."

Tianren Wushai sighed long and mournfully, as if something had been touched. Finally, he looked up again, asking with hope:

"Ai Cangsheng, I ask you one last time."

"Should someone born with a mistake 'be born'?"

The Five Domains fell into complete silence.

The Chuandao Jing seemed about to shatter from such a heart-piercing question; even the image was trembling slightly.

Feng Zhongzui's hands trembled, just as the hearts of the Five Domains trembled, and just like Ai Cangsheng's eyes at this moment, his Dao's Eye.

Ai Cangsheng opened his mouth, wanting to speak but hesitating.

The answer seemed very hot, wriggling back and forth in his throat, and after burning through his windpipe, it finally came out:

"There is no 'should' or 'should not'."

"The one at fault is not the one born human; the fault lies with the initiator of all this."