21: The weak crave the mercy of the strong, while the strong embody true iron will!

"I didn't shake my head because I fear the Ye Family." Gu Qingchen saw through Sha Xie Haji's thoughts at a glance and said calmly, "It's because you are not worthy of being my slave."

"Not worthy?" Sha Xie Haji was dazed for a moment.

He, the dignified son of the Clan Chief of the Subterranean Demon Race, and a fairly well-known Genius in the Cave World, was actually not even worthy of being someone's slave?

Without the Subterranean Demon Race, was he nothing at all?

"The weak crave the pity of the strong, while the strong embody true iron-blooded ruthlessness." At this moment, Gu Qingchen's voice jolted him from his daze: "This world is governed by the law of the jungle. If you only yearn for the rescue and help of others, you are simply not worthy of being my slave."

"Then... then what should I do?" After hearing these words from Gu Qingchen, Sha Xie Haji was less dazed, but still felt lost.

"What to do?" Gu Qingchen chuckled upon hearing this: "Become stronger, of course!

Weakness is the root of all evil; strength is the only truth.

Otherwise, even if I help you this time, when you encounter the same situation in the future, you will still only be able to beg for pity. You must know that the greatest tragedy in the world is watching a tragedy unfold while being powerless to stop it."

"The greatest tragedy is watching a tragedy unfold while being powerless to stop it... Weakness is the root of all evil; strength is the only truth..." As Sha Xie Haji muttered these words, his eyes gradually became firm.

"I understand. My Lord, please accept me! I, Sha Xie Haji, will become strong under your guidance, and eventually, with my own hands... take my revenge!"

"Very good." Gu Qingchen smiled with satisfaction.

Sha Xie Haji's talent was decent, but his Heart-Nature was somewhat lacking. Now that he could change his mindset and firm up his will, he could be accepted.

Gu Qingchen pointed his finger, and countless Spiritual Qi gathered into a spiritual inscription contract, which merged into the center of Sha Xie Haji's forehead. "From now on, you shall be called Gu Xie."

"Gu Xie thanks Master for the name!" Gu Xie prostrated himself, performing three kowtows and nine prostrations.

"Just call me Young Lord." Gu Qingchen waved his hand and said, "Let's go, follow me to see what trickery Ye Wushuang is up to."

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"The greatest tragedy is watching a tragedy unfold while being powerless to stop it..." In the Secret Realm Small World, Old Man Han whispered softly, his entire body emitting an aura of withered silence.

Even the entire Secret Realm Small World was affected; the scene of bright spring days and fragrant birds and flowers disappeared, replaced by dark clouds covering the sky, purple lightning streaking across the air, and jet-black Void Realm cracks flashing by from time to time!

It was truly a scene of the apocalypse.

Nearby, the Ye Family Protector was infected by the wisps of withered silence, and he actually felt as if his Lifespan was drying up and he was about to pass away!

"Han... Old Man Han!" "Hmm?" Old Man Han emerged from his memories and noticed the condition of the Ye Family Protector.

With a thought, a crystal-clear, multi-colored divine radiance condensed within the Secret Realm Small World. In an instant, the Ye Family Protector felt a craving from the depths of his Soul and the Origin of his body. Touch it! Swallow it! No matter what, he had to swallow it!!

Endless craving welled up from the bottom of the Ye Family Protector's heart. Even with his Saint King state of mind, he almost couldn't help but rush up and swallow it in one gulp, as if that divine radiance was the most delicious thing in the world.

Immediately, Old Man Han pointed his finger, and the divine radiance shot toward the Ye Family Protector's forehead. In an instant, the Ye Family Protector's constantly decaying aura stabilized, and vigorous vitality erupted within his body, fully replenishing his lost life force.

"Many thanks to Old Man Han for saving my life." The Ye Family Protector became even more respectful. He had a deeper understanding of Old Man Han's strength.

Just a hint of inadvertently leaked emotion could have caused him to almost dissipate his Dao; this was definitely not something that could be achieved in the Saint Emperor Realm, not even at the Great Perfection of the Saint Emperor Realm.

"I didn't expect this Old Man Han to actually be a Supreme!" The Ye Family Protector was extremely shocked: "And what virtue or ability does that Gu Qingchen have to make a Supreme act as his guardian?"

That was a Supreme! With strength that stood almost at the very peak of the entire world, creating objects from the Void Realm, reversing Yin and Yang, opening heaven and earth, creating life, mastering time and space... these were all methods of the Supreme Realm.

Even in the entire Xuantian Holy Land, such great existences were rare. Most of them, like their Ye Family's Old Ancestor, were self-sealed within divine sources, becoming the foundation of the Holy Land.

"It's nothing." Old Man Han didn't care about the Ye Family Protector's thoughts and waved his hand casually, clearly no longer in high spirits. Even the seven treasures heaven-returning wine in front of him didn't smell as fragrant anymore.

The Ye Family Protector was also very perceptive, understanding that Gu Qingchen's words just now had stirred up some bad memories for Old Man Han. The two watched the projection in silence. As Gu Qingchen took Gu Xie deeper, the Ye Family's plot was finally exposed to Old Man Han's eyes.

"Blood Spirit Mending Heaven Array?" Old Man Han frowned slightly: "Your Ye Family has actually been secretly pulling some strings in the underground world of this Canglan Continent."

In the projection, Gu Qingchen led Gu Xie into the Forbidden Land of the Fiends, and in an instant, it was as if they had broken into the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

Countless corpses of the Subterranean Demon Race were piled up like mountains; it was truly a scene of corpses strewn everywhere and rivers of blood flowing. Rolling resentment, Evil Qi, and fierce energy... gathered together, turning the entire Forbidden Land of the Fiends into an unending ghost realm!

Billions of the Subterranean Demon Race were slaughtered and bled dry. The surging essence blood actually converged into a great river, flowing endlessly, roaring as it poured into the eye of the Blood Spirit Mending Heaven Array!

Many members of the Ye Family were still chatting and laughing while continuously killing the Underground Demons, slitting their throats and draining their blood; such conduct was even more like the Demonic Path than the Demonic Path itself!

"This..." Beside him, the Ye Family Protector was breaking out in a cold sweat. He had some understanding of this matter and knew that Ye Wushuang had discovered an incomparably precious treasure of heaven and earth that needed to be ripened using the Blood Spirit Mending Heaven Array.

But he hadn't expected Ye Wushuang's methods to be so grand, actually capturing billions of the Subterranean Demon Race and slaughtering them all, and doing so with such brutality.

"So it was for this Earthly Spiritual Root; no wonder he was this crazy..." Old Man Han's Supreme divine sense swept over, and he saw a small tree forty-nine feet tall gently swaying at the eye of creation in the center of the Blood Spirit Mending Heaven Array.

Endless essence blood was being converted into the Origin of creation by the Blood Spirit Mending Heaven Array, being continuously absorbed by the small tree.

"Although our Xuantian Holy Land does not mind Disciples practicing Demonic Technique, this method of slaughtering billions of a race just to Cultivate some kind of spiritual object is still too much." Old Man Han drank a cup of wine to himself and said coldly: "After all, Xuantian Holy Land is one of the top ten Righteous Path Holy Lands, don't you think?"

"Yes... yes, yes, Old Man Han is right." The Ye Family Protector was almost kneeling, and he bowed while breaking out in a cold sweat: "I will go and stop those bastards right now!"

"Forget it." Old Man Han waved his hand: "The Gu boy has already arrived; let's see how he handles it."