bookandnovel Chapter 2138 The Bottom of Human Nature
Chapter 2138 The Bottom of Human Nature
Chapter 2138 The Bottom of Human Nature
He closed his eyes to rest now, but he was very tired. The godhead in his hand was a heavy burden for him, but he couldn't let anyone see it.
This treasure can usually only be kept in the Divine Bone Necklace and held by Dafang Hu.
The relationship between the holders of the Destiny Godhead is a bit complicated now.
The Soul Mirror finally found an opportunity to interrupt: "Lu Zhensheng saw our 100,000-strong army pressing at his doorstep, but he didn't kneel down and surrender, and even dared to fight back and plot against you! Hey, he is so stupid, he deserves to die without a burial place."
It started flattering as soon as it opened its mouth, but He Lingchuan didn't buy it: "You've been with me for so long, don't you really understand?"
The mirror made a sound.
Oops, the flattery hit the horse's leg. But it really didn't understand.
"He's not stupid, so he doesn't plan to sit there and wait for death." The eternal lamp on the altar was about to go out, and He Lingchuan went up to change the lamp oil. "First, Lu Zhensheng and my family have a blood feud. I may not be able to dig out all the truth, but he has a guilty conscience and knows that I will never let him go. Even if he kneels, hehe, it's just that today's script has changed, but his ending will not change. If he doesn't resist, he will die. If he resists successfully, there is still a glimmer of hope. At least Lu Qingan may inherit Bailie afterwards."
"Besides, he's fighting me with a small bet for a big one, and it's a great win if he wins. If you were Lu Zhensheng, would you dare to give it a try?"
Lu Zhensheng plotted against the Nine Nether Emperor, just like He Lingchuan plotted against the Thousand Illusions Master, both of them were trying to win big with a small investment. If it worked, the rewards would be too great.
The mirror put itself in the other's shoes and said, "Yes."
"Let's talk about the second point." He Lingchuan gently wiped off the incense ash on the table. "There are many people in this world who you consider to be weak. You can bully them, insult them, spit on them, and slap them, and they may not dare to resist. But you can't trample on their bottom line! Do you know what the bottom line is?"
"Uh, the no-touch area?"
"The bottom line is the core interests." He Lingchuan said solemnly, "Killing someone's parents, raping someone's wife and daughter, seizing someone's foundation, and destroying their life, this is touching someone's foundation and violating their core interests. No matter how weak a person is, even if he is used to swallowing his anger in the past, he may not be able to bear it this time and want to perish with you."
"Are we going to affect Lu Zhensheng's core interests?" Jingzi thought hard, "Oh, yes, you want to seize his foundation, his position as the leader of the Bailie clan, and also cut off his livelihood."
"He can compromise and pay tribute to the Mou Kingdom, allow the Ya Kingdom to plunder and rob people, and bear the abuse from his subjects and clansmen, but all these concessions are to keep the throne of the Bailie clan leader." He Lingchuan laughed sarcastically, "But I want to pull him down from the position of clan leader, which is to touch his foundation. How can you still expect him not to resist and kneel down obediently?"
"Burn your boats and fight to the death." He said calmly, "This has nothing to do with whether Lu Zhensheng is cowardly or brave, or whether he is smart or stupid. When people are forced into a desperate situation, they don't have many choices."
The key is two words:
Dead end.
"Are there people who dare not resist when they are forced into a desperate situation, and are waiting to die?" He Lingchuan sneered, "Of course there are. But I can only say that people who hold such thoughts are pure cowards, even worse than Lu Zhensheng."
"As for the soldiers of the Mou Kingdom, it is only natural that a mere 300 of them dared to draw their swords against me and the Black Armored Army." He Lingchuan let out a long breath, "Oh, let's change our perspective. If the two sides were in the same situation, Luo Xie and Wanqi Liang led 300 Black Armored Army soldiers surrounded by 100,000 Mou Army soldiers, do you think they would dare to draw their swords against them?"
The mirror said as a matter of course: "Of course I dare."
The Blood Demon laughed: "You fell into his verbal trap."
"Why don't they dare? Don't they have the duty and blood of a warrior? They have a powerful motherland behind them, the pride of a great country in their hearts, the mission of the emperor on their shoulders, and swords and halberds in their hands." He Lingchuan shook his head, "If they drop their weapons and bow down to me when they see my 100,000-strong army, what's the difference between them and the wavering rural bandits?"
If a soldier has no backbone, is he worthy of being called a soldier?
Wu Dutong, what a pity.
He Lingchuan admires generals with integrity, but who made him stand in this position? Who made him block the steps of Emperor Jiuyou?
"What I'm talking about with you now is human nature. It's human nature to be unable to bear it any longer and to seek a shared destruction. It's also human nature to be fearless and draw your sword against the powerful." "Power" said leisurely, "It's understandable that you can't understand, because you are not human, you don't understand human nature, and all you think about is bullying the weak."
The Blood Demon argued: "Isn't it the truth of this world that the strong bully the weak?"
"Yes, but there is more than one truth in this world. Have you ever thought about how many truths are in effect at the same time and influence each other?"
"But you can only take it for granted and use simple and crude logic to deduce human nature, thinking that because I am strong and he is weak, he cannot and dare not resist, and will let me slaughter him and suffocate him to death; if he resists a little, you will be surprised and unbelievable. If that were true, Beijia only needed to send its army to show off in front of other countries, and the whole world would bow down to it. Beijia's territory should have been ten times larger than it is today; why did Panlong City and Yuan Kingdom resist it back then? Why did Jinyao Kingdom resist Panlong City back then? Anyway, the difference in strength is huge, so it should kneel down and enjoy the benefits sooner."
"Look, why is it that the truth you believe in is not working at this time?"
The blood demon also fell silent.
"You are destined not to understand that the bottom layer of human nature is emotion, and emotion often wanders away from reason and logic. The most despicable and the most glorious side of human nature are both emotion." He sighed, "This is why human nature and the fate behind human nature are so complex and unpredictable."
"Fortunately, most people are as ignorant as you. If they could understand human nature as well as I do, they could predict it and make good use of it. Then what advantages would I have?" The time limit for meditation in the temple was up, and He Lingchuan stretched lazily. "All the wars and actions related to Bai Lie are important pieces in my overall plan. Once I finish the next thing, this game will be done."
"Ah, you mean..."
"Do you think I've gone to such great lengths, even risking my life, just to take down a small Bailie?" He Lingchuan turned to open the door. "What I want is to end Cangyan's fate once and for all! If we manage it well, starting next month, Cangyan will likely usher in a long-term peace, and we won't have to fight for quite some time."
He wanted to use peace and stability to protect the newborn Cangyan Kingdom.
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After the ceremony, Emperor Jiuyou greeted the elders of the Lu family again, and then invited the Zhen generation of the Lu family to have a belated lunch together. During the meal, they talked and laughed peacefully to calm people's hearts, and there was no trace of the previous murderous intent.