In a small town located at the east end of Daqiu Au, soldiers from Junwei Trading Company are camping here to rest.
The home of a local wealthy family has a dense courtyard. It is not as majestic as the wealthy families in the city, but it is still somewhat clean.
Zhuo Junyan was reading the report in his room with the light on, summarizing today's battle.
In today's battle, Zhuo Junyan discovered that modern weapons had an unexpected restraint effect on heavy armored soldiers.
The military formations used by these heavily armored soldiers can resist the attacks of strong men, but it is difficult to withstand bullets.
There are many reasons, but the core point is that in such a dense formation, it is almost impossible for bullets to miss.
In order to deal with the all-pervasive strongman, the shield array will extend an invisible wall of air, allowing the opponent to block attacks from any direction, but this will also further expand the attack surface.
Therefore, a martial artist versus a strong person relies on the combined power of multiple people to resist a martial arts master.
But this method is very different when used to deal with firearms.
This is like a group move that spreads flowers and rain. Originally, it would be good if only one tenth of the target could be concentrated. However, the combined method of the martial formation caused it to form a huge target, and all the damage would not be missed.
, which is equivalent to superimposing group moves on one point, which greatly amplifies the damage effect of the gun.
A strong martial artist can only use one sword at a time, but bullets can be fired tens of millions of times per second.
Incomparable!
It is for this reason that the Black Turtle Shield Formation, which can even be resisted by powerful people in the transformation realm, is overwhelmed by modern weapons. On the contrary, it is the martial arts experts who are better able to deal with this kind of attack - Martial Formation
A strong man relies on resistance, while a strong man relies on hiding.
This also creates a situation in which the army can defeat the strong, the strong can defeat the firearms, and the firearms can defeat the army.
"It's interesting." Zhuo Junyan said to himself.
Just then Geng Dabiao shouted outside the door: "Report!"
"Come in."
Geng Dabiao entered the room and said: "Master, come out and confirm that it is Ji Tianhao."
"Yeah. Just let Wei Yang watch." Zhuo Junyan said without raising his head.
"What to do with the prisoners?"
"Let them make their own choices. Those who are willing to join can join. Those who are unwilling to join will not be forced to join. They will be released tomorrow. Keeping them is a waste of food."
"Yes." Geng Dabiao hesitated for a moment, but didn't say what he wanted to say.
Zhuo Junyan was still reading the book: "Is there anything else?"
Geng Dabiao said bravely: "Captain Shen is still standing outside."
"Don't meddle in things that aren't your business."
Geng Dabiao had no choice but to go out.
After leaving the house, they saw Shen Shengnan standing at the door as tall as a gun, with a pale face. He wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed, shook his head and walked away.
Shen Shengnan stared into the room without saying a word.
After waiting for a long time, Zhuo Junyan's voice finally sounded in the room:
"come in."
Shen Shengnan pushed open the room.
Standing next to Zhuo Junyan, she lowered her head and said, "It was me who killed those soldiers. It's all my fault."
If she had not let Ji Tianhao go, today's battle would not be like this.
This made her extremely regretful.
Zhuo Junyan sneered: "It's rare that Shen Jianmen is willing to admit his mistakes. Unfortunately, it's not for me, but for the dead enemy soldiers."
As he spoke, he muttered to himself: "When we meet on a narrow road on the battlefield, we are fighting for victory with full blood. After the war, I reflected on myself and found that the killing was excessive. Do you know, do you know, it is just a pretentious dream?"
You actually wrote lyrics and called me pretentious?
Shen Shengnan's eyes bulged.
Zhuo Junyan looked at Shen Shengnan with a smile and said, "You know what? I like your sense of justice, but I also hate your sense of justice."
Shen Shengnan was puzzled.
Zhuo Junyan said: "Justice is a good thing. Many people don't have it, but they can't be just. At least they have to know how to respect justice. Unfortunately, or what's scary is that sometimes you have justice in your heart but don't have the ability to do it. You may even In the name of justice, do more harm?"
"Like this time?" Shen Shengnan asked.
Zhuo Junyan shook his head: "I'm not sure if without Xuan Yumen's intervention, I would have killed fewer people than I did now. Maybe more... It wasn't 1,700 people who died, but 4,000 people. Who knows? ?”
"No!" Shen Shengnan shouted: "The power of the Vulcan cannon is obvious to all, and they will definitely surrender quickly! I know I can't prevent death, but I now agree with some of your methods. Use the power of thunder to suppress and destroy the enemy. Confidence is actually the best way to reduce casualties."
Zhuo Junyan chuckled: "Well, you are better than before. At least you didn't let me choose to surrender to avoid casualties."
Shen Shengnan shook his head: "You are only cruel to the enemy, but you have no problem with your own people. Under your rule, everyone can at least live and work in peace and contentment! Now I really hope that you can achieve hegemony, it's you..."
"Is it because I don't live up to expectations, don't claim the title of king, don't grant titles, and don't occupy land?" Zhuo Junyan looked at her with a smile.
Shen Shengnan turned his head and did not answer.
Zhuo Junyan has said: "I have my own reasons not to become king. I cannot be responsible for this world. If I become king, he will leave me and the world may fall into chaos again."
Shen Shengnan looked at Zhuo Junyan in shock.
Zhuo Junyan burst out laughing: "Hahahaha! I'm just kidding you. I don't call myself the king simply because I don't want to care about so many things! What's the good of being the king? The whole world is your subject, and you have to be responsible for them. If there is any commotion anywhere, it will be a headache for you. How good is this now? I only make money to raise soldiers. If anyone dares to mess with me, I will beat his mother! Isn’t it happy to just harvest without giving? "
Shen Shengnan said: "But if this is the case, doesn't it mean that the name is not justified?"
Zhuo Junyan then replied: "I, Zhuo Junyan, do what I do, so why do I need to be honest?"
As he spoke, he stood up.
Under the illumination of the oil lamp, a majestic figure filled the screen window, reflecting a tyrannical vastness.
Inside the house, Zhuo Junyan said loudly:
"Shen Shengnan, don't you understand? This is a world of power! King is just a title, a means to unite people's hearts. But if you are strong enough, do you have this title or land? It doesn’t matter whether there is anyone or not! What matters is..."
He raised his iron fist and released the power of excitement:
"Power! As long as you have enough strength, whether you are a king or not, everyone in the world will be your subjects! And strong power means that you can skip those unnecessary steps and get the final fruit! The emperor is nothing but strength, and you are the real king! If I can conquer the sky with my single strength, why do I need imperial power and longevity? Although the world is not in my home, I am free and wide! I don’t care about the heaven and the earth, I do my own thing and I am arrogant!"
The words he said were precise, magnificent, and domineering, but they were more than just side-notes.
Shen Shengnan was also stunned.
She never expected that Zhuo Junyan would answer like this.
This statement is ridiculous!
This statement is arrogant!
This statement makes sense!
But what supports such arrogance is the power that absolutely crushes the world!
She said: "You are not greedy for money, not interested in sex, don't care about power, and don't care about fame. What's the point of pursuing all these?"
She didn't know about Zhuo Junyan and Ning Shuiman, she just assumed that Zhuo Junyan was still a vegetarian.
Hearing this, Zhuo Junyan smiled: "How do you know that I am not good? I am also a human being, why should I be bad? It's just..."
He paused, shook his head and said:
"The wealth I want is not the common wealth here; the name I want is not the hypocritical name in the world; the power I want is not the one who weighs the pros and cons and makes choices, is good at manipulating people's hearts, and the name of the people gathers power. After becoming a king, The power to plunder all the people...As for sex, it's not necessarily bad. It just hurts my heart, I'm afraid of love, and all I meet are good girls...So I can't fall in love, I don't dare to love, so I don't have feelings. The so-called not being close to sex, In the end, it was just fear, not a bad thing. As the saying goes, if the love between children is long, a hero will inevitably be short of breath. My anger cannot be short! If it is short, it will be cut off! I may deserve to die, but at least I will not seek death. If you don’t want to die, you don’t have to hesitate, let alone linger in bed! Maybe one day, I will be in great power, invincible in martial arts, arrogant, and self-confident. Then it is inevitable that I will die in a dream! So don’t try to elevate me, that’s what I am destined to do. Let you down."
"Is that so?" Shen Shengnan murmured, "But you still have something to pursue now."
Zhuo Junyan withdrew his fierce aura, sighed, and softened his tone: "Yes, there is always something to pursue. I sometimes ask this question myself, why am I fighting now? At the beginning, it was just to vent. , just fearless. But later, I was pursuing... pursuing a certain truth... But if one day, I find the truth, what will I pursue?"
As he spoke, he chuckled: "The reason why kings exist is because people need faith. With a king, there is a goal to pursue. And what's interesting is that the people of Junwei Trading Co., Ltd. already have something to pursue. , as the person being pursued, I have no direction of my own, which is really ironic."
As he spoke, he sat back in his seat and said softly: "I only have temporary goals now, no long-term goals. Maybe one day, I will determine my goals. At that time, I will tell you whether to follow or not." It's up to you if I go on."
Listening to Zhuo Junyan's words, Shen Shengnan suddenly understood.
The man in front of me seems to have all the wisdom and confidence, but in fact he also has his own troubles and helplessness.
It's just that he won't share it with others.
Because he is the lord!
He has suffering that cannot be expressed; he has tears that cannot be shed; he has sorrow that cannot be expressed; he has pain that cannot be voiced.
He must bury everything deep in his heart and only show his strongest side to everyone.
Because only in this way can everyone be convinced and loyal to the death!
No one would want to follow a weak lord.
Domineering is better than weakness!
It was only at this moment that Zhuo Junyan finally expressed his true feelings.
Zhuo Junyan looked at her and said, "Do you know why I said this to you?"
Shen Shengnan shook his head blankly.
Zhuo Junyan said: "Because you are different from them, you are too opinionated. People like you are very difficult to use. People who are difficult to use either don't use it or do some ideological work!"
Shen Shengnan's face turned slightly red: "There is a question that I haven't been able to figure out."
"What?"
"I've been going against you, you hate me, don't you?"
"yes."
"And you are not a person who can tolerate others' disobedience."
"nature."
"You don't covet my body either."
"Not interested in."
"Then what makes you tolerate me so much?"
Hearing this question, Zhuo Junyan burst out laughing.
The laughter often stopped, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
Zhuo Junyan's voice deepened.
He murmured: "Back then, I fell in love with a woman I shouldn't have loved. One of my good brothers told me that this was wrong and that it would probably not end well. I was very angry and had a quarrel with him... "
"Later she harmed you and you killed her."
Zhuo Junyan sighed: "Weiyang really tells you everything."
He looked at Shen Shengnan: "I don't like you always going against me, but I know that I'm not right all the time."
"Of course you are not right in everything. Although you do not kill innocent people indiscriminately, you are still too murderous!"
"I don't mean killing people." Zhuo Junyan smiled: "Sometimes life needs some harsh words of advice, but the people who follow you are either afraid of your power or greedy for your money. It's rare for a few people to tell the truth. It's good to have a stubborn person... . If you occasionally listen to counter-arguments, you can make fewer mistakes."
"You didn't listen to me."
"Because you don't have the qualifications and ability to let me listen yet. You have the heart not to be afraid of power, but you don't have the wisdom to share my worries. So far, you have only caused me trouble and made me unhappy. There is no more outstanding performance. So, now I am really tolerating you! However: I need people like you, and the world also needs people like you. You are just confused now, even if you have justice He has a heart, but has no ability to be righteous. We need to know that the Bodhisattva's heart also requires thunderous means. Of course, bad guys are cunning. If you want to be a good person, you have to be better at cunning. Otherwise, how can you fight them? There must be sacrifices, otherwise what will happen? Will you win the battle? There is no sense in doing things based on emotion! Study hard in the future and I will teach you something. If you can understand it, you can achieve great things. In the future, your disobedience will only make me happy. If not, you will This life... will be like that."
Shen Shengnan never expected to hear such words.
It turns out that he tolerated me just because he wanted to hear different opinions?
It turns out that my disobedience was the spur and vigilance in his eyes?
It turns out that behind this man's arrogance and arrogance, there is also a rare self-effacement and introspection?
In the end I was too shallow.
In the end I was too ignorant.
At that moment, Shen Shengnan also fell silent.
Seeing her like this, Zhuo Junyan knew that his words had entered her heart and finally made her wake up a little bit.
Then he waved his hand and said: "Okay, if you have nothing to do, just retreat."
Shen Shengnan took a few steps outside.
Stopping suddenly, she said: "This is not a conspiracy of Xuanyumen, but a conspiracy of Qingfeng Sect."
"Huh?" Zhuo Junyan looked at her.
Shen Shengnan turned his back to Zhuo Junyan: "Yan Luoqing is nominally from the Xuanyu Sect, but actually represents the Qingfeng Sect. The nine major sects are located at the top of the continent, with a distinguished status and are respected by everyone. But the sects also have their own needs, and there are some things , If you can’t do it yourself, you need to borrow the help of others. But the sects outside are always not so reliable.”
Zhuo Junyan nodded: "Yes, so there are side branches. Some important and shameful things are done through these side branches. If the news is leaked, you can get rid of yourself. In other words, Yan Luoqing is indeed Is he the person who represents the Qingfeng Sect’s will here? This incident was actually planned by the Qingfeng Sect?”
"yes!"
"What about Jiang Wuxin?" Zhuo Junyan asked.
Shen Shengnan turned around: "His real name was Jiang Zhu. He died after his heart was ripped out, but he was revived with secret techniques, but his heart was gone forever. Since then, he has become a cannibal of people's hearts. The devil. He was originally from the Qingfeng Sect, but because he did too much evil, he was kicked out of the gate, and then entered the Xuanyu Sect."
Zhuo Junyan understood: "The person who dug out his heart..."
Shen Shengnan nodded: "It's me!"
"Why?"
Shen Shengnan's face twitched slightly.
Closing her eyes, she replied: "He raped and killed my best sister... I introduced them to each other... I killed her... You are right, I have a righteous heart, but I cannot do justice. It's just a self-righteous guy..."
Zhuo Junyan smiled: "Being able to see yourself correctly is the beginning of progress. In this case, I will give you half a life of military service, and let you walk on the snow and fly with flowers. I will help you settle your old grudges, and you will have no worries from now on!"
As he spoke, he snapped his fingers, and a female voice spoke melodiously:
"Let's see how I can stand up to the challenge with just one horse. I dare to teach ten thousand men to show off their beauty... my sharp edge cuts through the nine heavens!"