pappabearbooks Chapter 2543 - 117: Difficult to Cross
Chapter 2543 - 117: Difficult to Cross
Upon learning of the Late Mulberry Town massacre, the Wei court immediately activated the National Defense Great Formation to seal the border, but it evidently failed to trap Zhang Linchuan.The Wei Country’s Department of Penalty sent out all its experts and, in a very short time, eliminated the twenty-seven clues left at the scene one by one, yet could not find any real trace of Zhang Linchuan...not even the direction in which he fled.
After all, when the bloodshed was discovered, it was already too late. There was too much room for manipulation inside.
Jiang Wang sent a letter to the South Border, but he himself followed the Great General of Wei’s team to capture the criminal. Following the analysis of the Department of Penalty, which determined the most likely escape route, he searched for Zhang Linchuan for two days within the Southern Territory.
The result was similarly fruitless.
Zhang Linchuan seemed to have vanished into thin air, completely stepping out of Wei Country’s intelligence network. He no longer appeared in anyone’s line of sight.
He resembled an evil beast in the night, lurking into darkness after sunset.
During these two days, there was no response from Ruan Qin’s side. However, Zhongxuan Sheng’s analysis was timely conveyed through the Taixu Illusion Realm.
"Your intuition is correct that Zhang Linchuan is indeed hiding something. Zhang Linchuan is absorbing grievance souls widely in Wei Country to replenish the World Without Life. Everyone would think that Zhang Linchuan is trying to ’kill and attain the Dao.’ But this should not be his real goal."
At Star River Pavilion, Zhongxuan Sheng said, "Because if he wanted to achieve such a goal, he should hide himself as much as possible, not expose himself. His first action should not be just to kill tens of thousands of people. If unguarded, the first time should be as many as possible. To ’kill and attain the Dao,’ with Zhang Linchuan’s intelligence, he could have made an even more grandiose move."
Jiang Wang said, "I feel he is extremely calm, treating his own life and others’ lives in the same way."
"We have temporarily reached a consensus on our judgment of Zhang Linchuan," Zhongxuan Sheng squinted his eyes and said, "Let us examine Zhang Linchuan’s actions in Wei Country again—slaughtering the town, writing a blood letter to provoke Wei Country, admitting the matter in the name of the Unborn Sect Founder, declaring that this is just the beginning of the Church of Lifeless’s revenge. What do you think the key point is?"
He paused to give Jiang Wang some time to think and then answered himself, "The key lies in irreplacability. Among all things he did in Wei Country, the only irreplaceable act was his provocation against Wei Country. Killing can be done anywhere; avenging the downfall of the Church of Lifeless can also occur in other countries. In the current situation, no matter where he commits evil deeds, his atrocities will be quickly spread, so there is no saying that he cannot create more hatred."
"So let’s contemplate this question. If it were just for killing and seizing souls to replenish the World Without Life, why wouldn’t Zhang Linchuan casually pick a small country? Why not go to Cheng Country, Mo Country? Anyway, it’s about massacring civilians; what’s the difference between committing such atrocity in Wei Country and Cheng Country?"
I think and think, and there’s only one odd, difficult-to-understand point—in Wei Country, he would encounter danger, but in countries like Cheng Country and Mo Country, he would not."
Zhongxuan Sheng said, "The difference between choosing Wei Country and Cheng Country is Zhang Linchuan’s reason for choosing Wei Country. Whether I can understand it or not, this is the only answer.
I don’t know what the connection is. But we now know two points. First, Zhang Linchuan’s primary goal is definitely to restore cultivation, strengthen himself. Second, he chose to do such things in Wei Country related to ’danger.’
Thus we can infer—Zhang Linchuan’s path to restoring cultivation and strengthening himself requires the presence of factors like ’danger.’
Chen Si Wu told you Zhang Linchuan seems to be courting death, which isn’t incorrect.
But then he doesn’t really want to die, or else he should have chosen Chu Country to slaughter towns.
His action strategy must be ’placing himself in sufficiently dangerous situations to achieve a certain purpose leading to the result of his restoring cultivation and strengthening himself,’ while his choice must avoid places where he would certainly die."
This logic is indeed very clear. Listening to it, Jiang Wang’s specific understanding of Zhang Linchuan had become clearer.
First is confidence, Zhang Linchuan is more confident than anyone Jiang Wang knows or imagines. Whether it is Bone Demon God or Eastern Region’s overlord or other powerful figures and countries, he dares to face and plot against anyone, seemingly having no fear in his life.
Thus he demonstrates extraordinary courage. Ignoring others’ life and death doesn’t mean bravery; ignoring his own life and death is sometimes a form of cowardice. But possessing a strong obsession with ’living,’ while calmly facing death and welcoming danger...such a person indeed possesses unparalleled courage.
On such a basis, Zhang Linchuan is also ruthless and calculating deeply.
When opposing such a person, not a bit of negligence can be afforded.
"Will Zhang Linchuan act again? Has he achieved his goal? I do not know," Zhongxuan Sheng said. "But if he still has further actions, Song Country, Dan Country, Longmen Academy, Southern Dipper Palace, Sword Pavilion are the five most likely places. Yue Country, Zhuang Country, these two countries are less likely."
He paused, looking at Jiang Wang: "I hope Zhang Linchuan is still a few steps away from his goal, or else he might not show himself again."