My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 49 - 43: Wish

"Do you find it unbelievable?"

Ah Yue saw Chen Lusi silent and asked.

Chen Lusi thought for a moment and replied, "It’s not that I find it unbelievable, it’s mainly that I don’t know what to say."

Ah Yue asked, "Which side do you choose to stand on?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Chen Lusi: "..."

"Don’t worry, I’m just simply asking."

Ah Yue smiled and then gazed into the distance, calmly saying, "Actually, it doesn’t matter which side you stand on, because there’s no right or wrong in this matter, I can understand both."

"If we speak from the perspective of the upper echelons of the Celestial Strategy Mansion, I could totally say that no one can guarantee what the country would become if empowerers are left without any restraints and their numbers continue to increase.

"The existence of the Celestial Strategy Mansion and the rule of handing over the Yellow Springs Fragment has at least maintained a basic order and prevented the situation from spiraling into chaos."

"We haven’t turned into a large-scale, kill-for-treasure cultivation world, nor have we become a shrine battle royale like in neighboring Japan."

"But if we speak from the perspective of the opposition, the situation is different. It turns into a matter of why should they give and take as they please when Authority Ability is clearly a gift from heaven and earth? We work tirelessly for the country and the people, yet are still guarded against? How can a true man endure such oppression?"

"After all, each of us is an independent spirit, naturally unwilling to be bound."

"Since ancient times, there’s been the saying ’heroes break rules with martial arts’."

"But different people from different standpoints will have completely different views on this sentence, and what justice is, is also different in the eyes of different people.

And people standing on opposite standpoints will constantly rationalize their actions.

Including me.

Unless everyone shares one mind, contradictions won’t disappear."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Chen Lusi asked, "I’m curious... how did the rule of handing over the Yellow Springs Fragment come about? It probably wasn’t established from the beginning, otherwise, it wouldn’t be so divisive."

"Of course, order always arrives a step later than chaos."

Ah Yue laughed lightly and replied, "More than thirty years ago, there wasn’t this rule, and the Celestial Strategy Mansion hadn’t been established yet. At that time, the management of empowerers was far less strict than it is now."

"As for why the Celestial Strategy Mansion was established and why the rule of handing over the Yellow Springs Fragment was introduced, it’s simple. The previous management model became ineffective. Some empowerers lived longer and became more powerful, and they no longer wanted to follow the rules."

"Yesterday, I just went to beat up an old geezer from the old era."

"Before the Celestial Strategy Mansion was established, he was quite famous, a Sect Leader, with the sect named Longevity Sect."

"That’s right.

They even revived the idea of sects and began to seek immortality.

Sounds cool, right?

Unfortunately, it’s not that cool.

Their sect was retro and their actions were also retro.

Take recruitment, for example, they would coerce and lure some ordinary people and orphans who had not been empowered to expand their numbers and then directly send them to regions where activation was rumored to be high.

If they died, then they died.

As for those who survived.

If their Authority was strong, they would be recruited, controlled, and brought into the core circle.

If their Authority was average, they would be used as headcount, becoming the lowest-level enforcers.

Once they grew to a certain scale, they would close their mountains and claim kingship. The more discreet ones would cover it up a bit, but the more high-profile ones would directly send out invitations widely.

Thanks to them, the number of empowerers gradually increased, and scenes of the strong preying on the weak, acting with brute force, and fierce fighting began to unfold repeatedly.

At the most exaggerated point, several major ’sects’ even fought each other over an Ancient Object.

The Celestial Strategy Mansion was established in this context."

Ah Yue paused at this point, then pointed to himself and said, "I’m considered part of the second batch to join the Celestial Strategy Mansion, so I can say I witnessed the division within the empowerer circle after its establishment.

At that time, some people who believed in ’survival of the fittest’ and ’might makes right’ went into hiding and formed ’Self,’ which is the organization Lu Hao belongs to.

Some people chose to submit, joining the Celestial Strategy Mansion and acting according to the rules again.

Of course, the largest portion, including various scattered organizations, sects, groups, and families, chose to oppose the Celestial Strategy Mansion."

"In the end, the Celestial Strategy Mansion prevailed, and those scattered organizations, sects, groups, and families all went into hiding. Some chose to join ’Self,’ forming new factions within, others opted to live low-key."

"But the Celestial Strategy Mansion didn’t get away unscathed. This division left many people resentful because before the Celestial Strategy Mansion was established, most empowerers had contributed more or less to maintaining order, so they saw this move as no different from ’birds shot down with their bows discarded, rabbits dead their dogs cooked for food’.

"The subsequent rule of handing over the Yellow Springs Fragment, stripping ordinary powers in bulk, was the tail end of this storm... At the time, many within Celestial Strategy felt cheated, and this was the source of the division."

"This time, Lu Hao is going to cause you trouble... I suspect, besides that old guy seeking immortality, someone within the Celestial Strategy Mansion is also secretly helping, otherwise, there’s no way they would know my whereabouts so well."

Chen Lusi heard an interesting term: "... the old guy seeking immortality?"

"It’s the Sect Leader I just mentioned, his life is nearing an end, but he wants to continue living, saying he wants to contribute more, but I didn’t agree."

Ah Yue casually said, "After all, as someone who personally experienced it, I’m very clear about these old geezers’ nature. When they say they want to contribute more, they just want to regain their youth and see if they can go further and completely escape the shackles.

And if it really evolves into that, there would be no end, so some people must die."

"It sounds like... you seem to stand with the Celestial Strategy Mansion?"

Hearing this, Chen Lusi hesitated for a moment and asked.

But soon, he realized.

He seemed to have asked a pointless question, wasn’t it obvious?

"To be more accurate, I stand on the side of order."

Ah Yue didn’t mind and replied, "It’s not that the Celestial Strategy Mansion is great, because for various reasons, this organization also has many problems.

But at least, compared to sects, the Celestial Strategy Mansion is more ’modern’.

No matter how many other thoughts internal members have.

At least on the surface, everyone maintains a consensus—to maintain order."

"I see..."

Chen Lusi responded.

"Chen Lusi."

Ah Yue suddenly turned his head, looked at him, and asked, "If our positions were swapped, what would you do?"

"Me?"

"Yes, what would you do? Would you choose to maintain the existing order? Or choose to break the existing order? Or maybe hide away and live peacefully?

If you maintain the existing order, that means you must become a villain, in every sense of the word.

And if you choose to disrupt the existing order, that means you must bear the consequences of everyone having Authority, because if it really turns out that way, it doesn’t take much, just a small part of the group with malice will bring endless trouble, which has already happened.

Moreover, relaxed management has already been proven to not work. What new order should be used to replace the existing one to suppress those with ambition?"

After hesitating for a while, Chen Lusi replied, "...are you really asking me?"

"..."

Hearing this, Ah Yue was stunned for a moment, then turned his head back with a smile and gazed into the distance again, softly saying, "To be honest, if reality were really like ’Self’ claims and fists could solve all problems, it would be great... I would love to try solving problems this way, not having to think too much, just act if someone annoys me, how wonderful that would be."

The evening breeze blew gently.

The night and evening glow intertwined.

Everything on the ground was enveloped in a hazy rose color.

And Xia Yue’s expression was dark and uncertain.