Violence and peace are a topic that every civilization considers when it reaches a certain stage of development.

The word violence is full of blood, killing, and squalor of one's own kind, and it is a noun for a picture that people naturally hate and don't even want to think about.

Peace is a scene that social creatures like from the bottom of their hearts, and it is associated with a picture of happiness, joy, and warmth.

The comfortable environment of modern society makes human beings yearn for peace by birth, but they forget that as early as the beginning of human beings, they used violence to win the qualification to survive in the harsh environment of nature.

Perhaps when people who yearn for peace clamored for mankind to stay away from violence and war, they did not realize that their common ancestors could only survive by violent means, although people always boast of being a civilized race and a superior race, but this is an indelible fact.

But I have to admit that among the many dimensional universes, Ionia in the Land of Runeterris is indeed the most special.

From the day human civilization set foot on this land, this land filled with native magic has been fed with resources that seem to be inexhaustible at the end of time.

Over time, the readily available resources for survival made the Ionians forget the fact that survival requires struggle, and the instinct to yearn for stability and stay away from blood has allowed humanity to pass tens of thousands of years.

They believe in the spirit of nature, they believe that good and evil are rewarded, and they believe that the pursuit of spiritual and material balance can allow them to live like this forever.

It wasn't until the Noxians appeared in this pure paper land that this long-standing peace and tranquility was shattered in an instant.

At first, the Ionians had always relied on the spirit of nature to single-handedly hold off the Noxians on the western coastline of the archipelago.

However, the brutal Noxians directly used biological weapons, causing the labyrinthine jungle to be destroyed, and the last resort of the nature spirit was finally cracked.

But even if the butcher's knife was on the neck of the Ionians, these people who had lived comfortably for tens of thousands of years still believed that these Noxians would receive their due retribution.

In this way, large swaths of land fell, village after village civilians were killed, and it was not until the country reached the most dangerous time that a girl who danced in the air and waved a blade stood up, which awakened the emotions in people's hearts that they were unwilling to be killed, and began the struggle to resist.

So, Irelia said that he had opened the seeds of violence in the hearts of the Ionians, and in a way, she wasn't wrong to think so.

But she just forgot that it is human instinct to yearn for peace and tranquility, but it is also human instinct to use violent means to fight for living space.

In the calf-high grass, Xiao Yuebai and Irelia sat side by side on the grass, looking at the stars in the sky and the silver ocean in front of them.

The master then spoke slowly about the relationship between violence and peace, while the apprentice listened quietly with his arms and legs on his side.

If it was Irelia before, she might not be able to understand so much truth that Xiao Yuebai said, but now she is different.

I have been to the earth, I have seen the prosperous and fast-paced life, and I have experienced the ancient empire that has been precipitated by time in Shurima. Merlot has seen the righteousness and holiness of angels.

After going through so much, her horizons have been broadened, and she can quickly keep up with the ideas that Xiao Yuebai told her, so that she will not always think with her Ionian thoughts.

In the end, Irelia frowned and looked up at her teacher, and asked suspiciously, "So, it's not me who is wrong, but my motherland?" ”

Xiao Yuebai raised his hand and gently smoothed the long blue hair on the top of Irelia's head, and said earnestly:

"Yes, Ellie. In such an environment, even if there is no you, there are Li Liria, Zhang Liria or something. No matter who it is, as long as he wants to protect his interests, then when the threat comes, someone will definitely stand up and resist. ”

But that doesn't mean that the person who stands up and resists is the one who breaks the shackles in everyone's hearts. After all, what any creature wants to do is his own choice, and the experience of others is only for reference, and he cannot represent himself. ”

Irelia nodded when she heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, the seeds of violence are originally hidden in people's hearts, and it is only a matter of time before it takes root and sprouts, and it is not that someone has given violence to others. ”

"That's it!" Xiao Yuebai smiled and continued to his little apprentice:

"Ellie, there is nothing wrong with pursuing peace, but know that violence needs to be controlled, it can only be a means for us to protect ourselves, and we cannot forget the existence of danger for the peace that our hearts yearn for."

"There is nothing wrong with the Ionian equilibrium, but it is not a balance between the material and the spiritual. Such a narrow mind, you can turn your gaze to the whole world,"

"The whole world?" She narrowed her eyes slightly, revealing an expression of enjoyment, and through the slit in the girl's eyes, she could see that Irelia's pupils showed a gleam.

Under the inspiration of the master, she seemed to understand something, and after a long silence between the master and apprentice, Irelia suddenly turned her head to look at Xiao Yuebai, and said with a happy face:

"Yes, this is the world. The balance between good and evil, the balance between material and spirit, the balance between strength and peace, and more importantly, the balance between countries. ”

After the girl said these words, Xiao Yuebai did not express her position, but said seriously to her apprentice: "Ellie, I can only give you hints, not accurate answers. ”

"The future path of you, or your country, is for you and you Ionians to choose."

"Because only in this way are you free, and I don't want to destroy your freedom, so the future path still needs to be explored by yourself."

This heart-to-heart conversation between the master and apprentice made Irelia, who had just been lost, suddenly cheerful, and I saw him nod crisply and say to his teacher:

"Well, thank you for your guidance, I know that there are still big twists and turns in the future on this road, but I already have a direction."

Seeing this, Xiao Yuebai stood up from the grass with his hands on his knees, then patted his palms and took a deep breath and said, "Well, girl, your journey is in the distant sea of stars!" ”

"Giggles!" Xiao Yuebai's witty words successfully made the girl's face smile happy again, and the small talk between the master and apprentice ended here.

After returning to the camp, Irelia, who had changed into a new mood, took out the stereo again and danced the dance that belonged to her family.

In this way, on the quiet night, on the silver sea of the grassland, the melodious long tune echoed between heaven and earth, and a girl in a pink gauze skirt abandoned all the distractions of the world, dancing with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

The night became short as everyone fell asleep, and when the morning sun rose again the next day, the four of them, with a child, continued on the road to Presidium.

As the mood becomes relaxed, the atmosphere of the rest of the journey becomes lighter, and the process naturally becomes short-lived.

When the morning sun rose again on the eighth day, a majestic barrier rose on the northwestern horizon.

Holding a pergola in her hand, Irelia, who was walking in the front, pointed to the mountains in the distance and said, "Teacher, that mountain range is the central mountain range, and Presidium is there. ”