Dragon Slayer.

In this world, all people need some kind of opportunity to grow up......

For ordinary people, many things can be turning points in their lives......

For example, an arrogant and cold person may become cheerful and gentle because of a serious illness......

For example, a person who gets by may become motivated by a taunt from the opposite sex......

Or maybe a law-abiding person becomes cynical because he has been treated unjustly......

In the final analysis, the so-called character determines fate, and once the character changes, fate will naturally change as a result......

And such a change is actually a kind of growth in itself......

This represents a clearer understanding of the rules of the world, whether the change is good or bad, right or extreme, which in itself is a sign that humanity has become more mature......

This is also a process of human growth......

The more things ordinary people have experienced, the more profound their understanding of the rules of this world is, the more mature they will be in dealing with others, and the more successful they will be in their work and career......

Of course, the growth of ordinary people and the growth of the awakened. It's still different after all!

What ordinary people pursue, in the final analysis, is nothing more than wealth and power, and the environment in which they grew up. In fact, they are all built on the basis of these two, that is, because of this, they are particularly keen on these two......

All the joys or setbacks they experience, in the final analysis, are either because of wealth, or because of status, as for love. Most of the time, it's just an adjunct to both......

From a growth perspective, the more wealth a person has. The higher the status, the deeper their understanding of life and the more profound their understanding of the world, and for them. When they reach a certain level of wealth and power. If you want to go further, it will become very, very difficult, even extremely difficult, and every step can be like walking on thin ice, like being on the edge of an abyss......

Of course, despite this, wealth and power are still highly sought-after, and the most important reason is that for ordinary people. Wealth and power are relatively real things!

Possession of wealth and power. It is almost equivalent to owning everything in this world, wealth and power itself, far from being something that the so-called dream can compare, because before the dream is realized, it is only a product of nothingness after all, but wealth and power are real things, real concepts that can produce real satisfaction!

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Dragon Slayer.

Of course, compared to the difficulty of ordinary people's pursuit of wealth and power, the pursuit of power by the awakened is an extremely difficult road!

If for ordinary people, wealth and power represent reality, then in the eyes of the awakened, only power is the only real thing, and everything else is nothing!

The reason is very simple, whether it is wealth or power, it is itself a reality built under order, and when order does not exist, wealth and power have no meaning......

Power is the existence that can establish order, and with power, you can enjoy the status you deserve no matter what the environment......

In short, if a person is really strong enough, then what ordinary people pursue is just at their fingertips......

Of course, the premise is that the strength must exceed a certain intensity!

In fact, this is also the reason why martial arts are gradually declining!

In this world, many people actually understand that power can have an impact on order to a certain extent......

However, different orders, the forces that can produce critical influence, will also be fundamentally different......

The lower this threshold, the more people will seek the path of power, and conversely, the higher the threshold, the fewer people will pursue the path of strength......

In ancient times, battles generally existed in the form of cold weapons, so as long as he was a martial arts master, he had the ability to ignore the order......

In fact, the government can manage, in the final analysis, there are only those civilians who don't know martial arts, and the fighting in the rivers and lakes, the government will not manage it most of the time, one is not willing to cause trouble, but it does not have the ability to manage......

In the same way, the people of the rivers and lakes are often respectful of the government, they have their own set of rules for internal operations, and the rivers and lakes and the government are two completely different concepts......

In fact, in many dynasties, monks and Taoists are often almost not managed and protected by the state, they do not need to pay taxes to the state, nor enjoy the various benefits given by the state to the people......

In ancient times, the power of order was not strong, so personal force prevailed, and the so-called chivalry and prohibition by force was a concept that would arise under this situation...... In ancient times, the profession of ranger was actually a very typical existence, and they often saw unevenness because of the road. chose to kill people in a fit of rage, or when he was oppressed, he simply killed someone and ran away. They don't have any psychological burden to do this kind of behavior......

And in that era, it was basically impossible to control these things......

Just like in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Erye also left the country because he killed someone, but in the end, he was respected as a martial saint, and it seems that under the social conditions at the time, no one had much criticism of such a situation. Because in the eyes of people at that time, this kind of heroic ranger killing people was commonplace......

This is also a typical example of power that is so strong that it exceeds the ability of order to restrain it. Of course, the social situation at that time was also relatively special, and the order itself was in a relatively collapsed state, so even if someone killed someone, there would not be too many people to pursue it......

That's why. So in ancient times. In fact, the number of people who learn martial arts is not a minority, especially the vast majority of families with solid family backgrounds, they will have family disciples to learn martial arts, and at the same time, they will also establish their own family protection forces, in order to be able to protect their own safety in the case of unstable order......

Because of this, illegal forces are often rampant at the local level. Ordinary people can only be subjected to all kinds of repression, in the case of unsound order. Without sufficient force and financial resources, there will be no right to speak......

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Dragon Slayer.

In the era of cold weapons, force and the army are always the most important forces, in the ancient society, anyone who has mastered the method of training and can have enough financial resources to achieve it, often can become a certain influence in troubled times, and on the contrary, there is no strong army, then no matter what kind of concept, it is just a fantasy, and even a powerful warrior, in the troubled times, far more than the vast majority of ordinary people......

Just like during the Warring States period of Japan, there were also several so-called sword masters, each of which had extraordinary strength, and these sword saints, for those famous generals and those ronin influence, are often very huge, and even sometimes, some powerful swordsmen, as long as they wave their hands, they can easily have a large number of ronins who are willing to fight hard......

In the era of war, people's worship of force is often very blind, especially for warriors, the more powerful the warriors, the stronger their appeal to the same warriors, behind a powerful warrior, there are often hundreds of warriors willing to feather for it, and even the generals and daimyo who need power will have a very close relationship with these warriors......

With the passage of time, as the order gradually became stronger, this kind of force from the people began to be gradually suppressed, and many warriors could only join the court and become the eagle dogs of the court, just like the martial champions of the ancient court, which was a typical transformation of Jianghu people into court people......

That is the embodiment of the typical force that began to gradually return to order, and from which time, the concept of chivalry and martial arts began to spread widely, and martial arts began to be feared and suppressed by the imperial court to a certain extent, but this suppression, in the vast majority of the time, can only be superficial......

The reason is very simple, because unless the imperial court uses the strength of the army on a large scale, otherwise, they do not have any advantage in the level of fighting the warriors, especially the warriors themselves are stragglers, and they often can't beat without using the army, but once the army is used, the warriors will flee when they hear the wind, and even if the warriors are provoked, it will even lead to a large-scale revenge on the society by the warriors, so the court and the rivers and lakes have always been in a state of contradiction and unity......

If the reason is investigated, it is actually very simple, that is, because whether it is the force of the court or the force of the rivers and lakes, it is itself a product of the same power system, even if the court has an army, it is impossible to really completely override the group of warriors, so the two can only be at peace with each other, but even so, from time to time there will be emperors who try to eradicate the rivers and lakes or martial arts alliance leaders who try to seek the throne......

At this time, a powerful martial artist, or martial arts sect, actually has the ability to overthrow a dynasty in theory......

In the final analysis, this is also a kind of touch of power on the bottom line of order in that era!

is like the Mingjiao in the Legend of Heaven and Dragon Slayer, which is a typical example, in the novel, Zhu Yuanzhang, as a member of the Mingjiao, finally became the emperor, this is a kind of martial arts impact on order......

In that era, when martial arts reached a certain height, it was already equivalent to an existence like an immortal, just like a master like Hong Qigong, who was able to lurk in the palace and enjoy the emperor's food every day, and had not been discovered, it was enough to show what kind of ability the martial arts master had in that era, and having such strength was actually enough to subvert the order and subvert the imperial power......

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Dragon Slayer.

In the final analysis, whether martial arts have value or not, in essence, is to see whether martial arts have the ability to subvert the order and touch the bottom line of the order......

On the contrary, if the power of martial arts is below the bottom line of order, then there is no difference whether it is martial arts or not......

Just like in the modern society where firearms are prevalent, it is a very typical state, under the modern high-intensity order, guns and martial arts themselves are not the same level of power, even if the people who learn martial arts are strong, they cannot resist the power of firearms, this has become a consensus of the vast majority of people, under this cognition, naturally not too many people will learn martial arts......

Although the vast majority of people who practice martial arts, the description of martial arts is the so-called physical fitness, but in fact, if it is really only for physical fitness, then since ancient times, there will not be so many people to learn martial arts, the essence of learning martial arts, is to be able to kill people unconditionally and without cost, if you learn martial arts, but you can't kill people, or even if you kill people, you can't escape the sanctions, then there will be much fewer people who can learn martial arts, and almost no one will even be willing to learn martial arts!

In modern society, the reason for the decline of martial arts, the most fundamental reason is actually this, the hard work of martial arts, in fact, people don't care, what people really care about is whether martial arts can make people ignore the order to some extent, if they can't do it, then practicing martial arts will become worthless, or in other words, compared to reading and learning, the efficiency is lower...... (To be continued......)