I still don't understand. Commodus said.

"You are a gladiator, and you explore the truth of the gladiatorial arena. I am a magician, and I explore the truth of the world. Of course, I am not saying that magicians are nobler and more correct than gladiators, but I would like to ask, do you think that the truth you get in this gladiatorial arena is closer to the deepest truth, or is the truth of the wizarding world closer to the deepest truth? Su Ye asked.

"I'm a gladiator, but I'm also a warrior, and a warrior is no worse than a magician!" Commodus Road.

"A warrior will not suppress his rank for so many years." Su Ye Dao.

Commodus frowned.

Su Ye stared at a white cloud like cotton in the sky and said, "What was your dream when you were a child?" ”

"Gladiator King! I've wanted to be a gladiator since I was a kid. Commodes' tone was full of pride, like a child.

"Just want to be the king of gladiatorialism?"

"Yes, I just want to be the king of gladiatorial fights! From the first time I watched Gladiator Fight, I knew it was my life's goal. Commodus smiled, his expression as soft as the clouds in the sky.

"But you're done." Su Ye Dao.

"Huh?" Commodus didn't know if he didn't hear clearly, or if he didn't understand.

"You have fulfilled your childhood dream early, and you have already been a gladiatorial king early on." Su Ye Dao.

"That's right." Commodus smiled contentedly.

Su Ye sighed.

"Isn't it a good thing to fulfill the dreams of my childhood and accomplish the goals of the past?" Commodus said with a smile.

"When you were a child, your goal was the Gladiator King. So, you are now the Gladiator King, what are your goals? ”

Su Ye's voice was soft, but it was far more painful for Chromodus than a million stone pillars hitting his body.

Suddenly Commodus felt pain in his flesh, pain in his bones, pain in his marrow, and even in his soul.

"Are you saying that now I am not as good as a child? Am I doing something wrong? Commodus clenched his fists hard, his eyes blank, not knowing where to look.

"The most common mistake we make is to confuse short-term temporary goals with life goals, thinking that when we have achieved a temporary goal, we have achieved a life goal." Su Ye Dao.

"Haven't you always wanted to be a legend? Legends are also just a temporary goal that is a little longer than Gladiator King. Commodus said.

"Legends are just my magician goals, and they are what I can say, and beyond legends, there are other things that I can't say. I've always said that I want this world to be a better place before I want to be a legend. Unfortunately, not many people really understand this sentence. Su Ye said.

"I can't understand it either." Commodus Road.

Su Ye raised his arm and pointed to the sky.

"I never cared about the throne in the cage, my future is the earth and the sky and the sea."

Commodus looked at the sky silently, and for some reason, his nose was slightly sour, and something shiny was rippling in his eyes.

"So, what should I do?"

"If a dress is torn, just change it to a new one. If a combat skill is eliminated, it is enough to replace it with a new combat skill. Once one goal is accomplished, it's time to replace the next. A kind of thinking is aging, refresh it, and look for a better thinking in this world. The world is simple, it's just that we've been imprisoning ourselves. ”

Commodus finally couldn't look at the sky anymore, and turned his head to look at Su Ye, this young man's body seemed to hide a master of wisdom.

"Now do you know why you lost to me?" Su Ye asked.

Commodus carefully recalled the conversation with Su Ye, recalled it over and over again, and savored every word of Su Ye.

After a long time, it dawned on him.

"I just want to be the king of gladiatorial fighting, so I only care about everything in the gladiatorial arena, and over time, in the gladiatorial arena, I do get stronger and stronger. However, the stronger I became, the more I thought that the truth in the gladiatorial arena was the real truth, and nothing else mattered. Even if a new truth or a new thing emerges in the outside world, because I only focus on the gladiatorial arena, I will inevitably ignore it and even be hostile. It's inevitable, because I'm going to desperately protect me and everything I think is right. Now, there is a person from outside the gladiatorial arena, and that is you. ”

Commodus glanced at Su Ye and continued: "Everything about you is actually far beyond the scope of the gladiatorial arena, but I still think about your and my battles in the way of the gladiatorial arena. I didn't...... In your words, it is called 'refreshing' my way of thinking, and I can only defeat you if I stand at the same height as you and have a level of thinking that is not weaker than yours. ”

"Do you now know why Leonidas and Sisyphus were able to defeat you?" Su Ye asked.

Commodes' eyes widened slowly.

"I remembered that Leonidas once said that he wanted to be the first under God like Hercules, and that his eyes were the whole human world, so he must be able to see the truth of the whole world."

"Sisyphus said that he wanted to be the Sisyphus of the worlds, and he was arrogant, but if he said it, then these words would force him to look at the world. What he sees is also the truth of the world. ”

"You're the same, you're all the same, you want to see the world, and you see the world, so the Colosseum won't trap you. As for me, I will only deal with the small fish in the lake of the gladiatorial arena, and once the dragon in the ocean enters the lake, even if it is a juvenile dragon, in my eyes, it is just a larger lake fish. I used the same method as the lake fish to deal with the dragon, how could I win. I see......"

Chromodes sighed lightly and continued: "I finally understand why you take out your books in public to study, why you don't care about the support or opposition of the audience, and always do things that you shouldn't do in the gladiatorial arena, not because you have a quirky personality, not because you are grandstanding, not because you are maverick, not because of anything else. It's just because, in your eyes, the Colosseum is no different from any other place, just a part of the world. ”

"So, Gladiator King Chromodes, what are your dreams and goals now? Like a child who just wants to be a child, continue to be a gladiator king? Su Ye asked.

"I'm not a gladiatorial king anymore......" Speaking of this, Commodus suddenly shook his body and looked at Su Ye in horror.

Su Ye was still looking at the sky, and the corners of his lips were flying.

"I see...... I finally understand the horrors of you or Aristotle. When I was the Gladiator King, I would only be the Gladiator King, and when I was not the Gladiator King, I still only wanted to take back the Gladiator King. Now, through the conversation with you, I'm not going to think about other goals until I'm no longer the Gladiator King. But you, Aristotle, you geniuses in the eyes of others, from the very beginning, have simply ignored such a short-term goal as the Gladiator King, and instead directed to a much longer one. ”

"I'm just summarizing what the masters have in common, and then learning." Su Ye Dao.

"But you have that long-term goal, can you really accomplish it?" Commodus asked.

"They never ask, I don't ask, I just ask why."

Su Ye let out a long breath and got up.

In the audience, a very small number of people stared at Su Ye and fell into thought.

Su Ye picked up the magic beard, patted the soil on it, cleaned it with water-making techniques, and put it under his nose.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, I'm counseling Chromus, after all, a pervert with a head full of dirty thoughts is likely to do terrible things if he loses, such as running down the street and pulling someone's hair."

The audience laughed, and many people laughed and scolded Su Ye.

However, the audience also breathed a sigh of relief, although they didn't know what the two of them were talking about just now, it was obvious that it wouldn't just be a break.

Commodus lost too badly.

Even worse than the defeat of his subordinates in previous years, if Su Ye helped persuade him, everyone would be more assured.

No Spartan wanted to see his city-state's most famous gladiator collapse.

Su Ye looked back at Commodus lying on the ground and stretched out his hand.

"Come, experience the feeling of someone else getting Gladiator King, you haven't felt this way in ten years, you must miss it very much."

In the laughter and scolding of the audience, Commodus glanced at Su Ye and stretched out his hand.

Su Ye pulled Chromus up.

The audience cheered.

"Commodus!"

"Commodus!"

"Commodus!"

The crowd cheered in unison, encouraging Coconut and thanking him for a great fight.

The two of them walked to the foot of the Longkou terrace, where there were many wooden statues of gods on display.

The statue of the main god has only one god of war, Ares, and the others are all true gods, and their rank is lower than that of the main god.

Su Ye glanced at the idol, then at the priestess who had healed Chromus.

It was a kind old man with a smile on his face, and the white robe on his body exuded a faint glow.

"Congratulations, dear Su Ye, from today onwards, you are the gladiatorial king, and you can even become the gladiatorial king of Sparta." The old man stretched out his arms and gave Su Ye a hug.

When the two were separated, the old man took off Su Ye's magic beard.

Commodus' eyes moved, and he lowered his head slightly, remaining humble.

"You've had a lot of experience." Su Ye smiled and blinked.

The old man smiled, showed a kind face, and said, "You are a child who likes to tell the truth, and I also like people who tell the truth. So, are you interested in joining Sparta? You see, the Spartans liked you very much, even if you were just a spectator in the gladiatorial arena, even if you beat our hero Commodes so badly, we were not the same as Athens. ”

"I'm afraid my words are too hurtful." Su Ye Dao.

"Say, today you are the gladiator king, as long as you don't blaspheme, you can even scold everyone on the terrace, including the high priest I have been trying to pull him down." The old man smiled.

Su Ye couldn't laugh or cry, the Spartans were really completely different from the Athenians.

Obviously he is a priest, but he is a warrior.

"When you want to tell whether I am a gladiator of Sparta or a gladiator of Athens, I understand that Sparta and Athens are the same." Su Ye said with a smile.

Commodus immediately remembered the conversation between the two of them and thought slowly.

The old man said, "Yes, I am selfish. But my selfishness is for the city-state, my selfishness is for the god of war, and I hope that you will become the gladiator of Ares. ”