Chapter Twenty-Three: Sophistry and Mortals
Huang Gongzi didn't blame the maid, but just apologized to Jiang Bai and said, "Mr. Jiang, don't blame, my family Ling'er is straightforward and fast-hearted." ”
"Little things." Jiang Bai shook his head, saying that he didn't care.
Then it said: "The champion of the imperial examination, Huang Gongzi is really amazing." ”
In his previous life, Jiang Bai had great respect for true intellectuals.
In its time, the lowest champion was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
"Mr. Jiang has an overreputation, and I'm just interested in scriptures, which is nothing."
Huang Gongzi said that the champion was nothing, but his tone betrayed him.
He has always regarded the title of the imperial examination as the greatest honor since he was born, but no one understands him.
The brothers and sisters in the family all said that he was not doing his job properly, and he was not good at cultivating and went to read some scriptures.
When the cultivators outside learned that Huang Gongzi was the champion of the imperial examination, they also thought that he was quite stupid, and he didn't make good use of such a good identity and resources, so he wanted to tinker with those mortal things.
The champion of the imperial examination? If it weren't for the scruples of the imperial court, the trickery of the Strange Truth Realm would pinch a champion to death like pinching an ant to death.
In this strange world, only strength is the best way to gain the recognition and respect of others.
Jiang Bai didn't feel strange about Huang Gongzi's choice, others can do whatever they want, just don't affect it.
Just as the two were talking, the competition in the arena had already begun, and Jiang Bai also set his eyes on the two martial artists in the death match.
To be honest, this is the first time it has seen a warrior duel.
Its current location makes it easy to see the whole field.
One person in the venue was a big man with a meaty face, and the other was actually a woman in a strong suit.
The woman was dressed in white, with a beautiful face, and her figure loomed under the white clothes.
Soon the two began to face each other, and the tricks were to the death.
As a fighting arena for trickery entertainment, there are naturally no rules, what you want is blood, and the audience can watch it as long as it is cool, whether you die or not.
The woman's weapon is a long sword, and the man's weapon is very much in line with him, which is a meteor hammer.
But soon Jiang Bai lost interest, this kind of goods that it slapped to death with its wings, it really had no interest.
It also doesn't look at people bleeding and struggling, and it is a perverted hobby that excites it.
Jiang Bai turned his head to Xiao Bai and asked, "Xiao Bai, if you are replaced, will you win?" ”
"Huh? I? Xiaobai was a little confused.
But she still affirmed: "My lord, although Xiaobai has never practiced martial arts, it is still no problem to clean up two mortals who practice tendon realm." ”
Although the bloodline on Xiaobai's body was so thin that it was difficult to cultivate, it still made her body strength far beyond that of mortals.
Without any skills, it's still okay to take out a few Tendon Cultivation Realms with brute force.
"Tsk." Hearing Xiao Bai's words, Jiang Bai couldn't help but shake his head.
The descendants of the soterous cultivators, even the weakest kind, are difficult for mortals to defeat no matter how hard they practice martial arts.
Those who practice the Dirty Realm martial arts are enough to start a sect, and the Muscle Cultivation Realm is also qualified to serve as the head of the martial arts faction.
The world is so unfair to mortals.
But what then? It has always been people who adapt to the world, how can the world adapt to people?
Huang Gongzi saw that Jiang Bai was not interested, so he asked, "What's wrong with Mr. Jiang?" Is it too boring? ”
Jiang Bai nodded and said, "It's really a bit boring to watch these mortals play house. ”
The desperate fight in the arena is really boring in its eyes.
Huang Gongzi proposed: "Actually, I don't like this either, so why don't we go to Jingshui Pavilion together?" ”
He heard that most of the demon clans were fierce and aggressive, so he thought that Jiang Bai would like the fighting arena, and he didn't expect that the other party was the same as himself, and he was not interested in this kind of fighting.
"Okay."
While the two were talking, a maid knocked on the door and walked in, served them a plate of meat, and then took their leave.
Jiang Bai looked at the plate of meat on the table, it was completely raw, and there was a lot of blood on it.
But it didn't resist anything, it hadn't eaten anything when it was in Netherworld Mountain before?
Jiang Bai asked curiously, "Huang Gongzi, what kind of meat is this?" ”
"People."
"Where did it come from?"
When he learned that it was the type of meat, Jiang Bai's heart had a little turmoil, but he soon became calm.
It knew that all the major cult families would keep humans in captivity, and it had long expected this kind of scene.
"There are casualties in every duel in the arena, and the loser is slaughtered and sent to the table of the honored guest."
After Huang Gongzi finished speaking, he took the chopsticks handed by Ling'er and picked up a piece of meat.
Although he is a scholar, he is a sophistication after all, and he has never put mortals on an equal footing, he is only interested in the life thinking of those wise men among mortals.
Seeing that Jiang Bai didn't react, Huang Gongzi asked strangely, "Mr. Jiang, don't you eat it?" ”
Jiang Bai shook his head and said, "I don't eat it." ”
Hearing its denial, Huang Gongzi put down the bloody flesh and asked, "Does Mr. Jiang have any secrets?" ”
"Yes, indeed." Jiang Bai was a human being in his previous life, of course, it was impossible to eat this kind of meat, but these words could not be said.
Huang Gongzi asked curiously, "Then I wonder if Mr. Jiang can tell me about it?" ”
He knew that human flesh was a great temptation for both the cultivators and the demon clan.
Human flesh does not help the strength of the cult, but it is a kind of taste.
Some of the cultivators could not even resist this temptation, and slaughtered in the mortal cities and villages, and then were hunted down by the imperial court.
Like Jiang Bai, a demon clan who is not interested in human flesh, Huang Gongzi can be said to be unheard of.
Jiang Bai nodded in agreement and told an improvised story.
"I used to live in Nanshan, and I accidentally rescued a young child, and after a period of time together, we became confidants."
"One day, he told me that his mother was sick and needed money to go to the city, so I gave him some gold."
"After he took my mother to see her doctor, he left a lot of gold in his hand, but he didn't give it back to me, and I didn't mention it."
"Later, when he grew up, he came to me and told me that he wanted to be the village chief, but I said I couldn't do anything."
"But he said he had already made a plan, and I would kill the village chief, and he would lead the villagers to drive me away."
"I didn't want to agree, but he talked about the friendship between us, and in the end I agreed, and he got his wish to become the village chief."
"Five years later, he came to me again and told me how prosperous the big city outside the village was, how rich the city lord was, and how he wanted to be the city lord."
"This time I refused, because I knew that he must not have been a friend of mine, and he couldn't have known that it would cause me trouble, so I left him and never saw him again."
After listening to Jiang Bai's story, Huang Gongzi couldn't help but clap his palms and praise.
"Mr. Jiang's experience is really thought-provoking, whether it is a mortal or a soterous cultivator, once a desire is opened, it can never be satisfied."
At the same time, he also had a lot of good feelings for Jiang Bai in his heart, Jiang Bai's reluctance to eat human flesh obviously couldn't forget that human being, and he was even willing to restrain his desires for this, which really made him admire.
Ling'er on the side was also indignant: "That mortal is really too much, how can he be so shameless? ”