Chapter 71 - Chapter 71: Chapter 70: On Martial Arts and the Right and Wrong of Disputes (1/2)
Chapter 71: Chapter 70: On Martial Arts and the Right and Wrong of Disputes
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The next day.
The first rays of the rising sun, shedding a faint light. “Cough—cough cough!”
Zhou Li, still not fully awake, lay in bed coughing violently.
As if he was about to cough up his lungs.
Gasping for breath in bed for quite a while, he finally felt his condition slightly recovered.
After getting out of bed and wrapping himself in thick cotton clothes, Zhou Li shakily walked outside.
When he arrived in the backyard, he happened to bump into Chen Sheng, who was carrying a plastic bag.
“You’re finally awake, old man.”
Chen Sheng had a warm smile on his face, as if he was in a very good mood.
Zhou Li didn’t respond, still holding his head all the time.
For some reason, he felt dizzy after sleeping, and even now, his head was still foggy.
At this moment,
Zhou Li scanned his surroundings, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.
His nose kept sniffing the air.
“What’s that smell?”
Upon hearing this,
Chen Sheng raised the plastic bag in his hand.
“This smell.”
Arriving at the stone table, the plastic bag was opened by him.
A mist rose.
In it were more than a dozen steaming big meat buns…as well as shumai and tea eggs.
“No, that’s not it.”
Zhou Li shook his head, still frowning.
He craned his neck, searching around, his nose twitching from time to time, like a white-haired rat.
“It’s the smell of blood!!”
After sniffing for a while, Zhou Li suddenly looked up at Chen Sheng.
“What did you do last night?”
“Were you up to something in my courtyard?!”
The smile on Chen Sheng’s face gradually faded.
He nonchalantly reached into his pocket, took out his phone, and swiped the screen.
Meanwhile, he walked slowly up to Zhou Li and looked down at him from above.
Zhou Li was not scared at all and stared back at Chen Sheng, whose eyes were full of pressure.
Then,
Chen Sheng showed Zhou Li his phone.
The phone’s camera was open, and it was switched to selfie mode.
“Silly old man, I didn’t even bother to point it out.”
“Did you cough out your brain?
As Chen Sheng spoke,
Zhou Li’s face was also reflected on the phone screen.
He saw that the lower half of his face was almost covered with black blood clots.
Presumably, this was the origin of the smell of blood…
“Cough, cough.”
Zhou Li immediately coughed again, pretending to hide his embarrassment.
Chen Sheng rolled his eyes at him.
He was originally quite respectful of the elderly, but for some reason, he always felt the urge to fight back against Zhou Li.
“Quickly go wash your face and eat.”
Under Chen Sheng’s annoyed urging, Zhou Li jogged to the nearby sink to wash his hands.
However, halfway through washing,
Zhou Li’s gaze fixed.
He suddenly noticed that there were drops of blood on the edge of the sink.
He rubbed it with his fingers, and the bloodstains were quickly removed.
He sniffed his fingers near his nose.
There was a scent.
Apparently, it hadn’t been there for long.
Zhou Li didn’t say anything more.
He silently washed his face and sat down at the stone table to eat breakfast.
Halfway through,
“Kid, how does it feel to become a Qi-sensor?”
Zhou Li asked as if it was nothing.
“It feels great.”
Chen Sheng was fully focused on his breakfast and didn’t even look up as he spoke.
“Actually, when the Tide Rising Period began, I also really wanted to be a Qi-sensor.”
Zhou Li sighed, speaking with emotion.
“Don’t judge me by my appearance; I’m actually quite afraid of dying.”
“I want to be alive to see how the world changes due to the emergence of
Qi-sensors and Heavenly People. I want to be part of the change.”
“I also want to live to see the Eagle Body Sect grow stronger.”
As he said this,
Zhou Li put down the bun in his hand and rubbed his nose.
The air had been dry lately, and his nostrils always felt a burning pain.
Every time he breathed, he felt as if his lungs were like a broken bellows, making a wheezing sound.
“But I’ve seen too many Qi-sensors lose themselves because they possess power.”
“Having power, you can easily kill those you dislike; you can make others fear, dread, and tremble.”
“With power, you can easily obtain everything that you once dreamed of as an ordinary person.” “This is the road many powerful people have taken.”
“Do you think it’s right?”
Zhou Li stared at Chen Sheng intently.
His life experience might not be rich, but it’s not measly either.
During the short time he had spent with Chen Sheng, he had realized that the young man in front of him was at a crossroads in his life.
One path led to seizing everything with power, acting recklessly, and lawlessly.
The other path was to not abuse power, only using it to protect oneself and the people around them.
These two paths were very similar.
But a single misstep could make it difficult to turn back.
Others might not know, but Zhou Li was very clear that those who took the first path almost never ended well.
After all, there were too many strong masters in the world, and there were always people better than you, and heaven beyond heaven.