Chapter 445: 100,000 Spirit Stones Are Just Pocket Change....
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Jiang Hao listened to Master Hao Yue’s words and was surprised.
“So, is this how the Bright Moon Sect teaches its disciples?” He was very curious.
The Heavenly Note Sect never taught anyone like this. Even their most talented disciples had never received such teachings.
“It’s not suitable for everyone, but those who are suitable are usually extraordinary,” said Hong Yuye calmly.
“Is this the test?” Jiang Hao still couldn’t see what the test actually was. “Her inner conflict should be emerging soon,” Hong Yuye said.
The scene changed back to the small attic.
“This is for you.” Master Hao Yue tossed a storage treasure to Chu Jie. “There are a hundred thousand spirit stones here.”
“A hundred thousand spirit stones?!” Chu Jie exclaimed. “Isn’t that a lot?”
“Not much. Just enough to buy some tea leaves,” Master Hao Yue said. “If it’s not enough, come and ask me for more.”
Jiang Hao was speechless.
“Okay,” Chu Jie said joyfully.
She placed half of the spirit stones in another storage treasure. ‘What are you doing?” Master Hao Yue asked curiously.
“Nothing.” Chu Jie immediately put it away.
The scene shook and returned to the small attic.
This time, Master Hao Yue looked serious.
“It seems that the situation has exceeded my expectations. What I showed you before was not enough: now I need to show vou something else.”
At this moment, Chu Jie was a graceful young woman.
There was no trace of her previous self.
It was as if she had completely transformed into a different person. She was puzzled. ‘What do you want to show me this time, Master?”
“Good and evil,” Master Hao Yue said solemnly. “This time it might confuse you. If you get it right, we will decide whether you can truly pursue the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment. If you get it wrong, whether you like it or not, you will have to give up on the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment. No matter how talented you are, it’ll not be enough. The Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cannot be achieved with talent alone.” “What is it?” Chu Jie asked in confusion.
“Do you remember when I showed you the suffering of the world before?” Master Hao Yue asked.
Chu Jie nodded. “I do.”
“That was to broaden your horizons and lay the foundation for your state of mind. Your future success depends not on your talent for cultivation but on this.” Master Hao Yue pointed to his heart.
“You can think of it as your state of mind and willpower. The Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment also requires these qualities. If you doubt yourself, you will fail instantly. Life will end, and the path will disappear. So, this time, you need to find the answer to good and evil. If you can’t find it, focus on your cultivation and stop thinking about the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment. If you find it, you need to think carefully. I will support you whether you choose to give up or persevere.”
Chu Jie nodded, but she didn’t quite understand why she needed to find the answer to good and evil. Wasn’t it straightforward?
Jiang Hao was also curious about the answer. He saw things without a definitive concept of good and evil. If someone treated him well, they were good. If they treated him poorly, they were evil. However, he never harmed ordinary people just for the sake of it.
The scene shifted, and Jiang Hao saw a person breaking into a house in the city to steal something.
“Is this act good or evil?” Master Hao Yue asked.
“It seems wrong, so it’s evil…” Chu Jie hesitated. “Should we stop them?” Master Hao Yue asked.
“Of course.” Chu Jie nodded.
Master Hao Yue pointed at the scene, and soon, someone noticed the thief.
The thief was beaten half to death and sent to jail.
The scene shifted again.
In a city suffering from a severe epidemic, a middle-aged doctor opened his doors to help others.
“Is he good or evil?” Master Hao Yue asked.
“Definitely good,” Chu Jie said.
The scene shifted once more.
This time, a group of bandits emerged from the forest, killed the guards, and stole medicine and some silver.
“Are they good or evil?” Master Hao Yue asked again.
“Evil,” Chu Jie said.
‘Isn’t this quite simple?’ Chu Jie thought.
The scene changed once more.
This time, a group of righteous individuals surrounded the bandits and killed them all. “What about this?”
“It should be… good?”
Chu Jie was unsure. She doubted whether the master would throw such simple questions at her.
“Alright. Let’s start over.” Master Hao Yue snapped his fingers, and instantly, they saw the entire city.
At this point, they saw a doctor who wasn’t respected. He carried the medicine and threw it into a well.
The next day, many people began to feel ill.
A few days later, a poor man with his dying daughter went to seek medical help everywhere, but no one dared to treat her upon hearing about the disease.
That night, as he watched his daughter on the brink of death, he decided to take a risk and steal the medicine that could cure the disease.
He went to a medicine hall, and he was caught stealing. He was beaten half to death and thrown into jail.
He never made it back to his daughter, who survived for three days but eventually died from hunger, not the illness.
On the same day, the doctor who had poisoned the medicine in the medicine hall was highly regarded by everyone.
In the prison, the man heard that relief was being sent from the capital, but the local lord secretly diverted it.
After he was released, he looked at his daughter’s lifeless body with great sadness.
In the end, he gathered some people and took the relief that the local lord and his cronies intended to divert to another city and distributed it to the refugees.
However, the lord and his group quickly realized what was happening. They assumed the man and his group of people were bandits, and they were killed.
After seeing all this, even Jiang Hao frowned.
Chu Jie was even more shaken.
The scene shifted once again.
It went back to the beginning and showed someone stealing.
“Now, is he good or evil? Should you warn the people inside that someone is stealing the medicine?” Master Hao Yue asked Chu Jie.
This time, she remained silent.
“Let’s look at something else.” Master Hao Yue led Chu Jie to a farmer’s home.
They raised cattle and sheep.
Suddenly, a wolf rushed in, snatched a sheep, and was about to flee.
“Is this wolf good or evil?” “Evil?”
“Should it be killed?” “Shouldn’t it?”
“Then kill it.”
The wolf died.
The scene then showed a den of wolf pups. Some of them were still nursing.
They were waiting for their mother to return.
However, the mother wolf did not return. Several wolf cubs starved to death.
“Tell me. Was killing the wolf an act of goodness?” Master Hao Yue asked.
Chu Jie hesitated. “Then, don’t let it prey on the sheep.”
The wolf was isolated from the flock.
Because it couldn’t find food for a long time, it eventually starved to death, and some of the wolf cubs died while others survived by eating the mother wolf’s flesh.
But they still couldn’t hunt any sheep and eventually starved to death.
“When you show kindness to the sheep, you show cruelty to the wolf. The same goes for humans. When you show kindness to one person, it might mean that someone else receives your cruelty,” Master Hao Yue said to the young girl beside him. “So, what is truly good? What is truly evil? Is what you do an act of good or evil?”
Chu Jie fell silent.
Jiang Hao sensed that this was the test.
Good and evil.
If Chu Jie couldn’t provide an answer that she felt confident in, she would fail the test. The Heavenly Dao Foundation establishment would also fail. ‘But what is the answer to good and evil?’
In Jiang Hao’s view, it was all about perspective.. But was it enough for a person with great luck to just accept that?