Blind?

"I don't recognize who you are but accept my greeting nevertheless."

Yang Ding bowed as he cusped his hands. The man did the same.

"I believe the same. I hope you accept my greetings. And I go by the name Qiao Qui here."

Yang Ding nodded. His lips pressed together in a slight grimance.

"I will put that to my memory."

The man focused his gaze on Yang Ding as he tilted his head to the side. With his chin held he inquired, "So, what has brought brother to my abode?"

"Isn't this place too shabby to be called an abode?" Yang Ding shrugged.

"Haha, you might be right. But I like it this way."

Qiao Qui laughed holding his stomach. He had a humorous atmosphere around his which didn't mind Yang Ding's scoff at all. Su Yang on the other hand was a bit troubled as he pursed his lips.

"He might be a bit harsh with his words but he is nice at heart." Su Yang butted in between, "I brought him cause he might be a help to us in the upcoming turn of events."

Qiao Qui held onto his chin as he smirked. He was so amused that it made him raise his eyebrows to an arch.

"Good at heart? I see. I wonder what gave you that idea."

He turned his gaze to Yang Ding.

"Is what he says true? You do know what we are talking about here right?"

"Butting in the war. What else could it be?"

Yang Ding shrugged as he raised his shoulder. He wants him to stop with the rhetorical questions.

Yang Ding didn't know what cultivation this man who calls himself 'Qian Qui' is. But, for stopping the war between two clans like this, you would require a Divine Shing expert or at least a Ling Unification expert.

"So you want to stop this war? I wonder why you of all people would be interested in it."

"Yes, I wish to stop the it if possible."

Yang Ding dodged the second question. He didn't feel the necessity to answer it.

There is only one reason he would even want to stop the war. He had a deeply rooted hunch that it might give him a hell lot of points.

This is a cultivation world where the strong oppress the weak! Where if you are weak you are bound to be stepped on just at the whims of a powerhouse. This was the world that he was raised in since his childhood.

As such words like 'charity' and 'caring' didn't even exist in his dictionary. Only deceit and strength were important to him. But as more and more of the system messages popped up he was able to figure out his system to some degree.

To him, the system is like a child, innocent and unaware of the ways of the world. He was like this too when he was a child. Once he had found a dying oriole with its wings badly twisted and its torso bleeding. He had felt a lot of pain through it. He took it back to his home and applied ointment to it so that it could save it.

Now? He would have stepped on the oriole to kill it to end its suffering. The longer it lives the more it will suffer.

With such a conclusion, Yang Ding was able to guess what the system wants to some extent. Yang Ding remembers his past ignorant and foolish childhood to get a glimpse of the system's desires. And if his judgement is right, it wants to stop this war. It wants him to save lives even though doing that would make no one owe him a favour. If that's the case Yang Ding too wants to do this. Not for the sake of stopping a war, after all, there are just too many risks, but for the points.

He needs them for his cultivation. If at all he wants to save his clan from going to oblivion he has to make a quick comeback. He doesn't dare think that Yang Quan would be able to last much longer. Yang Quan might be his most trustworthy, but he wasn't his most resourceful.

"He doesn't seem to be lying at least," Qiao Qui said to himself.

"Isn't that so? I knew he was a good person at heart!"

"Well, I don't know about that. Being blind I can't even see his face let alone his heart. Haha!"

Yang Ding who had caught on something interesting raised his brows in confusion. He was stricken with curiosity.

"Blind?" He asked.

"Ah yes, master has been blind from the very first day I met him."

Su Yang's words didn't pass unnoticed to Yang Ding now who had a mocking gaze. Yang Ding laughed in his heart although his face maintained a poker face.

'Haha, a blind cultivator dares to think he can stop a war. Even my past self would think twice before putting his hand into it!'

The only reason Yang Ding didn't say this aloud was because of his weak cultivation base. The man might be blind, but he still had a cultivation base higher than the ice profound realm. What's more? Yang Ding didn't know who was behind this man. He doesn't dare to offend someone in his weakened state.

But Yang Ding's change of emotions didn't pass unnoticed to Qian Qui.

"I might be blind insight but I can perceive the world just like anyone else."

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