Chapter 1939
“Let''s put aside the nuclear bomb, or other means you thought could threaten my life. Tell me, what
are you going to do if you can kill me?
“The moment you use the strength of the entire nation to threaten a Supreme, you have set up the
whole country as the enemy of the Supreme! In that case, I won''t have any burden killing any one of
your citizens then.”
Despite the expressionless look on his face, Ye Fan''s calm-sounding warning had an undertone of
murderous intent, fury, and craze.
“Y-You...”
King Folo''s mask ofcalm and confidence cracked. His body trembled with fear at Ye Fan''s threat.
He pointed at Ye Fan with shaking fingers and roared, “Madman! You''re a madman! How could you
even think about harmingthe people?
“Aren''t you scared? Your action might provoke all the fighters from the martial arts world toe
after you? Have you no fear that it will destroy your reputation in China''s martial arts world?”
Ye Fan''s words horrified King Folo and Haibu.
There was a consensus within the martial arts world.
No martial artists could release their wrath upon the citizens no matter what, especially supreme
grandmasters. After all, they possessed the strength to destroy the whole world.
They could obliterate a city within a day at their will.
Realizing the extent of what the Supreme''s terrifying capabilities could cause, the International
Martial Arts League hade up with a new rule. Any action that involved the killing of the general
public would be severely punished by all martial artists in the martial arts world.
Every country had its elite fighters, and they were responsible to capture and kill those who broke
the treaty.
It was the rule and the bottom line.
It was rare that anyone would go against it, but that didn''t mean no one did.
Once, there was a mayor who seized another man''s wife and daughter.
That man went into hiding for decades and achieved Supreme rank when he turned eighty.
Upon achieving the Supreme rank, that man annihted the mayor''s entire family and city to exact
revenge on the mayor''s despicable action.
Half a million people had lost their lives that day.
Even though that man had a reason for his actions, martial arts leaders from a few nations insisted
on imposing a death sentence on him despite many others pleading for his case.
It was the red line that supreme grandmasters could never cross.
So never once had King Folo expected the hooligan in front of him to say he wouldmit such a
horrendous act.
What is he thinking? Is he anti-humanity? Also, I thought the Chinese cared deeply about
benevolence?
A few thousands of years of implementing etiquette lessons in their education had ingrained
tolerance and benevolence in the Chinese popce.
They practiced repaying gratitude with kindness and retaliating resentment with virtue.
When Japanmitted a heinous crime against the Chinese during the Second World War, the
Chinese exempted war reparations from the Japanese despite the terrible act.
Moreover, anyone who researched the world''s maritime history would be surprised to find that the
western nations sailed across seas and oceans tomit war, plundering, massacres, and
colonization against thends they stepped foot on. They stole other countries'' riches and brought
them back to their homnd.
In contrast, China''s most famous sea voyager was a diplomat who traveled to the Central continent.
His travels were earlier than anyone from the West. Instead of going into war, he brought silks and
ceramics for trade. China was bringing wealth and riches to strangers in farawaynds across the
sea.
The Chinese also propagated the moral influence theory of atonement.
King Folo had actually liked to form diplomatic ties with nations that adopted such benevolent acts.
When one treated that country well and the people would reciprocate with kindness a hundredfold.
They wouldn''t retaliate even if one had treated them badly. They would have a chat to sort things
out at most. They might even send some gifts as a ster over the wounded rtionship.
That was what retaliating with virtue meant.
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Yet, the man standing in front of King Folo at that moment seemed to have thrown away this
practice and tradition.
What happens to benevolence? If we''re talking about kindness, he should obediently nullify all his
powers, then retreat to China and vow to never step foot in India.As for his woman, we''ll release her
after a couple of years of monitoring his behavior.
King Folo and the rest had no intention to release Junie immediately, even after Ye Fan did what
they asked.
They nned to monitor Ye Fan for a few years. Once they made sure he had no intention to exact
revenge and was no longer a threat, only then would release Junie.
During his negotiation with Ye Fan earlier, King Folo
didn''t mention he would release Junie immediately. He merely said he would release her after Ye
Fan returned to China.
So it was a word y of the word “after”.
It could be an hourter, three yearster, or even five yearster.
However, it was not the time to dispute that matter because King Folo realized the guy he met that
day could possibly be a madman.
King Folo wanted to use Junie as leverage to threaten Ye Fan, whereas Ye Fan turned the tables
and threatened him with one billion four hundred million lives.
Ye Fanughed as though someone had cracked a joke.
“Benevolence? So you''re nning to use morality to restrict me?” Ye Fan mocked.
“Don''t you think your words are like a knife pressed against my neck? You intend to kill me yet
forbid me from fighting back.” “It''s considered inhumane and immoral if I resist and that I''ll trigger
the wrath of the popce leading every martial artist to go after me.
“On the contrary, you killing me is an act of justice and righteousness. What kind of bull are you
pulling?” Ye Fan scoffed.
Ye Fan''s remarks had rendered King Folo speechless.
“Chu Tianfan, I don''t care how clever your tongue is in tipping the right into wrong. I''m warning you
now that the entire martial arts world will be going after you if you dare to hurt anymoners,”
King Folo warned.
Ye Fan shook his head. “Do you think I still care about that? I thought I''d already turned into a
monster that you guys called me two years ago at the coast of the Eastsea.
“This world no longer has a ce for me, so why will I be afraid to go against the world?” Ye Fan
retorted with a smile.
His soft voice had an undertone of somberness.
However, Noa was the only one who caught the overwhelming sadness and loneliness in Ye Fan''s
voice.
He sounded like a little boy that had been abandoned by the whole world. It was as though he was
walking alone on the endless empty ins with only silence as hispany.
So a lonely soul had been hiding behind the dazzling mask of the powerful man with the strength
that could go against the world.
Noa wondered what kind of horrible life he had lived in the past to have such overwhelming
loneliness in him.
Everyone knew about Jiangdong''s finest man, Mr. Chu''s boldness and the dignity of the Hall Master
of Dragon God Hall, who ranked first on Sky Ranking.
Yet, how many had known about Ye Fan''s loneliness and tattered heart behind his shining mask of
glory.
He was abandoned by his family when he was very young.
When he and his mother were humiliated, the beloved father whom he thought would protect him
forever merely stood and watched from afar with a dispassionate gaze.
Then, thebel “unwanted child” had stuck with him for his entire childhood.
His memories from his years back in Yeyang were filled with the disgusted gazes of his other aunts
and uncles. It was one of his most hated memories.
After that, he married into the Qiu family and got a stunning wife by coincidence.
He thought that was the turning point of his life.
Unfortunately, his three years of marriage only brought him further humiliation.
Everyone had looked down on him and thought of him as a loser.
Even his cousin didn''t address him respectfully because she thought him unworthy of the title.
That wasn''t entirely urate.
There was someone who didn''t look down on him.
His brother, Chu Qitian.
Chu Qitian had been searching for him for a decade to kill him.
The only presence Ye Fan had felt during those years was from his brother who pursued him with
the intention to kill him.
It was ironic.
Sometimes, Ye Fan felt it was a miracle that he managed to grow up to his age.