Chapter 396. To Improve and Rectify One’s Wrongs (1)
"I... won't deny it," said Nangong Shanxu in a barely squeezed-out voice. "Guan Huqing, it is as you say. The murim is rotten. In this society, no one will listen to you if you lack strength and if your attainment in cultivation is poor. And some of us will look away while justifying it with some pleasant-sounding words, like how it cannot be helped."
Guan Huqing cried out, "You get it! Then, why?!"
"Even though that's all true, it does not justify your actions!" Nangong Shanxu tightened his grip on the sword. "Resorting to violence just because others don't want to listen to you? That makes you no different from those you've been criticizing!
"You're basically saying you'd use martial arts to beat up everyone since you didn't get what you wanted. Isn't that... How little kids act?"
"Little kids?" Guan Huqing's expression distorted like a hideous demon. "Did you just call me a little kid?!"
CLAAANG!
He took one step forward while slapping Nangong Shanxu's sword away. He continued on with fierce momentum and rained down sharp sword strikes on Nangong Shanxu.
CLANG! Clang, clang, clang!
"I'm trying to fix this broken world! A world where people with poor backgrounds are routinely ignored! A world where the weak have no voice! So why do you say I'm in the wrong?!"
Their swords clashed again and again. The deflected blades swiftly returned to their original spots to block the next flurry of attacks.
Nangong Shanxu cried out, "You already know your method is wrong!"