Chapter 1310 - 1410: The Responsibility of the World's Top Ranked

After all, some cultivators are indeed inherently kind-hearted, watching indifferently as innocent ordinary people are harmed, it pains them deeply.

Yet, due to the influence of this rule, they cannot intervene, so they can only watch these ordinary people being slaughtered, and they hate this rule to the core.

But now, it's different. After Grandmaster Taichu became the foremost person in the world and changed this rule, all cultivators can earn more merit, although this merit comes with risks.

After all, what you may see is not always real, this kind of thing has happened many times before, yet some inherently kind-hearted cultivators still cannot bear such innocent killings. Therefore, even knowing the risks involved, they still stand at the forefront.

Of course, it's not to say that they are wrong, it's just that the risk is quite high. Someone like Ye Tianfan would investigate clearly before making plans, rather than rashly saving people based on sheer passion.

Ye Tianfan knows very well that sometimes what the eyes see is not reality, as he had been tricked in similar ways long ago, but he learned from those experiences. Whenever he encounters situations now, although he might hesitate slightly, he will identify the true enemy before taking action, rather than fighting based on blind passion, causing an embarrassing outcome.

Just like some martial arts novels describe, accidental killings can lead to the victim's offspring growing up to seek revenge, such matters cannot be easily resolved as they are personal vendettas.

These issues might be managed temporarily but not forever. Regardless of the outcome, both sides suffer. Some people sincerely repent, wishing to end their own lives to make up for their accidental or intentional killings, hoping to compensate for their mistakes, but saving them can complicate things.

This might lead to further conflict later, as if the offspring of the victim tries to kill them again, and they no longer wish to die, it would only result in greater killings.

So when Grandmaster Taichu changed this rule, he gained a lot of agreement despite the risks involved. Some people are willing to take on this risk for the greater merit earned.

However, Grandmaster Taichu also felt troubled after creating this new rule because of its high accidental kill rate.

Previously, ordinary people who offended cultivators were forced to tolerate them, but now things are different. Cultivators can lure those annoying ordinary people into traps, and if they become provoked or take extreme actions, cultivators can immediately intervene and suppress them, which might result in killings.

Such deceitful, sinister people are not few, there are quite a few in Hong Kong, and even though some ordinary people are saved, many more might suffer harm secretly. Officially, no one admits to such actions, so Grandmaster Taichu remains respected.

Grandmaster Taichu knows that his rule change was good, but some people happen to violate rules or exploit loopholes within rules.

As long as no large-scale slaughter occurs, Grandmaster Taichu considers it safe, as such actions save more ordinary people, although naturally many will suffer different killings.

Under normal circumstances, as long as they don't provoke cultivators, there's no reason for cultivators to specially target ordinary people, as the karma resulting from their deaths will complicate future passages through celestial tribulations.

Therefore, usually, nobody intentionally tests these cultivators, and ordinary people often refer to them as Great Grandmaster Immortal, a situation Ye Tianfan has experienced, so unless they're mentally unwell, nobody recklessly angers someone from another world who can easily kill them.

Grandmaster Taichu hasn't heard of such incidents occurring, though accidental killings exist, no one intentionally slaughters ordinary people, so he hasn't further altered his rules; otherwise, he would surely re-craft rules after any changes.

Since changes were made by Grandmaster Taichu, whatever events occur, he'll bear some karma, though generally, merit outweighs karma, and he doesn't worry about it obstructing his celestial tribulation progress.

But from current circumstances, Grandmaster Taichu may not advance further within the Taichu realm, so karma doesn't seem particularly useful, as he can't further advance anyway.

It's not entirely hopeless, it's just extremely difficult for Grandmaster Taichu to advance, similar to someone with poor talent trying to enter the Taichu realm.

Grandmaster Taichu almost no longer has a chance to enter the Taichu realm, whereas someone even with mediocre talent can still enter it through normal cultivation.

If most people faced these circumstances, their mindset would alter, but Grandmaster Taichu remained steadfast without much mental change, so his resolve regarding these things is quite firm, neither angering anyone nor changing his conduct because of this.

Grandmaster Taichu has already prepared himself for death, paving the way for the future of the Taichu Sect.

However, Grandmaster Taichu worries whether his death would endanger Ye Tianfan.

Currently, Ye Tianfan faces no danger mainly due to Grandmaster Taichu's suppression, but if he truly nears death and others find out, while Ye Tianfan might be safe outside the wall, entering inside would offer no protection and perhaps lead to a palace coup.