In the business van.

Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing drove the car toward the villa.

In the reclined back seat.

Xiu Ju looked at Bianyi with surprise and confusion; his face, now wiped clean with gauze, was a different one.

"Shen Qiang, didn't you say before that you had to kill him to be at ease? Why have you changed your mind now?"

Shen Qiang smiled and looked at Bianyi, who was still deeply sedated, and said, "To be fair, if I were to follow my heart, I would hate not to chop him into pieces and flush him down the drain right now." Looking at Xiu Ju, Shen Qiang said, "But reason tells me if I killed him, I might feel a momentary thrill, but what then?"

"What have I gained?"

Shen Qiang, with a wry smile and raised eyebrows, said, "A little money, a few rotten flying swords, a couple of dozen antiques, and beyond that, nothing changes. I'm still the same Shen Qiang that everyone sees as vulnerable and wants to bully."

"You know the whole story." Looking at Xiu Ju, Shen Qiang said very seriously, "Actually, he was quite right. Without the help of Dragon Group and you, I couldn't have turned the tables."

Xiu Ju was surprised, "You are better than him, he's utterly corrupt."

Shen Qiang laughed, "If I wanted to simply be a good person, I could go find a small temple in the mountains, grow my own vegetables, and live in harmony with the world."

"But what would that be? Nothing but cowardly escape. Does the line between good and evil really need to be drawn so clearly? I don't care." Shen Qiang said, "I am actually just an ordinary person, and my dreams are not as grand as you imagine."

"The things I want are simple: to let my parents live a life of comfort, to let my girlfriend live a well-off life, to make something of myself and not be bullied wherever I go."

"Only after achieving the aforementioned goals will I consider doing something for society."

"Just like that guy without a military rank said, only those who survive have the right to discuss good and evil."

Xiu Ju said, "I think Bianyi will harm you."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Who do you think won't harm me? The Cultivation Families? The various Sects? My colleagues at the hospital? My competitors? Are they all Saints? Or do you think everybody loves me and flowers bloom in my presence?"

Xiu Ju laughed, "So, do you really plan to let Bianyi do as he pleases?"

Shen Qiang frowned, and after a full five seconds of silence, he said, "Families, Sects, including the Dragon Group, their fundamental reason for strength lies in the fact that they don't fight alone. Take the Zhang Family, for example: two Mixed Element Realm experts and twenty-one above the Nascent Soul Stage, all gone."

"But Zhang Shuheng didn't even frown. Why? Because the Zhang Family has more experts, and the loss was just a drop in the bucket for them. That's why he cared more about the Zhang Family's reputation, which led to the later decision not to seek revenge and save that Zhang fellow's life."

"But I can't do that." Shen Qiang looked very seriously at Xiu Ju, "If I died, my family wouldn't survive, because I am all they have."

"So I must grow stronger, but the power of one person is limited."

"Do you think the disciples of noble families would flock to my side?" Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow.

Xiu Ju shook her head, "No, each family has its own rules, and each sect has its own discipline. They won't flock to your side."

"He's a eunuch," Shen Qiang said with raised eyebrows. "Expelled from his sect, this guarantees Bianyi won't have descendants, can't sleep with women. If it were you in that situation, what could you pursue? Nothing but to extort those who he envies."

"Like me," Shen Qiang said with a smile and raised eyebrows.

Xiu Ju laughed, "Aren't you afraid he'll take revenge on you one day?"

"If one day he plays everything in the world in the palm of his hand, then perhaps he will come to determine the victor with me," Shen Qiang frowned. "But before that, he won't. His jealousy is strong. I mocked him as a little thief, and I planned out a vision for him to become a legend."

"So before he steps on all the top families and powerful households, he takes helping me become strong very seriously because he knows that alone, it's just wishful thinking."

After a moment of silence, Xiu Ju said, "So what do you really want?"

Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow seriously, "To become an unshakable towering tree that many formidable monkeys call home, so that no one dares to mess with me, and then my parents, children, my girlfriends, can all live happily and carefree."

"That doesn't sound very domineering at all," Xiu Ju said. "I think someone as outstanding as you should have grander goals, like, say, saving the world."

Shen Qiang laughed, holding Xiu Ju's hand, "Would you rather I now put my underwear on over my pants, jump out of the car, 'whoosh' off to save the world, or would you prefer I stay by your side, and when we have nothing else to do, we can stroll the streets, eat something tasty, buy you pretty clothes, and force you to do some embarrassing things?"

Xiu Ju's face turned slightly red, "I didn't say that saving the world meant we couldn't go shopping together."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Bianyi is a cultivator at the Golden Core Stage. Compared to a prodigy like you, he might appear weaker, but for someone like me, who started from scratch, he is a rare treasure. He's bad enough, ruthless, and without any baggage. So he's like a sharp knife, and as long as he's handled well, he can help me become stronger."

"Handled poorly, though, he could also hurt you," Xiu Ju said earnestly.

Shen Qiang laughed, "We know pretty much everything about Bianyi's situation. Before he becomes unbeatable, the likelihood of him betraying me is very small. And if we were to simply hire others, would they definitely not betray me? I don't think so. Therefore, since all options are risky, using Bianyi as my henchman is certainly better since I understand him. He'll do any despicable thing to achieve his goals."

"You're getting worse," Xiu Ju said.

Shen Qiang laughed, "I saw a piece of news the other day. A young girl got slapped several times on a bus just because she was on her period and didn't give up her seat to someone else."

"There are too many bad people in this world," Xiu Ju said.

Shen Qiang laughed, "What are you joking about? It's not about there being too many bad people; it's because you're not strong enough! Think about it, there were so many people on the bus, none of whom gave up their seats, so why was she the one who got slapped and not someone else?"

"Let's assume for a moment, what if the young girl was holding a forty-meter long machete, or if the person sitting in that seat was a bald, muscular brute. Do you think that guy would dare to step up and tell them to give up their seat and slap them?"

Xiu Ju was stunned, not quite following this skewed logic.

Shen Qiang laughed and said, "So I need to keep a vicious dog on a leash to make those scoundrels, who only dare target the weak, smile pleasantly and offer their seat willingly when they see me."

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