If he can't come out of it.

Then this disciple is just a useless person.

No matter how good his cultivation is, how high his talent is, but if he can't resolve this mental knot... How can a surgeon with hematophobia perform surgery on a patient?

However, Chen Zhixing did not do nothing.

Throughout the process, he continuously had Shi Hao learn to handle affairs with the Celestial Sword Elder, even allowing Shi Hao to act on behalf of the Iron Sword Sect, permitting Shi Hao to show his strength during Iron Sword Sect's annexation of smaller sects, even personally taking action.

Ultimately, in Chen Zhixing's view, Shi Hao's mindset was created by one reason.

"This kid still hasn't entered the world, hasn't been exposed enough to the world, his heart is still too kind... Hmm, you help him exercise a bit more."

The words above were what Chen Zhixing said to the Celestial Sword Elder.

The Celestial Sword Elder was slightly taken aback at his words but soon understood the meaning behind Chen Zhixing's words.

Noble Family's sons haven't been hit by society, so send them out to gain experience and broaden their horizon. Meanwhile, Chen Zhixing needed this seasoned Jianghu elder to help control the degree, on one hand letting Shi Hao experience some events and temper his mind, on the other hand ensuring he doesn't break the child's mentality completely, turning him into a twisted wreck.

Such a task is naturally something the Celestial Sword Elder can undertake.

Taking care of kids is not difficult for him.

And so.

For the entire year that followed, when Iron Sword Sect was annexing surrounding forces, the Celestial Sword Elder kept Shi Hao by his side.

On one hand helping handle some resistance from cultivation clans in Gan State, on the other teaching him how to deal with these people.

The principles are the same.

Since Shi Hao felt that the path of cultivation would lead him to a height where loneliness would reign, let him understand how despairing it is to have insufficient cultivation.

As the Sect Leader of an influential force in Gan State and having led Iron Sword Sect for eight hundred years, the Divine Sword Elder naturally had no shortage of means.

Moreover, he controlled his intensity very well.

Just as he took Shi Hao to several resisting cultivation clans, when it came to killing, he only slaughtered those with high cultivation and good talent, while ordinary family members were unified into Iron Sword Sect, becoming sword attendants for Iron Sword Sect's disciples.

Sword attendants are essentially slaves driven by normal disciples of Iron Sword Sect daily.

This is a strong dose of medicine.

The Celestial Sword Elder was telling Shi Hao that if you have cultivation, then you have the right to choose when faced with situations, but if you don't, whether you can live or not depends on others' whims.

In just a year.

Shi Hao, standing by the Celestial Sword Elder's side, almost saw all the ugliness of this world.

Betrayal.

Manipulation.

Flattery.

Slaughter.

Parricide.

Brothers turning against each other.

These things he saw almost as extreme evils, seemed to be the daily realities faced by low-level cultivators, and the reason he never experienced it was because he became a disciple under Chen Zhixing, skipping over this 'novice period' for cultivators.

Finally, arriving once again at a sect mountain gate where a family was preparing to flee to Sheep City, the Celestial Sword Elder made a request of Shi Hao.

"Go ahead, this family trades in slaves, nearly ten thousand people have been broken apart in the past hundred years because of them, you could say the whole family is wicked. Shi Hao, this time you do it."

"..."

Shi Hao was not afraid of killing, though he really hadn't killed a person yet.

Various Demonic Beasts and such, he had killed quite a few.

But this time.

Looking at this family blocked at the foot of the mountain, with over a hundred men, women, and children, the highest cultivation being only Divinity Communication Realm cultivators, Shi Hao for the first time discovered he might not be as strong as he thought.

As a strong person, one should challenge the stronger!

This was Shi Hao's life creed.

Then, in the face of the weak?

Even if these weak like the Celestial Sword Elder said were infamous villains, these people... Should he really slaughter them?

Shi Hao hesitated.

"Senior, slaughtering these weak seems to hold no meaning for me."

"Meaning? Weak?"

Hearing this, the Celestial Sword Elder laughed.

Laughed... This time, he was truly mocking, sarcastic!

"Shi Hao, what do you think is strong and weak, what is battle?"

"..."

"The essence of battle is the strong triumphing over the weak. There's never been such a saying as the weak defeating the strong, you defeat someone with higher cultivation than you, meaning you are stronger than him, so what you did before is precisely the bullying of the weak you speak of!"

"How is it possible, someone with higher cultivation than me, how can he be the weak?"

"Why not? Just because his cultivation is higher than yours, doesn't make him the weak? If a Longevity Realm cultivator is completely paralyzed and immobile, you could kill him with a light touch, then is his cultivation still higher than yours, but in your view, what is he if not weak?"

"...That's sophistry!"

"How is it sophistry, battle is always the strong overcome the weak, never has the weak defeated the strong been heard, has your master never taught you that if you encounter a foe stronger in every aspect, the first thing to do is run?"

"...Master never mentioned!"

"Hehe." The Celestial Sword Elder sneered, full of mockery in his eyes.

Just as he said.

Battle has always been the strong overcoming the weak, there's never been a saying of the weak defeating the strong.

If you beat someone with higher cultivation, either your magical artifact is superior, your combat skills are stronger, your innate physique is more remarkable, the opponent fears your family background, or your luck is better... Nevertheless, you have some aspect stronger than the opponent, else why do you overcome them?

Smack your head and just win?

Or because you, Shi Hao, represent justice?

But know this, the word justice itself is the grandest background, because only the strongest party defining themselves as justice will make others begrudgingly accept it, otherwise, if you claim justice, and other refuses to acknowledge, reversely labeling you an evil spirit deserving death, how would you handle that?

As for the so-called battle explosion breakthrough, that's because your accumulated foundation surpasses the opponent, luck is also on your side, otherwise why is it you breaking through in battle and not the enemy?

At the Celestial Sword Elder's age, having witnessed nearly all disputes and trivial matters in this world, he sees the world as clearly as can be.

No new affairs under the sun, nothing exists that he cannot comprehend!

It's merely something that's happened before, with a new appearance, repeating itself once more.

As for Shi Hao's attitude at this moment.

In the Celestial Sword Elder's eyes, it can only be described with two words.

Weakness.

That's how he viewed it, and that's how he said it to Shi Hao.

"Shi Hao, old man really cannot understand, with weakness like yours, how could you be fortunate enough to be taken as a disciple by the revered one?"

"I..."

"You are nothing like the revered one, why don't you think, if the revered one were as weak and submissive as you, lacking means then wouldn't his family have... heh heh, such matters I should not speak of, nor dare to think, but Shi Hao, if you were placed in the revered one's position, today I might dare to spit at you, because in my eyes, you are just a useless person!"

"Celestial Sword, don't push me, I know you just want me to kill!"

"Am I pushing you? Don't I speak the truth? Aren't you just someone who doesn't even dare to kill? If not, why would you take my words to heart, and even show this agitated and defeated appearance?"

"..."

"Useless person is just a useless person, oh, old man seems to have heard the revered one say, when you were young, your family extracted your cultivation roots to graft onto your elder brother?"

"Celestial Sword!!!"

"Ha, from old man's view, what your family did couldn't be more normal, for your family already saw the essence of you being a useless person, precisely because you are useless, keeping this cultivated assistance on you is just wasting it, better to extract and gift to other outstanding individuals of the family, otherwise should a great enemy come one day, must one distinguish whether the enemy is weak before deciding whether to act?"

"Celestial Sword!!!"

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