Chapter 198 - - 198 Warning_1

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It was as if a bolt of lightning illuminated Duge's mind, and he suddenly saw the path ahead clear and open.

What is Enlightenment Dao?

This is Enlightenment Dao!

The brothers from Sky Mist Valley watched Duge saying nothing for a long time and dared not speak either; they exchanged looks, watching their spotlessly clean senior brother cover their privates with their hands, their hearts filled with trepidation and worry about their fate.

They couldn't help but worry!

If they were women, it might be different.

Having ventured out on missions for many years since joining Sky Mist Valley, they had encountered all kinds of enemies---cruel, brutal, chivalrous...

But none as perverted as the one before them.

He shaved heads and stripped clothes in battle;

He even developed a special technique for stripping clothes, which was truly unrivaled!

In their intelligence reports, Seven Star Gate was just a minor sect without any masters. Suddenly, this pervert appears, thus only one possibility remained.

He cultivated a deviant technique that changed one's nature, or perhaps, he used naked men to practice his skills, like absorbing other people's power, or something to do with acquiring yang to supplement his own...

Either way, it was something they did not wish to face.

...

At that moment,

The seventh junior brother and the junior sister rushed down from the mountain gate, arriving late.

Ah!

Another scream followed.

The junior sister hit the brakes hard, turned around, and in one fluid motion, a voice filled with shame and annoyance followed, "Third senior brother, can't you leave them some clothes? Stripping them bare, what kind of behavior is that?"

Was that stripping?

That was outright robbery!

Duge glanced back at Guan Xuan, correcting her, "Call me Sect Head Senior Brother."

The junior sister choked, urging, "Just let them put on some clothes first."

The naked men cast grateful glances at the junior sister. With the Big Demon right in front of them, they didn't dare harbor any improper thoughts, only hoping to get dressed quickly. In their current state, they felt utterly unsafe.

"Junior sister, the master is dead," Duge sighed heavily, his tone suddenly solemn.

"..." Guan Xuan was stunned, not understanding why Duge brought this up out of the blue.

"Junior sister, the master is dead, and no one can protect you anymore. Seven Star Gate is in turmoil and could collapse at any time. Only the three of us are left in the sect. You need to learn to open your eyes and face this cruel world," Duge said earnestly.

The seventh junior brother looked at Duge, then at the uneasy men opposite him, thoughtful.

Guan Xuan turned around, wanting to ask Duge what he meant, but seeing those naked men, she quickly turned back.

"When you encounter an enemy outside and they suddenly disrobe, will you turn around like you did just now, exposing your vulnerable point for them to exploit?" Duge's tone turned sharp, "Or do you think that all enemies are honorable gentlemen who will fight you fairly..."

Yes!

Where are there such honorable gentlemen?

There are plenty of perverts!

The brothers from Sky Mist Valley looked at Duge, deeply relating to his words.

They looked at him with reproachful eyes, but how could he lecture his junior sister so righteously? Was he leading by example?

The junior sister shuddered violently.

"Junior sister, don't forget the path of robbery our sect follows. The essence of robbery is greed; to rob one is to be a thief, to rob thousands is to be a hero. If you rob both heaven and earth, you ascend to immortality," Duge improvised on the poem "Men's Traveling Song," "In the eyes of an Immortal, all living beings are but ants. Would you feel ashamed for a bunch of ants being naked?"

"No," the junior sister's emotions gradually stabilized.

"Right, to establish your path, you must first establish your heart. You, too, will walk the path of robbery. By facing everything head-on, you will become stronger than ever before," Duge continued to wield his Three Inches Uncorrupted Tongue, instructing his junior sister earnestly. He turned back to glance at the people from Sky Mist Valley, "The master died at their hands, and the second senior brother, the fourth, fifth, and sixth junior brothers were all killed by them. Now, turn back and look at them, and tell me, what do you feel?"

The junior sister suddenly turned around, her voice trembling as she asked, “Were Second Senior Brother and Fifth Senior Brother also killed by them?”

“Otherwise, why would they know the situation of the Seven Star Gate like the back of their hand?” Duge said indifferently, “If it weren’t for my enlightenment that led me to leave for practice, and finding them, Big Senior Brother, and you two, would also have been harmed by them tonight.”

Choke!

The junior sister drew her longsword, and tears gushed out in an instant: “I will kill you.”

The people from Sky Mist Valley hastily retreated, in their panic, everyone forgot to guard their vitals.

“Stop,” Duge shouted to Guan Xuan, “They still have their uses.”

Guan Xuan stopped, her tear-filled eyes gazing at Duge, choking up as she said, “But they killed my father, and Second Senior Brother and the others…”

“Master’s enemy originates from Sky Mist Valley, Second Senior Brother and Fifth Junior Brother betrayed our sect, and after being captured by them, even divulged the sect’s information. Their deaths are well deserved,” Duge said.

“But…” Guan Xuan still wanted to speak.

Duge interrupted her: “There are no ‘buts,’ junior sister. Now I call the shots in Seven Star Gate. Without me, there would be no Seven Star Gate left, what revenge could you talk about? Guan Xuan, no matter when, do not let anger cloud your judgement.”

“Yes, Sect Head Senior Brother.” The junior sister unwillingly moved back beside Duge, grinding her teeth as she glared at the people from Sky Mist Valley, wishing she could pierce their hearts with a thousand arrows.

“Junior sister, looking at them now, do you still feel ashamed?” Duge asked calmly.

Guan Xuan swept her gaze over the several people, her eyes as cold as ice, and she shook her head: “I only want to dismember them into thousands of pieces.”

“Junior sister, you’ve grown,” Duge said with a pleased smile, looking at the several people who were as silent as cicadas in winter, “Remember, our enemies are strong. Only with a calm heart can we make it to the end.”

“Mm,” Guan Xuan nodded.

“I’ll ask you again, in the future cultivation of the Path of Robbery, when encountering enemies, what will you do?” Duge asked again.

“Rob them of everything, leave nothing behind,” Guan Xuan gritted her teeth and said.

“Exactly, leave nothing behind.” Duge snapped his fingers, very satisfied with his teaching results, “What’s ours is ours, what’s theirs is also ours. Junior sister, you’ve already mastered the mindset of the Path of Robbery.

Now to rob them of their clothes and possessions is to practice your skills and hone your temperament. In the future, we must rob them of their cultivation level, rob them of their talents, we must spread the glory of the Seven Star Gate throughout the entire Cultivation World. Only then can we live up to Master’s earnest teachings.”

The people from Seven Star Gate they encountered were not like this!

Why was he so different from the rest?

The brothers from Sky Mist Valley looked at Duge, and upon seeing his eyes, their pupils abruptly constricted, for although Duge’s expression remained unchanged, they seemed to see in his gaze an ambition that devoured everything.

“Three… Sect Head Senior Brother, isn’t Sky Mist Valley our enemy?” The Seventh Junior Brother, who had been pondering, asked hesitantly.

“Seventh Junior Brother, you are still young. In the Cultivation World, the law of the jungle prevails. Having absorbed Sky Mist Valley with our ant-like existence, we will inevitably attract more covetous eyes,” Duge looked up to the east, where the Morning Star had started to rise, and the horizon glimmered with a golden glow, and he said reflectively, “From the moment we stepped into the Cultivation World, we’ve had no say in our fate. Only by standing at the highest point can we control our own destiny…”

Seventh Junior Brother followed Duge’s gaze and laid eyes on the rising Morning Star, lost in thought.

The junior sister stood by Duge’s side, looking towards the eastern sky like them, utterly calm from body to heart.

It was not until this moment that she truly felt that she had grown up, no longer the little girl who depended on her father and brothers, flustered by emergencies.

There were only the four of them left in the Seven Star Gate; she could not burden Sect Head Senior Brother alone. She had to grow up, to shoulder a part of the responsibility for Sect Head Senior Brother and for the Seven Star Gate.

A moment passed.

Duge broke the silence, smiled, and beckoned to the two, “Let’s go, Seventh Junior Brother, collect the spoils we’ve seized and head back to our sect for the next step in our plan.”

“Yes, Sect Head Senior Brother,” the Seventh Junior Brother responded, picking up the scattered goods.

Through his own strength, Duge had repelled the invading enemy, and no longer harbored any disrespect for his former Senior Brother, who had been inferior to himself.

The junior sister went to help.

“Senior, could you leave us a piece of clothing?” The lead brother from Sky Mist Valley carefully made a request, “With your junior sister still here, it’s rather inappropriate for us to be in such a state.”

“I don’t care, mere pigs and dogs,” Guan Xuan huffed, twirling her sword in her hand, “If you feel it’s inappropriate, I can take care of it for you…”

“…”

The lead brother looked at the cold-eyed Guan Xuan, retracted his neck sheepishly, thinking to himself, Evil Demon, how can you bear to torment your junior sister like this?

Such an innocent girl, spoiled by your few words to become like this, aren’t you afraid she will never be married off!

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