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Chapter 231: Jiang Feng: The Premise of "Might Makes Right"
Chapter 231: Jiang Feng: The Premise of "Might Makes Right"
Yao Yue felt like she had punched a ball of cotton.
Since she met Jiang Feng and fell in love with him, she had always been discovering new and wise behaviors from him, which made her more and more fond of him.
However, this time, she finally found a theory that could suppress him.
"Might makes right" - she had a complete set of theories, logic, and factual evidence, and she was confident that she could refute Jiang Feng.
But Jiang Feng simply said that she was right!
Yao Yue didn't feel any sense of triumph, but instead, she felt a wave of frustration and her chest felt tight.
"You don't really think that!" Yao Yue said.
"I do," Jiang Feng said. "History is written by the victors. Whoever wins is the one who is right."
Yao Yue looked at Jiang Feng, who had a calm and serene expression.
"No," Yao Yue shook her head. "Even if you think that, you still haven't said everything."
Jiang Feng smiled. "What haven't I said?"
"I don't know," Yao Yue said firmly. "But just like when you said I have a strong personality and strict rules, but I took the wrong path."
Jiang Feng looked at Yao Yue, who was rare to blush.
Ignoring the possibility of revealing some of her own actions, Yao Yue immediately brought the topic back on track. "Whoever wins is right, this sentence is not wrong, but you must have something else to say."
"For example?"
"For example..." Yao Yue furrowed her brow in thought. "Who can win?"
Jiang Feng shook his head. "For example, in a situation where both sides are evenly matched, who can win?"
"Hmm?" Yao Yue's eyes sparkled.
"The premise of'might makes right' is that the powerful side has overwhelming power over the righteous side, which is what many people assume when they say this phrase, but this is actually a false proposition," Jiang Feng said.
"Does the powerful side not have any order? Even a bandit's lair has rules!" Jiang Feng said calmly. "And does the righteous side not have any power? Even the most pedantic Song Xianggong has an army."
Yao Yue couldn't help but frown, her eyes flashing with thoughts.
"So, does the powerful side's power necessarily far exceed the righteous side's?"
Jiang Feng said, "Most ordinary people and even those in the martial arts world are just opportunistic and will follow the victor, because their biggest demand is just to survive.
So, when the powerful side is indeed crushing the righteous side in terms of power, they are naturally insignificant, because if they follow the righteous side, they might be directly destroyed by the powerful side."
Yao Yue looked at Jiang Feng, and she already knew what he was going to say next.
"But when the powerful side and the righteous side are evenly matched, some small forces will show their value, and under the organization of those with a heart, they can even gather together to form a tower, and accumulate water to form a deep pool."
Jiang Feng smiled. "Mencius said, 'The timing of heaven is not as good as the advantage of the earth, and the advantage of the earth is not as good as the harmony of people.' This sentence has been passed down for thousands of years, and it's not without reason."
Yao Yue didn't say anything anymore.
Because all the factual cases she had prepared were about the powerful side crushing the righteous side.
"But why did I say you were right again?" Jiang Feng asked.
"Why?" Yao Yue asked.
"Because in the current martial arts world, there is basically no one who can match you," Jiang Feng said with a shrug. "So no matter what you say, you're right. Even if you say the sun is square, others will say that the round sun is what they saw wrong."
"Of course not!" Yao Yue immediately denied.
"Then how could my brother come into conflict with you?" Jiang Feng asked.
Yao Yue blinked, feeling that Jiang Feng's words made sense. Since she was going to be with him, Yan Nantian certainly wasn't an enemy.
That said, Yao Yue still didn't consider Yan Nantian to be her match.
I, Yao Yue, am invincible in the world!
Yao Yue glanced at Jiang Feng and thought that there was no need to compete for victory in front of him, so she didn't say anything more.
As for power and justice, enlightenment and straying from the path...
Yao Yue let out a soft hum. She hadn't slaughtered innocents indiscriminately, nor did she have any intention of ruling the martial arts world. Power, straying from the path... what did they have to do with her?
I've only killed a few underlings who offended Yi Hua Palace. Those cowards in the martial world are easily frightened. What could I do about that?
The two strolled through the plum blossom forest, soon noticing that the number of tourists in the forest was dwindling. By the time a cup of tea had passed, they were the only ones left.
Yao Yue curved her lips, thinking that Luo Fangya was quite sensible.
Jiang Feng fell silent, hoping that the lunch banquet would start soon.
...
When the lunch banquet was about to begin, Jiang Feng and Yao Yue had already arrived in the main hall of the mountain villa. Murong Yong personally led them to the main table and seated them, and no one objected.
However, just as Murong Yong and the head of the Mei family were about to announce the engagement between the two families, a commotion suddenly erupted outside the mountain villa, along with several figures who jumped over the wall.
"Who are you?"
"You're asking to die!"
The people in the hall stood up from their seats, their eyes fixed on the front yard.
"Where did they go?"
"Who's in charge here?"
Those who jumped in seemed to have short tempers as well.
However, when the two sides met, they were all taken aback.
"Lei Tuo of Thunderclap Hall?"
"The Ding brothers, the Twin Swords of Jiangnan?"
"Nangong Yue?"
"Master Huang Ji of Wutai Mountain?"
"Feng Tianyu of the Changbai Sword Sect?"
"Li Hongxia, the Red Demon?"
The hall was filled with figures from the Jiangnan martial arts world, while those who jumped in from the yard were mostly northern martial artists.
"What are you doing?"
"I should be asking what you're doing gathering here?"
"Miss Murong Yong and Young Master Mei are getting engaged. Would you like to join us for a drink?"
"This..."
"Who are you chasing?"
Everyone looked at each other, and the group of Jiangnan martial artists also realized something. After all, although they had come to attend the banquet of the Murong and Mei families, their families were also keeping an eye on some news in the martial world.
"Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!"
At this moment, a big man hurriedly jumped in from the yard, "We accidentally discovered the trace of Ha Ha'er, one of the Ten Villains, and that's why we chased him here."
"Hai Qixia? How did you... Ha Ha'er?"
"The one who stole Ouyang Ting's treasure from Mount Emei?"
"It's him indeed!"
"Is he in the Guanmei Mountain Villa?"
Seeing the crowd in chaos, Jiang Feng and Yao Yue looked at each other.
"It seems that the Ten Villains are indeed all near Yueyang," Jiang Feng nodded.
Yao Yue looked at these martial artists, who were in a mess over some external objects, and felt disdainful, coldly watching from the sidelines.
(End of Chapter)
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