Recruit black physique to start practice in wasteland

Chapter 2404 Morality
The five people passed through the clouds, below which was a light rain.

After landing, visibility was not very good due to the continuous drizzle; what could be seen was a vast expanse of undulating green.

However, this did not affect the five people. At first, they cautiously probed with their divine sense, and gradually the influence spread.

Within a few hours, everyone had a pretty good grasp of the area.

Its territory is quite large, at least hundreds of millions of square kilometers, and it has everything from mountains and forests to lakes and deserts.

Most importantly, there are not only humanoid beings, but also cultivators among them—to be precise, beings with extraordinary powers.

"Catch two to read their memories?" It was Qingkong who spoke. Since these guys weren't cultivators, they would count them as "two".

In any case, when the Celestial Venerable searches the soul, it will not affect the soul of a low-level extraordinary power, and may even erase the relevant memories.

The Great Protector has plenty of experience exploring other worlds, but this time it's not his responsibility to lead. Since he's newly integrated into the team, it's best to discuss things together.

"Let's observe for two days first," said True Venerable Hanli. "Let's figure out their cultivation system so as not to alert them."

Qingkong Zhenzun nodded slightly, thinking to himself that this team was quite cautious and did not act recklessly because of their cultivation level.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed, and through their divine senses, everyone had roughly figured out what kind of world this was.

From Qu Jianlei's perspective, it can be understood as a magical world.

Han Li and the others had little interest in other cultivation systems, let alone naming the related realms.

So everyone followed Qu Jianlei's titles and addressed him as a magic apprentice, magician, grand magician, archmage, and great mage.

The corresponding cultivation realms are: Qi Nourishment, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...

The language and writing system in this world are different from those in the cultivation world, so you can call people whatever you want.

Strictly speaking, very few people in this world actually understand written language; the power to read and write is concentrated in the hands of a few powerful and wealthy individuals.

Skipping over these details, Qu Jianlei's suggestion was to first disguise himself as a local and get a better understanding of the situation.

It's just a matter of getting a few outfits; as for the language... you can learn it casually.

Perhaps because he was used to the feeling of "playing dumb to fool others," he was actually looking forward to this kind of thing and felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

He had done this in both the Federation and the Alliance before; when gathering intelligence, the taste of being disguised as a white dragon was indeed quite good.

However, apart from Jin Ge, the other three people had a strange expression when they heard this suggestion.

Min Ning coughed lightly and said, "We've worked so hard to cultivate to such a high level, and in the end we still have to consider the feelings of ants?"

Qingkong chimed in, "Aren't you worried about getting entangled in karma? Like Cangwu... well, never mind!"

This topic was a small knot in Xiao Qu's heart, and he wasn't interested in going into details.

But that already makes a lot of sense. Even the Nascent Soul Grandmaster doesn't want to get involved in the karma of Cangwu, let alone this kind of trash cultivation system.
Qu Jianlei finally understood that his previous perspective was too narrow.

Strictly speaking, it has little to do with one's overall situation; it's mainly related to one's cultivation level.

Seeking stability when below the Nascent Soul stage is not really wrong, and there's no need to worry too much about cause and effect.

Moreover, living and mingling in the secular world for a long time can also have the effect of tempering the mind in the mundane world, which is beneficial to spiritual practice.

However, once you reach the stage of leaving your body, you really need to be careful.

Such a massive entity, even the slightest cause or effect, could trigger unpredictable consequences.

So, now that I'm about to break through to the Out-of-Body stage, it's time to adjust my mindset—luckily, it's not too late.

Seeing him pondering, Han Li also spoke up, "Anyway, when you make a move, you should at least distinguish between good and evil."

He was trying to comfort Qu Jianlei, but this also shows that he agreed with a swift and decisive crackdown.

Qu Jianlei nodded silently. He had no qualms about causing trouble for other races, but dealing with these humanoid creatures... was a bit of a challenge.

Therefore, talking about good and evil can still help clear one's mind.

But then he frowned. "This is... bone-eating?"

"You're only just realizing this?" Qingkong Zhenzun glanced at him. "The bottom of this world has nothing to do with morality; they're not worth pitying."

Qu Jianlei asked around and found out that several Grand Venerables had sensed that someone was eating bones.

However, unlike the Fallen Ones of the Garbage Planet, the people here eat bones, which does not improve their cultivation or anything else; they simply eat meat.

What he sensed right now was just such a thing: in a mountain village more than 300 kilometers away, the villagers ambushed a mother and child who were passing by.

These two passersby didn't even enter the village; they were trying to speed up their journey, seemingly planning to reach somewhere before dark.

As it turned out, they ran into a group of villagers, who immediately launched an attack. The son, a young and strong man, escaped, but his elderly mother was captured...

These villagers were all dressed in rags and were emaciated; they didn't look like evil people at all.

It is disgusting for their own kind to eat each other's bones, and Qu Jianlei could never tolerate it.

But this time, even he was speechless—it had little to do with good or evil, it was mainly due to ignorance!

Han Li sensed his emotions and nodded slightly. "Just don't treat them like people. This kind of thing is all too common in other worlds."

“It is indeed very common,” Qingkong Zhenzun chimed in, “Some of them look like people, but you really can’t mistake them for people!”

Min Ning, however, spoke in a more conventional manner, saying, "There aren't even any moral standards established, let alone any form of supervision!"

Qingkong Zhenzun shook his head dismissively, "Establishing moral standards also depends on the right timing."

Moral norms... could it be considered a stroke of luck? Qu Jianlei thought about it and realized that it really was.

Do any other countries on Earth, besides China, have any ethical standards? Absolutely not!
Why are monotheistic religions so popular? Because God will issue decrees—you can do XX, but you can't do OO.

This is based on the religious claim that "God once said" and the forced imposition of basic moral values.

Strictly speaking, it can't be called a moral view, but rather a set of values, such as "those who don't believe in me must die"...

This matter cannot be written in too much detail; in any case, the true moral standard cannot be "what God says."

The Chinese legend that "when the Spring and Autumn Annals were published, even ghosts and gods wept" refers to the consequences of establishing moral norms.

Of course, there are also examples of concealing evil and promoting good, but that is not for the purpose of telling stories, but to improve the moral framework.

That's getting off topic, but just as the worst order is better than no order, the most basic morality is better than no morality at all.

At the very least, no one will feel that they can accept something like Oedipus anymore.

As Qu Jianlei was lost in thought, a sudden change occurred: a group of seventeen or eighteen strong men rushed into the village.

The word "powerful" is quite accurate, as it includes young and strong individuals, knights who have cultivated their bodies, and one who knows magic.

With a flurry of bloodshed, all the villagers present were slaughtered, and then the leader kicked over the bone-eating rack.

Are they good people? No, they're not. Then they ransacked the village looking for valuables.

Several relatively young women were tied up and left in the rain, clearly to be taken away.

It's probably not meant for eating, since the skeletons have all been kicked over, but... maybe it will be treated the same way after it's been used.

“Let’s go,” Han Li said decisively, “Let’s take them down.”

"That's fine!" Qu Jianlei had no objections and followed the others in a flash.

After subduing everyone, they began searching for their souls.

One of the people who came this time could use magic, but he was actually just a magic apprentice.

However, he had a mentor. Although he had defected and become an outlaw, he still had a mentor, didn't he?

That division commander wasn't a good person either... so everyone continued to follow the line.

The process was described in a very dry way, but there's really not much to say. Using your body to deal with ants is as simple as blowing them to death with a single breath.

Most importantly, the mindset of high-level cultivators is one of complete indifference when they look at these alien trash.

They didn't even feel the fear and despair they saw in each other's eyes, so there was no need to mention it further.

When the clues led to the Archmage... which is actually the Golden Core stage, the process was interrupted.

This mage had no master; he inherited a legacy from his ancestors who committed murder and robbery, and he was able to cultivate it.

But it doesn't matter. Even without a master, everyone can still follow the cause and effect line to continue upwards.

There are dozens of Grand Mages in this world... that is, Nascent Soul cultivators.

Based on an area of ​​approximately 100 million square kilometers, a Nascent Soul cultivator could be found in a few million square kilometers, which doesn't seem particularly sparse.

However, it's hard to say whether there are any higher beings than the Archmage; at least, this Archmage doesn't have any in his memory.

However, this world seems to have an outer boundary, and it's hard to say what other things exist in those outer regions.

However, during this process, everyone confirmed one thing: in the cultivation system of this world, there is no strong causal relationship between the upper and lower levels.

The relevant cause and effect can be found by searching, which takes a little effort, but the advantage is that searching the soul will not disturb anyone.

For the four great masters, a little bit of cause and effect was enough, until they found a great mage.

This archmage has a magic tower, which means... well, he has the conditions for cultivation and the necessary defenses.

The group launched an attack on the magic tower. As for whether they had a reason for attacking, does that matter?
The cultivation world is so ruthless and cruel; weakness is the original sin.

However, what made Qu Jianlei feel a little better was that these magicians didn't treat mortals as human beings either.

Experiments involving many living people, even magic apprentices, were also very common.

The necromancer was banished simply because he researched forbidden magic, which is different from using living people for experiments.

Ultimately, this society has almost no morality, and the strong can do whatever they want.

So when cultivators take action, they feel no psychological pressure whatsoever, and they don't even need an opening statement.

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