Peace Order
Chapter 1765 - 72: The Final - of Chen Dingye
This question, when asked, seemed to carry an indescribable heaviness, Chen Wenmian’s palm paused, and the Qi mechanism spread continuously.
Chen Wenmian had also reached the pinnacle of the Seven Heavens, his mind swayed, and his breath scattered, causing the fishing rod leaning beside him to tremble.
The fishing line hanging down from the rod slightly swayed, causing ripples.
The ripples swept across the entire lake in an instant.
Li Guanyi looked at Chen Wenmian in front of him, his expression gentle. According to reason, according to the will that pressed down with this overwhelming momentum, Chen Wenmian should personally put an end to all the hatred, yet it was precisely because it was Chen Wenmian that Li Guanyi was worried.
Chen Wenmian’s character is gentle, yet possesses extraordinary resilience.
He is suited to be a teacher, a scholar who quietly reads, a guest sipping tea beside those scholars who speak of the grand Martial World and vast landscapes, yet he took up the spear, rode a warhorse, and set out on the world’s stage.
Fate always forces people onto paths they are unwilling to take.
Chen Dingye’s actions were unforgivable, yet over the past decades, he was, after all, Chen Wenmian’s father, and in his youth, Chen Wenmian always aspired to the figure of that father.
At that time, he practiced martial arts and studied, hoping to truly gain his father’s approval.
And now, amidst the chaos, he must personally kill Chen Dingye.
For someone with such a gentle nature, is it too cruel?
Li Guanyi looked at him, his expression filled with reluctance.
Chen Wenmian remained silent for a long time, Li Guanyi exhaled, he was not used to doing such things, when he faced death himself and stood before everyone, he acted almost without thinking, but when it came to considering other’s softer hearts, he was somewhat clumsy.
If it were Murong Qiushui speaking, he would say it’s clumsy like a tabby cat playing with a ball of yarn.
Li Guanyi felt somewhat uneasy, scratched his temple, then tweaked his sideburns, and said, "Chen Dingye is going to be attacked, it’s as Qin attacking Chen, according to reason, I should take you with me to that small city, to the final battle to annihilate Chen." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
"However, he was once your father after all."
"You may choose not to go to this final battle."
Chen Wenmian said, "I cannot not go."
Li Guanyi asked, "Is it truly your own heart that wishes to go, or is it everything you’ve been through, your morals and ideals, or the words of everyone around you, all telling you that you cannot not go?"
Chen Wenmian opened his mouth but found himself unable to speak for a moment.
Li Guanyi watched the silent, composed Chen Wenmian before him, stood up, placed his palm on Chen Wenmian’s shoulder, and said, "Naturally, you are the son of the Divine Martial King, according to common wisdom, you should be brave, you should go to get revenge."
"But, what of the common wisdom, or what others think you should do? Does it truly matter so much?"
"The things people think you should do, are they really that important?"
Chen Wenmian was startled, instinctively raised his head.
Li Guanyi softly and warmly said:
"Fate is cruel and heartless, I leave the choice to you."
Li Guanyi looked at the gentle young man, amidst the tumultuous times, filled with grand ambitions, yet when these grand things come down to the ground, they are not to be looked at closely, if scrutinized, they are so cruel. Chen Wenmian’s tragedy began with Tantai Xianming’s ruthless scheme.
Tantai Xianming even used his own daughter as a pawn, guiding the then-young Chen Dingye, leading out his inner extreme and persistent desires, whether it was Chen Dingye’s own ambition or Tantai Xianming’s means.
Or perhaps, it was both.
Which led to the past tragedies of Li Guanyi and Chen Wenmian.
And Tantai Xianming’s ruthlessness stemmed from the slaughter of the chaotic world.
Li Guanyi was gradually able to reconcile with himself.
And what Chen Wenmian bore was actually heavier than what Li Guanyi carried—
His most respected grandfather personally guided his father in the first half of his life to indulge in desire and ambition, then created a complete tragedy, during the decade of his life as the Crown Prince, his father was distant towards him, his mother too sensitive to touch him.
And the one who was best to him, Tantai Xianming, who personally taught him to become a gentle gentleman, like a teacher, also the most reliable elder, that grandfather.
Was the very person who personally designed and guided the tragedy of his life.
His biological father at that time was also exiled as a traitor.
When he had his biological father, it was precisely at the moment when everything he cherished crumbled.
He lost everything in the past decade, lost his biological mother, the father he thought he had, and the esteemed grandfather, bid farewell to everything, took up the spear, and stepped into the chaotic world.
And now, his biological father galloped and died on the battlefield, his mother self-immolated beneath the palace walls, his grandfather, the mastermind who ended his own plans with his death.
This life he walked.
The only one left persisting was Chen Dingye.
An enemy, once a father.
Faced with such a destiny, if Chen Wenmian, who is still a gentle person, were to finally personally wield the sword and sever the last ties of his life, Li Guanyi felt heartbroken, yet such a monumental decision, he had no right to make on behalf of Chen Wenmian.
He merely looked at this friend, this warrior, and said:
"The world always teaches people to be brave."
"But, occasionally being timid and weak, is not a wrong thing."
"Do not be constrained by the eyes of the world, nor be bound by the prestige of the Divine Martial King, life is a wilderness, you choose your path, for this last battle, it doesn’t matter if you don’t go."