From the dragon race to penetrate the world

Chapter 99 Lu Jun, why do you pursue power?

In the quiet courtyard, the cold wind blows, blowing the dead leaves from the treetops.

The water gurgling across the stone crevice on the upper layer falls into the bamboo tube until a certain amount is reached. The bamboo tube is instantly dumped and buckled on the stone below, making a crisp sound.

The afternoon sunlight was warm, and there were three people sitting on the side of the corridor facing the courtyard, each holding a Japanese-style pottery teacup with steaming barley tea in it.

It seems that the three grandfathers and grandsons are spending the afternoon leisurely.

"Patriarch Inuyama, your Igai is indeed the ultimate in swordsmanship. I feel that you may be able to go faster, right?"

Mainly, Lu Chen and Mr. Inushan were chatting with each other, Yuan Zhisheng just stared at Xingzhu in the courtyard in a daze, and even began to wonder if he didn't need to watch Lu Chen at all.

This guy really just came to Patriarch Inuyama for advice. He didn't seem to even have the idea of ​​discussing. Based on his observations of Lu Chen these days, he didn't seem to be able to be a lobbyist for Principal Angers.

What's more, the owner of the Inuyama family is indeed a faction "close" to the secret party among the eight Sheqi families, but he does not think that the other party will fall to the secret party at a critical moment.

"It really makes me a little ashamed to say this kind of compliment from your mouth. Even if I can be faster, I can't be faster than you."

Inuyama He took a sip of barley tea and exhaled hot air from his mouth.

"Can you ask Inuyama Patriarch, the highest rank you can reach? The principal told me that you are the highest-ranked powerhouse in the world."

Aside from other things, Lu Chen still respects people like Inuyama He. From the day they fought, he could see that the opponent had been sharpening this knife for many years, but he just hadn't met anyone who wanted to behead.

If it were that person, maybe Inuyama Ka's sword would be faster, right?

And some of his words are not compliments. On the rank of the moment, Inuyama He is indeed the strongest in the world.

"Eighth order."

In fact, when he was in the best condition, he had reached the ninth order by chance, but it was obviously not counted as strength by chance.

Lu Chen was a little surprised. Charlotte, the legendary dragon slayer in history, had only reached the seventh rank, but this old man was able to climb to the eighth rank.

Yuan Zhisheng was also a little surprised. He had also practiced against the Inuyama Patriarch, and the opponent had only reached the seventh rank in front of him. He didn't expect this old man to still retain his strength.

"Excuse me, senior, do you have any skills to improve the moment?"

Lu Chen asked humbly.

Unexpectedly, Inuyama He shook his head and said, "There is no good way. Moment is like a knife. The more you sharpen it, the faster it will be."

Lu Chen was a little surprised. The old man spoke in Chinese, and he even used puns.

He thought for a while, "Meaning, it's enough to use more things like Yanling?"

Inuyama He did not respond to this confirmation question, but turned his head to look at Lu Chen, with a pair of bright eyes on his old face, with a look of scrutiny: "Are you still not satisfied with your speed?"

Inuyamaga believes that there is always a reason for people to pursue power, just like he has sharpened his sword for 60 years, in order to cut out the world's extreme speed and surpass that man, that is his goal and the reason for him to become stronger.

And what about this boy?

According to the information he knows, this young man has not had any setbacks since he "came out". No matter what kind of strong enemies are under his knife, he even thinks that the speed of this young man will not be inferior to that of that young man with all his strength. How many men.

And the boy is still very young and has a lot of room for improvement. Sooner or later, he will surpass that man one day.

Then why is he seeking power?
Lu Chen and the old man looked at each other and instantly understood the meaning of the other party. He looked into the other party's eyes and said, "If you stop the pursuit of strength, what's the point?"

Yuan Zhisheng felt that the atmosphere between Lu Chen and the old man had changed. The moment before, there was a harmonious conversation between the old man and the younger generation, but at this moment the atmosphere seemed to have become sharper, and there seemed to be something non-existent where the two pairs of eyes met. Sparks burst.

Finally a burst of laughter broke the mood.

Inuyama He smiled so boldly, so carefree, and even patted his hands on his legs, and finally looked at Lu Chen: "Lu Jun, you are really pure, Angers has accepted a good student again."

Yes, does the pursuit of power have to have an obsession like revenge or wanting to surpass someone?

This young man is not obsessed with those things, but he is more pure. He only pursues power for the sake of power, and his obsession is power itself!
But this kind of pure... is the way of the devil. He has seen too many young people who pursue power fall into the abyss, such as members of the Demons, and such as the wise Asuya of the Kanto branch.

"Senior's words are wrong. Strictly speaking, my tutor is Schneider. Of course, in a broad sense, we are all students of Principal Angers."

Lu Chen said with a smile, he also picked up the teacup and took a sip of wheat tea, which was a little cold.

He Inuyama looked at Lu Chen's clear eyes and thought of what this young man had done these days. He felt a little over-hearted. He was a person who could separate his pursuits from his daily life. Maybe such a child would be more likely to be happy. Bar.

Suddenly, he felt that it would be good if the recent rumors within the family came true. Lu Chen was indeed a good match for the Uesugi Patriarch.

"I heard that you hate hot weapons, why?"

At this time, Yuan Zhisheng kept silent, and asked an inexplicable question.

They have investigated the young man's information, and the other party has always used cold weapons to perform tasks, and never even auxiliary hot weapons. In some cases, it is indeed more convenient to use guns.

Lu Chen was silent for a while, and said, "I used to think about why the gun was invented."

The other two didn't interject, they knew the teenager wasn't asking them.

"Is it for the pursuit of more powerful force? Is it for the weak to have the power to rival the strong? Is it to show that man is going further in the process of fighting against nature?"

Lu Chen shook his head and sighed, "I later found out that it wasn't. At least I didn't think so. My teacher told me that guns were invented to reduce people's guilt."

"Guilty?"

Yuan Zhi was puzzled. In fact, the first few words said by the other party were objectively correct. He didn't understand what Lu Chen wanted to express.

"Yes, you insert the knife into the enemy's body, and your hand can feel the touch of the cold killer piercing the soft body, and you may also touch the hard bones during the process. The sound of friction is transmitted from your hand. Straight into your mind, you turn the blade, the enemy will wailing, will cry, before he dies, he is either hideous or resentful, or panic or despair... It seems to be counting your sins, this voice seems to follow you into a dream ."

The boy's voice was flat, but it was like a whisper of a demon, which made people shudder.

"It does sound reasonable. It takes more courage to use cold weapons than to kill the enemy with a gun."

Kagura Inuyama nodded.

However, Lu Chen shook his head and said: "It's not that I focus on cold weapons to show my courage. The teacher told me that killing an enemy with a knife will make you feel guilty, but that's the weight of your commitment, and that's life. The weight, only when you feel the weight will you know what you are doing, and you will always remind yourself that you are killing."

He paused and continued: "...If you can't feel the weight at any time, then you will become a machine that can only kill people, and you are not a person, and using a firearm will blur the boundaries of this weight. , the teacher said that in his opinion, most people who only use guns are cowards."

After listening to the young man's remarks, the two were silent for a long time.

"You have a good teacher."

After a long time, Inuyama Ka said in admiration.

However, Yuan Zhisheng felt strange. As far as he knew, Lu Chen had two teachers, one was a master who opened a martial arts hall. He heard that his martial arts skills were good, but he had never committed any crime and cut down people or other creatures.

The other is Schneider, the current head of the executive department of Cassell College, that is indeed an old killer, but he feels that according to Schneider's character, isn't it the first priority to destroy the enemy by all means, as for the guilt or something? It's all things that you only think about after you go to hell.

This kind of remark doesn't really look like what Schneider would say, but rather like what a wise old master who has been on the battlefield has said.

However, when he noticed that the atmosphere seemed to be a little dignified, he still smiled and said, "If you say so, isn't Caesar in your group also a coward. I heard that he is good at firearms."

Lu Chen shook his head and smiled, "Brother Caesar is different. At critical moments, he is also a hero who can slash with a knife."

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He Inuyama looked at the backs of Yuan Zhisheng and Lu Chen leaving, and felt really old for a while, so old that he actually lost to the teacher's new disciple in all aspects.

After Yuan Zhisheng and Lu Chen got into the car, Sakura started the car and drove out of the Inuyama family's private house.

"By the way, you really don't want to have a competition with me?"

Lu Chen turned his head to look at Yuan Zhisheng, who was lighting a cigarette. He was very interested in this young man who was a few years older than him. He must have met him after he came to Japan.

Yuan Zhisheng let out a breath of smoke, "I can't beat you."

Such a straightforward admission actually blocked Lu Chen's words.

"I heard from Caesar yesterday that you are the Genji Patriarch in the underworld. I heard that you are going to take over as the head of all the underworld, but to be honest, I don't think you are a underworld."

As Lu Chen spoke, he took out the iron box from his chest pocket, took out a Cohiba that he hadn't touched since seeing Eiliyi, and handed it to Yuan Zhisheng: "In the words of Brother Caesar, men should smoke this. ."

Yuan Zhisheng was stunned and took it. He didn't expect Lu Chen to take the initiative to talk to him.

"Then what should the underworld look like in your imagination?"

Yuan Zhisheng used his fingers to remove the front end like a knife, and took a sip on it. It was indeed the best, like the taste of that saucy Italian second-hand.

"Street fighting, collecting protection fees, bullying the people at the bottom, forcing good deeds, prostitutes and the like."

Every time Lu Chen said a word, Yuan Zhisheng's face became gloomy, but he couldn't refute it. No matter how bright the purpose of the Eighth Sect, Lu Chen's words were completely unavoidable. There were always rats. will do so.

"I didn't do what you said, but I did worse things."

Yuan Zhisheng looked out of the window, and he couldn't see his eyes from Lu Chen's point of view, but suddenly, he felt that this man, who had always been serious and serious, had an aura of sadness permeating his body, and his aura had dropped. Time is reminiscent of a defeated dog in the rain.

Rather than saying that he had done bad things, it was more like saying that he had something extremely regretful, so regretful that it was carved into his soul like a red-hot iron, and it could not be erased by reincarnation!
But the other party is the young master of the eight Sheqi clan, the future emperor of the underworld, what could make him feel so regretful?
The phone rang at this moment, breaking the suddenly heavy atmosphere in the car. Lu Chen glanced at it and smiled, "Since you want to follow me, why don't we have a bar together at night."

Yuan Zhisheng was stunned for a moment. He couldn't understand the brain circuit of this reckless man. Are we that familiar?

After this afternoon, he no longer wanted to monitor Lu Chen. This young man didn't seem like the kind of person who would disregard the safety of the public.

He also read yesterday's report. The boy rushed all the way from the Peninsula Hotel to the Rock Flow Research Institute. He tried his best to choose places with few people to move forward. In places with people, he would deliberately slow down to avoid hurting ordinary people, otherwise he might can be faster.

The only thing he had doubts about was that all the surveillance on the main road leading to the Rock Flow Research Institute had inexplicably failed that day, but judging from the time the boy arrived, he didn't seem to make a stopover. .

No matter what, he was ready to send Lu Chen back to the hotel to leave him alone, but he didn't expect that the other party would invite him to drink at this time, and it seemed that two other second-hand goods would also be present.

He should have refused, but he nodded for some reason. Now that the ferocious ghosts are weak, geological exploration has been put on the agenda, and the risk of war with the academy has been avoided, and his rare mood is somewhat relaxed.

Maybe it was because he was also a little curious about this young man. He wanted to know why a young man who walked out of the backcountry sometimes showed the eyes of a samurai.

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In the evening, Yuan Zhisheng sat on the leather sofa with a dull expression.

He was a little speechless when he looked at those second-hand goods. What kind of brain circuit did he think of drinking and chatting between men at night, and coming to a place like Gao Tianyuan!
"Brother Caesar, I think you can let them go first."

Lu Chen pointed to Mr. Cowherd, who was sitting on his left and looked a little embarrassed. He was wearing a purple open-breasted leather jacket and dyed golden hair. He felt that it was awkward for a man to serve and chat beside him.

"Since you're here, of course you have to experience the features here, but it's not quite what I imagined, so let's go down first."

Caesar waved his hand, and he didn't have the habit of letting men chat with each other emotionally, and he felt that the somewhat "soft" cowherd sitting next to him was looking at him gradually.

"Four more bottles of champagne."

Caesar snapped his fingers and reminded the cowherds who had left.

Looking at the high-spirited appearance of this Italian nobleman, I don't think it's embarrassing for four big men to come to Japan's top Cowherd shop.

"I said Brother Caesar, you are not afraid of this news reaching the academy."

Lu Chen looked at the surrounding environment. He originally thought that he would come to eat, drink and drink. He didn't expect that Gao Tianyuan would be such a "enchanting" place. If it was photographed by a paparazzi like Fingal, it would be sent back to the academy.

(End of this chapter)