The legendary warrior

"Then why did you do it?" Agnes asked, stunned at Ricky's question.

"I'm not sure, but maybe it was because of the fiery rage inside me!" Ricky replied.

"I know what you mean!" Agnes nodded. She was all too familiar with the feeling.

"Ricky, why have you been cultivating yourself?" she asked.

"To protect myself and the people around me," Ricky replied.

"Then why can't you extend a hand to the weak you encounter? Would you really have felt good later on if you didn't save these villagers today?" Agnes probed again.

"I wouldn't have," Ricky admitted.

"Some of my family's ancestors said that, though the world follows the law of the survival of the fittest, sometimes the strong must find it in their hearts to protect the weak. It is their morality," Agnes said.

"I'm not so sure of the meaning, but I'm convinced that it is right.

The competitiveness of the martial arts world tells us not to be kind, to be individualistic, but at times doing justice and rescuing even the most lowly life is easy for us, so why wouldn't we?"

"That does make sense!" Ricky said after hearing Agnes' explanation.

While he couldn't fairly understand these sentences from the ancestors of the Shui clan, it seemed that he had begun to scratch the surface of these proverbs.

Now that he had the power to uphold justice, why did he give it up? It was supposed to be human nature for him to do the right thing. However, he should control the justice and do the right thing at the right time, with wisdom, discernment, and tact.

Ricky felt suddenly enlightened as he realized these things.

"Agnes, thank you for explaining that to me!" Ricky said to Agnes.

words of my ancestors." Agnes felt a little shy at Ricky's gratitude.

...

arrived at Billow City. They had been talking all the while about martial

Snow Land. It was said that ten thousand miles further from

was about one third of the Snow Sect.

that it alone occupied three fourths of the whole city, its industries

explained to Ricky that the Shui clan was divided into three factions: Purity Faction, Groom Faction and

was from the Purity Faction.

entered the land of Purity Faction, following Agnes. Apparently, she was well-known here. Her arrival caused a bit of a stir among the people who saw

reason why the clan's competition

inside the Shui clan were all women, which

owed this phenomenon to their blood. Almost always, a Shui baby was born female.

need to marry

emphatically. He used to live only in Stone City, so his perspectives still had some widening to

of the Shui clan certainly had been informed beforehand that he had been invited by

Agnes' man. Some even said that since he

was annoyed, complaining to himself, "They are much

her arrival, so Ricky could follow and escape all the women clamoring around him.

and a middle-aged man were sitting on the dais. Sensing their aura, Ricky could tell

the five elders

of nine Shui disciples had gathered in the hall. Beside each one, a male warrior

warriors were peaceful while others seemed

and Ricky walked in, catching peoples' attention.

the five elders and so many other people wait for you," A woman said wryly

to the elders myself. You don't have a right to scold me. You're not my mother," Agnes replied coldly. It