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."

...

at Billow City. They had been talking

located west of the Snow Land. It was said that ten thousand

area, it was about one third of the

large that it alone occupied three fourths of the whole

was divided into three factions: Purity Faction, Groom

was from the Purity Faction.

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

the clan's competition of juniors had to invite juniors from other

Shui clan were all women, which made him a rare sight among

owed this phenomenon to their blood. Almost always,

to

life is hard to imagine! What special blood!" Ricky thought emphatically. He used to live only in Stone City, so his perspectives still had some

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

was Agnes' man. Some

complaining to himself, "They

was summoned by elders of the Purity Faction at her arrival, so Ricky could follow and escape

a large hall, four young married women and a middle-aged man were sitting on the dais. Sensing their aura, Ricky could tell

were the five elders of the Purity

Beside each one, a male warrior

while others seemed arrogant. Each had distinctive characteristic.

Ricky walked in, catching peoples' attention.

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

a right to scold me. You're not my mother," Agnes replied coldly. It was apparent