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

...

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

ten thousand miles further from this place, one could find

In area, it was about one third of the Snow Sect. But from thousands of

large that it alone occupied three fourths of the whole city, its industries and palaces to be found everywhere.

Shui clan was divided into three factions: Purity Faction,

from the Purity

Purity Faction, following Agnes. Apparently, she was well-known here. Her arrival

why the clan's competition of juniors had to invite juniors from other clans, who were all

were all women, which made him a rare sight among

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

this led to a need to marry men from

thought emphatically. He used to live only

the disciples of the Shui clan certainly had been informed beforehand that he had been invited by Agnes to compete with

asking again and again whether Ricky was Agnes' man. Some

was annoyed, complaining to himself, "They

her arrival, so Ricky

hall, four young married women and a middle-aged man were sitting on the

elders of

Beside each one,

while others

walked in, catching peoples'

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

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