The Black Crow had once been hunted by the Evil Sect continuously for three days and nights, not closing his eyes for a moment; he managed to stand up with a paralyzed lower body and continue fighting, even waging chaos battles in a state of blindness; he once faced off against a Weak Mage with iron-like endurance, and he had considerable experience in tangling with a Feng Shui Master who combined hardness and softness.

Anyone who knew the Black Crow, be they enemies or friends, whether they liked or hated him, would not deny that the Black Crow is a tough person who cannot be steamed, boiled, flattened, or exploded, as solid as a rock.

When Ash and Igula chatted, they once described him as: 'As if his heart were made of iron, his intestines cold, even his veins flowing with black blood.'

It seems that while the Void Realm cursed him, it also took away his weakness. The phrase 'facing death with equanimity' was practically tailor-made for him, but unlike Harvey who would probably hug death and shower it with kisses, he was more like someone who would charge up with a Gray Fox Blade, ready to embrace life's final challenge — after the destruction of the Ya Sha Jin, he was fearless.

Yet this unbreakable saint walking in a decaying world, at this moment, his arm slightly trembled, almost unable to hold the Gray Fox Blade, causing him to slide another meter down, while the Mercury Wooden Horse slid down 1.1 meters — she couldn't grip his arm steadily, as her tender palms would blister with a little force, should the Black Crow not hold her up, she would slide down by herself.

The Black Crow had been holding onto her forearm, but with a slight loss of strength, he was holding her wrist.

"Ah."

The Mercury Wooden Horse was startled by the sudden drop, breathing shallowly she said, "If you don't hold onto me firmly, I'll disappear."

"Is that so?" The Black Crow tried to calm himself, looked up at the crevice above, not meeting her eyes.

"You'll save me, right?" The Mercury Wooden Horse's voice seemed somewhat cheerful, "You won't abandon me, nor let me die here."

"Really? But you know, I just bid farewell to Ash and Igula, preparing to follow your tracks and continue hunting you." The Black Crow said, "If I hadn't fallen into the crevice, if I hadn't subconsciously grabbed you when I fell... maybe I would have achieved my goal by now."

"Why?"

The Mercury Wooden Horse asked in a very puzzled tone, "Why are you still hunting me?"

The Black Crow was taken aback, he opened his mouth, his throat longing to release a torrent of words, the complex emotions of anger, sorrow, regret almost choked his heart. He wanted to start from the destruction of Ya Sha Jin Sect two years ago, wanted to tell about every person he knew, wanted... But he took a deep breath, all the words converged into a weary sentence:

"Because I'm Tamasi, and you are Tanomu."

The Mercury Wooden Horse understood his meaning, after a moment of silence, she said again, "You had no idea I came to the Silent Spiral, actually I haven't been here long. So your destination was also the Silent Spiral, plus you, a Void Realm insulator, are so familiar with the Sky Gate Technique Spirit..."

"You were planning to come to the Silent Spiral to leave Senluo through the Sky Gate passage, right?" She said, "And because you journeyed with them, so are you..."

"Yes." The Black Crow was very direct, "I had thought of leaving."

"In that case, why didn't you leave but stayed in Senluo to hunt me?" The Mercury Wooden Horse said, "I'm actually really happy for you, not because you gave up chasing me, but because you finally know to pursue your own happiness."

"I thought you'd finally pass your long, wandering youth and find your own haven."

"Leaving Senluo might lead to happiness, having a haven might make one happy." The Black Crow said, "But if I can't bring you to justice, I certainly won't be happy."

"A sign of maturity is accepting your own helplessness." The Mercury Wooden Horse said, "Do you remember the question I asked when we first ate fish?"

The Black Crow thought for a moment, "There're so many bones in a fish, would it hurt?"

"I always thought they would hurt, because they're bones. But if you get used to it, accept it, then they become the bones that support you, not the ones that leave you scarred."

The Black Crow said, "I don't care if I'm scarred, as long as I can hurt the ones I hate."

The Mercury Wooden Horse smiled bitterly, "Seems like your youth isn't over yet."

"I will save you." The Black Crow thought clearly, said seriously, "Right now you are still in the Silent Spiral area, if you die here you will be reborn into Igula. So I must save you, and imprison you in the Silent Spiral, until Ash and the others leave, until everyone exits the Silent Spiral, ensuring you have no rebirth targets, only then will I execute you."

"Saving me just to kill me? True to form." The Mercury Wooden Horse chuckled softly, "But what if I tell you, this body's master isn't dead yet?"

The Black Crow froze.

"Cute, beautiful, lovable, right? I didn't pick her randomly, as my portable rebirth vessel, she's practically a work of art, and she's not a mage." The Mercury Wooden Horse said, "I initially planned to start anew after rebirth. In these past two years, I've collected many secrets of the Void Realm, unfortunate that I'm already a Holy Sanctuary Mage and can't go back, but if I could start over, I'm confident I could climb Ruby Mountain."

"But also because she is not a mage, I have no magic power and cannot directly influence the soul. Our status is more akin to dual personality, only she's asleep."

The Mercury Wooden Horse said, "She is just an ordinary, plain girl who has been raised by me, mostly sleeping to strengthen her soul, and has never done anything bad in her life. Are you going to kill her because of me?"

Although she said this, the Mercury Wooden Horse didn't really think she could threaten the Black Crow. She just wanted to add some psychological burden to the Black Crow to gain a bargaining chip for the upcoming conversation.

However, the Black Crow thought for a moment and said, "I will find a way to imprison you in the Silent Spiral and serve as your prison guard. If you try to become a mage, I will kill you immediately; or if my life comes to an end, I will execute you. Apart from these two situations, I will keep you imprisoned."

The Mercury Wooden Horse clutched the Black Crow's wrist tightly.

"This does not align with the teachings of the Ya Sha Jin." She said, "Eradicating evil is always more important than saving lives. Saving one person saves just one life, but killing one evil person might indirectly save hundreds of lives."

"Indeed it doesn't comply." Black Crow nodded, "But I think I am right, as long as I can bear all the consequences of my decision. Just now, I spared you to save Igula, and I am willing to spend the rest of my life chasing you; now I can also spare you to save the girl reincarnated in your vessel, as long as I'm willing to imprison you for life."

The Mercury Wooden Horse said in a low voice, "If you kill me now, you can go out to kill more evil people and save more lives, instead of wasting your life on me... that would be the way of the Ya Sha Jin."

"Yes," the Black Crow said, "If life could truly be measured, then the benefit of killing you is certainly greater than sparing you. But does that mean that without me, there truly is no one else who can stop you?"

"In the past two years of pursuing you, I've also been to many places. At first, I believed that after the Ya Sha Jin sect was destroyed, evil mages would be unrestrained, and ordinary people would undoubtedly live in deep water and scorching fire, with evil running rampant. The situation I initially saw was indeed like this, with evil mages rampaging and mortals suffering."

"But this situation did not continue. Sometimes other sects sent people to suppress them, sometimes new mages emerged among ordinary people, and even some evil mages were pierced to death with pitchforks by the mortals."

"Evil will not be eradicated, the Evil Crow will always scream, but wherever there is oppression, there will be resistance. Ya Sha Jin is not just our ideal; it's also the common vision of ordinary people."

"Tamasi, do you know what the happiest thing I encountered these two years was?"

The Mercury Wooden Horse: "Catching me?"

"It was when I passed through the edge of a small town belonging to the Bronze Law Sect, and while others feared and kept their distance from me, a few children came up to ask if there is a Ya Sha Jin sect in the south dedicated to killing bad people, and if I am from Ya Sha Jin. You know, the laws of the Bronze Law are strict, and civilians are not allowed to possess weapons, so when they encounter an evil mage, they can only wait for a Bronze Law mage to come and enforce the law."

The Mercury Wooden Horse: "They wanted the Ya Sha Jin to come and hunt down evil mages, right? Hearing of Ya Sha Jin's downfall, they must have been very disappointed."

"Yes." Black Crow said, "But they told me they secretly train at home, hoping to have the power to resist the next time they encounter evil people. They also wanted me to quickly rebuild the Ya Sha Jin to scare those villains to death."

"So, Tamasi, do you understand that even if Ya Sha Jin was just a group of murderers seeking to satisfy their twisted desires, our cause still has meaning. The Senluoians will remember that there once was a group of people who took pleasure in hunting down bad people, and those evil villains who seemed unstoppable were only prey for that group."

"Evil is actually very weak."

"Though Ya Sha Jin has perished, the spirit of resistance will not be extinguished. As long as ordinary people have a heart for resistance against evil, even if the name Ya Sha Jin disappears, more people will rise up to fight the Evil Crow."

Black Crow said, "Life can indeed be measured, but not by me or anyone, it's measured by everyone collectively, saving together, killing the Evil Crow together."

"I do not wish for myself to save the lives of many in the future, the lives of others will have others to save them. I only need to save the life that 'only I can', like Igula, or your vessel."

"Ash once told me that every minute and second of this world, someone is committing a crime, but if he can't see it, he can't do anything; sometimes there is a crime he can see, but he has no power, so he can't help either; only when a crime appears before him and he has the power, will he try to subdue the evil for the moral satisfaction."

"We weaklings, as long as we do what's right in front of us, it's enough."

These words had brewed in Black Crow's heart for a long time but never took shape. It was only after going through a series of events in the Silent Spiral that he felt like he had cleared the fog before his eyes, finally understanding his path and redefining his own Ya Sha Jin.

By the end of his speech, Black Crow was no longer speaking to Tamasi but to himself. Once he was done, he felt relieved, his heart clear, as if reborn and free from a heavy burden.

At this moment, the Ya Sha Jin sect truly perished. But a new Ya Sha Jin is being born in the cracks.

"Can you stop abusing the term 'weaklings'?" the Mercury Wooden Horse said coldly, "It's really disgusting to listen to."

"You've always lived so purely, which is why I've disliked you since childhood."

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