"This is this world, the malice of heaven and earth persecuting me..."
Fang Ming wanted to experiment further.
"But the result of all this is limited to the malice stopping at this level. If the malice could be amplified a thousand times, ten thousand times, someone might disregard reason, disregard everything, disregard good and evil, and want to kill me..."
"Still need to experiment."
Fang Ming, still using the cyan flying sword, attacked the bandits again and again.
And each time he killed a bandit, he felt that the hidden malice between heaven and earth seemed to deepen.
After Fang Ming killed more than twenty bandits.
The malice between heaven and earth had become more apparent.
"Every time someone is killed in this world, the malice between heaven and earth becomes more obvious..."
After Fang Ming recorded this pattern, he suddenly felt strange. Why hadn't he felt this malice when he killed those more than ten constables before?
"Perhaps, this world is judging my good and evil, determining if I am friend or foe, who knows."
Fang Ming already had a premonition that if he had made a different choice back then, the current outcome might be different.
However, it was done now, and he could only proceed like this.
The rest of the journey could be described as smooth sailing.
The malice of heaven and earth towards Fang Ming had deepened, but clearly, this malice was still not enough to disregard everything and kill Fang Ming.
So after suffering one misfortune, the rest of the journey was much easier.
The two of them successfully reached the Azure Sea Empire.
"Sir, this is the most prosperous city in the Ocean Empire."
Yan Deye said.
Fang Ming looked up and saw a city of exquisite external beauty.
People entering and exiting the city gate were sometimes of Eastern style, sometimes of Western style, some carrying long swords, some with magic staffs.
Clearly, these were cultivators of different professions.
The power system of this world could be measured by levels alone. Fang Ming could see that those entering and exiting were all around level ten or twenty.
Ordinary people entering and exiting the city possessed strength comparable to those bandits. The Azure Sea Empire truly deserved the title of the most prosperous empire.
Just as Fang Ming was making his judgment, Yan Deye also galloped his horse towards the city.
At the city gate, the guards checking and collecting entrance fees frowned when they saw Yan Deye driving a carriage towards the gate.
Although not explicitly stated, only nobles and officials of the Azure Sea Empire were qualified to enter the city without paying an entrance fee, and to drive a carriage into the city. This had always been the rule.
Not just anyone could do this.
And he did not recognize Yan Deye as a noble or an official, nor were there any symbols of identity on the carriage. Therefore, the guards could not allow this carriage to enter the city for free.
"Stop!"
Several guards quickly stopped the carriage.
"Carriages are not allowed within the city. Get out immediately and pay the entrance fee!"
"Pay the entrance fee immediately!"
Several guards shouted in unison.
Yan Deye frowned upon hearing this.
He had actually rarely visited the Azure Sea Empire and was unaware of the rules for entering the city.
However.
He could see carriages entering and exiting the city gate.
Why could some people enter by carriage, but he could not?
Yan Deye, confident in having Fang Ming, a Sword Immortal, with him, was not afraid. He immediately pointed at people who were entering the city by carriage and said, "They can enter the city directly by carriage, why can't I?"
The guards showed no particular expression. "They are nobles and officials of our Azure Sea Empire, so they are naturally exempt from the entrance fee. Are you?"
Yan Deye retorted forcefully, "I am not, but there is a Sword Immortal in my carriage! A Sword Immortal profession holder, and they can't even get an entrance fee waiver? And can't enter directly by carriage?"
"Must a Sword Immortal profession holder get out and walk into the city, is that it."
Yan Deye's forceful response also angered the guards.
If Yan Deye had spoken to them calmly and said that a Sword Immortal profession holder was in the carriage, they would have known the nobility of a Sword Immortal, not an ordinary person, and would have let them in.
After all, a Sword Immortal profession holder, even if not a noble or official, was not someone they needed to offend.
But at this moment, the guards' tempers were ignited by Yan Deye. They didn't care if he was a Sword Immortal or not. After all, an ordinary Sword Immortal could not defy the rules of the Ocean Empire.
They had the backing of the Ocean Empire and had nothing to fear.
Therefore, the guards replied to Yan Deye with equally forceful words.
"So what if he's a Sword Immortal? In front of the Azure Sea Empire, even a Sword Immortal cannot enter the city directly by carriage and must pay the entrance fee!"
"Get out immediately, or we will use force!"
The guards issued their final ultimatum.
Fang Ming, inside the carriage, watched this conflict unfold and realized that this was the manifestation of the malice of heaven and earth.
A situation that could easily be resolved peacefully and without conflict was being turned into a confrontation between both parties due to miscommunication.
During this process, heaven and earth did not make Yan Deye harbor ill will towards Fang Ming, but rather strengthened Yan Deye's reliance on Fang Ming as a pillar of support.
It was precisely because Yan Deye regarded Fang Ming as his support that his tone became so aggressive.
So forceful.
And it was precisely because of his aggression and forcefulness that the conflict was ultimately triggered.
Yan Deye had become the one causing trouble for Fang Ming.
Attracting enemies.
"Sigh..."
Fang Ming walked out of the carriage directly.
He said, "I'll pay the entrance fee. How much is it?"
Fang Ming knew that all of this was due to the malice of heaven and earth towards him.
It was not the fault of the guards, nor was it Yan Deye's fault.
Therefore, he did not have any impulse due to offended dignity, as that would only increase the malice of heaven and earth towards him.
If another conflict arose, Fang Ming could already predict what would happen next.
The guards would die, and then the experts of the Azure Sea Empire, the superiors of these guards, would be alerted. The experts of the Azure Sea Empire would surely come here to fight.
At that point, it would be a case of the juniors being defeated, and then the elders arriving.
Fang Ming did not want the situation to escalate to that point.
His understanding of this world came entirely from Yan Deye, who was just an ordinary person in this world. His understanding of the upper-level powers of this world was not extensive.
What if the experts of the Azure Sea Empire were stronger than him?
During the cooldown period of Fang Ming's world-hopping talent, he would have no choice but to die.