Shang Xingyan sighed, "My colleagues told me when I returned to the underworld. Actually, reincarnation in the underworld to become an official is also tainted."

"We underworld civil officials who don't interact with the Yang Jian (the living world), how would we know what the world outside is like?"

"With a wise ruler above, there must be famous ministers below. If we are reincarnated into a prosperous age, we will surely be able to realize our ambitions."

"When we encounter a chaotic world where the people are struggling to survive, being an official is both the most difficult and the easiest. It just depends on what kind of official you want to be."

Shang Xingyan said, "After my third reincarnation, I had changed somewhat. But my original intention of being an official hadn't changed. In the end, I still became a pawn in someone else's game, sent to the execution ground."

"On the day I was beheaded, the people under my jurisdiction still risked coming to offer me a bowl of water and wine, and pooled money to get me a thin coffin. That was the greatest comfort in my life."

"After I returned to the underworld, someone led me to see my experiences of three lifetimes."

"Let me think carefully, whether to reincarnate as a human or stay in the underworld as an official?"

Shang Xingyan said, "Do you know what I thought after I saw myself as a human for three lifetimes?"

I was silent for a moment and said, "You were afraid and didn't dare to reincarnate. You felt that if you stayed in the underworld as an official, at least you would know what you were doing?"

"Reincarnating as a human, you forget your past life and have to start all over again."

"You know that you will forget everything after reincarnation, but you can't suppress your fear of the future. So, you compromised, didn't you!"

"Yes!" Shang Xingyan whispered, "I didn't want to suffer losses again and again, didn't want to repeat the mistakes of my previous lives. So, I chose to stay in the underworld."

"But I'm no longer the person who only wants to get things done."

Shang Xingyan took a deep breath and said, "Father, have you ever heard this saying?"

"Being able to do things is not as good as being able to handle people, and being able to handle people is not as good as being able to orchestrate situations."

"Those who can do things are capable people."

"When a person who can do things encounters a person who can handle people, they will inevitably be subdued by them."

"When a person who can handle people encounters a person who can orchestrate situations, you are just a chess piece in his hand."

"Doing things is not as good as creating momentum!"

"We can do things beautifully, but when we encounter someone who controls the universe and grasps the general trend of the martial world, we can't escape his grasp."

Shang Xingyan smiled, "In the underworld for so many years, I have complained, been decadent, struggled, and worked hard."

"But in the end, I also recognized myself."

"I am just a person who can do things. Apart from doing things, I can't even figure out my own future, let alone handle people or orchestrate situations."

"I also thought about it. If I could meet a master who pities his subordinates, that would be my luck. Following him, at least I wouldn't end up like those two lives."

"If I don't meet such a person, then let fate decide! I'll go as far as I can."

"Either wait to be reincarnated again, or wait to be annihilated."

"As for a righteous Confucian?"

"I'm not that anymore!"

Shang Xingyan spread out his palm and released ghost and god power like a burning flame, "Look, I don't even have the aura of righteousness anymore, how can I still call myself a Confucian disciple?"

Although Shang Xingyan was smiling, his smile was filled with endless vicissitudes and desolation.

Shang Xingyan might already be suitable to be an official, but all of this was realized from his three lifetimes of sinking and endless suffering.

I patted Shang Xingyan on the shoulder and said, "Old Shang, in terms of age, I am much younger than you, and I haven't experienced as many things as you."

"There are some things that I have to say, but don't blame me if I say them wrong."

Shang Xingyan smiled, "Father, I am all ears."

I said slowly, "There's nothing wrong with doing things. At least you have your goal."

"When a person is focused on doing one thing, they will inevitably fail at handling people. If you want to do things well, you will offend people. This is an unavoidable dead end."

"When you can handle people, you only have interpersonal relationships in your eyes, and you have to think twice about everything. But your vision is only limited to those few people."

"Without vision, how can you orchestrate situations or create momentum?"

"Old Shang, I know that you have experienced too much and have worn down your original heart."

"But it's not your fault, and you're not wrong."

"That's how it is in the martial world. Sometimes, a good intention doesn't get any recognition in the end. It's your method that's wrong, not your heart."

"Actually, you haven't lost your original heart, you're just afraid and dare not do it anymore."

"You personally smashed your own memorial arch, not because you were compromising with this world, but because you were burying your past self. You were afraid that you couldn't help but return to the original point."

Shang Xingyan listened to my words, speechless for a long time.

But I said sternly, "Old Shang, this farewell today will be our eternal farewell."

"I won't look for you again, and I won't let you do things for me again."

"No one will ever know about the things between you and me!"

"Be yourself!"

"The more chaotic the place, the more people are needed to stick to their original hearts!"

"The road ahead is difficult, I can't accompany you, I can only help you remove a little bit of the shackles on your body."

Shang Xingyan trembled, "Father, you..."