I looked at Cang Tianji for a long while before saying, "It's not that the will of Heaven is hard to change, but that human will makes it so."

"The Reincarnation Division believes they are absolutely correct; in their eyes, I am an object that must be erased. Even if they don't intend to kill me, they intend to imprison me."

"Naturally, I won't obediently surrender."

"It's unavoidable that I'll become an enemy of the Reincarnation Division."

"In my opinion, the so-called will of Heaven can be avoided, but it's not me who avoids the dominance of Heaven, but the Reincarnation Division."

Cang Tianji shook her head. "The art of divination needs the Reincarnation Division, and the underworld also needs someone to capture those who smuggle across the Yellow Springs River. The Reincarnation Division shouldn't encounter such a fatal tribulation."

I couldn't help but sneer. "I don't care if the Reincarnation Division is important, nor do I want to ask what will happen to the art of divination without the Reincarnation Division."

"I only know that I can't sacrifice myself for the sake of so-called Heavenly secrets or greater good."

"If I can't beat the Reincarnation Division, it's because I'm not strong enough. If I can beat the Reincarnation Division, I won't hold back."

"Because, I don't want to die!"

Cang Tianji stopped talking.

She knew that what I said was my truest thought, and also the thought that an ordinary person should have.

Realm is a person's ideological awareness and spiritual cultivation, but there is no standard for measuring realm.

People with high realms are certainly admirable, but when it comes to talking about realm ourselves, few people want to let themselves enter a certain realm.

It's like someone learning that a friend's wallet has been stolen, and casually saying, "The person who stole the money must also have difficulties, otherwise they wouldn't do such a shameless thing. Just treat it as helping the poor! Don't dwell on it too much."

But when their own wallet is stolen, they might beat their chest and stomp their feet, cursing the thief's ancestors for eight generations.

That kind of person is talking about other people's realms. The Reincarnation Division is exactly like that!

I don't talk about any realm; I just want to live!

Cang Tianji looked at me for a long while before sighing. "The will of Heaven is hard to change; I won't say more."

Cang Tianji didn't want to say more, and I wasn't in the mood to argue with her. I turned to Ye Yang and said, "Pack your things; let's leave quickly. This isn't a place to stay for long."

Two groups of the Reincarnation Division's men had been defeated in Qingyan Village. They would soon send people to investigate. Before leaving, I also summoned ghost soldiers to do some work and restore Qingyan Village to its original state.

I didn't know if the ghost soldiers would do a good job, but it would be good if they could delay the other side for a while.

The three of us had gone through a series of hard battles and had to find a place to rest, otherwise, we would only be caught in the Reincarnation Division's pursuit.

After careful consideration, I slightly changed our route, detouring dozens of miles to a mountain god temple to rest.

Ye Yang didn't have time to rest. He took out the package from the village chief's house and opened the secret box inside.

Inside the box were a pair of single-edged short swords, each one foot and three inches long, placed side by side.

One side of the short swords was sharp enough to cut hair, while the other side had fine serrations. Once struck by such a short sword, even if it didn't hit a vital point, the wound caused by the serrations would be fatal. Moreover, I also found traces of snake venom on the short blades.

The short blades were dull and lusterless, but they exuded a deep chill. The real killing weapons are often this kind of evil weapon that has a restrained radiance but is full of killing intent.

When Feng Ruoxing saw the pair of short blades, his eyes couldn't leave them.

Ye Yang smiled and handed the weapons over. Feng Ruoxing didn't hesitate, casually threw a yuan to Ye Yang, and took the short blades in his hands.

There is a saying in the martial world: you can't give knives to friends, otherwise it means severing the relationship. So, the knife can only be "sold" to a friend, even if it's only for a penny, it's a symbol.

While Feng Ruoxing was playing with the short blades, Ye Yang's face changed because of a letter in the secret box. He looked at the letter for a long time before saying, "Ben Gou, come and take a look!"

I was also stunned when I took the letter. The person who left this letter was Jin Shou (Golden Hands) Chen Qingyan, one of the Eight Great Thieves.

Chen Qingyan wrote in the letter that the Eight Great Thieves were sent to the thieves' gate to learn the art of theft when they were young. The person who sent them to the thieves' gate was the same person.

Each of the Eight Great Thieves had received great kindness from that person, and therefore swore that when that person came to them, they would give their lives to the other party and let them be dispatched.

The Eight Great Thieves had never seen that person from the time they learned their skills to the time they became famous.

Just when they thought that their benefactor had passed away, that person came to them and arranged an impossible task for them: "Stealing Heaven."

In order to complete this task, the Eight Great Thieves collectively disappeared from the martial world.

Chen Qingyan didn't say the real meaning of "Stealing Heaven." However, his letter left us with a shocking sentence.

When you see this letter, it is not because you are destined to be with me, but because of the will of Heaven.

One Li and one Ye, two men and two women, entering my Qingyan Village will surely obtain the secret box. The Dragon Spine Double Blades in the box will be a gift for meeting, given to the Asura. This letter is left for Li and Ye.

We steal from the temple to seek death, only after death can we steal Heaven. Those with the surname Ye are considered to be on the same path as us, so naturally we must take care of them.

Those with the surname Li have already obtained the second treasure we stole—the Yellow Springs Secret Archives, so there will be no more gifts.

When I saw this, I couldn't help but shudder.