Chapter 66: Distance from the Precepts
After the three people who hurt each other joked for a while, they started to talk about business.
Li Ke exchanged some information with Jie and found out that the village he was going to had not been hit by monsters dealt with by Jie, so he still had to make a trip.
But there was not much time left, so Li Ke and Shen waited for Jie to visit the elders, and then the three of them walked towards Shixi Village where Li Ke was going to be stationed.
However, when Jie saw Xia, who was tied up tightly in the carriage, with her eyes blindfolded, her ears sealed, and even her mouth sealed with an exquisite wooden carving, he couldn't help but be shocked.
To be honest.
He couldn't understand.
But after Li Ke explained, Jie spoke directly.
"Then let's kill him. There's no guarantee that there will be revenge, or that the two sides can ever get back together... and he's a Vastaya, so I think it's better to kill him."
Jie calmly told how he handled the situation.
"The Vastaya are very vindictive and persistent. They can even track you for decades for a small matter, so the best solution is to kill this Vastaya."
"If you're embarrassed to do it, I can help."
When speaking, Jie acted as if he was talking about the death of an ant, and Shen also leaned forward at this time and whispered something in Li Ke's ear.
"Jie doesn't have a very good sense of the Wasiota people."
But Jie heard it, so he retorted rudely.
"That's because they don't respect education! They only act on instinct! How is this different from wild beasts? I have never hurt those Vastaya who follow the rules and are willing to respect them!"
Jie made no secret of his prejudice against the Vastaya, because most of the Vastaya he had seen had never learned to behave like human beings. They were just wild beasts that followed their instincts, using their magic according to their own temperament, causing countless bad consequences.
How can such a being be considered a human being?
"Let's just forget about killing someone."
Li Ke secretly wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He really didn't expect that Jie looked so quiet and gentle, but he actually had such a murderous heart. In other words, his way of solving problems was so rough.
"It's okay, it's your freedom."
Jie nodded indifferently. He just said that. If Li Ke needed help, he would just wave his arm. If not, he would just be happy to be idle.
It's not that he really has too much prejudice against the Vastaya, but to him, almost every Vastaya is an unstable factor. The magic in their bodies...
Too dangerous.
Jie is such a person. If he is asked to save a bug on a spider web, he will not tear the web or pick the bug off.
He would kill the spider as soon as possible.
So for him, since Xia has been unwilling to give up the idea of revenge, and even the resentment between the two sides is getting deeper and deeper, the best way is to kill Xia.
It's not about whether Xia is a Vastaya or not, but that's how he handles things.
Shen also felt a little embarrassed. He glanced at Jie, and then decided to communicate with the other party on his own behalf about what he saw from Li Ke, because he knew Jie very well.
If he knew from the beginning that this was Li Ke's idea, then Li Ke would most likely die.
Shen always felt that Jie, like his father, was rather old-fashioned in this respect.
Because Jie has always been the heir of Twilight Eyes, a responsibility he never felt worthy of. So he smiled and put his arm around Jie's shoulders, and went to chat with him outside the carriage.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. I have something I want to discuss with you, Jie."
The two men left the space in the carriage for Li Ke and Xia, and Li Ke took down the wooden sculpture that was blocking Xia's mouth, removed the wooden plugs in her ears, and removed the black cloth on her eyes.
"Your earplugs are useless."
Xia looked disdainful, but Li Ke saw that the wood carving was covered with Xia's saliva, and she was a little hoarse when she spoke.
Obviously, because her mouth couldn't close, her saliva kept flowing out, making her mouth dry.
So Li Ke wiped the water off her body and handed his water bottle to Xia so that this noisy bird could replenish its water.
Of course, some necessary perfunctory treatment is still necessary.
"Of course, I know that the Vastayan Xia has the ears of a bird and the eyes of an eagle, so I blindfolded you and blocked your ears, right?"
Being careful not to let Xia choke on the water, Li Ke looked at Xia who was drinking water continuously and asked.
"After all, are you willing to say 'I won't come back for revenge'? Even if it's just fake, after all, that guy is planning to kill you."
Li Ke pointed to the ring on his back, while Xia snorted in disdain. She drank water in a hurry, glanced at Li Ke, and sneered.
"No way! I won't tell you even if it's such a compromise! Besides, would you believe me if I told you? That's why I won't tell you!"
Although she said this, Xia's tone was much better than before. She looked at Li Ke with an inexplicable look in her eyes.
She was not really stupid. Although she did not know human language, she could still understand what Li Ke said to her. She could see that the human in front of her really wanted to find a way to make Vastaya and humans live in harmony.
And it's not the kind where only one side suffers.
Humans can easily harvest more crops in high magic areas and are less likely to get sick. All this requires the gathering places of the Vastaya people and their activeness.
The Vastaya are like fish, they ensure the activity of magic-rich areas and ensure that the magic in that land will not fade easily.
Therefore, the idea that Li Ke mentioned is beneficial to both humans and Vastaya.
Although she didn't understand other things, she knew that only cooperation that brought benefits to both parties could last long.
However, this does not mean that she will forgive Li Ke. This matter is one thing at a time. She has not taken revenge for how Li Ke treated her! How could she possibly bow down ?
"You really are... "
Li Ke didn't know what to say, and was also curious about how he managed to subdue this extremely stubborn guy.
"Ha! Who told you to provoke me! Come on! My legs are numb! Come on, rub them for me!"
Xia looked at Li Ke's speechless face, and gently kicked Li Ke's abdomen with her tied feet, and asked Li Ke to rub her legs to help her relieve her blood circulation and prevent her legs from going numb.
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Are you really at ease?! Can you feel a little bit like a prisoner?!
