Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1195 - 1195 60 Evil Spirits Emerge 2 in 1

Chapter 1195: Chapter 60: Evil Spirits Emerge [2 in 1] Chapter 1195: Chapter 60: Evil Spirits Emerge [2 in 1] He sighed softly.

Feng Yin, although living through three lifetimes, with the third being the most connected to the mundane world, the most vividly lived and experienced.

Meng Fang’s life was splendid, filled with military exploits that undoubtedly brought him great fame.

But when you scrutinize the deaths under his command, weren’t they more than a million?

In a troop of ten, sometimes after a battle, seven new soldiers would need to be recruited – the casualty rate was shockingly high!

Leading a million-strong army across the world, after the battle with Han State alone, his troops were reduced by two hundred thousand; if not for continuous reinforcements, the so-called million-strong army would have been an early farce.

As old soldiers died and new soldiers joined, becoming veterans only to perish in subsequent battles.

Many young soldiers didn’t even have the chance to become veterans; they lost their lives in their first encounter.

There were far too many such instances to count.

Speaking of those veterans who followed Meng Fang and managed to not only survive but also receive honors, they were incredibly rare.

“The merit of a general brings death to thousands,” and how rightly so!

But under Meng Fang, weren’t there more than just ‘thousands of bones dried up’?

Millions, a number more than sufficient!

War took the soldiers, but their families, their children, remained alive, forced to continue living, to survive a whole lifetime ahead.

With the head of the family gone, one can only imagine how dire their situations became.

Exploiting orphans and widows, in any era, under any social system, there’s always a huge market!

Countless people are engaged in this.

All because the profits are immense; just a single transaction can bring joy and laughter, regardless of the lives and continuity of those involved.

“Why do you think so many people are fond of exploiting orphans and widows?” Dong Xiaoyan felt indignant about this.

“It’s an unavoidable situation. Women have always been the weaker group, and many times, they cannot support a family by themselves. Don’t be deceived by stories that preach ‘the strength of a mother’; it’s all nonsense,” Feng Yin lamented.

“You look down on us women? How is ‘the strength of a mother’ nonsense?” Dong Xiaoyan retorted angrily, nearly tearing into Feng Yin.

“It’s not that I look down on women. I also believe that most new mothers are indeed strong and willing to sacrifice everything for their children, but that doesn’t stop them from being defeated by life. Life is a profound study, vast and unpredictable.”

Feng Yin’s heart grew sorrowful as he involuntarily thought of his past life.

Even during the economic boom of the internet age, many still exploited orphans and widows.

How much more so in a society like this one, where information at the grassroots level was extremely underdeveloped?

For a widow to smoothly take over or even maintain her deceased husband’s business or inheritance was harder than climbing to heaven.

It was virtually hopeless, not to speak of expanding or strengthening it.

It’s commonly said that ‘it’s harder to provide timely help than to add decorations to something already beautiful,’ but little do people know that kicking someone when they’re down is far easier, and it also brings great profits. Why wouldn’t they do it?

Why indeed would they not?

Feng Yin declared, “Unfortunately, the world is such that it pivots on self-interest, with no regard for the life or death of others.”

“What about your former comrades, your brothers? What about the loyalty among you men?”

Dong Xiaoyan asked sarcastically, “Is all of that gone?”

“Most cannot be maintained for long, just as we discussed ‘the strength of a mother’ still succumbs to life.”

Feng Yin gravely said, “Some might provide timely help due to certain reasons, supporting and sponsoring, but it cannot last forever. The frequency will diminish until both parties grow tired of it; mutual gratitude chips away, resentment builds up—it’s not just an empty saying, this applies to both givers and receivers.”

“One side might feel, ‘I treated you so well when my husband was alive, and now you turn heartless.’ While the other feels ‘Your husband once saved my life, but I also saved his and have made many sacrifices for many years. How can you still be dissatisfied and wish for more? Do you expect me to abandon my own family to support yours?’ Once the giving surpasses one’s limit, as the contributions dwindle or cease, how does one adjust to that?”

Feng Yin said, “Therefore… loyalty, brotherhood… it’s not that they don’t exist, but those who embody this virtue consistently are extremely rare, throughout all of history.”

“Because it’s rare, it becomes the stuff of legends, or tales in books. If loyalty were common, it would lose the meaning highly valued by everyone.”

“Based on this reality, I plan to specifically build an estate, or, let’s say, a town.”

“Anyone who wishes may come to live in this town; everyone’s circumstances are similar with no distinctions of high or low, kin or stranger. Everyone would be in an equal, balanced state—at least initially, the atmosphere might be much better. As for how long this can last, how far we can go… that still depends on fate.”