This feeling made Donghaijun frown: "You...... How do you know you-"

Li Yunxin raised his hand and pressed it gently. As if to suppress Donghai-kun's emotional waves.

"Tokai-kun. It's not you, it's all these demons in us. His voice was calm. But just like the eyes, there is also a certain kind of breathtaking power, "We demons are born with an instinct - this instinct is the pursuit of strength and power. This thing is instinct and fate, and no one can escape it. Those who want to escape will either die or be destroyed. ”

"So you're duplicitous when you say you don't want more power. Li Yunxin looked at him, "You think." And in the end, except for the pursuit of this thing, everything else will become floating clouds. ”

Tokai-kun didn't know what he was going to say. But if you keep listening, something bad might happen. However, Li Yunxin's words captured his heart—what instinct and fate in his mouth made him curious.

This curiosity frightened him - why was there such a strong interest in the words of the enemy?

He hesitated for a moment. Finally, he said, "What do you mean?"

Li Yunxin put his hands behind his back and was silent for a while. Then he said, "Sometimes, when I'm bored, I play a game with myself." ”

"I give myself a specific person, a group. Then ask yourself to think about what is the meaning of their existence and what they are pursuing. ”

"I used to like to think about mortals like this—to figure out their minds, to simulate their lives. It can make my mind more flexible and kill my time. Later, at one point, I changed that goal to a demon. ”

"I thought that I would still get a similar result to a person - for example, if this person was born poor, then he may have some yearning for wealth and power. Or although he was born poor, he was severely hurt by power, so he tried to escape power all his life. Or if you are born noble, then you may end up tired of fighting and want to retire to become a rich man. ”

"There are many people on land, and the human world is wonderful and has many things. So in my mind, the life of each person has several trajectories, routes. Some of them may again be extremely antagonistic. ”

"Until I thought about demons like that. I tried and tried and thought and thought of and thought. Eventually, I realized...... The final life trajectory of the demons turned out to be the same. ”

Li Yunxin was silent for a while when he said this. It seems to be preoccupied with his own words, too. Then he shook his head slightly: "In the end, they will all die in the fight." The ultimate goal of the demons is the pursuit of power and power, and there is no other way out. ”

Donghaijun didn't understand what he wanted to say, and frowned suspiciously: "Aren't people like this? ”

Li Yunxin laughed again: "It's hard for you to understand it now." So I'll keep it simple. ”

"Many people make up a society. In human society, wealth and power are not equally distributed, and there are many classes. A person who is born in a human society, no matter what class he is born in, will have various pursuits and choices. ”

"The poor seek to be fed and clothed. Moderately prosperous families pursue wealth and dignity. Ministers and nobles pursue greater power - these things can be said to be the need for survival, the need for security, the need for dignity, and so on. ”

"Even the emperors of the world, who have the most wealth and power, still have a need for immortality. In the world of people, there are so many things and choices that can be obtained. So there are too many things that people want to get but can't get. In a lifetime of poverty, what you can see and get is only a small part. No matter how wonderful your life is, there will be regrets at the end of the day. ”

Li Yunxin sighed: "So there will be some people who realize this - realize that there are so many needs and choices, and one person can't do it all." Therefore, I know that if I want not to fall into the pain of blindness, I have to make a choice. Therefore, some people claim to yearn for an ordinary life. But this yearning is not what they really want - it is just a compromise and concession to 'unwanted', so as not to make themselves more miserable. ”

"On the other hand, in essence, it's also because of my own incompetence. ”

"The human world is a huge ocean. An ocean of desires and choices. Everyone struggles in this ocean, and no individual has the strength to rise to the surface and transcend this ocean of desire. ”

"But demons are different. The difference between demons and humans is greater than you and I imagined. Li Yunxin pointed to himself, and then to Donghaijun, "The kind of huge society that demons have no people. ”

"Although there are many demons on land and on the sea, they are not as many as people. The difference between each demon is so great that we can't form the kind of stable social relationship that human beings have. ”

"So in the world of demons, our desires and choices are naturally much less than those of people. ”

"What's worse is ...... Because of the innate supernatural powers of demons, these choices and desires are even less. ”

When he said this, Donghaijun had slowly entered the gods. These words are said to other big demons, and probably the other party will turn his head and leave, I don't know what he is talking about. But this Donghai-kun is very interested in people on land and the world of people.

However, although he was interested, he only knew a little about it. Now that Li Yunxin suddenly began to talk about the nature of human society and the nature of demons, it is like a martial arts idiot who is bent on pursuing fist and foot skills and kung fu, and suddenly gets a profound magic method, he is naturally overjoyed and fascinated. Because of this joy, Li Yunxin's tirade is not only not boring here, but very interesting.

He listened more and more attentively, and heard Li Yunxin say again: "When I used to be a man, I also liked to eat. There are not many ingredients in the world's food. There are so many things in heaven and on earth, and only a small part of what man can eat. ”

So in order to pursue a good taste, I made a fuss about this small part. What makes the ingredients crispy, what makes the ingredients tender – people talk about these variations. It is said to be the science of gastronomy. That's what I used to think. ”

"Then I became a demon, and one night I was drinking with people. When drinking, roast on the fire with a few small stones. When the roast is hot, throw it in your mouth and eat. Li Yunxin smiled, "Crispy." Far surpasses the taste of any kind of ingredients and recipes I have ever eaten when I was a person. That's when I realized...... That's how it looks. ”

"It turns out that people are limited to this. They don't live in the ocean. It's an aquarium full of desires. Everything is trapped in the aquarium, and more choices are made with difficulty in limited conditions. But if I'm like me—just good food—what can't I eat now?"

"To be crispy, I eat pebbles. People can't eat it. If you want to drink it hot, I'll drink lava - you can't do that kind of taste. The world is vast, and everything has become my food. This is just one example. If there is anything else, such as gorgeous clothes. ”

"The emperor of the world wears gorgeous clothes, and it takes hundreds of embroiderers to embroider for several years. This kind of thing is not easy to come by, and ordinary people can't wear it. Since you don't get it, you will yearn for it, and you will have other choices. But what about the demons? The robes on you and me are all conjured by demonic power. If I want, I can change hundreds of looks a day. ”

"Those needs of man...... Ridiculous demand, we don't have a hard time satisfying it. What we have is time—long hours and far beyond human power, so that we can do things that are unimaginable to them. ”

"I don't like these things anymore. The only thing that makes me still nostalgic for them is not the themselves, but the experience of being human in the past. But I know that one day, maybe hundreds or thousands of years from now, I'll slowly get tired of this experience. By that time...... What can make me satisfied. ”

Li Yunxin's tone slowly turned cold: "I'm strong. I'm tired of food, fancy clothes, and even the love between men and women. Eventually, I stripped away all the desires that could be easily satisfied, and I was left alone. So what am I after...... There is only one thing left. ”

"Absolute freedom. ”

"The premise of having this absolute self is to have absolute power and power. People don't have this kind of luxury. But demons can. Demons can, and probably can. This is the ultimate instinct and fate of demons. ”

"Tokai-kun. So now you think about it, do you want to have this absolute freedom?"

The last sentence was like a sharp arrow, shooting into the heart of the Dragon King of the East China Sea at once. It was as if he had woken up in a big dream. was stunned for a moment, then took a step back and glared: "You...... You...... What kind of means is this-"

But Li Yunxin still looked at him directly: "Do you want it?"

"Sooner or later, you will get tired of your children's affairs. But power that you never get tired of. ”

"You are now the Dragon King of the East China Sea. But if you want to bow down to the true dragon, your strength comes from her. She can give or she can take it back. You are afraid of me, you are afraid of Tongtianjun, it is because of this uneasiness. ”

"You have the power to rule the East China Sea, but you don't have the power to control your own destiny. You are not absolutely free – if you want to have it, you have to take the first step. Li Yunxin lowered his voice, "Donghai-kun, I can help you and dominate this sea." Or do what I did before, make you so strong that the true dragon can't do anything to you. I'm very good at doing these things. So the question is...... Do you dare to ask for it?"

Donghaijun stared at Li Yunxin with his eyes open, and asked the question he had already asked once tonight in a panic: "You...... What exactly are you going to do?"

Li Yunxin laughed: "I want to help you kill the other eight dragon kings." ”