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Chapter 45 The Controversial Protagonist

Ye Luo Chuan naturally chose A.

Upon seeing the choices of the five participants, the crowd in the martial world was in an uproar.

[Cheng Shi Fei: Damn! The five of them all chose the same answer! A? Are you kidding me?!]. [Four Eyebrowed Lu Xiaofeng: Actually… choosing A is not impossible.]. [King of Thieves, Sikong Zhixing: Lu Xiaoji, what nonsense are you talking about? How could Linghu Chong, who would risk his life to save a stranger, just turn a blind eye? At least he would show some reaction, right?]. [Four Eyebrowed Lu Xiaofeng: … You’ll understand the answer when it is revealed.]. [Ouyang Ke from the Bai Tuo Mountain Villa: Linghu Chong is a hypocrite who mingles with those vile scoundrels, just like his master Yue Buqun.]. [Princess Yunluo from the Great Ming: But those vile people were the ones who approached Linghu Chong, he didn’t seek them out.]. [Fierce and Evil Yue Laosan: Linghu boy, come out and tell us, what would you choose?].

Linghu Chong did not answer. But the live broadcast gave the answer.

[Time for answering is over.]. [Correct answer: A.].

???

It really was A!

Many people were stunned. They stared intently at the screen, looking very serious.

…

On the screen, Linghu Chong watched as Xiang Wentian killed innocents without hesitation, and he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. Xiang Wentian, having seized three horses, was in high spirits.

He laughed loudly, saying, “Little brother, those bastards can’t catch up to us now.”

Linghu Chong smiled faintly.

“They can’t catch up today, but they will tomorrow.”

The two of them then alternated riding the three horses, traveling together, and eventually turned into a mountain path. The mountain path grew steeper, and eventually, the horses could no longer continue.

To replenish food, Xiang Wentian began to kill the horses. He first used his finger to rip open the horse’s neck, drank its blood, then kicked the horse down into the ravine. Then, for no reason, he kicked the second perfectly healthy horse into the ravine.

When they reached the third horse, Xiang Wentian cut off both of its hind legs before also kicking it into the ravine. Seeing Xiang Wentian’s brutal and bloody methods, Linghu Chong did not object, but instead thought,

“Turns out, he cuts the horse’s legs for food, not just for the sake of cruelty.”

At this point, the screen froze.

…

[Princess Anning of the Great Ming: Oh my god, Linghu Chong actually turned a blind eye! Is this still the Linghu Shaoxia who would risk his life to save people?]. [Ouyang Ke from Bai Tuo Mountain Villa: I said it before, Linghu Chong is just a hypocrite. Saving the little nun was only because she was pretty and worth risking his life for.]. [Lü Dayou from Mount Hua: Nonsense! My senior brother is not that kind of person!]. [Duxu Sisters from Yangzhou: Xiang Wentian is too cruel. If you need to kill a horse to feed yourself, one would have been enough. Why kill all three?]. [Duxu Sisters from Yangzhou: After all, those three horses carried them for a while, helping them escape the chase, at least they deserve some gratitude.]. [Wudang Song Qingchu: Demon cult members, they casually kill people, so why would they care about the lives of a few animals?]. [Princess Yunluo from the Great Ming: What’s most infuriating is that Linghu Chong actually considers this not to be just senseless cruelty.]. [Cheng Shi Fei: If those three horses have souls, they must be cursing their ancestors.]. [Huang Rong from Peach Blossom Island: Two men, three horses, none are truly human.]. [Ouyang Mingri from the Immortal Sect: Actually, Linghu Chong does have a heart for justice, but his sense of righteousness is influenced by his personal preferences. His understanding of right and wrong is very ambiguous.]. [… ].

The comments poured in, and everyone was stunned by Linghu Chong’s actions. Many people were confused, unable to understand Linghu Chong.

Why such a stark contrast in his character?

…

Outside Hengyang City, since the moment the screen showed Linghu Chong being expelled from Mount Hua, the atmosphere had become awkward.

No one spoke, and they all pretended nothing had happened, staring at the large screen in silence, watching the plot unfold. But now, Yue Buqun suddenly straightened his back.

He turned to Linghu Chong and said sternly, “Chong’er, there are indeed things I failed to notice. This is my fault…”

Linghu Chong quickly said, “Master, please don’t say that. All the mistakes are mine.”

Yue Buqun sighed and then said earnestly, “I know you like making friends and value loyalty.”

“But righteousness is secondary to the path of a hero. You can’t be loyal to just anyone.”

“The footage in the live broadcast is from the future, so I won’t scold you any further.”

“But in the future, if you continue to engage with demon cult members like this, don’t blame me for expelling you from Mount Hua.”

“I hope you can remember this advice, and don’t let it go in one ear and out the other, or else you’ll regret it later.”

Linghu Chong felt cold sweat on his forehead, secretly glancing at Ning Zhongze and Yue Ling Shan, nodding and replying, “Yes, Master.”

Ning Zhongze watched this silently, sighing inwardly. From now on, there would likely be an irreparable ‘thorn’ between Yue Buqun and Linghu Chong.

…

In the live broadcast room, Ye Luo Chuan was somewhat lost in thought. As one of Jin Lao’s representative works, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Linghu Chong was widely known. But he had always been a controversial character.

Some said he was carefree, magnanimous, righteous, and deeply emotional. Others said he was unskilled, ungrateful, deceitful, and even colluded with criminals— a rebellious ingrate. Both sides had compelling arguments for their views.

This was the first time Ye Luo Chuan saw such polarized evaluations of a novel character. So, who exactly was Linghu Chong? Which side’s evaluation was more objective?

As the saying goes: “Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened, believe one side and you will be in the dark.”

Hearing is false, seeing is believing.

Thus, Ye Luo Chuan specifically went to read the original work and even read it several times to find evidence.

In the end, he personally believed that Linghu Chong was a man with a heart for justice, but lacking a firm understanding of right and wrong, a deeply emotional and carefree wanderer. By the time of the live broadcast, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer had reached the middle of the story. The five main controversies surrounding Linghu Chong had begun to take shape!