The Arab fighters all seemed to value their lives highly. Despite having vastly superior numbers, each was afraid of being singled out for a kill. They were all the same too, from the wounded man who played dead to the prince who retreated.

The only comparable person Han Qingyu knew was probably Liu Shiheng.

It seemed the rich truly were more reluctant to part with their lives. That probably meant all that stuff about rich people actually being unhappy, or about poverty being spiritually fulfilling, was nonsense.

They even used Tao Yuanming[1] as a classic example of this blatant lie. Old Tao was born into a noble family, but ultimately walked away from a life of wealth and prestige.

Han Qingyu had never spent a single day as a rich man in the ordinary world. Even once he got money, source energy had him strapped for resources in this cruel world behind the curtain. Deep down, he longed to live a few comfortable years, well-supplied...