"Yang Xiao is an orphan, without backing or resources. Everything he's achieved is through his own efforts. If he wasn't ruthless or didn't resort to underhanded tactics, could he have survived until now?"
"If you lack a magic artifact, you can just pick one from the Sect Treasure Vault. What about him? Who could he turn to? He can only fight and kill for others' magic artifacts. If he's killed instead, it's just his bad luck, and no one would care about his fate."
"That's why I often advise you to avoid making enemies of those loose cultivators in the martial arts world. They're different from us; they're all desperados. If you hurt them or take an artifact that should have been theirs, they'll hold a grudge against you for life."
"To forgive where forgiveness is due, holding righteousness in your heart and mercy under your sword, is also a form of cultivation."
