Originally Posted by
MrWErD
Except in that part of the story, Lin Pingzi is already nuts. He's suspicious of everyone he meets and has become a complete pessimist. Or do you actually believe that shit he said about Linghu Chong? Or maybe Yue Lingshan deserves to die, eh?
Did Yue Buqun really want to kill him still? Or was it just paranoia? After all, from Hua Mountain to the Hero Meeting is a long trip. How is it possible that Lin Pingzi can stay near Yue Lingshan 100% of the time? Doesn't he have to bathe? Or use the restroom? Or practice his martial arts? Even if he could do that, wouldn't Yue Buqun be even more suspicious?
If Yue Buqun was actually watching for any opportunity to kill Lin Pingzi, he should be dead the moment he was alone. Or at least Yue Buqun should have attacked him. After all, he can move like the flash now. Yue Buqun likely just gave up trying to kill him, or at least in the immediate future. Otherwise, by logic, Yue Buqun shouldn't have just let him walk away after the meeting if he feared retribution or whatever.
Again, I have to stress that Lin Pingzi was safe. After he married Yue Lingshan, she was already all the protection he needed, because if Yue Buqun ever struck at Lin Pingzi after he became his own son-in-law, Lin Pingzi would have no choice but to reveal he knows Pixie Sword in order to preserve his life. But there was never a second attempt at his life, that's the truth. Make sense, if not because Lin Pingzi and Yue Buqun are now technically family, then it's because if the son-in-law of a sect leader such as Yue Buqun died mysteriously or was murdered, that would draw too much attention.
Not only that, Ning Zhongze also knew what's up. Lin Pingzi heard her confront her husband. She likes Lin Pingzi as a son-in-law. If Lin Pingzi suddenly dies, do you not think she would connect it to her husband and his thief of the Pixie Sword Manual? Do you not think someone as careful and as scheming as Yue Buqun would forget this point? If he killed Lin Pingzi and caused his own wife to turn on him, what will he do next? Kill his wife to shut her up? That'll draw even more attention! So Lin Pingzi's protection was actually two-folds.
In short, Lin Pingzi didn't need Pixie Sword to survive. Pixie Sword did NOTHING to preserve his life. Just the opposite, the disappearance of the shroud caused Yue Buqun's suspicion to fall on him so he had to walk extra lightly. But even then, Yue Buqun didn't do shit.
He castrated himself for power and vengeance. He deserves what he got.