Did Nie Li jump into the painting in front of them or is this some kind of mental projection into the painting?

"well what was he supposed to do? they ask for the map and he gives it to them? That's not negotiation that's blackmail buddy"

The word you are looking for is "extortion". "Blackmail" is a specific type of extortion where you threaten to tell someones dark secrets if they don't comply with you. Threatening to force someone with violence even to the point of their potential death if they don't comply is not "blackmail". I know some dictionaries say threats of violence also count as "blackmail" but that would make "blackmail" and "extortion" mean the same thing and what would the point of that be? I have found evidence of my meaning https://legaldictionary.net/blackmail/

So what if they extorted MC to give up the map & scribe? MC could have just done so. I don't think it's particularly evil to extort someone to get something, especially with no one legitimately owning the thing in question MC has extorted people esself If the issue was the scribe, MC could have convinced the scribe to translate and them to be satisfied with that. Hell MC could have even come to a agreement with them to go with them and be given a chance to read and take some of the kong-fu manuals, maybe even some of the treasure. From their legitimate perspective MC is just some random outside meddler, which is what MC is, a greedy treasure seeker. Why should they give some random outside meddler anything? Even still MC could have negotiated some kind of agreement when they were literally being super polite about it.

Did they even kill a single person in cold blood at secret market robbery?

"It's even been pretty much established they're a group of ostracized and oppressed fanatics who aren't really doing this for the "common people" as they are trying to reclaim lost glory and stuff to overthrow the han (current imperial family)."

The story has made it clear they want to restore their clan and yes destroy the current emperor. And destroying the current emperor IS justice for the people, clearly current emperor is evil and should be killed. I don't see where you see "glory seeking" Sure, they aren't doing it for regular folk, but so what? I don't get why you are calling them "fanatics" They certainly aren't bandits robbing travelers etc

Again, torturing people is a evil act, Torturing people is usually a useless act (tortured people can just tell you false things that you want to hear without any way to verify what they say, this one was a idiot for not doing that.) It was not a life and death situation to find out who these people are. Especially if MC just gave up on the greedy treasure seeking

I wonder if the story is referring to this-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Turban_Rebellion and will follow that pattern. I hope not. There are already some differences but people wearing yellow on their heads and rebelling against the emperor is a striking similarity

MC are usually a cut above everyone else in most things. Why dies a characters morality specifically need to be "realistic"?

I disagree anyway. Someone extremely morale might be unlikely. (is Sharon that morale though? What super morale things has Sharon done?) But I bet there are extremely morale people somewhere in this big world with billions of people.

They already tried to negotiate with MC

https://i.postimg.cc/25hnSMFM/i.png

Then said hand over the scribe and map and we will let you go. MC refused and drew es weapon. Chapter 66. https://mangakatana.com/manga/wild-west-murim.26502/c66 closer to the end of the chapter

What evidence do you see that the yellow headband people are evil?

I didn't say anyone else had a rightful claim to the treasure either. Just that MC didn't. I don't think there is ever a cause for torture, and if there would be, it would be when it could save someones life or something, assuming it would even do that since torturing for information is notoriously unreliable. Instead MC solely driven by greed, greatly tortured someone. Even one of those acupuncture pocks is suppose to be the worst kind of pain and MC did it thrice. Makes me rather hate the MC a bit and by extension dislike the story.

What is a "acclorite" again?

Maybe I missed some chapters. Remember what chapters this was in? But what does that weapon have to do with the horn?

Yet at the same time MC was willing to severally torture someone MC had no reason to think was evil, for treasure MC has no rightful claim towards.

I was really disappointed in MC with this and by extension the story as a whole.

https://i.postimg.cc/Zq7m8Mbq/i.png

I'm guessing "impudent" was meant here, "prudent" doesn't make sense

What do you mean? What is this about?

https://i.postimg.cc/FsqC9KkH/i.png
For your core? Not sure what is meant here.

https://i.postimg.cc/SQG36q2y/i.png
Is that referring to the horns?

And at the end "weapon" also refers to mana from the horns? What "weapon"?

Keep in mind they aren't a monolith and these people with MC were never with the Sage Emperor to begin with as of now.

So these people will probably slowly come around to being under MC's leadership with MC hiding many things from them for a good amount of time. But others in the "demon clan" may still be enemies because "not a monolith" Like how there are still enemies in the "human clan"

"What will you offer me to do what I planned to do anyway?"

We judge morality using our own morale code and thus should act on such.

Then they in turn can not impose their morals about you imposing your morals.

Yes, we judge morality using our own morale code. What of it? That doesn't make morality irrelevant. Feel free to act on your own morality.

Couldn't MC teach other people on how to do the magic to stop aging? Surely people would want to know but no one asks.

Reminds me of another comic with a unaging wizard, was like over 5000 old. Couldn't tell others how MC got unaging because didn't know himself, it was a accident. (something fell into the food MC was cooking)

https://i.postimg.cc/cHtTBdcs/i.png

Please elaborate on how you judge by body.

MC says status doesn't matter, but practically every royal in the school is part of this club and others don't have low status either. Not a single regular commoner.

And no one thought to make copies of magic books?

I'm confused about this flag talk in comments