Chapter 370: The Will (1/2)

Chapter 370: The Will

Translator: TYZEditor: TYZ/CakeHermit

Upon stepping into Second Elemental Realm, Ai Hui could clearly feel his control over elemental energy improving greatly. There were even fine traces of elemental energy swirling around his body.

Ai Hui knew that this phenomenon was occurring due to his being unable to absorb and emit elemental energy with ease, as he had just achieved the breakthrough.

Even after achieving the breakthrough, he wasn’t particularly overjoyed. On the contrary, he was abnormally calm. He seemed to be lost in thought as he looked at the dawn sky outside the window.

Human beings’ understanding towards the world was ever-changing. Men from the Cultivation Era used to think that the world was made up of spiritual force. In the current Elemental Era, men felt that the world was made up of various elemental energies.

From mankind’s perspective, the world was ever-changing.

Perhaps from the world’s perspective, it was mankind that was ever-changing.

Ai Hui returned to his senses when the first trace of sunlight shone through the window and into his eyes. After stretching his arms and feet, the elemental energy within his body surged. The abundance of power within his body made him feel as if he could capture a tiger alive.

Stepped into Second Elemental Realm had also boosted his fusion elemental energy level. It was a happy surprise to him. Despite spending so many days in the Grass Hall, Ai Hui still could not find the notebook; however, he did not become impatient and continued to look through the ancient records one by one.

Now, even Grass Hall pretended that they didn’t see him searching through the ancient records almost every day.

As time went by, his fusion elemental energy depleted and was about to run out. Ai Hui lifted his gaze from the book in his hands. Just as Ai Hui left the Ancient Hall of Records and was about to leave Grass Hall, Manager called for him.

Slightly surprised, Ai Hui asked, ”Is there anything that I can help you with?”

During the trips to Grass Hall these few days, other than greeting Manager, he had not really talked with him.

”Hua Kui is dead,” Manager said bluntly. ”He doesn’t have any family members. According to his will, he is leaving you all his inheritance.”

Manager passed Ai Hui a key.

Ai Hui was stunned momentarily. After a while, he returned to his senses. He took the key, thanked Manager, and left.

After leaving Grass Hall, Ai Hui stood motionless, in a daze.

He’d entered the Assembly of Patriarchs with a strong sense of purpose. He’d known Hua Kui for a few years, but had not developed a friendship with him. Even when Hua Kui became his guide, he did not really feel anything for him. Being a member of the Assembly of Patriarchs, he needed to make sure his identity was not exposed at all times.

Ai Hui had always felt that Hua Kui knew about his disguise, but then he loosened up as he realized that the Assembly of Patriarchs did not really care about aliases.

Deep down, he had never treated Hua Kui as someone he could rely on.

As such, when Manager told him that Hua Kui left him with his inheritance, he was slightly shocked. To Ai Hui, one’s inheritance was usually left to his or her closest family members.

Ai Hui did not expect himself to have held such an important place in Hua Kui’s heart. Not only did this fact surprise him, it also put him at a complete loss. He did not feel the same way about Hua Kui.

Ai Hui could accept death calmly. From the Wilderness to Central Pine City and from the outbreak of the blood catastrophe to now, he had seen a lot of people die almost every day. There was nothing strange or unusual about death.

Death was the ultimate end of one’s life. Facing the news of someone’s death, he might feel sad, but not overly sad. As long as he or she did not die the way his master and mistress had died, then it would still be alright. If he was the one to die, then how it happened would not matter to him at all.

Right now, he did not want to die because there were still things that he had not yet accomplished.

There were times when he would worry about death.

For instance, if he died, who would he leave his inheritance to? Lou Lan? Lou Lan was a sand puppet, would money be useful to him at all? If he died, Lou Lan would be rather pitiful. Then, should he leave his inheritance to Fatty? Leaving his inheritance to Fatty made him feel as if he was feeding a huge meat bun to a dog. Iron Lady probably wouldn’t care about his money. Maybe he could ask her to help repay his debt. Ha, why would he need to care about repaying his debt when he was already dead?

Ai Hui finally returned from his daze and laughed at himself.

After thinking for a while, he found a wooden board and used his sword to carve two words, ”Hua Kui”, into it. He would use the wooden slab as Hua Kui’s spirit tablet. In a huge household like the Ye Residence, burning incense was an everyday task. As such, he easily found some incense sticks.

Following which, he lit up a few incense sticks for Hua Kui.

After accepting Hua Kui’s inheritance, he had to do something for him.

”Hua Kui, as your hands are full of blood, it’s most likely that you can’t enter Heaven. I hope you can still grow and cultivate flowers in Hell. At least that way you can resume your old trade and live a happy life.”

After kowtowing to Hua Kui’s spirit tablet, Ai Hui walked out of his room and was sprinkled with sunshine.

At this point of time, he did not want to do anything. He lay down on a rattan chair and basked in the sunshine.

Without his students, the place was quieter. Even the servants became slightly slack. What happened recently had dealt a huge blow to them. The usual paradise-like Ye Residence suddenly became the centre of a gigantic maelstrom. All of them felt extremely nervous and uneasy.

The sunlight began to turn harsh, however, Ai Hui remained motionless. Relaxing completely was a type of pleasure for him.

Suddenly, his hand grasped the Silverfold Plum.

…..

All the influential figures had gathered at Silver City.

From the Elders Guild alone, there were already four people in attendance. Great Elder, Yuchi Ba, Elder Song, and Elder Ling. Other than that, there were also Yuchi Qingshan, Zhong Houjun, Gong Residence’s family head, Zeng Residence’s family head, and Ling Sheng with his wife.