Chapter 301 – The Children’s Conversation in the Snow and Argument (2/2)

Chen Changsheng kept his head down and answered, “If you feel that that wording is unpleasant, I can change it.”

Xu Yourong stayed silent for a while before saying, “Whatever, I’ve heard those words countless times since I was young, so I’ve already gotten used to it.”

Chen Changsheng passed the roasted ferret meat to her and said while looking at her pale face, “If you’re tired, close your eyes and rest a little.”

Xu Yourong accepted the ferret meat, but did not eat immediately.

The words ‘tired’ and ‘trying to be brave’ made her remember a lot of things.

In such a weak condition, the memories were not too nice, and really had made her feel rather tired.

Since she was very young, when the blood of the Heavenly Phoenix had awoken, she had bore the weight of countless people’s hopes, and the three words ‘family’, ‘country’ and ‘race’ all rested on her shoulders.

How could it not be tiring? However, how could she let it go?

She placed the ferret meat down on the grass in front of her and said quietly with her head down, “Some matters just cannot be let go of. Even if I’mjust pretending to be brave, I have to keep going.”

Chen Changsheng looked at her, and some pity bloomed in his heart.

The girl had extremely great talent in cultivation, and she must have carried all of the hopes of the Elf race. However, the Elf race had suffered so many hardships in the past thousands of years, almost becoming extinct several times. Now, their homeland had already been occupied by the demons, and many of the powerful forces of the continent only indifferently watched from the side. Reviving the elves was easier said than done.

She carried the future of the entire race. How tiring was that?

He consoled, “Great power comes with great responsibility. Some matters indeed cannot just be put down when you don’t want to do it anymore.”

Actually, was he not living like that the whole time? That was the shadow of death, and it was heavier than any other pressure. Also, it was not related to capability at all, only related to fate.

Xu Yourong stayed silent for a long time before saying, “Actually, I only know how to cultivate. I’m not good at anything else, nor do I wish to do them. Every time I think of the ardent hopes of the older generation and those extremely complicated affairs, not only do I have no confidence, I truly feel that I am useless and gutless. I have even begun to feel inferior.”

She had never told anyone this before, not to the Divine Empress or her teacher, the Holy Maiden, not to those close teenagers from the Mount Li Sword Sect or the juniors of the outer sect of the South Stream Temple, not to the fellow students of the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green, let alone her parents in the estate of the Divine General of the East. However, at this moment, she had told Chen Changsheng.

If it were not for the fact that she was overly weak from heavy injury, if she were not in this grassland that nobody had ever walked out of, if she were not in front of death, her pride and extraordinary will would have prevented her from saying such things. As soon as she stopped speaking, faint feelings of regret bloomed in her heart. However, the words had already left her mouth, so she did not pay any more attention to it.

Chen Changsheng thought perhaps the members of the older generation of the Elf race had treated her and raised her as the next leader, so she naturally had to understand the matters within the race. It was just that she was so intelligent, and her talent was so astonishing. Thinking about it, her capabilities must have been extremely great, so why did she feel inferior because of these matters?

Seeing his expression, Xu Yourong was slightly puzzled and asked, “Have you never felt inferiority because of something?”

She had already begun to talk about these things; since he did not know who she was and still believed that she was Lady Chujian from the Elf race, what harm was there in asking a few extra questions?

Chen Changsheng contemplated this seriously, thinking about the past fifteen years and searching for a similar feeling. However, in the end, he could not find it at all.

He really had never felt inferior. Even when he thought about the humiliation he had gone through when he was about to withdraw the marriage contract at the Divine General of the East’s estate, he had only felt some helplessness and irritation.

“I never thought you were actually such a narcissist.”

Xu Yourong looked at him with a smile and asked, “But do you feel that you really are that perfect?”

Chen Changsheng thought how Tang Thirty-Six was the true narcissist and replied, “There is no one in the world who is perfect in every aspect.”

At that moment, he suddenly thought of someone he had never met but had heard of countless times—Qiushan Jun.

He shook his head, threw that name out of his mind and continued speaking, “However, not being perfect does not mean that you should feel inferior.”

Xu Yourong was unable to understand and said, “If you work so hard, but are still unable to win against the opponent, won’t you feel shame?”

Chen Changsheng asked in confusion, “Why would you feel shame?”

Xu Yourong said, “Doesn’t that mean you don’t know shame?”

Chen Changsheng was slightly taken aback; he had never thought that this lady was actually such a person. He asked, “Are you crazy?

The crackling of the bonfire had already stopped. It was very quiet in the temple, and only the sound of the snow and wind outside could be heard, as well as the sound of Xu Yourong’s breathing gradually growing heavier.

She was slightly angry. She had enough reason to be angry.

Since she was young, from the capital to the Holy Maiden Peak, no one had ever dared to speak loudly to her, let alone use such criticizing words to teach her a lesson, including the Divine Empress and her teacher, the Holy Maiden. That was until this moment, in this run-down temple in the wind and snow, when this young man had said: Are you crazy?

She even doubted whether she had heard it correctly or not, but she knew she had not misheard.

As a result, she looked at Chen Changsheng. She asked while struggling to keep her composure, “Do you want to die?”

Author’s note from the future: ...also, about the question on how the ferret became a piece of meat in Chen Changsheng’s hand after it was turned into a wisp of green smoke by Xu Yourong… I completely don’t know how. I can only say that there has to be sacrifice for a great goal. I dare to make the ferret die three times, but the next chapter is still going to be posted after 7.