Chapter 1064 – A Simple Mission (1/2)

Chapter 1064 – A Simple Mission

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

To grant favors without seeking reward, perhaps not even letting others know, and to be willing to bear all sins, even if it meant sinking into eternal calamity—this was a Saint.

Chen Changsheng was the Pope, and the Pope was naturally a Saint. The problem was, he did not want to be a Saint, only a good person.

But a good person had to be rewarded with good.

Chen Changsheng was insistent on this point because he had seen far too many counter-examples.

The Tianhai Divine Empress and Shang Xingzhou could be called ambitious people or schemers, but they certainly could not be described as good people.

His martial uncle the Pope was a good person, so his life was of greatest suffering. No matter how the battle ended, he was bound to die.

Bie Yanghong had also died and Wang Po had nearly died several times. As expected, it was hard for good people to live long lives.

It was no wonder that Su Li was not willing to be a good person.

Chen Changsheng said, ”I personally witnessed Bie Yanghong die.”

Mao Qiuyu felt somewhat sorrowful.

Chen Changsheng continued, ”I want to be a good person that is rewarded with good, but it's hard for me to do this alone. I need someone to help me.”

There were many people helping him, like Tang Thirty-Six, Su Moyu, Luoluo, and Xu Yourong.

Just a moment ago, in front of the same window, Xu Yourong had spoken with Mao Qiuyu for a very long time, convincing him to not do something.

But in Chen Changsheng's view, this was not enough.

He looked at Mao Qiuyu and sincerely requested, ”I need Sir's help.”

Unlike Xu Yourong, his request was very simple, and the reasoning behind it very simple as well.

He requested Mao Qiuyu to help all the good people in the world in being rewarded with good.

As the world rose and fell, it was very difficult to determine whether one was guilty, so was it really so easy to determine whether one was good or bad?

Mao Qiuyu looked into his eyes and asked in a stern tone, ”If I do not agree to Your Holiness's view, what will you do?”

”I don't know.”

Chen Changsheng contemplated the question for a time, then awkwardly said, ”I really don't know.”

He was not simply repeating himself, nor was he stressing the point. He truly did not know what he would do if such a thing happened.

Mao Qiuyu quietly stared, then abruptly said, ”Okay.”

It was a very simple answer.

Chen Changsheng gazed blankly at him, then began to happily laugh.

Mao Qiuyu also laughed.

They had not met in several years, but the Pope was still that simple youth of yesteryear.

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In the Mausoleum of Books, Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong had once met a Monolith Guardian called Ji Jin, resulting in a conversation.

He said that she was a good person, and she said that he was a good person.

This was not because they wanted to be polite. Rather, it was their honest assessment of each other.

But that was not the spiritual goal that Xu Yourong sought.

Good and evil, right and wrong, had nothing to do with the Great Dao.

If she had not met Chen Changsheng, perhaps she would have viewed this world more indifferently, looked down upon it.

Just like the Tianhai Divine Empress.

Of course, even after meeting Chen Changsheng, she did not believe herself to be a good person in the common sense of the phrase. For instance, in this current matter, Chen Changsheng had acted purely out of kindness, moved as he was by Xun Mei's story, while she still wanted to gain some benefits from it.

The trees of the Mausoleum of Books were covered in a shallow layer of frost, making them seem like a forest of white jade.

The black Reflecting Monolith was also stained with a few flakes of snow. This made it seem even more like a book of rubbings, and it had an aura that was moving in a different way from usual.

Xu Yourong took her eyes off the Reflecting Monolith and onto a person. She indifferently said, ”Back then, I and Chen Changsheng promised you that we would let you leave the Mausoleum of Books. Now we are fulfilling our promise. What is your view?”