Chapter 2000: Legend (1/2)

Why did people walk on the path towards the dao? For cultivation, learning amazing merit laws and imperial arts. No one wanted to waste time.

Just imagine, how many cultivators would read for entertainment? They would consider it a fruitless endeavor.

Thus, a girl like Ye Xinxue should have had a bright future but due to her penchant of reading to kill time, she has virtually become a bookworm. In the eyes of others, she was a useless idler.

On the other hand, Li Qiye was amused after seeing her excitement. He noticed a thread-bound book in her pouch and smiled: “Which book is that? Let me have a look.”

She was surprised by the request. This particular book was very precious so she always kept it with her. She liked it enough to memorize each word in the book.

“This is my favorite.” She wasn’t in a position to not give it to him so she handed it over with both hands.

Li Qiye accepted it and took a look. The book was quite thick and heavy with the t.i.tle, “Legends of the Human Race”. He smiled after seeing this.

He flipped the pages. Each word was neatly written by the author himself; this wasn’t a copy version.

Despite its length, the author took his time crafting each word.

“It’s written well, as if all the stories are real.” Li Qiye praised.

“Right, I think so as well. The author says that there is a shadow protecting our human race, from nine to the tenth world. There are a lot of evidences within indicating so.” She became animated as if meeting a good friend.

The book consisted of old stories about a human guardian lasting for eras. Though the actual details were lacking or purposely vague, one could make a direct connection between the characters in the tales and actual emperors from the thirteen continents.

“They’re just stories. The author probably picked a few emperors as models then added some embellishments mixed together to form a legend.” Li Qiye said.

In fact, the author was talking about the Dark Crow. Alas, he didn’t dare to actually write with details so he only listed some stories as an excuse to avoid getting into trouble. It looked fake but had some truth to it.

“Not necessarily.” The gentle girl became much more combative when it came to her favorite book: “Maybe it is the truth since the characters are based off emperors. Perhaps our hundred races actually have a guardian, it’s just that lowly people like us don’t know about this savior.”

“There’s no savior in this world. People need to rely on themselves. Waiting on someone else to save them will result in just-deserved death.” Li Qiye smiled and shook his head.

She boldly retorted: “There must be one! I, I’ve read an old book about a war named Emperor Hunt in the thirteen continents. The person behind this war might be our savior who will save the humans in times of need.”

It was quite amusing for him to refute his own existence while this girl was so stubborn about it.

“There’s no way to obtain proofs and evidence for these stories.” Li Qiye leisurely said.

She felt as if he was pouring a basin of cold water over her head and lowered her voice: “Some of these stories are quite vivid, perhaps we can go look into it.”

“What are you waiting for?” Li Qiye smiled.

She became dejected and took a while to answer: “Because… I can’t. The journey is too long and there are too many destinations.”

She was certainly interested in the validity of the stories and truly wanted to verify them. However, how could her family ever let her be drowned in these intangible tales rather than cultivation? Traveling across the thirteen continents would require a ma.s.sive amount of chaos stones, not something she alone could handle.