Chapter 333 - Those Who Stay near Vermilion Get Stained Red (1/2)

After Cang Gongzi had left the two, he hurried to the edge of the huge underground city of the Greater Rat Clan.

Looking back, his eyes were filled with nostalgia even though he had only been there for a few days.

The thing he missed the most was not his relationship with Elder Ancestor Bai nor was his relationship with Bai Shixin, let alone the others.

It was the Greater Rats working hard in the streets. They did not have nobility in them, and they were tiny, almost invisible, but they were the true reflection of their clan’s future.

However, he could feel a sense of exclusion and alienation from everything in this city.

From the lowest of ranks of Greater Rats to the high-ranked Bai Shixin, everyone had treated him with courtesy, but those came from a place of fear and amazement of his strength and bloodline rather than a genuine connection.

He could visualize how the others would treat him like a bug if he had lost those two things, even if he was still the same person.

He took a long sigh at the thought and turn around, ready to leave the city.

At this moment, a silhouette appeared in front of him.

Elder Ancestor Bai was looking at him with an indescribable expression.

“Do you understand now?”

“Understand what?” Cang Gongzi asked even though he already knew the answer.

“The principle of natural selection, that the weak will stand as an easy prey to the strong, that which an existence justifies its own.” 1

Cang Gongzi stayed silent.

However, Elder Ancestor Bai did not let him off so easily.

“If you don’t have the power, do you think Nie Yuan will avoid a clash with you just because you are my son?

“If you don’t have the power, do you think he would believe Bai Shixin that I will leave the throne to you after my ascension to godhood?

“No, he won’t. Any demon would know that if they left their thrones to a powerless descendant, outside forces will soon highjack the throne by force.”

After the rapid-fire questioning, Cang Gongzi’s face was unreadable. A moment had passed before he said, “You’re saying this was your reasoning for disregarding all the things that happened before?”

“Did you just found out?” Elder Ancestor Bai shook his head in disappointment.

“No, I already knew a long time ago. However, the notion that the weak will never stand a chance against the strong is not the truth, there are many existences that are not justifiable!” Cang Gongzi’s tone sharpened.

“All humans and demons have intelligence, so they should not be fighting. Everyone is born with the ability to rationalize, we can live harmoniously together! I have many human friends, so there’s no reason humans and demons cannot live among each other!”

Elder Ancestor Bai looked at him deeply, and in the end, he chuckled.

“Haha, that’s a good speech, really good. You finally found your own path. Go on, continue with your own path, I will always be watching you.”

Unexpectedly, Elder Ancestor Bai did not reprimand him.

He was puzzled and just stood there as if he was trying to come up with something to say.

Elder Ancestor Bai did not walk away either. He only looked at Cang Gongzi quietly.

In the end, Cang Gongzi muttered, “What Bai Shixin said, are those true?”

“You’re not qualified to know in your current state.” Elder Ancestor Bai shook his head in disappointment as if Cang Gongzi should not have asked the question.

Cang Gongzi’s face reddened in anger. His body convulsed and white aura burst out of his torso once again.

This time, the aura was much stronger than when he was warning Nie Yuan!

He knew who he was up against, so he used his full strength!

The entire underground city immediately bustled as most Greater Rats felt the presence of the strong intimidating aura!

Some were pressured by the suppression they felt through blood connection, but more were stunned by the power belonging to their natural enemy!

From afar, Cang Gongzi looked like he was set ablaze by a pillar of white fire.

He stared at the person in front of him coldly, like he did not mean anything to him.

He roared, “I’m not qualified?”

“Not bad, you’ve learned something that suits you.” Elder Ancestor Bai smiled gently as he stared into the fire pillar, undaunted.

Moving slightly, streams of pale yellow aura surged out from his temple.

Soon, it ballooned up into a pillar of pale yellow fire, almost identical to Cang Gongzi’s, maybe even slightly dominating over the younger person.

“You,” said Cang Gongzi with a strained voice, “you managed to cultivate Clan Energy in such a short time? Impossible…”

“You’re still ignorant about the true power.” Elder Ancestor Bai looked at him and kept his pale yellow aura. Slowly, he turned around and left Cang Gongzi behind.

Cang Gongzi glared at his silhouette but did not attack him.

He was worried. Once Clan Energy was cultivated, the cultivator’s power would skyrocket.

If it was anything like Bai Shixin’s prediction, Elder Ancestor Bai would seize the opportunity of the moon’s imminent crash and execute a plan to let the Heavenly Axiom accept the Greater Rat Clan. By that point, his power would be amplified to an unbelievable level.

Would the Venerable Dragon God still be able to deter him from spreading chaos in the world when it comes to that?

Elder Ancestor Bai’s ambition had always been a grand one.

He knew that.

With a deep concern for the future, Cang Gongzi returned to the ground without looking back.

…

In Vigilante A’s farmhouse.

It was early August. Under the hot summer sun, trees were green, flowers bloomed, and diligent workers worked hard to maintain the workings of the farmhouse.

A white hamster made its way into the living room and immediately heard a passive-aggressive voice.

“Look who’s here, I hear a certain someone who only knows how to chew chestnuts was going to become a city official… that’s incredible.”

The bitter voice came from the fish tank in the living room. Who else could that be aside from Dragon Carp?

Hearing the familiar voice, Cang Gongzi felt a little better. ‘I’m home, finally.’

Only at this place would no one look down upon it, humans or demons alike, irrespective of their power level.

Except for Dragon Carp who only knew how to boast, that is…

However, he was laid-back enough to not take an offense to Dragon Carp’s attitude.