Chapter 218 Volume 3 Prologue – I Don’t Like Him (2/2)
”But I can't kill them directly, or the creator will imprison me like my mother …”
”DAAAHHH! What a pain!” Lilim scratch her head with both hands in frustration, which messed her hair.
The [Law Creation] was the origin of all otherworlder's created skills. It was a function that Lilith had created to relieve her boredom in this dimension to twist the laws of the realm, which allowed the authorized persons to possess the power of their imagined [Skill].
Unfortunately, it was used by the gods and other immortals for their entertainment in the Netherworld.
Lilim left Ji Commandery to Mount Kunlun again as she liked the weather on the top of the mountain best. She also planned to settle a temporary office to manage this dimension on the there.
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Zuo Ci had witnessed the brief collapsing dimension and the fight between the karmic tribulation snake and the new goddess of the realm. He gritted his teeth in bitterness as he lacked the resolve and the skills to face the tribulation.
'Will I have that mindset in the future?'
'Will I ever get more wings?'
A heart devil budded in his mind as his ambition still remained unextinguished.
Shaking his head to forget about his goal, Zuo Ci descended into Ji Commandery City and stopped at one of the city well. He poured a cup of his blood into the well as he continued doing his job, giving immortality and souls to the empty shell natives.
'This city is done. Next …'
The sage also left the city to spread the seeds of souls to the locals. Once he finished this job, he would consult with Lilim about soul management later.
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Both Lilim and Zuo Ci did not pay attention to a fragment of Liu Ping's soul. As a tiny piece of it would not affect any mortal in this world, they saw it as useless ashes that could be disregarded.
On the side of Ji city road, a young man with large ears in a ragged grey robe picked up a shining fragment of stone.
”What's this? A jewel?”
The man's eyes brightened as he thought that he could sell this to get a few golds for his mother.
Alas, the stone shined for a moment before it dimmed, reverting itself into an ordinary rock. The man did not notice that the light had entered his body before it dimmed.
The young man stared at the rock with a baffled look before he threw it away.
”Bah! I was hallucinating. I must be hungry.”
The large-ear man returned to a shack, which was his home.
”I'm home, mom. I've brought some food.” The man took out three dumplings from the inside of his ragged clothes.
The mother, who was in his 50s, smiled at him. She was sitting and sewing straw sandals in the shack. She had white hair and had a similar robe like her son, a patched robe.
”You eat first. I'll finish these shoes, then I'll eat.”
”Nah, you first. I'll take the finished sandals to sell now.”
The man took 5 pairs of straw shoes with him and left the house. The shoes that his mother made was popular in this neighborhood as they were sturdier than ordinary hand-made shoes.
As soon as he carried the shoes outside his home, a neighbor noticed him right away.
”Xuande! Are those a new batch?”
”Yes. You want a pair?”
”Give me two pairs! The last set wore out last week. I need another pair for my wife too.”
”Sure, sure. Same price!”
”Xuande! I want a pair, too!” Another neighbor also wanted to buy it.
Within five minutes, all his shoes were sold out. The man with the nickname ”Xuande” smiled in happiness as he returned to his house.
”Mom! They're all sold!”
”Well done, Xuande.”
”Mom, you haven't eaten your food yet? Please eat. It's getting cold. You know, it's winter now. You should take care of your health.”
”Bah! I'll take care of my health. The only reason I'm still here because you refused your mentor's invitation! If you had accepted, I wouldn't have been here sewing shoes right now!”
Xuande smiled bitterly, ”Mom, it's not that I don't want to, but I can't! The Lord that my mentor wanted to recommend to is actually a rebel. You see, there's an edict of the Emperor and an announcement in the city. Had we joined them, we would have been in trouble!”
The mother sighed, ”Xuande, rebel or not, it doesn't matter. I knew what you're thinking so listen to me. Sometimes it's better to bow your head and be a subordinate of a lord than being a lord yourself. I know that you want to be a governor too. Am I right?”
Xuande bit his lower lips. He was found out.
The only reason he refused his mentor's invitation was that he did not want to be someone's subordinate to be pointed or ordered around. He wanted to live free without anyone ordering him.
”Your dream is impossible. Stop deluding into your fantasy and reply to your master's letter. Those rebels and edict are all nothing but a ruse! They are political warfare! Warlords and governors are always picking a fight with each other to expand their power and wealth! If you want to be a governor, you will eventually fight with them. So if you want to be someone big, take a gamble and join a lord!”
”But mom, people will continue to suffer. If I'm not someone in charge, how can we save them?”
The mother smiled, ”Xuande, blindly following your ideal will bring more harm to the people. If you care for the people, it's better to pick the righteous lord and serve him instead of trying to fight on your own. You're not the only one with that dream. There will be the others who had dreamt the same dream as yours as well. If you can somehow become a warlord in the future, you will end up fighting those righteous rulers! It will be people like us who suffer from the war. So, Xuande, don't be ambitious.”
Xuande, AKA Liu Bei, lowered his head as he listened to his mother's sermon. However, in the depth of his heart, he still disagreed.
'To be honest, I wanted to join the Zhang family too. But I don't want to serve someone younger than me. Heck! He's even my junior of the same mentor! He just got lucky that he was born into a noble family. That's all!'
'Err, wait. They weren't originally a noble family. That Zhang Tong climbed up with his skill ... Hmm?'
'I don't know why. For some reason, I'm getting annoyed thinking about this person.'
'EHHH! No matter what, I can't be a part of Zhang Tong's men. That's for certain!'</dimension></universal></a></converting></pausing>