Chapter 441 The Hidden Sain (2/2)
”But Zhang Tong is way stronger than me.”
”Zhang Tong is deeply tied to his previous lives' karma. His sins are deeper than what you've thought.”
”Isn't he someone with positive karma? I heard from one of the demonesses that Tong shouldn't have been sent to Hell.”
”That's where you're wrong. He has ties with the local people, and he's destined to come back to repay for his crimes in this world. What he's doing right now are fate and karma. He has to pay for his old debts before he can move on.”
”I don't understand.”
”For now, it's something that we can't interfere with. Let's get back to the topic. Will you be my disciple?”
”But others are…”
”You are the only sinners among the rest that's free from greed and ambition. The rest may have awakened their souls of virtues or souls of sins, but their core and principle are corrupted. They can't become a sage.”
”…”
Zuo Ci brought out a tea jar and a cup. He slowly poured rainbow tea into the container.
”Drink this tea, and you'll be free from karma. However, you will spend eternity watching over mortals like me.”
Li Feihong froze when he heard [Eternity]. He had a second thought.
”What kind of work do I have to do as a sage?”
Zuo Ci shrugged, ”Similar to what you've been doing. Farming, fishing, rearing animals, and watching over mortals in this world. Well, sometimes, you have to come down and stop any heretic from ruining this world.”
”…”
It was similar to entering monkhood in Buddhism. They had to cut ties with the worldly affair and study in the teaching of Buddha. In Li Feihong's situation, he got the immortality as a reward for cutting ties with everything.
He reached his head out to take the cup.
”Ugh!”
Still, his legs refused to move forward. It was as if something had caught his ankles.
As he was struggling, he saw an illusion of Tong's angry face in the trial court when Ping was freed from all charges.
Then, he noticed several shadows, holding his ankles and legs.
Li Feihong recognized all of them. One of the shadows was Ping, and the others were his dead family in his previous life.
[You betrayed me!]
[Dad, you killed us!]
[Dear, why did you have to confess?]
Everyone blamed Li Feihong for their death, even though it was not his fault.
Zuo Ci looked straight, watching how Li Feihong struggled against his past. After all, this was the first hurdle of becoming a sage, who governed a dimension.
Wing power might be a factor of strength, but the true strength came from the purity of the soul. Tong, Friday, Medusa, Te Langpu, Liu Yang, Pu Jing, and Sun Fang were corrupted to the core, so they were disqualified.
Only Li Feihong, who had been living in seclusion and being a semi-celibate, could walk the path of Nirvana, which would be free from all karma.
Though the angry shadows tied Li Feihong, the latter did not try to force his way forward or resist against their pulling. He allowed the shadows to drag him backward.
Simply, he turned around to look at them.
”I'm sorry.”
[…]
It was simple words, yet they filled with his sincerity and regret.
”Ping, I shouldn't have accepted your bribe. I'm sorry for taking your money.”
”Honey, children, I'm sorry that I got you involved with the mafias.”
Then, he turned to the illusion of Tong, who was glaring at Li Feihong.
”Tong, I'm sorry for lying that day in the court.”
The shadows froze and faded. However, Tong's illusion remained.
Li Feihong took three steps forward and picked the teacup with rainbow tea. He turned to Zuo Ci and bowed to him.
”I'm willing to be your disciple, but I would like to postpone the apprenticeship until I complete my goal.”
Zuo Ci widened his eyes in surprise, ”Then, what do you want to achieve in this life, junior?”
Li Feihong turned to Tong's illusion.
”I haven't paid him back yet. I ruined his entire life, so I'll pay him back with my entire life. Until Tong has unified the world or what he's trying to do, I'll be working for him.”
He returned the teacup to Zuo Ci and glanced at Tong's illusion.
”Don't glare me that much. I won't go anywhere any time soon. I don't care if I have to be a 1,000-year-old virgin, but I keep my promise.”
The illusion faded.
After everything disappeared, Zuo Ci burst into laughter.
”Good! Very good, junior! I'm impressed!”
Li Feihong blinked his eyes, ”Err?”
”Well, I'll revisit you in the next 100 years. I hope you don't marry anyone yet, or your karma will be impossible to cut.”
Zuo Ci faded to nothingness along with the teacup set.
Li Feihong looked at the empty hall where Zuo Ci had stood. He sighed, ”I should have drunk that. What the Hell am I thinking?”
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Despite having awakened four souls, Li Feihong could get another six right away.
This did not happen recently. He could have acquired all souls since last year. Yet, Li Feihong suppressed all of them and refused to get more wings.
He could have gotten 10 wings, which could rival Lilim at any time he wanted to!
”Silence, stupid system. Four wings are enough. I haven't mastered Tong's [Square Accel] yet. How can I get more souls right now when my foundation is lacking.”
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”OH, COME FUCKING ON!! SIX FREAKING SOULS ARE ALREADY DRIVING ME NUTS, AND YOU WANT TO BUG ME MORE WITH YOUR WARNING MESSAGES!?”
Li Feihong's scream echoed in the assembly hall.