Chapter 457 - Chapter 457 Humanity’s Afflictions (1/2)

Chapter 457 Humanity’s Afflictions

In the dilapidated house, Liu Zhongxiang poured a cup of tea for Chen Yu and casually took out a booklet from nearby.

“Mr. Chen, you might not be aware of our situation here!”

Chen Yu received the booklet with some confusion and discovered that it contained records about the entire town.

But after reading through all the content, he suddenly became agitated and abruptly stood up.

“All of your ancestors were prisoners?”

Liu Zhongxiang sighed helplessly, “Yes, they were all utterly unforgivable! Some had ancestors who were generals responsible for slaughtering entire cities.”

Chen Yu inhaled sharply; he finally understood that, after all the trouble, these people were seeking redemption for their ancestors’ sins.

Unlike other schools of thought, Daoism does not emphasize the next life; what it seeks is only in this lifetime.

Therefore, the mistakes made by these people’s ancestors could only be atoned for by them.

Chen Yu didn’t know what to say; if he chose to help these people today, he would unwittingly bear their karmic consequences.

Yet if he ignored them, his conscience wouldn’t allow it.

As he was in a daze, a commotion suddenly arose outside the door. Li Guokai, who had been there in the morning, hurried back with a group of people.

Chen Yu was just stewing in his own frustration when he walked out, and Li Guokai knelt on the ground, holding a stick made of pure gold.

“Mr. Chen, I heard you were back, so I came especially to apologize. This treasure has been passed down in my family from generation to generation, and today, I present it to you as a gift for our meeting.”

Chen Yu’s eyes widened in astonishment. Every household in this small town was so poor, and even someone like Li Guokai wasn’t very wealthy. Where had he gotten such a large gold stick?

Just as he was about to inquire, Li Guokai took out a piece of yellow paper from his person and handed it over.

“Mr. Chen, could you please take a look at the life-chart written on this paper and see if my generation can clear our ancestors’ sins?”

Chen Yu was taken aback; although his mind held some knowledge of metaphysics, he was utterly baffled when it actually came to interpreting these things.

Metaphysics is systematic and entirely separate from human existing knowledge.

The only connection was the recently researched concept of quantum entanglement.

But this concept had not yet been accepted by most people, and to completely integrate it would be extremely difficult.

Chen Yu took the yellow paper and coughed a few times.

“I really can’t read this; you’d better go up the mountain and find a genuine Heavenly Master.”

Li Guokai quickly knelt down a few steps forward and grabbed Chen Yu’s thigh.

“Word has already spread here that you are Long Tian’s Closed-door Disciple and must have received his authentic teachings. Please, for the sake of the gold stick, just take a look for me.”

Frustration mounted on Chen Yu’s face. The identity of a Closed-door Disciple was real, but he hadn’t learned anything yet; he had only received an extremely powerful Qi Force from the Heavenly Master.

Liu Zhongxiang leaned in and whispered to Chen Yu, “Mr. Chen, you can just say anything.”

Chen Yu heaved a sigh and handed the yellow paper back.

“Don’t worry, all of the sins will definitely be cleared in your generation.”

Li Guokai was thrilled to the core, laughing wildly while clutching the yellow paper.

“Now my son can escape suffering. From today on, us Lis will stop meddling in those messy affairs!”

After yelling a few more times, he stuffed the gold stick into Chen Yu’s hands and hurried off with his bodyguards.

Liu Zhongxiang shook his head, his face showing no less resignation than Chen Yu’s.