Chapter 478: Rule Breaker (2/2)

He was willing to take a sword strike for them, he was ready to do anything in his power to protect his friends, and his feelings were not at all hidden, all of them were aware of it, and their hearts were swelling with pride for having such a friend.

It was also then that Lan finally began understanding Xue Wei. Amongst them all, Lan was the one who met Xue Wei first, but he had never tried to understand him before. He had either teased him or seen him as a tool to get what he wanted.

Now that he began seeing Xue Wei as a living being, he also began growing a notion of wanting to befriend him. Initially, he had never tried to understand him, but now he felt that it was a pity that he had wasted so many years looking down on him.

”I once thought that this world was wicked,” Lan suddenly began speaking while looking down at Xue Wei and the others who were lying on the ground, completely listless and full of exhaustion.

”I thought that the world was unfair, that the people who truly deserved to be respected were cursed, and that the fools were the ones who were blessed.

”But looking at you people, I am starting to understand that things are not exactly as I thought. Everyone has their own misfortune and luck; it is just that it differs from person to person.”

Xue Wei was lying on his back on the ground, looking at Lan who was looking down at him, his eyes full of solemnity. He understood that Lan was starting to open up to them, but he did not understand why. What could have changed Lan's thoughts on him?

”Once upon a time, I came to this world as a foreigner,” Lan said as he looked into the distance. ”I was merely curious to see the realm where the Vermilion Bird, my Grandfather, whom I never saw before came from.

”I was curious and saw a small hut where a youth was living alone. She was a mixed breed, and back then, mixed breeds were all over the world.

”She was not talented, she was nothing special, but to me, she will always be the most important being in the whole world.

”It is because of her that I am now protecting this world, this is her legacy, and when she returns, I will give her the world that she loved.”

”Come back?” Xue Wei frowned. ”Both you and Hui Yue have told me that it is impossible to be brought back to life when one has died.”

Lan looked at him and grinned. ”It is not possible to be reincarnated, and you do not end up in the Ten Courts of Hell as you do in most other worlds, but there is still a chance to see them again, and this chance has appeared because of your birth into this world. You are not only the Holy Son of the Sovereign Beasts, but you are also the Rule Breaker.”