Chapter 282: Exhausted Crowd, Chen Changsheng: I Was Once a Floating Weed
Hearing these words, Chen Shisan calmly replied, “It’s already great to be alive, isn’t it?”
“That’s true. Being alive is better than anything.”
“If you swing out the second sword, do you still have the strength to cut yourself with the sword?”
“No.”
“So you must have considered this possibility long ago.”
As he spoke, Chen Changsheng turned his gaze toward Chen Shisan.
Faced with Chen Changsheng’s intense gaze, Chen Shisan quietly responded, “I’m not afraid of d*ath, but I don’t want to d*e.”
“Everyone thinks I’ll exhaust my last bit of strength on this Ascension Road.”
“I really don’t understand why you all think this way. Is it so hard to believe that I can defeat them and still survive?”
“Intimidating and repelling have the same effect. My goal is to help the master fend off the enemies, not to help him k*ll everyone.”
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng was momentarily stunned, then he burst out laughing.
“Hahaha!”
“How interesting! Chen Shisan, who has always been seen as straightforward and honest, has deceived everyone.”
“Could this perhaps be a choice beyond fate?”
“It is indeed somewhat surprising.”
“By the way, do you want to go to the Upper Realm with me?”
“Considering your situation, going to the Upper Realm should enable you to reach greater heights.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Shisan glanced at Meng Yu, who was still unconscious, and replied calmly, “Master, our deal is complete. I can’t go with you.”
“In other words, my path has already ended; what’s next is your path.”
Faced with Chen Shisan’s first refusal, Chen Changsheng fell silent, then turned to Nalan Xingde.
“And you?”
“Nalan Ge!”
Just as Chen Changsheng finished speaking, a woman’s voice came from afar.
Turning around, he saw a woman with a three or four-year-old child appearing at the exit of the Ascension Road.
This person was the long-lost Gongsun Huaiyu.
Seeing her familiar figure, Nalan Xingde’s lips curled into a slight smile, and then he spoke.
“Master, I have already found what I was looking for, so I won’t accompany you to the Upper Realm.”
As he spoke, Gongsun Huaiyu had already walked over with the child.
Teary-eyed at the sight of an old friend, Gongsun Huaiyu exclaimed, “Master, I thought you wouldn’t come.”
Looking at the tearful Gongsun Huaiyu and then glancing at the delicate child beside her, Chen Changsheng smiled.
“You’ve already become a wife and a mother; why do you cry even more than before?”
“We haven’t seen each other in so long. Tell me about your situation.”
Hearing Chen Changsheng’s words, Gongsun Huaiyu wiped her tears and trembled as she replied, “Seventy-two Earthly Fiends have suffered eighty percent losses. The Tiger Cavalry Army has all fallen except for me, and Zuo Xinghe has died from exhaustion…”
“No need to elaborate; just tell me who is still alive.”
Before Gongsun Huaiyu could finish her words, Chen Changsheng interrupted, as he didn’t want to hear any more news of d*ath.
At this, Gongsun Huaiyu bit her lip and softly said, “The only ones you know are me, Ziling, and the master.”
Receiving this answer, Chen Changsheng was momentarily lost in thought.
They’re all dead!
All of them have died!
The people he knew in the first era are all gone, and all traces they left in the world have vanished.
Xuanwu Kingdom has fallen, Night Moon Nation has fallen, Shangqing View has fallen, the Little Monk’s relics have shattered, and even the True Martial Sword has broken.
Except for the mysterious Niansheng, everyone from that era has disappeared, yet Chen Changsheng, born in that time, still lives.
Seeing Chen Changsheng’s state, Gongsun Huaiyu felt ashamed and said, “Master, let me accompany you one more time…”
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Before Gongsun Huaiyu could finish her words, she was stopped by Chen Changsheng raising his hand.
“If you decide to stop, then just live well.”
“Don’t learn from Ziling, don’t learn from your master, and especially don’t learn from me.”
“The paths we choose are all roads without end; you shouldn’t suffer such endless torment.”
Upon hearing this, the once-silent Shisan spoke up.
“Master, are you going to the Upper Realm to help Emperor Huangtian?”
“I do my own thing; I am not his babysitter. Why should I help him?”
“Having learned of their lives and deaths, my goal has already been achieved.”
“If you’re not going to help Emperor Huangtian, then why do you want to go to the Upper Realm?”
At this, Chen Changsheng pursed his lips, answering evasively.
“There’s a kind of bird in the tales of the mortal realm that has no feet; it is born flying.”
“When tired, it sleeps in the wind. It only lands once in its life, and that is at the time of its d*ath.”
“I am like a floating weed, born without roots, and both where I go and where I am remain unknown.”
“I’ve grown tired of the Lower Realm; I want to see the Upper Realm. Perhaps one day, I’ll tire of the Upper Realm and return to the Lower Realm; that’s also possible.”
After finishing, Chen Changsheng stood up with a smile, transforming back into that refreshing “master.”
“Little Black, have you packed things up?”
“Almost done!”
After placing the last corpse into the coffin, Zhi Ze trotted over.
“Chen Changsheng, this big deal was arranged by me; I want nine-tenths of the reward.”
“Eight-tenths is the limit; it cannot be more.”
Saying this, Chen Changsheng comfortably lay on Zhi Ze’s back.
Faced with such behavior, Zhi Ze immediately protested, “No! How can you do this? I’ve been the one putting in all the effort, you know?”
“I know, but that’s the rule.”
“Whose rule?”
“My rule!”
“Chen Changsheng, you’ve gone too far! I won’t let this go!”
The quarreling voices of Chen Changsheng and Zhi Ze echoed along the Ascension Road,
Watching the figures of the person and the ‘dog’, the crowd felt an indescribable sense of loneliness at that moment.
From beginning to end, Chen Changsheng has been alone; to be precise, it was one person and one “dog.”
……
The Ascension Road has been opened.
Emperor Huangtian, the Sword God, Master of the Heavenly Court…
These names quickly spread in the Upper Realm, with some young cultivators also seeing these individuals as goals for their struggles.
For them, this was how a cultivator should gain fame in the world.
However, nobody noticed that at some point, an ancient auspicious beast named Zhi Ze had appeared in the Upper Realm.
At the same time, a piece of small news began to spread along with Zhi Ze’s appearance.
That was during the battle on the Ascension Road; there was a mysterious existence pushing from behind, and no one knew his name, origins, or true identity.
Everyone only knew that his title was the Undertaker.
Once chosen by the Undertaker, one could attain unmatched strength in the world.
The only one who could find the Undertaker beneath the heavens was the auspicious beast Zhi Ze.
However, three thousand years have passed, and no one has ever captured the auspicious beast Zhi Ze, nor has anyone seen this mysterious Undertaker.
As time went by, most people believed that the Undertaker was just a fabricated legend.
Or perhaps, this was merely a gimmick deliberately spread by the auspicious beast Zhi Ze.
After all, this beast was a bit unruly and loved digging up people’s ancestral graves.
……
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