pertwk Chapter 2433 Active Summoning
Chapter 2433 Active Summoning
Chapter 2433 Active Summoning
Seeing their beaming smiles and overflowing enthusiasm, Shangguan Biao subconsciously wanted to return the smile, but before he could even manage a smile, he suddenly remembered something he had overheard Senior Brother Xu saying to his junior brother:
"These menial laborers who end up in Duzhishan are basically doomed for the rest of their lives. If they live another twenty or thirty years, less than one in a thousand will have a chance to make a comeback! Why bother being nice to such scum?"
"But..." The junior brother still felt a little reluctant.
Senior Brother Xu chuckled: "These people are almost like dogs. The stricter and more authoritative you are with them, the more they respect and obey you! But if you are even slightly kind and lenient with them, they'll take advantage of you!"
Shangguan Biao's quarters were located at the very end of the three rows of houses. The other servants knew he wasn't favored by his superiors and would continue to be bullied there, so they would make things difficult for him both openly and secretly. Don't assume that people in such places will stick together for warmth; the lower classes also scheme against each other, and the weak will bully the weaker.
Therefore, when Shangguan Biao recalled these past events and the true nature of these people, the smile on his face vanished, replaced by impatience.
"Who here doesn't know what kind of person I am? Yet some people tried to frame me, and others even wanted to kick me when I was down. Fortunately, Elder Li has discerning eyes and won't wrong an innocent person, nor will he let the real parasites and villains go unpunished!" Shangguan Biao stood with his hands behind his back. "This is what they call retribution, it's just that the time hasn't come yet!"
Their attempt to offer a good suggestion backfired, but the smiles on everyone's faces only grew brighter.
Shangguan Biao ignored them and turned back into the house.
Since he has vowed to make a change, let it begin here, from this very night!
With a creak, the door closed, and Shangguan Biao slowly slid down, feeling utterly exhausted.
Shangguan Biao looked out the window at the golden lotus in the dew.
The rain has stopped, and the moon shines through the clouds, casting a soft glow on the golden lotus.
The moon shines brightest in one's hometown.
He's going down the mountain to go back to his hometown the day after tomorrow, to see his parents, and to... complete his deal with Li Yun.
What has possessed him that he would want to refine the Blood Dew Golden Pill? That's a forbidden medicine!
But now that he's come to this, there's no turning back.
Moreover, his mother will surely understand him; she loves him so much.
Shangguan Biao slowly buried his face in his hands, and soon water droplets flowed out from between his fingers.
"To become stronger, you must keep moving forward, you must become stronger!" His voice choked with emotion.
Strength is the only truth in this world!
Even if he has to endure humiliation, be humble, and make sacrifices on the road to power, he will not hesitate!
The insurmountable mountain before him was nothing but a speck of dust in Li Yun's eyes, simply because Li Yun was powerful enough to do whatever he wanted to the weak like them.
If Shangguan Biao were to become more powerful than anyone else one day, would he be able to transform the speck of dust in his eyes into a mountain on someone else's head?
Those who bullied him, humiliated him, and trampled on him; those who forced him to harm his mother; those who caused his family to be destroyed!
One day, he will make them suffer a terrible death.
No, no, no, he wanted them to kneel before him and wail in agony, wishing they could neither live nor die!
Shangguan Biao lowered his hand, raised his head, and stared at Feng Lu Jinlian with bloodshot eyes, filled with determination and hatred.
Just then, he suddenly felt the ground tremble again.
He was already very familiar with this rhythmic tremor; it represented the approach of some enormous creature from afar.
Shangguan Biao used to be terrified of this, but now he was somewhat eager to do so.
Suddenly a strong wind blew outside, and then that huge red figure appeared outside the window!
This time, it didn't block the window with its eyeballs; instead, it sat cross-legged outside the window. The moonlight was bright, illuminating it clearly—
This is a hideous demon with eyes like copper bells, a face like a copper plate, high cheekbones, a garlic nose, a bloody mouth and fangs, but its beard and hair are blue-black. It is more frightening than any ghost in the New Year pictures.
When it visited before, Shangguan Biao hid in his room grinding herbs, not daring to look it in the eye; but this time, he gritted his teeth and stared straight at the Red Demon.
The moment their eyes met, Shangguan Biao leaned back, his face turning pale, as if he had suffered a tremendous shock.
But after his chest heaved a few times, he took a few quick deep breaths and calmed down.
"Oh, you're quite calm." The deep voice of the Red Demon made the cups on the tray tremble slightly. "Since you summoned me here, what's the matter?"
Shangguan Biao said in a hoarse voice, "Don't you know perfectly well?"
"Say it," Red Demon said disdainfully. "When you ask for a favor, you should have the right attitude. You can't even lower yourself in front of me. In this Changfeng Valley, you'll only be devoured, leaving not even a scrap! Heh, don't think I'm joking. In your Changfeng Valley, there are precedents of using people as medicine! Do you remember Du Zhishan's 'medicine man'?"
Shangguan Biao's face turned even paler.
There's a legend in Duzhishan that a servant's family member was terminally ill and needed a miraculous medicine to cure him. So he went to ask a senior immortal in the sect for help, and the immortal generously agreed, but the price was that he had to voluntarily become a "medicine subject" for the experiment, taking various medicines at regular intervals and in fixed quantities.
One day, Du Zhishan's servants discovered that he was missing a hand.
He said the immortal had taken it.
Two months later, he lost a leg.
And so, over the course of several months, he lost more and more of his body parts.
Don't ask, the answer is that the immortal took it.
The other servants watched helplessly as he gradually transformed from a healthy, vibrant man into a lifeless lump of flesh, unable to move. At first, everyone pitied him, but after a few days, the room reeked, and everyone loathed him.
On a quiet, unnoticed morning, the lump of flesh disappeared.
This person's traces in the world are like water flowing without leaving a trace; nothing is left behind.
“There are no miracles or retribution in this world, only cause and effect,” Chi Gui told Shangguan Biao. “You reap what you sow.”
Shangguan Biao glared at it angrily: "I am upright and honest, I just refuse to collude with them, so why don't I deserve a good outcome?"
"What good is being upright and having a clear conscience? You're missing the most important thing!" The Red Demon brandished his left hand, clenching it into a fist the size of a millstone. "Don't you understand now? Your final fate has nothing to do with your good or evil, only with your strength! In this world, it's ultimately a dog-eat-dog world!"
His words, each syllable like muffled thunder, exploded in Shangguan Biao's heart:
“Those who cultivate are cultivating to defy fate and change their destiny! If you are weak and incompetent, your fate can only be controlled by others, and you only deserve to end up as a ‘medicine person.’ Hmph, if you hadn’t gone to find Li Yun and Xu Liangye, you would still be in the cellar right now. How far do you think you are from that end?”
(End of this chapter)