Chapter 441: Bai Wei'er - 441
Zhu Yi slowly turned his head and looked at the girl behind him. She was standing with her hands on her hips while staring at him.
"Wow. What a hero. You tried to save me." Although her words were nice, her face made it clear that she was being sarcastic.
Zhu Yi did not know how to respond.
"Aren't you going to apologize? You stepped on me." The girl said.
"Sorry." Zhu Yi said before ignoring the girl.
"She seems obnoxious." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded. He went up to the beast and began cutting it open. It hadn't been long since the beast had died, so he would hopefully be able to get the core before the Qi in it dispersed.
"Hey! Aren't you going to thank me?"
Zhu Yi nodded without looking at the girl. "Thanks."
With a beast core from a beast at the 7th level of the Qi gathering realm, it would be more useful than the other beast cores he had used.
Still, it wouldn't be much due to still being in the Qi gathering realm.
Just before he ran out of time, Zhu Yi got the core and had Zhou Fan absorb it.
"What did you just do?" A voice asked from right behind him.
Zhu Yi almost jumped.
He stood up and faced the girl.
"Zhu Yi thanks senior for saving me. But I must be on my way now." He said with a bow.
Zhu Yi began to jog away, but an icicle shot past him, drawing blood from his face.
Zhu Yi came to a stop and sighed.
"It seems you chanced upon a spoiled brat. Unlucky." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi turned around and looked at the girl again.
"Take that back."
Zhu Yi was confused.
"Senior. How dare you call me a senior. I'm only 16 years old. Take it back!"
Zhu Yi politely bowed again. "I apologize. I was only referring to you as a senior in terms of cultivation. Forgive my rudeness."
Zhu Yi then turned around and began sprinting away. He really couldn't deal with this abnormally strong child, even if she was older than him.
"Stay."
Zhu Yi stopped again, almost falling to his knees this time.
"For the love of god let me escape." Zhu Yi mumbled to himself.
When Zhu Yi turned around, the girl was right next to him.
"My name is Bai Wei'er of the Celestial Ice Sect. What is your name?"
"Zhu Yi. No sect." Zhu Yi responded.
"No wonder you're so weak and have no backbone. Have you heard of my sect?" The girl asked.
"No." Zhu Yi responded.
"Haha. Of course not. You're just a lowly Qi gathering realm cultivator." The girl chuckled, acting as if the answer was obvious before even asking the question.
"Should we create a list of people you need to beat up in the future?" Zhou Fan asked.
Zhu Yi nodded imperceptibly.
"Alright. How about this? You can become a servant, or perhaps a slave of my sect. Would you like to?" The girl asked.
"No." Zhu Yi responded.
"Are you sure? Everyone in my sect, even the slaves and servants practice the universal cultivation manual. Also, even as a slave or servant, nobody in this world would dare treat you rudely." She said.
Zhu Yi shook his head again. Although he was now interested in her sect, he would not be a slave or a servant. No cultivator would.
"Whatever. What can be expected from some brat. Go away now." The girl said as she "Dismissed" Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi ran away again, this time managing to finally leave. Only after a while did Zhu Yi stop and sit against a tree trunk. He wasn't sure how to feel about that interaction.
Since everything had been said by some mere brat, he did not take it to heart or really care that much, but she still could not be ignored.
Zhu Yi grabbed a piece of bark off of the tree and began to write names into it.
The first was, "Nascent soul old man".
The second was, "Bai Wei'er of the Celestial Ice Sect".
"Do you think that girl was being honest in her words?" Zhu Yi asked.
"It seemed like it, though it was hard to tell if she was being completely literal about everything." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded. "She made it sound like she was from another world. Could that be true?"
"It can be true, but it's hard to say if it's actually true." Zhou Fan responded.
"No point in thinking too much about it." Zhu Yi said as he got up.
All grudges would be repaid when he was stronger. Not just Bai Wei'er, but the entire Celestial Ice Sect would need to be put in their place.
Zhu Yi began to run back to White palace city.
"What do you think that Chen Jie would have done in that situation?" Zhu Yi asked as he ran.
"From the stories, he probably would have crossed realms to beat her up, but realistically, he probably would do the same as you. Endure and repay it in the future." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded.
Zhou Fan spoke again. "That reminds me of a saying I've heard somewhere. "Endure today, freedom tomorrow." I can't remember where I heard it from, but it makes sense in this situation."
Zhu Yi continued running for a few days before finally returning to White Palace City. Immediately upon returning, he went to a building off to the side of the rogue cultivator guild.
That was where materials for mission completion were handed over.
It was a large warehouse. Zhu Yi entered through the front door with a large backpack on his back. It was filled to the brim with lizard tendons.
After scanning his card at a desk, Zhu Yi was directed to a large room for examination of materials.
A woman with a monocle and a mustache entered, and while Zhu Yi tried not to stare, she examined the beast tendons.
The monocle seemed to be some sort of item, and the woman was done counting and examining the beast tendons rather fast. She told Zhu Yi to return to the crystal pad and use it to have his information updated.
Zhu Yi nodded and left. He left behind the bag as it had been a loan from the Rogue cultivator guild.
Chapter 442: Impartiality - 442
Zhu Yi entered the rogue cultivators guild and queued up at the crystal pad line. Not much time passed before his turn came.
Zhu Yi took out his card and scanned it on the screen. The words, "Welcome Zhu Yi", popped up on the screen.
Zhu Yi tapped on the screen and the words went away, soon followed by three icons. Zhu Yi clicked on the personal information icon. In addition to his name, cultivation, and rank, there was now a small, partly filled up bar below the rank letter.
This was what showed how close a person was to increasing their rank.
Zhu Yi clicked off and went to the missions icon. His mission was completed now and he could accept money in one of three ways. One, store it in the crystal network instead of receiving gold, receive the gold, or a combination of both.
Zhu Yi chose a combination of both. He took out a few gold to survive with and kept the rest of the reward in the rogue cultivator guild network.
Zhou Fan sighed at the convenience of it all.
Cultivators had truly changed the world.
Although the crystal pad network was a good system, there was one reason that no similar system had appeared that covered the filament. This sort of thing was more or less useless to higher level cultivators.
Firstly, it would take a lot of resources and energy to maintain it across the entire filament. Secondly, there were too many strange abilities. It would not be ridiculous for someone to be able to mess with it with some sort of technique, divine physique, or innate gift. They could use it to steal information or, if there was a banking system like in the crystal pad network, rob others. Thirdly, nobody had ever really cared about such a thing. Sure, it was a convenience for lower level cultivators, but higher level cultivators had countless methods to communicate when necessary, such as communication talismans, which did not need much of a network at all. Just a connection to another talisman.
Zhu Yi received his money at the counter and left the rogue cultivators guild. After a good night of sleep, he returned again and found another mission.
On the way towards the mission location, Zhou Fan spoke. "Are you sure you don't want to join a sect and increase your cultivation more? At this rate, it will take an extremely long time to achieve anything."
Zhu Yi nodded. "I've already thought about it. If I go to a sect now, I'll be more or less worthless. If I wait until I have more talent, I'll be valued much more and receive more. If I join a sect talentless and become more and more talented, wouldn't they get suspicious? In that case, it's too risky. And all of that is based on the possibility of actually being accepted."
Zhou Fan nodded. "It's your life. You live it however you want."
Zhu Yi felt reassured and continued running at his pace. Everytime he took a break, he would cultivate, but he was not getting much anywhere. Even with spirit stones, he had taken 300 days to reach the 5th level of the Qi gathering realm, much less without them.
It had been many days since he had met with the nascent soul realm old man and Bai Wei'er. Zhu Yi had had a lot of time to think about things, and the more he thought about it, the calmer he became.
He understood that the nascent soul realm old man had looked down upon him for his inferior cultivation and little to no potential. He also understood that Bai Wei'er looked down upon him for his inferior background and little to no potential.
However, would they act the same when he was stronger? If he was the strongest in the world, would they dare to disdain him? Would they even think about looking down upon him? Would they even dare to breathe loudly in his presence? No, they would not.
Zhu Yi understood this. He understood that both the old man and Bai Wei'er were pathetic people. They were people that would act arrogant or superior in front of him, but would not dare to do so in front of someone else.
This reminded Zhu Yi of a saying he had read from a fairy tale.
Bully the weak, fear the strong. It was the motto of pathetic people.
Zhu Yi did not want to become like them when he was stronger. He would not look down on someone because they were weaker or had a worse background. He would not fear everyone who was stronger or had a better background.
While taking a break, Zhu Yi had told all of this to Zhou Fan.
"It is good to think that way. While comprehending the Cosmic Dao, I thought of many phrases in my head. One of them went like this: The earth and the stars do not take sides. They are impartial. They regard all individuals as insignificant, as though they were playthings made of straw. The wise are also impartial. To them, all people are equal and alike."
Zhu Yi nodded. "So I am right."
"Sort of. There is no one correct mindset. For example, if you were to treat all people equal and alike, then wouldn't a saint be treated the same as a mass murder? If you helped both survive a dangerous situation, one would go and help others, while the other would spread more harm." Zhou Fan said.
"What is correct is living like you want to live, and living in that way firmly." Zhou Fan added.
Zhou Fan's words gave Zhu Yi a lot to think about. Zhu Yi laid down and thought about how he wanted to live.
As for Zhou Fan, he did not need to think about it too much. He did not interact with others much and his only true goal was to increase his cultivation. Everything else was having fun along the way.
He did not bully the weak, and if there was someone stronger than him, then that would mean he is dead. Either that or everything he knew was false, like fish in a fish tank, and he had no reason to live.
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