Chapter 31 : Big brother?
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Sitting in the corner, Ray drank the wine slowly. After his drinking session ended, he left the tavern. Of course, he had paid before he left. He had collected the iron gate sect and the empire's treasury before destroying them completely so he wouldn't be in short on money for a while. He entered a clothes shop and changed into a fine white robe. Now his looks were just like an elegant scholar.
" Sir, do you need flowers?" A little girl who was selling flowers approached him timidly. It can be said that she was new on this path.
"Where did you find these beautiful flowers from?" Ray bent down slightly and asked her with a smile.
"I...i...collected them from.... the hundred beast forest." She replied timidly.
"Aren't you afraid of being eaten by beasts?"
She nodded and said, "If I don't go to the forest I won't be able to sell flowers anymore."
"All right, I'll buy all of your flowers. How much do they cost?"
"Forty silver coins." She said with a timid voice, not daring to make eye contact. She was afraid of him being angry because of the prize.
Ray laughed and handed her a medium-sized pouch. "Open it and see. Would that be enough?"
She opened the pouch slowly, she looked into the pouch as her bright sparkly eyes widened in surprise.
"This... this... I can't take...." She wanted to refuse, but Ray waved his hands and said
"Take them. Its yours. You deserve them."
"Is it alright for me to take them?"
"Of course. I can give you more if you want."
"No...no… its more than enough. Thank you..." She shook her head quickly and thanked him.
"Umm...." She kept fidgeting.
"Something?" Seeing her appearance, Ray asked curiously.
"Can I call you big brother?" She finally said this after gathering her courage.
"Of course you can." Ray rubbed her head with mild laughter.
"I'll go now big brother." She said goodbye to him and left, her small figure gradually faded into the crowd.
This world or the Celestial world, rules were exactly the same. There was no place for weak people like her. She will experience difficulties and perils at each step of her life. One day she might die in an unknown corner not even knowing how she died. She can't choose her path because she is weak. The weak had no choice. That was her fate.
Ray just saw how pure her soul was. It'd been a long time since he saw such a pure soul. Her small figure reminded him of someone from a long, long time ago.
Ray sighed and walked away. He inquired a few things about northern state. The Northern state has four great powers. Blood demon sect, Pure saint empire, Azure sky sect and Thousand peak hall. They are the strongest lineage and the main force of northern state. If the northern state was compared to the eastern state, then it would be slightly stronger because of the fourth force that appeared not too long ago. The Northern state had only three great powers until five thousand years ago, but the sky goddess appeared and broke the balance. She created her own sect single-handedly. In her era, there was no god in the states to compete with her. All other lineages tucked their tails between their legs out of fear. She attained godhood several thousand years ago, but her majesty still stands strong in everyone's mind even now.
Ray found a small inn which wasn't very lively or busy. An old woman and a young man worked at the inn only. He wanted to take a rest for the day and move to the northern border tomorrow. Even though he wasn't in a hurry, he didn't want to waste too much time. Elea's matter needs to be settled. He can't let her stay dead for too long because it'll affect her memories.
In an unknown corner of the universe, a place which no one knows about.
" Lord, something happened." A weird looking man said, looking upward toward the throne. The throne was scarlet and gentle black flames shrouded the whole person who was sitting on the throne.
"What is it?" A strange voice sounded.
"A soul appeared. We can't sever her karma, nor can we send her to the wheel of eternal void."
"Hm? Bring it here." The strange voice echoed again.
After a few seconds, the weird looking man took out a transparent looking object. Inside the transparent object floated a small wisp of light.
The weird looking man bent down on one knee and presented it toward the throne.
The being on the throne who was shrouded by black flames looked intently at the wisp of light inside the transparent object.
"Huuhh...It's him... this soul is marked by him." The being on the throne lost his calm and exclaimed in panic.
"Lord Yama is... is something wrong?" The weird looking man couldn't believe his eyes. This was the first time he saw his lord losing his composure. In his view, his lord is a mighty being feared by all, but now something made him lose his calm. It has to be something heaven shattering.
"Go." The being on the throne commanded.
"Yes lord." With that said he left. Even though he was extremely curious, but didn't dare to ask anything.
"Did you see it?" The being shrouded by black flame slowly said.
"Yes lord. This mark is definitely that person's." A black shadow appeared beside the throne and said. Both of their genders couldn't be detected from their voices.
"It seems that this soul is very precious to him."
" Lord, what should we do then with it?" The shadow asked.
"What can we do? Protect it until he comes for it."
"Yes lord."
"Looks like he'll be visiting very soon."
"Lord, we can't let the previous calamity happen again."
The being on the throne stayed silent. He recalled the scenes when the whole netherworld cried tears of sorrow and anguish. He was an unstoppable storm that ravaged their entire netherworld which had been known as invincible since the time of immemorial. There was a glimmer of fear in his eyes. He didn't ever want that calamity to happen again.
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