Chapter 121: Empty promises
——(POV third person, eternal wail trial)——
Cai ZhenKang looked at Li Huang with a wide smile and stars in his eyes.
"Li Huang you are a true friend if ever there was one." Cai ZhenKang said as he was really glad that Li Huang would be willing to give him such a chance to fight a hard opponent in the future. The part that Li Huang suggested Cai ZhenKang would die and he has to get revenge for him went right over his head.
Li Huang was conflicted on how to respond as he meant it as a sarcastic remark and nothing else. Hu Anjing and Li Wanrou who also understood what Li Huang was saying were also shocked by the lack of comprehension that Cai ZhenKang showed.
Luckily for them, the old man showed up this time and stopped them from talking any further. Each time that the old man had shown himself before, he choose the worst timings but this one was one that Li Huang would appreciate.
The old man slowly materialized on the sky in his giant form and looked at every disciple.
"…the punishment is over." The old man said these simple words and everyone could now breathe a sigh of relief, some even collapsed on the ground as their knees gave out. They were running and fighting like a machine so that they can distract themselves from the fact that they might die any second and now that the punishment is over, they could rest easy.
This was unbelievable to most of them as this was not a common cold that they survived, it was the horde that killed 96 disciples 300 years ago and they have now survived such a calamity. From the initial 95 disciples in the fort, only 2 lost their lives and the other 93 participants would live to see another day.
Li Huang thought about the two disciples that lost their lives due to He Junli's incompetence and remembered his plan for her after this trial. He doesn't need to do much as almost all of the disciples from the other six holy lands have a problem with her so she would definitely face the consequences of her actions but Li Huang would be there to make sure of it too.
After a few seconds of silence, the old man decided to continue.
"You have defeated all the beast hordes that were unleashed to punish you and because of this you will pass this test too." The old man said and ignited hope in everyone that as this is a test, having a reward is only natural.
"…But do not forget that the only reward that you get is that you can leave the trial alive." The old man crushed everyone's hope with a single sentence.
'Of course, you wouldn't reward us with anything…' Li Huang thought and got ready for another life lesson.
The old man also didn't disappoint and gave them a life lesson.
"In life, one should not always look for rewards in each and every action. This would be an unhealthy practice that would result in laziness because one would not move a step if it is not for profit. Of course, I'm not saying that everyone should forget profits but what I'm saying is that many times a result that seems without a profit, would lead one to many profits in the future." The old man said. Every participant was listening to him and almost everyone forgot that this old man was the same person that announced the start of the punishments.
"Take your situation as an example, if you were to die here, there would be no profit to be gained in the future so this is also a reward in a sense as you can continue gaining profit in your life." The old man said. Everyone had an urge to vomit blood as the old man was simply telling them to be grateful that you are still alive, but thinking about it a little they could all see his point as he could have dropped more beasts on them so they didn't look at it like the old man was berating them.
"I wish you luck in your lives." The old man said and disappeared from the sky. After a few seconds when everyone was sure that they were now safe, cheers could be heard from all around the eastern side of the fort.
Li Huang nodded a couple of times to himself as everything went as how he planned for them. Well, everything except Jin Fen, He Junli, and Guanyu.
"Li Huang, I think this fort would be a nice addition to the eternal wail trial." Cai ZhenKang said as he looked toward the fort. He didn't know the weight that this had to Li Huang.
"I don't think it would be here the next time that there is a trial…" Li Huang said and looked sad as all these materials would go to waste when they get out of the trial.
Li Huang was rich but knowing that all this fort would turn into nothing was too much for him, it was like burning money when there was no reason to do so.
Although, Li Huang wasn't desperate enough to go and pocket the fort into his storage ring. A part of him knew that he would be compensated for this so he wasn't worried.
"I think this is the end." Li Wanrou said as she was looking at the surroundings. This past month felt like an eternity for her and she wanted to engrave this place to her mind.
"Despite how it was minutes ago, now there is no sign of the beasts." Li Huang said as he too looked at the surrounding. If you removed the beasts that wanted to bite your head off, this place was really beautiful.
Hu Anjing nodded as she too had her fill with fighting the beasts. She was still angry that this punishment made it so that she and Li Huang couldn't have some alone time and had to fight constantly.
She had this on her mind, but she didn't want to be the one to bring it up so she was hoping that Li Huang would remember that.
Moments later everyone could feel a pull on their bodies but no one panicked as they knew what this meant. This pull was the sign that they were getting teleported outside of the eternal wail trial.
Li Huang was the only one that also felt something else. He felt a change in his storage ring, he didn't know how and why but it was the same feeling of accessing one's storage ring so he checked the ring quickly.
The ring itself was fine and the items were where they should be. Li Huang almost believed it to be the truth but something came to his mind and he looked for the blue orb that was in Jin Fen's 'belongings'. No matter how much he checked, the orb wasn't there.
The next moment he was at the edge of the eternal wail chasm like every other participant of eternal wail trial that was still alive.
It was now that he understood, the orb wouldn't leave the trial ground in any case because every storage ring would be checked before the trial would let you out and would stop you from taking what you shouldn't have.
'This would make all these fights more pointless.' Li Huang thought as he shook his head. It was simply stupid to think that you can con the one who created such sub-space by just storing the object in a storage ring.
'Now I really wish I could have seen Jin Fen's face if he were to come out of the trial.' Li Huang chuckled as he thought about Jin Fen's reaction.
The moment that he looked in front of him he could see that all the holy lands had been waiting here and from their faces, he could see the anxiousness. At first, he was surprised but soon he understood that many disciples must have used some treasure that would alert their masters about it so everyone is worried about their disciples.
'Thinking about it, grandpa should have also known about this last fight.' Li Huang thought. As he used the [Mirror of Reckoning] grandpa Long would have been notified about it.
The moment that he was thinking about it he heard a familiar voice.
"Huang!" Li Long that sensed Li Huang with his Qi sense rushed here and checked Li Huang for any possible injury.
Li Huang couldn't help but smile at this. He knew that grandpa Long was blaming himself for his parents and because of that he trained him with more harshness so that he can come out of any situation unscathed.
"I'm alright grandpa, it was a hard situation but luckily I had a lot of treasures on me that helped me in the fight." Li Huang explained briefly.
"What happened in there?" Li Long asked as he calmed down a little.
Visit freewe𝑏n(o)vel.𝑐𝘰𝑚 for the best novel reading experience