Chapter 1009: Chapter 253 A Little White Flower
With the posting of the Sea Hero Chart and the establishment of the Sea Guard System, the Battlefield of Mystical Realm became gradually well-known, and the existence of the Sea Clan became known to more people...
The Near Sea Archipelago grew increasingly prosperous.
Diao Hai Building, which had consolidated the Near Sea Archipelago and established the Seize Sea Alliance, was indeed in its prime, flourishing enormously.
The Seize Sea Alliance seemed like an alliance hastily formed, giving off an air of urgency no matter how you looked at it. However, the methods of True Lord Of Sinking City, Wei Xun, were unfathomable. Through a series of orderly actions, not only did no major chaos arise, but the influence of the Seize Sea Alliance also gradually took root in people’s hearts.
In a very short time, the seafarers had grown accustomed to the Seize Sea Alliance.
A unified Near Sea Archipelago, even if only in name, was a great convenience for the lives of the seafarers.
At the very least, they could travel freely between most islands, without the need to seek approval, pay tribute to local powers, or memorize different island regulations for each island they visit.
If the previous Diao Hai Building could be considered on par with East King Valley, it wasn’t just in strength, but also in reputation. Diao Hai Building had the merit of guarding the sea borders, while East King Valley was known for its virtuous acts of healing the world.
But after integrating the Near Sea Archipelago, Diao Hai Building had subtly risen above. Although it may not currently have the advantage in top-tier combat power, it was acknowledged to have a more robust potential and a broader future.
Thus, the four Elder Jinghais who stood at the highest echelons of Diao Hai Building could be imagined to be highly sought after.
However, the hall of the fourth elder, Gu Huaixin, was eerily quiet.
It wasn’t that he had lost power because Ji Shaoqing had died.
His power came from his identity, his position, and derived from his own cultivation as a True Man of the Age. The death of anyone couldn’t shake that foundation.
On the contrary, with Ji Shaoqing’s death, there were even more disciples flocking to his side. Who wouldn’t want to seize the enormous resource vacuum left by a fallen prodigy?
He was so troubled he considered entering seclusion, refusing to meet anyone, but choosing to seclude during Diao Hai Building’s zenith, when the higher-ups were feasting, was undoubtedly a step backwards. By the time he would exit, there would be nothing left but scraps.
Someone like Gu Huaixin would certainly not be swayed by emotion. He continued to strive in various aspects, competing with other executives.
It was just that occasionally, when he paused, it became harder and harder to tolerate disturbances.
So his solitary hall became colder and lonelier. His disciples dared not approach him lightly, and the servants that attended him were like walking on thin ice, not daring to make a sound.
Today was different.
Today, there stood a person in his hall.
A woman, clad in a white dress, her figure slender.
She stood there, like a nameless little white flower that could be blown away at any moment.
Gu Huaixin looked at the woman without disguising his aura of life and death, and said indifferently, "It’s brave of you to meet with me, and you have the ability to see me. So, I will give you the chance to speak."
"You are the sincere and honest elder of Diao Hai Building, I am a young and inexperienced junior of Diao Hai Building, I do not need bravery to see you."
The woman showed no sign of fear, speaking softly, "My senior brothers and sisters are kind to me, they informed me, gave me this opportunity, so it’s not really my ability that I could see you. But I am very grateful to you for giving me the chance to speak."
Gu Huaixin’s gaze fell from on high, devoid of any warmth, "They say a life for a life seems fair. But now, Ji Shaoqing is dead, and you have returned, standing so boldly in front of me."
He laughed, and the laugh sounded icily sharp, "Is Qi Country really so good at bullying others?"
The person standing before him was naturally Zhu Bijing, who had returned to the Near Sea Archipelago.
But her innocence and timidity were nowhere to be seen. Facing the indifference of a contemporary True Man, she stood her ground firmly, showing no sign of retreat.
This nameless little white flower stood in the fierce wind. Even though fragile and slender, it possessed an unyielding vitality that came from somewhere unknown.
She said, "Did Granny Bizhu harm me, or did I harm her? Did Senior Brother Ji harm me, or did I harm him? True Lord Gu, you have a discerning eye, you should not be mistaken. I am just an ordinary person, living just to live, dying is just dying. For someone of your stature, my life is inconsequential, of course, it can’t be compared to Senior Brother Ji’s life and death... But what is wrong with me being alive?"
Gu Huaixin was a prestigious Elder Jinghai, a True Man of the Age, but at this moment, he found himself momentarily unable to respond.
Indeed.
What was wrong with Zhu Bijinq being alive?
She never harmed anyone. Instead, she was constantly being hurt. If one were to discuss right and wrong, if Zhu Bijinq could personally kill Granny Bizhu and Ji Shaoqing, who could say Zhu Bijinq was wrong in doing so?
Besides, she did nothing at all. From beginning to end, she merely waited for death atop the End of the World Platform. She just endured suffering, without a single word of resentment.
What was wrong with her being alive?
"Did you come to me to accuse your master and your Brother Ji?" Gu Huaixin, seated in the grand chair with his eyelids slightly drooped and no expression on his face, said, "They are both already dead."
"But I am still alive," Zhu Bijing said.
"So?" asked Gu Huaixin.
"I want to live. It doesn’t matter if no one cares about me. Someone did care." Recalling the serious manner in which that person spoke, Zhu Bijing made her expression even more earnest, "I want to live well."
"You can live well. If you wish to return to Diao Hai Building, you’ll still be a disciple of Diao Hai Building," Gu Huaixin said. "I’m not petty enough to take my anger out on a minor Neifu Cultivator."
"But you will still be displeased with me. Though you are a True Man, you still have your emotions. Even if you know I’m not at fault, you will be displeased with me. If you’re displeased with me, a quarter of Diao Hai Building will be as well. Condemned by thousands, one meets an unjust fate. I can’t live well."
"Then, what do you want to do?" Gu Huaixin asked.
Zhu Bijinq slowly knelt to the ground, "I wish to become your disciple."
Even Gu Huaixin, a True Man accustomed to facing turbulent times, was somewhat astonished for a moment.
In theory, since Granny Bizhu was an elder in Gu Huaixin’s lineage, Zhu Bijinq, as Granny Bizhu’s direct disciple, could also be considered under Gu Huaixin’s tutelage.
But the problem was, Granny Bizhu was dead. And before her death, she had cut off the master-disciple relationship in a brutally extreme manner.
Gu Huaixin’s most proud disciple, Ji Shaoqing’s death, was also related to Zhu Bijinq.
It could be said that there was absolutely no relationship left between him and Zhu Bijinq. There was only the involuntary recollection of unpleasant memories upon seeing her.
Now Zhu Bijinq had come to ask to be his disciple.
This was utterly ridiculous.
"Why do you think I would take you in?" Gu Huaixin asked, "Because you are pitiable?"
"After I decided to live on properly, I told myself never to seek pity from anyone again. So, I’m not relying on pity."
Zhu Bijinq said this and bowed her head in a salute, "Please forgive my presumptuousness."
Then she lifted her head high.
Even though she was kneeling, she held her head so high, so proud.
She raised her right hand, pointing towards the sky.
In that void, an ancient portal was slowly opening.
The arrival of ancient, mystical forces altered the rules between heaven and earth.
This scene was so familiar, as if it were...
Opening the Heavenly Gate!
