Chapter 367: After Binding the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 368: A Passerby Strives to Live (36)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

With the last two obstacles gone, the Liu Family rested their troops and marched swiftly all the way, heading straight for Luojing.

Luojing was no longer as prosperous as before, but the special significance of this city still filled the Liu Family, who advanced with heavy troops, with countless emotions.

Liu Xiuwen's eyes welled up even more; he lowered his head, grabbed a handful of soil from the city gate, and carefully smelled the hometown scent hidden in the earth.

"Grandfather."

Liu Jingsheng came before Liu Xiuwen, his gaze sweeping over the dilapidated city gate, and proposed they could camp here, waiting only for the main army to finish resting before taking this city, which had endured countless storms and blood rains, in one fell swoop.

"Mm, rest."

There was no rush; the army had marched swiftly, and many could not endure it.

Liu Xiuwen seemed to have a feeling of being timid near his hometown; this place was not like Yingchuan. Although the Liu Family had risen in Yingchuan, Luojing was where Liu Xiuwen was born, raised, and would grow old.

Liu Jingsheng paid no attention to Liu Xiuwen's rich emotions; he turned and instructed the subordinates who had followed him, passing down the order for the soldiers to rest on the spot.

The four Liu Mingxuan siblings all wore armor and rode large horses.

Liu Mingjin was still young; his tender little face and a body full of corded muscle were completely mismatched.

【17> He moved his wrists, jumped down from the large horse himself, then twisted open the waterskin and drank with glugging sounds.

He moved his wrist, jumped down from the big horse himself, then twisted open the waterskin and drank with glug-glug sounds.

Liu Mingxuan removed his heavy helmet, revealing hair strands soaked with sweat.

"Eldest Young Master."

Liu Mingfei handed over a handkerchief, her gaze sweeping the surroundings, and waved to call Liu Mingchen over.

"Once we enter the city, we can rest properly; this period has been truly exhausting."

Liu Mingfei quietly complained about the hardships of marching, but truly letting her give up the army to return to the family was absolutely out of the question.

"I don't know how things are inside the city, but just looking at the city gate scene," Liu Mingjin shook his head, holding no hopeful fantasies about the situation inside the city.

Liu Mingxuan put away the used handkerchief, then fastened his helmet back on his head. "Luojing has seen mixed battles for many years; inside, there are no few strange phenomena and Demon Race members." Being able to survive in such a harsh environment, even the Human Race was not purely good.

"I felt it; the qi inside is thick," thick to the point of black hair becoming dense, Liu Mingchen became increasingly strange in speech, and his methods also grew somewhat strange.

Liu Mingfei glared slightly with her beautiful eyes. "Second Brother, can't you speak properly? Be careful I tell this to mother at home."

Liu Mingchen was fearless, his slight smiling posture truly having the flavor of a Buddha reborn.

Liu Mingfei:...

Liu Mingfei felt even more of a headache; she wouldn't come out for a trip, she really would have to watch Second Brother enter the Buddhist Gate to become a monk.

Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingjin also looked at their own increasingly conspicuous Second Brother/Second Young Master, while praying in their hearts that he absolutely must not think of doing something rash; what was good about being a monk, unable to eat or drink with many restrictions; their Liu Family had advanced further, and what awaited them was the path to being enfeoffed as a king.

"Alright, no need to worry about me; I won't do anything that would make mother sad."

Liu Mingchen lowered his head and drooped his eyes, covering the surging emotions in his eyes.

He naturally would not become a monk; the Buddhist Gate had been mostly destroyed in the calamity long ago, and Liu Mingchen, as a Buddha Son Reincarnation, could understand the true meaning of the Buddhist Gate even more.

The city before them was once a prosperous capital; after being destroyed, too many living beings died. Their bodies perished but their souls did not perish, clinging to the city to form gloomy resentment qi; now the massive resentment qi shot up into the sky, dispersing for a long time.

"Great Ancestor, let me go in and try," Liu Mingchen came behind Liu Xiuwen, and the two looked toward Luojing not far away, one in front of the other.

"Chen'er, it's very dangerous inside," just standing outside made one's hair stand on end.

Liu Xiuwen considered himself a person who had seen the world, but the scene before him still made him hesitate and retreat.

He dared not walk, dared not look, and even more dared not enter.

The scene Liu Mingchen saw was even more serious than what Liu Xiuwen described.

"Great Ancestor, if I do not enter, they will absorb the evil qi and grow even stronger; in the long run, we can only abandon this city and leave hidden dangers."

Why was Wei State destroyed? Was it not because the position was obtained improperly back then and backfired? If the Liu Family walked the same road, in no more than a hundred years it would be a new Wei State.

Liu Xiuwen sighed; his body was slightly hunched, his shoulders sinking downward. "Chen'er, are you confident?"

Liu Mingchen shook his head. "Do my best." He was not sure whether he could win, but the consequence of dragging it on would certainly end with his failure.

Liu Xiuwen said in a deep voice, "Then do as you wish. Great Ancestor is old," his cultivation realm strength had declined, no longer having the previous impetus and hot-bloodedness; he knew clearly in his heart that some decisions he was powerless to make.

Liu Mingchen did not stand on ceremony with Liu Xiuwen, or rather, both of them were very clear that the most dangerous thing in Luojing was that thick layer of resentment qi almost condensing into substance; if the resentment qi did not disperse, people could not live there for long.

Turning back to the erected tent, Liu Mingchen told Liu Jingsheng and Liu Mingxuan and others about his having entered Luojing in advance.

As expected, Liu Mingchen encountered everyone's obstruction and persuasion.

"I have explained to Great Ancestor; moreover, if we do not enter Luojing, we cannot stay for long."

"But that doesn't mean we can let you go in alone," Liu Mingxuan was simply about to be angered to death; rushing to find death, truly not afraid of mother finding out.

"Second Brother, why don't I go with you?" Liu Mingjin racked his brains and proposed, but was immediately retorted by Liu Mingfei as soon as he spoke: "Don't even think about it; my elder brother and I are still here, it's none of your business."

Liu Mingjin:...

Liu Mingjin pursed his lips at being told off; however, here he was the youngest in age, and his words carried even less status, so he simply closed his mouth and said nothing.

Liu Jingsheng advised Liu Mingchen to consider himself more; "Just because your strength is strong, don't think there's nothing to worry about." The situation inside Luojing was something even he could not fathom; he could only choose to temporarily keep the army outside.

"Uncle, Nephew knows what he is doing; it's just wanting to go in and see for himself. If I am not equal to the task, I will come out immediately." So, he would not lose his life; in this world, there was still no living being that could take his life.

Liu Mingchen did not know where his confidence came from, but since he became sensible, he clearly knew that he would not die easily before completing the responsibility he bore.

Perhaps this was the Heavenly Dao Will? Liu Mingchen did not understand, but it did not hinder him from using these to find loopholes for himself; every time he fought to the death, exchanging injury for injury, and cultivating madly was all so that one day he could truly be his own master.

Liu Jingsheng looked at Liu Mingchen for a long time without speaking; what to say? It seemed that no matter how he put it, there was a meaning of talking easily without bearing the burden.

Liu Jingsheng could not accompany Liu Mingchen into the city; Liu Xiuwen also had to stay behind to hold the line; Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei, and even Liu Mingjin, were main forces, and could not leave even more.

In the end, it was just as Liu Mingchen said; only he alone, taking advantage of the night, carried his luggage and strolled into the city.

Liu Mingxuan had a complex expression; Liu Mingjin worried in his heart that Second Brother would meet with trouble; Liu Mingfei glared with a fierce face and wrote a letter angrily; the three each had their own thoughts, but toward Liu Mingchen they sincerely hoped he could return safely.

"Heavenly Dao Consciousness still won't act? That's the Savior it's been longing for."

Shen Yao wore a thin quilt, lying on the bed not sleeping.

Before her eyes was a small screen, displaying Liu Mingchen's encounters in Luojing — truly a life-and-death crisis, the slightest carelessness would cost him his life.

The System hid to one side watching, finding time to deal with Shen Yao.

"Heavenly Dao Consciousness is watching, says it's not yet time for it to act."

As the Liu Family cleared out most of the territory, Heavenly Dao Consciousness's waking hours grew longer and longer.

The System could now contact Heavenly Dao Consciousness; though it still occasionally lost contact, overall this was a good phenomenon.

With Heavenly Dao Consciousness acting, this world's energy trended toward stability.

The most obvious sign was that the strange phenomena causing trouble were slowly decreasing. Admittedly some were cleared by the Human Race or Demon Race, but some were also secretly resolved by Heavenly Dao Consciousness.

Liu Mingchen now fighting desperately in Luojing was because Luojing's geographical location was special; the resentment qi produced there combined with the strange phenomena living there, giving birth to even more massive and horrifying monsters.

Liu Mingchen was hamstrung dealing with this monster, because the monster was very cunning, hiding in a place where a handful of the Human Race still lived.

Liu Mingchen could not indiscriminately kill the innocent; this contradicted the Dao he cultivated, so he could only slowly engage in a tug-of-war with the monster, and thus fell into a passive position.

Shen Yao watching her own cub get beaten, her heart still held some pent-up anger.

She had placed a life-saving talisman paper on Liu Mingchen, but currently Liu Mingchen could still cope, so it hadn't activated; however he probably wouldn't last much longer — compared to this monster, Liu Mingchen's methods appeared immature.

"You watch closely; the moment the talisman paper activates, act," Shen Yao stretched her hand and yawned, turned off the screen, then turned over facing away from the bed edge and fell asleep.

Energy insufficient, Shen Yao really couldn't stay up late; besides, Heavenly Dao Consciousness was watching over Liu Mingchen's side, so this birth mother was very much at ease.

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Liu Mingchen had entered Luojing for several days, no news whatsoever had come.

During this period Liu Jingsheng and Liu Xiuwen also organized several offense opportunities, but the results were not good; in the end they could only choose to temporarily give up, retreating outside the city to hold their ground.

However during this time quite a few people or demons living in Luojing City ran out.

The people were taken in for centralized management; the demons were directly dealt with, leaving no room for mercy.

As for how these people would be arranged in the future? Liu Jingsheng hadn't considered that much yet; he merely first used their mouths to investigate the Luojing situation, providing them convenience.

"Great Ancestor, we want to go in and take a look," Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei ran over to find Liu Xiuwen.

Liu Mingchen had no movement for a while; they really couldn't set their minds at ease.

"No, inside Luojing City is dangerous; those who escaped all say strange phenomena run rampant inside," Liu Xiuwen frowned, no matter what Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei said he would not nod in agreement.

No choice, the two could only adopt a roundabout policy, going to find Liu Jingsheng.

Liu Jingsheng: ……

Liu Jingsheng looked at the group of kids framing their Eldest Uncle, helplessly shook his head.

"My agreement is useless; your Great Ancestor guards the city gate every day," how could they bypass him to enter the city? What ability did Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei have to do that?

Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei: ……

"Uncle, but Mingchen..." Liu Mingxuan hemp claw, really didn't know what to do.

Liu Jingsheng's mindset was better than theirs; moreover from the mouths of those who left the city, no one mentioned seeing Liu Mingchen — this was a good thing.

"Rest assured and wait a few days; among you four, Mingchen's strength is strongest," if something happened to Liu Mingchen, Liu Mingfei and Liu Mingxuan going in would also be sending themselves to their deaths.

Liu Jingsheng's words were not wrong; if Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei went in now, who knew whether they'd be delivering food or saving people.

The two siblings exchanged glances, dejectedly returned to the tent.

Liu Mingjin was lying prone on the bed resting; seeing his brother and sister with raised eyebrows and darting eyes, the little radar on his head instantly turned mysterious, and he ran over with pattering steps to pump them for information.

Liu Mingfei didn't want to deal with him; Liu Mingxuan was about to say something when suddenly a heaven-shaking huge roar came from outside, directly shocking the three of them frozen in place.

The next second, the three stood up and ran out, raised their heads gazing toward the direction the sound came from.

It was Luojing City!

Rolling black smoke spread, engulfing the city walls revealed ahead.

Liu Xiuwen stood at the very front, body tensed; a sharp cry that seemed like laughter yet not laughter rang in his ears.

"Retreat! Fall back!"

Shouting once toward the rear, Liu Xiuwen soared into the air, both hands behind his back, eyes fixed on the front.

Behind him, Liu Jingsheng had people fall back, himself following into the air, gazing into the distance.

Besides the dense black smoke, it seemed nothing could let them see anything.

Liu Mingxuan and Liu Mingfei had also tried; unfortunately both returned without success.

By the time night fell, the entire Luojing was shrouded in black smoke; the flowing black smoke seemed like living creatures, making one nauseous to look at.

"What is this thing? A strange phenomenon?" Liu Mingfei quietly muttered to Liu Mingxuan, thinking she had killed quite a few strange phenomena along the way, but had never seen this kind — no physical substance at all.

Liu Mingxuan's brows tightly knitted, not relaxing; he truly didn't know, "What did Great Ancestor and Uncle say?"

Liu Mingjin interjected, "Great Ancestor hasn't come down all along; Uncle is still busy soothing the whole platoon," the two sides hadn't exchanged opinions.

Just what was that rapidly spreading black smoke? It somewhat resembled the earlier black mist, but the two were different varieties; who knew what monster Luojing City had given birth to.

"Let's go help, wait and see," if it doesn't work we can only make later plans.

Fortunately Luojing wasn't taken; they still held other places in their hands.

When the time comes, unified arrangement — just selecting a new capital, no big problem.

The trio ran to help; Liu Jingsheng wasn't courteous either, assigned the work in his hands downward, then got up and ran to Liu Xiuwen to ask the situation.

Liu Xiuwen's expression was strange; he glanced at Liu Jingsheng, then at the black smoke wanting to spill out yet stuck at the city gate, "Mingchen will be out soon."

Liu Jingsheng: …… Huh?

Liu Xiuwen wasn't mistaken; when the black smoke spread to the entire Luojing City, he sensed Liu Mingchen's breath.

The person was fine, heart jumping wildly, just temporarily unable to come out.

Liu Xiuwen soared and watched for a good while; only after confirming Liu Mingchen was in no danger did he let down most of his raised heart, and followed by seriously observing the black smoke outside.

There must be something inside the black smoke, trapped and unable to get out, and Liu Mingchen was dealing with whatever was in that black smoke; progress was going smoothly, which was why Liu Xiuwen said Liu Mingchen would be out soon.

Liu Jingsheng did not have Liu Xiuwen's strength and could not sense Liu Mingchen's breath.

But Grandfather would not lie to him; since he said so, that proved his own nephew was safe.

Not bad, not bad; Younger Brother and his wife were not here, and Liu Jingsheng felt he had taken on his uncle's responsibility—the four children could not come to harm.

"Grandfather, shall we head back first?"

"Go back."

Liu Xiuwen and Liu Jingsheng walked back, but before they had taken two steps out, thunder struck horizontally from the sky, slashing down above Luojing City.