Chapter 112: Disciple Wang Shengxuan, I Wish to Enter the Shushan Dao!

【"Qingyuan Mountain God" has been recorded into your Reincarnation event.】

Within the intricate relationship network of 【Mie Changsheng】, the name 【Chen Shi】 has officially appeared beneath the name Gu Jiangming.

Unlike the Shushan Six Heroes, who are distinct from the One Venerable Six Heroes, the name Chen Shi appeared in a different form.

However, although he is not a personal disciple of Shushan, he is still one of those whom Gu Jiangming keeps in his heart.

Just like the saying: if a demon enters Shushan, it becomes human; if a demon leaves Shushan, it turns back into a demon.

As long as one gains recognition, it does not matter if one is a demon or a human; all belong to the disciples of Shushan, a part of Shushan.

The noble realm of teaching without discrimination should be exactly this.

And Jiu Jiu is also in the process of deep reflection.

She has never seriously pondered a question, which is why she cannot obtain the recognition of the many Shushan Disciples.

【And the wealthy farmer, seeing you work so diligently, gives you a little more than the others each time.】

Therefore, her previous emotions were merely emotions; she lacked the most important, most substantial thing, which is understanding.

【You persisted in such days for twenty-one years; in this life, you have two younger brothers and three younger sisters.】

Within 【Mie Changsheng】, at the lower end of the interpersonal network headed by Gu Jiangming, the character card of Wang Shengxuan is constantly updating with his own unique story, his own unique text.

【He married you, and it was a union based on the most equal of relationships; and when he learned of your identity as a demon, he did not harbor any prejudice against you because of your demonic form.】

【This is what makes him different from others.】

In fact, many times, regarding those displaced people, Jiu Jiu's feelings toward them are very cold, very callous.

Every line of text here, every line of story, weaves together a person's past.

The scenes before her eyes ring long in Jiu Jiu's heart.

【Regrettably, the times are turbulent, and the constantly changing authorities demand more and more from the local areas.】

【Thus, you worked even harder, wanting to prove your own value while also making it easier to support your parents and your younger brothers and sisters.】

She does not have much capacity for empathy.

【Forced by helplessness, your parents sent away two of your younger sisters to serve as maids in better households, while your other younger brother followed you to learn how to work better.】

She pursues a perfect ending with Gu Jiangming and wants to gain the recognition of the Shushan Disciples, but looking back, Jiu Jiu suddenly realizes that she has actually achieved nothing.

Jiu Jiu's earliest thoughts were very simple: simply wanting to change a tragic past, and simply wanting to obtain the things that should have belonged to her.

She also wanted to understand the lives of those ordinary people.

And she has not truly changed anything.

【This also caused the rewards you received from the wealthy farmer to become less and less.】

【His appearance could definitely not be considered the most handsome, and when you first met him, his cultivation was not that outstanding; he had not even stepped into the path of cultivation.】

And now, she is trying to understand.

Jiu Jiu has realized the true purpose of cultivation; it is not necessarily for competing for strength, but should have a more practical role.

Because of the environment she was in, Jiu Jiu would take every slight to heart; just like when she asked shopkeepers for food in the past and was beaten and chased away, Jiu Jiu would deliberately take revenge by stealing the shop's spare money.

【Your ancestors were all poor farmers who farmed for the wealthy farmers in the village; when the harvest was good, you could get a mouthful of food, but when the harvest was poor and the government taxes were high, you could only farm for others in vain, putting in the effort but struggling to get much rice.】

She also never thought about what exactly she was going to do in this Reincarnation.

However, seeing 【Qingyuan Mountain God】 and putting herself in the shoes of this little demon, Jiu Jiu suddenly understood something.

【The Shushan Disciples gathered because of him; these disciples never truly believed in Shushan, but in Gu Jiangming.】

【Yet, you still unhesitatingly felt troubled for him, confused for him, and worried for him.】

【Your name is Wang Shengxuan.】

Now, this past is the life of Wang Shengxuan.

【Among them, one younger brother and one younger sister died of hunger early on because of the poverty at home; you once asked the local wealthy farmer for relief, but the other party dared not open that door, fearing that if one person got food from their hands, many other poor people would follow suit and ask them for food together.】

And on the other side.

【Have you truly pondered why you like a mortal like Gu Jiangming?】

She also never practically thought about what Shushan is, or what Gu Jiangming's Shushan is.

This time, for the sake of Gu Jiangming's reputation, she no longer does these things, nor will she deliberately tease these people, but what Jiu Jiu still cannot learn is that sense of empathy.

【But fortunately, the people in the village helped each other, which allowed you, with your tough life, to grow up strong.】

Shushan Disciples take Gu Jiangming as their foundation and Shushan as their foundation; she has never understood the spirit of Shushan or the faith of Shushan, so how could she obtain the recognition of these Shushan disciples?

Jiu Jiu never considered herself the wife of these disciples, nor did she take Gu Jiangming's ideals as her own.

She has never truly understood the traits Gu Jiangming possesses, these traits that are different from ordinary people.

She just wanted to be in the same place as him and live like that.

She does not understand, and finds it hard to understand, Gu Jiangming's compassion for these people.

【Until now, you only discovered that no matter who Gu Jiangming treats, he is impartial; he did not treat you harshly because you appeared as a beggar, nor did he order you to do anything as a master because he took you in.】

Jiu Jiu has never truly understood the thoughts deep within Gu Jiangming's heart.

【Soon one day, the wealthy farmers in the village, because the local noble families demanded more and more from them, could not help but start to voice their opinions, and some even began to refuse to pay taxes and incite rebellion.】

【For the first time, you saw the ability of someone who could take a life with a light wave of their hand from a hundred paces away.】

【Those wealthy farmers who attempted to stir up trouble were killed cleanly and efficiently, and you received an unexpected joy: the land of the wealthy farmers, from today on, those lands that lost their masters belonged to poor tenants like them.】

【But you clearly knew that everything you obtained was given by others, and they could take back what they gave at any time.】

【You longed for power, longed for the power to control the fate of others like these people.】

【And in order to survive, you satisfied the demands of these noble families as much as possible; every time you planted grain, it was only enough for your own family to eat their fill, and all other surpluses were handed over according to their requirements.】

【One day, you couldn't help but put forward some of your own thoughts to the noble family member collecting grain, wanting to keep some capital for yourself in case of a bad harvest in a disaster year or a winter that was hard to get through.】

【But the other party just gave you a slap.】

【Coldly saying: "Everything you have is given by my Qian Family; if you can work, then work; if you can't, then die. There are plenty of people willing to eat this meal; don't take yourself too seriously."】

【"Don't forget, you didn't even have a single plot of land before."】

【You realize that in their eyes, you are just a tool, or even a dog raised by these people, left only to be beaten and scolded at their whim.】

【You dare not fight back, because you still have parents, you still have your own younger brother, and you still have your own younger sister to support.】

【But you also know that if you cannot master that extraordinary power, you will likely only be a dog for them for the rest of your life, or perhaps even worse than a dog.】

【Soon, you met a person.】

【His name is Gu Jiangming; upon hearing of your plight, he felt great sympathy for you, even carrying a hint of pity.】

【He taught you a cultivation technique, and after you practiced it earnestly, you discovered your strength increasing accordingly; you finally realized you had encountered the greatest Opportunity of your life.】

【You were immensely grateful for his gift; in your view, a technique like this should not have been given to someone like you.】

【And you are a rough man, without any extra thoughts, simply stating your intention that once you achieved success in your studies, you would inevitably repay him.】

【He smiled upon hearing this, "Repay? I don't need any repayment."】

【"It's just that this world is sick; I want to find more like-minded people to cure this unjust Dao and loosen the bones of those who are unwilling to speak of justice."】

【On him, it seemed as if a light had appeared.】

【He seemed to have many differences from other people.】

【And this difference was deeply attracting you; you wanted to become a person like him, and you also longed to become a person like him.】

【"Just do what you believe is right, and don't let this ability go to waste."】

【Although he left this place, his words rang out, lingering in your mind and refusing to fade.】

【What is justice? What is the right thing to do?】

【You actually never understood; your instinct was only to want to survive, to want to sell your labor to get every mouthful of food that could keep you full.】

【No one had ever taught you such principles.】

【They would only tell you to work hard, and then work for them for your entire life.】

【Why do I live?】

【Is it just to live for the sake of living?】

【Am I ultimately a person, a tool, or a dog in the eyes of others?】

【You remembered the name Gu Jiangming.】

【And the reason for remembering him was very simple.】

【At least... he still treated you like a human being.】

【And for the first time, you gained the opportunity to reflect on your own life.】

【Soon, your association with him became known, and you slowly learned that this person who taught you the technique was the recently highly renowned Gu Jiangming of Shushan; you knew many stories about him.】

【He is a good person; many people believe he is a good person.】

【Now, you also believe he is a good person.】

【However, those damned people came looking for you; just because you had been in contact with him for a period of time, they greedily demanded the technique Gu Jiangming had taught you.】

【And they acted as if they were certain you would hand over the technique.】

【Because these people felt you were just that kind of person—lacking backbone, not daring to offer the slightest resistance to their demands, a plaything they could knead at will, a pathetic wretch.】

【But you believed you should not be a dog they could summon and dismiss at will; you are a person, and you recognized with absolute clarity that you are a person, and you should be a person.】

【Only the damned scum before your eyes would tell you that you are a dog, while a true person would tell you... you are a person! A normal person!】

【The person who taught you this principle and truly respected you was Gu Jiangming, and the person who taught you the technique was also Gu Jiangming.】

【This was a form of trust; it was the first time in your life you had been trusted like this, and you were unwilling to betray such trust.】

【For the first time, the thought of wanting to resist arose in you.】

【And this thought became increasingly intense.】

【You were unwilling to hand over the technique, and with the help of people from your hometown, you ultimately decided to leave this place alone.】

【This was a compromise; you neither wanted to betray Gu Jiangming's trust nor did you want to drag the people in the village down because of your own affairs.】

【Unfortunately, you underestimated the cruelty of these people and were too naive.】

【Your departure caused a fire to be set in your village, and everyone died because of your choice.】

【Your hometown was destroyed by them.】

【The essence of this world is that the strong prey on the weak; the strong make the rules, and the weak must obey, yet even when the weak are forced to obey the rules, they are still toyed with by the strong; conversely, those so-called strong ones treat breaking their word as the norm, because they can change these rules at will.】

【Anger burned completely in your chest.】

【You don't understand why honest people should be bullied by them like this; you don't understand why you work so hard to live, yet have all your dignity trampled upon by others.】

【You began to practice desperately, and you also wanted to find the man who had once brought a ray of light to you; you longed immensely to know what the truth of this world really was.】

【What is it that ordinary people like you are living to pursue?】

【You simply wanted to gain the respect of others and live like a normal person, and is such a thing really that difficult?】

【Why is it like this! Why?!!!】

【You found him, found the man named Gu Jiangming.】

【Facing your plight, he was equally filled with indignation.】

【And he only told you one sentence—"Repay injury with kindness, then how to repay kindness? Repay injury with justice, and repay kindness with kindness."】

【Injustice is injustice, and wrong is wrong.】

【Justice cannot be inverted.】

【No person is born to live a life like a slave.】

【If someone bullies you, then you should fight back, and you should let these people know what true pain is.】

【Disciple Wang Shengxuan.】

【Wishes to enter... the Shushan Dao!】

【This is the story of the Return to Heaven Body Source, and also the story of Wang Shengxuan; I will use my own fists, and my own sense of justice, to prove the Shushan Dao.】

【For the injustices of this world, I swear to dye half the blue sky with my blood!】

In 【Mie Changsheng】, that character card belonging exclusively to Wang Shengxuan was shining brightly.

His destiny, because of you, shines with brilliance.

(End of this chapter)