Chapter 1552: Livestock?

Livestock?

"Then... should we go take a look?" Another Knight asked tentatively, "If the Red Star's secret is truly hidden in there, will it be helpful for us to evade the Red Star in the future?"

"But wouldn't this be too dangerous?"

"Hmm... true. After all, we still have many residents. What if some accident occurs?"

"Places related to the Red Star don't feel simple at all."

"..."

The crowd discussed for a while, and finally looked at the Lord of Wuji on the side in unison. After all, the Eternal Domain only had one absolute leader. Whether to go or not was still up to the Lord of Wuji to decide.

The Lord of Wuji didn't interject the whole time. Frowning, he fell into deep thought.

What that Knight just said was very correct. If it were just the Lord of Wuji alone, he would have to go see what exactly that disorder was about no matter what... Being related to the Red Star and suspected to be the greatest secret of the Ghost Mockery Abyss, this was a hidden area that even the Nine Monarchs had never set foot in.

But the problem lay in the fact that there were still many residents of Wuji here... Entering under circumstances where the level of danger inside was uncertain would always carry some risks.

"Actually, it might not necessarily be dangerous, right? Didn't those calamities from the Ghost Mockery Abyss all go in? With the Lord of Wuji, My Lord here, we are much stronger than them." A Knight had a flash of thought and spoke again.

"That makes sense too..."

The crowd's viewpoints defected once again. They were like two little people standing on the Lord of Wuji's shoulders. One was saying to go in and take a look, while the other was saying to Play It Safe. The noisy arguing annoyed the Lord of Wuji.

"Enough," he spoke to interrupt the crowd's discussion,

"Let's approach and take a look first. If there really is any danger, we'll just come right out."

Since the Lord of Wuji spoke, those Knights naturally wouldn't have any objections. Along with waves of low rumbles ringing out from below the Eternal Domain, this massive floating fortress began to slowly turn toward the direction of Civilization Embers bit by bit...

At the same time, the Lord of Wuji spoke again unhurriedly:

"This area is located behind the Ghost Mockery Abyss... Since that is the case, that person definitely knows the background of this place..."

"I'll go ask him. Perhaps, there will be an answer."

...

Knock knock knock——

"Xiao Chen, get up and eat breakfast." The woman's call rang out from outside the door.

"Hmph, don't you know this little brat? Can he get up to eat breakfast? It'd be good enough if he doesn't sleep until high noon..."

"I'm just afraid he's hungry... And you too, you beat him until so late last night, you even stayed up late."

"Alright, alright, let him sleep a bit more. The two of us will just have breakfast..."

Creak——

Just as the woman turned around and prepared to leave, the sound of the door being pushed open rang out from behind.

She saw the boy had already gotten dressed early. Walking straight out of the bedroom, he patted his belly and said, "Dad, Mom, good morning... It just so happens I'm also a bit hungry. Let's eat together."

The entire living room instantly fell into dead silence.

The Middle-Aged Man who had just sat down at the dining table looked at the "rebellious son" who had already finished washing up, his mouth wide open in shock...

The woman's gaze looked into the boy's bedroom. She actually saw that the quilt and pillows on the bed had already been folded neatly. Furthermore, the Gomoku set bought for him in his early years had also been dug out and was set on the table, looking like it had been played for a long time...

"Xiao Chen, you... you got up so early today?"

"Not that early, around six."

"Around six??"

"I couldn't sleep, so I got up and played a few rounds of chess."

The boy didn't sit down carelessly and wait for his mother to serve him rice and dishes like usual. Instead, he walked straight into the Kitchen, scooped a bowl of porridge for himself, and even grabbed three pairs of chopsticks along the way...

Then he just sat down at the dining table and unhurriedly started his breakfast.

The man sitting opposite him had an expression like he had seen a ghost.

"Um... Xiao Chen, Dad hit you too hard last night... But... Dad also did it for your own good..." Thinking that he had hit the child too hard yesterday and caused some psychological illness, the man spoke hesitantly.

"It's fine, Dad, I understand," the boy replied without even lifting his head, smoothly picking up a chopstick of pickled mustard tuber and putting it into his dad's bowl.

The man's voice came to an abrupt halt.

Looking at the few pieces of pickled mustard tuber floating in his bowl, his mind went completely blank... Was he dreaming? That unruly brat who only knew how to be rebellious every day actually took the initiative to serve him food? Such a scene of a loving father and filial son was something he had only dreamt of in his dreams.

He didn't really beat the child stupid, did he?

The woman on the side stepped forward, viciously pinched the man under the table, and then glared at him.

That gaze seemed to be saying, I told you not to hit him so hard yesterday, look at what you've forced Xiao Chen into now?

"Go fry another egg for me, I'm going to have a good chat with my son." Feeling the pain but unable to show it, the man gave the woman a look that said "let me see what exactly is going on."

The woman glared at him again, but still turned and walked toward the Kitchen.

The man turned his head with a chuckle:

"Xiao Chen..."

"Dad, tell me... what exactly is the meaning of life?"

"????"

Clatter——

The crisp sound of a spatula hitting the floor came from the Kitchen.

Trembling, the woman turned around, her face already deathly pale...

"Look, the Eternal Domain is very strange, isn't it?" the boy asked seriously. "There are no jobs here, and no professions are needed. Everyone just needs to not violate the rules, and they can obtain endless resources... But does a life like this really have meaning?"

The man froze for quite a while. He found it very strange why his son today would ask such a question. Yet, looking at those unprecedentedly serious eyes, he thought about it and still answered:

"Is there anything wrong with this? Xiao Chen, have you forgotten how difficult our lives were in the Hanging Jade Domain before coming to the Eternal Domain?"

"I just feel that life shouldn't only be like this... Perhaps, we need to work to prove our meaning."

"Work? No, the Lord of Wuji, My Lord has strictly forbidden it. We cannot work." The man shook his head. "Those people who tried to object to this regulation and arranged professions and work have all been locked up in the Dungeon... Xiao Chen, it's fine for you to say these things at home, but when you go out, you absolutely must not speak nonsense."

"Dungeon..."

The boy frowned slightly.

Deep within the thoughts unseen by his parents, behind the boy, Chen Ling, draped in a Theatrical Robe, slightly narrowed his eyes...

So that's how it is.

Without work, there would be no professions. Moreover, the residents of the Eternal Domain were all refugees from the Hanging Jade Domain, lacking any cultural heritage or legacy. In this way, the probability of "God-Favored" appearing in the Eternal Domain would dramatically decrease...

Did the Lord of Wuji want to use this method to control the frequency at which Divine Path Possessors appeared, making it convenient to achieve "fair" management?