Chapter 91: Good Business in Front of the Coffin Shop

Xiao Yanzi stood rooted to the spot, dumbstruck, with one foot raised in mid-air.

It didn't know whether to put it down or keep it held there.

"Uh..."

"Junior brother, the opposition between humans and demons is not as absolute as you think."

"If you can satisfy its desires and give it everything it wants,"

"then the conflict between you is actually very, very small, to the point where it can even be ignored."

"Just treat it like a little pet and keep it peacefully."

The little fellow widened his eyes.

"Desire."

"Senior brother, you mentioned this word again; you kept talking about desire last time."

"So, what exactly is desire?"

The little fellow asked curiously, then casually cupped Xiao Yanzi in his palms and sat down beside Li Xiang to bask in the sun.

"Hmm~"

"Desire, how should I explain desire?"

Regarding this question, it was very difficult for Li Xiang to give the little fellow an answer.

After all, this thing was truly not easy to explain.

"When you are thirsty, you want to drink water."

"When you are hungry, you want to eat."

"You have many, many things you want to do; these longings of yours are called desires."

"This is a trait that every living being in this world must possess; those without desire cannot be considered living beings."

The little fellow nodded thoughtfully.

Desire is the demand of a living being.

Seeing that the little fellow understood, Li Xiang continued:

"You want to eat, you want to drink water, you want to have your own living space, and you have people you want to protect."

"It also wants water, it also wants to eat when it is hungry, and it has living beings it wants to protect."

"Because resources are limited, when desires overlap, it signifies the beginning of strife."

"This is the source of opposition."

Hearing this,

the little fellow suddenly asked curiously:

"Then, senior brother."

"You are a living being, and I am a living being."

"But why can we live in peace, while demons and humans cannot?"

"Uh..."

Why were the questions this guy asked always so tricky?

Should he just knock him out with a stick and let him sleep for a while?

Li Xiang thought with a wicked sense of humor.

But he spoke up immediately after:

"It is different; even within the same race, strife is constant—the chaotic wars of the Seven Kingdoms are because of this."

"It is just that, under the great banner of Humanity, this kind of strife is far smaller than the strife between races."

"For example, you are my junior brother; we have common demands, common goals, and we have an emotional connection, so we can get along peacefully, or even build a deeper relationship."

"In essence, it is a greater desire overcoming a primitive desire."

Li Xiang explained with great effort.

But he did not think the little fellow could understand; after all, without a certain amount of social experience, this was hard to grasp.

Yet the little fellow nodded thoughtfully.

"Use a greater desire to overcome a primitive desire."

"Use a common goal to set aside the strife before us."

"Senior brother, I think I understand what you mean."

But immediately after,

the little fellow scratched his head in confusion.

He looked at the little bird and thought for a long time, but he did not know what kind of good common goal he could establish with the little bird.

After pondering for a long time, he stared earnestly at Xiao Yanzi.

"Are you willing to solve the conflicts between all races with me, and shall we create and redefine the rules of the world together!"

Zhao Zheng cupped Xiao Yanzi in his palms and looked at it full of expectation.

He thought to himself:

If Xiao Yanzi also liked him, then it should also want to live in peace with him very much; then they could find a great goal together and strive to practice it.

Use a greater desire to overcome a primitive desire.

Xiao Yanzi, in his palms, looked at Li Xiang, then looked at Zhao Zheng, and shook its little head for a long time.

Finally, as if it did not know how to answer, it closed its eyes and—thud—lay down in Li Xiang's hand.

It went to play dead.

Hmph!

The little one is a bit angry.

"Senior Brother!"

"Hmm?"

"You say it."

"How do you roast a little bird so it tastes good?"

————

Afternoon.

On the streets of Chiyang County.

Li Xiang held the little one's hand, walking along the official road in North City, wanting to go to a shop not far away to buy him two candied haws to eat.

He had promised him during the day.

Naturally, he had to fulfill it.

Once he finished buying the things for him early, he would go back, prepare to tidy up, and sleep.

Tonight, he had already conceived a very interesting dream.

When the time comes...

"Senior Brother! And a bamboo horse, a bamboo horse!"

"Don't forget it!"

"Alright, alright!"

Sigh, he is a child after all.

Only knowing how to ride a bamboo horse.

Li Xiang rolled his eyes at him, then led him to continue walking.

After the commotion caused by the Demon Spirit, many people had died in Chiyang County.

Nowadays, the streets were quite desolate.

Every household was basically hanging white mourning silk.

Although North City was where the Government Office was located and was slightly more prosperous, it was also very desolate now.

The shop they were going to was near the North City gate; it was a small shop called Tongji Grocery Store.

Upon arriving in front of the door, Li Xiang suddenly felt a cold wind rush over.

He looked up.

Whoa!

Beside Tongji Grocery Store, he didn't know when a new coffin shop had opened.

In less than two days' time, a gloomy coffin shop had just opened up like that; it was truly a strange matter.

Four or five thin-skinned coffins stood in front of the door, with the character for "sacrifice" carved on them in gold powder, and several funeral wreaths were placed to the side, looking quite hair-raising.

Come to think of it, all the shops on this street were cold and cheerless.

Only the business of this coffin shop looked quite good.

The little one tugged at his hand, not afraid at all.

Instead, he was somewhat curious and dragged Li Xiang along, wanting to go touch those coffins.

It was his first time seeing these things for dead people.

He was very curious in his heart.

"Why go look at that stuff!"

"It's very unlucky."

"Go, let's go!"

Unable to refuse him, Li Xiang was dragged by the little one closer to the other person's coffin shop.

The little one looked left and right with some curiosity, and even boldly reached out a hand to touch the funeral wreaths.

Li Xiang stood to the side, quite helpless.

He was just waiting for the little one to finish so he could buy the food and go home early.

"Hey! Whose child is this!"

"What are you touching around for!"

At this moment, a thin man hurriedly came out from inside the coffin shop; he was just over 1.7 meters tall, and his complexion was terrifyingly pale.

He had heavy dark circles under his eyes, and there seemed to be no vitality on his face as he shouted coldly at Zhao Zheng.

He wanted him to leave immediately and not touch those coffins.

Li Xiang was displeased and shielded the little one behind him; he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this person and prepared to take the little one to buy food.

"Two blind little things, is my coffin something you can touch?"

"After you go back, tell your mother to use glutinous rice water to wash your bodies, otherwise if something bad happens, don't come blaming me!"

Behind him, a cold voice came.

The shopkeeper snorted, then went back inside the room.

Li Xiang had originally wanted to say a few words, but his expression suddenly changed.

For no other reason.

It was only because he had just felt that the 【Curse Spirit Ring】 inside his backpack had suddenly vibrated.

The system's notification sound rang in his ears.

【Notification: The location of a Curse Spirit Ring set piece may exist nearby!】

(End of chapter)