Chapter 123: Making a Vow (First update, requesting monthly votes)

The Qianjing Mijing roared.

It was at least ten times more violent than before!

Boom!

The entire space trembled crazily, and the paper rustled incessantly.

"Again? Whose grand vow is this?"

"Wait a minute! Why is it still from that direction!?"

Huh?

What is going on?

Could it be... no, no, no, impossible!

"The two spaces must have drifted too close together!"

They kept comforting themselves, trying to steady their own hearts.

But even so, they could not help but think of an unlikely possibility.

What if?

What if it really is the same person?

Some chose to cover their eyes like ostriches, while others chose to face reality.

Li Fengyao lowered his raised wrist, narrowed his eyes, and tilted his head to listen.

Raising an eyebrow, he smiled at the young man beside him who was sitting with his arms crossed and eyes closed:

"What do you think, Brother Hua? Could this be the work of the same person?"

Hua Quan opened his eyes, curled his lip, and said casually:

"It doesn't matter if it's the same person or not. In any case, I won't be making any such messy grand vows. If you want to do it, do it yourself."

"I am only responsible for helping you deal with that Li Qiushui in the next stage; I am not responsible for anything else."

"I am not your subordinate either, so don't pull those little tricks. You know the style of our Hua Family."

Li Fengyao looked up at Hua Quan, shook his head with a smile, and offered no explanation.

Feeling the vibration of the space, he said softly:

"Not enough."

"No matter how you struggle, this victory belongs to me."

And besides Li Fengyao, there was one other person who was exceptionally calm.

"Hmm???"

"Why is it you kid again!?"

To be honest, Li Long found it somewhat hard to accept.

He was also a genius, a dragon among men, the best in the world; very few people could make him feel a sense of frustration.

Such people, throughout his entire life, had been few and far between.

But now, that list would likely have to include one more person.

Ren Yidao, this worthy younger brother of his who was not yet twenty, had far exceeded his expectations.

"And this sentence..."

If the previous sentence was truly limited to the level of a scholar's ideals and had certain limitations, leaving him without much of a stir.

Then this sentence completely touched Li Long's heartstrings.

In a trance, he heard a resonant, impassioned clang!

"What great passion..."

His gaze trembled slightly as he silently recited that great vow:

"Wailing geese cover the land, the city filled with blood; it is all for the sake of saving the common people."

And being at the center of the storm, Li Qiushui felt more than the others.

In a moment of agitation, she could not even stand steady and sat down on a stool all at once.

"This..."

Is this also his vow?

Looking at the young man's profile, she saw a completely different side of him.

Compassion.

He looked at the words under his own brush and was momentarily lost in thought.

What was he grieving for?

Li Qiushui did not understand; she turned her head to look at the iron-drawn, silver-hooked characters on the wall.

She suddenly froze.

In a daze, Li Qiushui saw another color.

"What?"

The ink-colored characters were clearly black, yet she saw red.

Blood red.

A bright red stained by the bones and blood of millions, a dazzling, eye-piercing blood red!

She did not know what lay behind these words, but she could feel the emotions within them even more clearly.

Sorrow.

Sorrow for this chaotic world where wailing geese cover the land.

Rage.

Angry for this tragic fate.

Benevolence.

Extending a helping hand to the innocent who have suffered such atrocities.

And it is more than that...

Li Qiushui heard wailing and roars.

It seemed as if countless people were howling!

She did not know what they had suffered, but she only felt sorrow, wanting to weep with them.

But soon, the emotions shifted.

Above the countless bones, a red sun rose.

The brilliant, scorching sun illuminated the universe, sweeping away the wailing between Heaven and Earth.

Beneath the red sun, there were still countless faint lights flickering.

Roaring in anger!

That was not the awakening of one person; it was the resistance of millions.

Li Qiushui shed tears.

She did not know their stories, nor did she understand what they had sacrificed, but she still shed tears for them.

"... Who are they?"

If she could, she wanted to know their names and understand their stories.

Ren Yidao did not turn back, exhaling a long breath to calm his own equally stirred emotions.

After a moment of silence, he said:

"They are the pioneers, the creators, the martyrs, and every unwilling soul."

Pausing for a moment, he said:

"They are heroes."

One generation endured the hardships of three generations and did the work of three generations.

Carving a path where there was none, and piecing together a glimmer of dawn where there was no hope.

That world had no transmigrators, and no one told them what lay ahead; they could only move forward in the dark, surrounded by tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves.

That was the moment before dawn, the darkest hour.

But even though the final victory was achieved, along this journey, too many people fell on the eve of the dawn.

"... Why not write this grand ambition on paper?"

Writing it on the wall already caused such resonance; if it were written on paper, it would surely have an even stronger effect.

If that still couldn't stir the Book Spirit, then she felt there was no other grand ambition in this world that could do it.

Adjusting his emotions, Ren Yidao regained his composure and shook his head gently at Li Qiushui, who was already sitting on the stool.

"Miss Li, my apologies, I cannot do that."

Imagining the situation of the Li Family ancestor, he felt this was likely the grand ambition that best matched his state of mind back then.

But, this was not his.

He did not explain further, nor could he explain the persistence in his heart to her.

But to his surprise, Li Qiushui said nothing, nodding after a moment of silence.

"Alright."

"Thank you."

After expressing his thanks, the restless factors in Ren Yidao's heart became active again.

Feeling the sound of book pages gradually stabilizing around him, he suddenly became spirited.

You Book Spirit, since you won't come out even for this, then don't blame me for not acting like a human.

Ren Yidao looked at Li Qiushui and suddenly said:

"Although I cannot assist you in this trial, I think I can do a little more for your Li Family."

Li Qiushui:?

Keeping a straight face, Ren Yidao said solemnly:

"The Book Spirit has been dormant for so many years; it must be muddled now."

"Therefore, it needs repeated stimulation!"

Li Qiushui:???

"You mean to say..."

A smile that made Li Qiushui's heart tighten hung on the corner of Ren Yidao's mouth as he turned and began to write wantonly.

"Fearless of being crushed to powder, I only wish to leave my integrity in the Earthly Realm."

This is the character of loyalty and integrity.

"I will climb to the very peak, and view all the mountains as small."

This is heroic spirit.

"How can I obtain a million grand houses, to shelter all the cold scholars of the world and make them smile, standing firm like a mountain through wind and rain."

This is self-sacrifice for the sake of others.

"I want this Heaven to no longer be able to cover my eyes, I want this Earth to no longer be able to bury my heart, I want all living beings to understand my intent, and I want all the Buddhas to vanish into smoke!"

This is chuunibyou... *cough cough! *

This is youth.