Longzang

Chapter 905 I have a friend

The fortress's secret chamber was cramped and small, completely unable to contain Nine Eyes' enormous body. However, as a Celestial Witch, changing size was merely a common supernatural ability, so he transformed into a normal human size, appearing to be about the same height as Wei Yuan. The secret chamber was originally prepared for Wild Witches, so with Nine Eyes and Wei Yuan sitting together in the chamber, it actually seemed quite spacious and grand.

The two sat facing each other, and the atmosphere became inexplicably tense.

Out of respect for the Heavenly Witch's realm and strength, Wei Yuan decided to make the first move, so he tentatively asked, "Lord Nine Eyes, what have you noticed?"

Nine Eyes' face was incredibly ugly. He said irritably, "What can I see? What do I dare to see? What's the use of seeing anything? It's better not to see anything at all!"

Wei Yuan was somewhat confused about what was wrong with him and could only sit still.

Nine Eyes took a deep breath to calm himself down and said, "Let me tell you a story! I have a friend who was a very smart and talented witch, but he didn't have much ambition. He just wanted to live a good life, to eat his fill and sleep every day..."

This is a rather long story.

Nine Eyes' friend was outstanding from a young age, always easily achieving the goals set by his elders. No matter what kind of witchcraft he practiced, he learned it quickly and mastered it in no time, and then that was it.

This friend has always relied on his talent, remaining at the top level but never quite reaching the pinnacle. However, seeing that he wasn't giving it his all, his elders became even more confident, showering him with resources and completely disregarding the development of other geniuses in the country.

Those geniuses worked themselves to the bone, giving their all, but could only manage to match Nine-Eyed's friend, occasionally even surpassing him. And just because he was surpassed once, Nine-Eyed's friend suddenly received half the resources!
That friend had become completely accustomed to a life of abundant resources, needing to focus solely on cultivation without a care in the world. Then, suddenly, the resources were halved, and he found himself unable to get enough to eat!
Nine Eyes sighed deeply: "Can you imagine, after being the strongest genius of a country for over a hundred years, he became a Desolate Witch in less than two hundred years, and now he can't even get enough to eat!"

Wei Yuan was speechless.

Next, Nine Eyes' friend discovered something else: when he became the Desolate Witch, he was greedy and ambitious, making his mental world incredibly vast. As a result, the mental world consumed a terrifying amount of energy every day. If the supply of spiritual energy was insufficient, it would directly drain the witch's magical power. The direct feeling of a lack of magical power was an unbearable chill.

And so, the nine-eyed friend endured another hundred years of hunger and cold until the world of the mind stabilized, allowing the celestial sorcerers to once again witness his unparalleled potential, at which point resource supplies were restored. From then on, the friend was finally able to eat his fill.

Then, after several hundred years of alternating hunger and fullness, he finally reached the threshold of becoming a Celestial Witch when he was eight hundred years old.

Nine Eyes sighed again: "Can you imagine, a genius, a genius hailed as one in a thousand years in the surrounding countries, spends most of his time thinking about what to eat next and where to sleep tonight so he won't be cold."

Wei Yuan finally had a chance to interject: "Why not come to the Desolate Realm?"

Nine Eyes rolled her eyes at Wei Yuan and said, "That's the cold from a lack of spiritual energy, not something that can be relieved by sitting by a fire or basking in the sun!"

Wei Yuan shut up and continued listening to his friend's story.

This friend lived in a daze for nearly a thousand years, the only motivation driving him to become a Celestial Witch was to feed his own inner world. Becoming a Celestial Witch would allow him to control a region of heaven and earth, thus providing him with the means to sustain himself.

That friend spent less than two hundred years at the Wild Witch's Perfection Hall, but unexpectedly gained the approval of the Ancestral Witch, successfully filled the vacancy, and became the Heavenly Witch.

Nine Eyes sighed again, his expression complex, and said, "Back then, he couldn't understand it at all. In terms of the world of mental cultivation, he wasn't number one. In terms of supernatural power, there were also Desolate Witches stronger than him. In terms of background, he only had a minor background, and his competitors included the direct grandson of the First Heavenly Witch. In terms of achievements, he was even worse, not even making it into the top three. But in the end, he became the Heavenly Witch, while the other geniuses of his generation are still in the Desolate Witches."

"Why is that?" Wei Yuan's timely question greatly increased Jiu Mu's goodwill towards him.

Nine Eyes said, “Because he is smart enough but not ambitious; capable but not a genius; because he can recognize the situation; because he has no principles; because he knows that the one who gave him this job is the Ancestral Witch, not the First Witch, not the Second Witch, and not any other Witch.”

Nine Eyes gave Wei Yuan a deep look and said, "Why was he able to become a Heavenly Witch? Ultimately, it's because the Ancestral Witches were short of dogs at that time." Wei Yuan never expected it to be like this and had no comment.

Suddenly, Jiu Mu became agitated, waving his arms vigorously and shouting, "How can such a peaceful shaman, a shaman who only wants to eat, not be able to have a few days of peace? Not only do he have to keep an eye on the wars in various parts of the wasteland every day, but huge troubles are always falling on his head! Is it wrong for him to want shamans to be able to eat and drink their fill and lie down and do nothing?!"

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment, then cautiously asked, "I was just discussing this, nothing more. It's just that your friend is already a Celestial Witch; shouldn't he be thinking about doing something bigger?"

"Do great things? What great things, and for whom? This world belongs to the Ancestral Witches, and the Desolate Realm belongs to everyone. How much of the spiritual energy in this world can a Heavenly Witch consume? He only consumes so little, so why do great things? Will doing great things allow him to eat more?"

This series of questions left Wei Yuan speechless and unable to respond. Nine Eyes seemed to be right; he hadn't eaten much, so why should he do so much? Not every shaman wants to be remembered in history. Besides, a celestial shaman is just an individual; how much can they possibly eat at most? From this perspective, undertaking such a grand undertaking was indeed a waste.

Nine Eyes calmed himself down again and said, "What the Ancestral Witch wants are obedient dogs, not dogs that want to do great things."

Silence fell over the secret chamber. After a moment, Wei Yuan tried to find a new topic to discuss and learn more about the secret history of the witch world. After thinking for a while, Wei Yuan asked, "What kind of terrible trouble has your friend encountered?"

Nine Eyes became agitated again: "It's obvious that when a shaman wants to do something earth-shattering, something that will go down in history, it's bound to cause a huge problem, whether it succeeds or not. And that's not all, trouble has fallen from the sky. It's truly a case of misfortunes never coming singly. There's never an easy hurdle in the life of a shaman..."

Wei Yuan fell silent again.

After exchanging a few words, Jiu Mu's mood finally improved, so she asked Wei Yuan, "Do you have any friends?"

"Have."

"Is your friend very lucky?"

"is acceptable."

Has your friend ever been to the witch's world?

"came."

"Has he ever been to the Desolate Realm?"

Wei Yuan nodded: "I've been there."

"The Witch Domain is so vast, with five entire realms and worlds. Why come to the Desolate Realm when you can go anywhere?" Nine Eyes finally posed this soul-searching question.

Wei Yuan also sighed: "He's already been to the Netherworld, and then he got ripped off badly. The Netherworld Witches weren't satisfied with just ripping him off once, so they did it a second time, kicking him into the Witch Domain. I don't know exactly where he landed, maybe in the Desolate Realm?"

Nine Eyes asked quietly, "Then why does he bring so much luck with him when he goes out to travel?"

Wei Yuan said, "It's precisely because he has great fortune that he accidentally brought too much fortune with him when he went out!"

(End of this chapter)