Durin's Diary

Chapter 944 Fine Appearance

Dulin sighed as he looked at Elaine who had rushed back: "I knew it was you silly girls who were up to this."

Du Lin could tell at a glance that those young men from the Celestial Master's Mansion had been given a hint. Considering that anyone from the Candle Dragon Pavilion who could give these young men a hint would be too shameless for them, it could only be his daughter.

When the kids were about to really get angry, Dulin could only give them a blessing—otherwise, if they really got into a fight and pulled out their weapons, it wouldn't be a simple matter of bricks and chairs being used to deal with a fight between children.

All I can say is that Du Lin's blessing is truly outrageous. The brats from the Candle Dragon Pavilion, who received Du Lin's blessing, quickly defeated the brats from the Celestial Master's Mansion who had come to their door. After getting the candy from Du Lin, they left happily. As for the brats from the Celestial Master's Mansion, Du Lin made a phone call and had someone from Chen Xiaohu's side come and pick them up.

It wasn't that Du Lin didn't want to call the Celestial Master's Mansion; it was that he simply didn't know their phone number.

"Do you know you were wrong? In the future, you must carefully consider the situation before giving any hints. What kind of place is the Candle Dragon Pavilion? Even the old man sweeping the floor is a Candle Dragon. You're just making a fool of yourself." Du Lin criticized Xiang Shu, then sighed, "But considering that one of you was able to recognize your mistake and the other dared to come back with her to confirm, I have to acknowledge you. It's alright, I've brought this matter under control."

"Mr. Dulin is really amazing." Xiang Shu smiled happily, and then the girl was picked up by Elaine and taken away.

Dulin watched the two leave, then looked at the Imperial Chancellor sitting in front of him: "Your personal visit is quite an overreaction. I generally don't kill children unless they have a clear reason to die."

“It’s not an overreaction. This matter can be big or small. If it’s small, we can talk about it as a family matter. If it’s big, the Mo family can’t cover it up, especially given your current status. We’re not afraid of hotheads, but we are afraid of those with ulterior motives.” As the old man spoke, he picked up the teapot on the stove next to the small tea table. “Speaking of which, why did you think of doing this? If I remember correctly, you have been suppressing your cultivation level for a while. You obviously understand the risks of becoming a god in this world.”

“Yes, but the opportunity is there. If it were you, would you take the plunge?” Dulin asked with a smile.

"...Yes, if it were me, seeing this best opportunity, I would also choose victory by any means necessary. We can deal with the rest later, after all, there's only one chance. But what happens after we win? Although I know you will never acknowledge me as your great-grandfather, Dulin, I'm really worried about you. I know you came with a mission. What happens after you complete your mission? The reason why the people of Changtang fear and disbelieve in the gods is because the gods have never gained the trust of mortals. Which of those ancient gods wasn't greedy and insatiable? In the eyes of the people of Changtang, they craved sacrifices but never did much good for mortals."

The old man brewed tea for himself and Dulin, put down the teapot, then looked at Dulin and spoke slowly, word by word.

"They want too much and give too little. After you became a god, you suppressed your realm. In the end, your ever-increasing desires and thirst for divine office will eventually drag you down, my child."

“I will do my best to become another anonymous person. I do not feed on faith, nor do I live off worship.”

"Why, just for a grand ambition, are you willing to burn everything to ashes?"

Seeing Dulin's sincerity, the old man finally sighed in a trembling voice.

He didn't understand why Dulin would do this. In the eyes of the Changtang people, all affection is a sin, and every effort must be rewarded. No one would do something without benefit—this was a principle that the Changtang people had to understand. Like the Three Passes and Four Seas, as long as it was possible, they would pay with blood and sacrifice.

Du Lin deeply understood the Chang Tang people's lack of understanding. He simply smiled and said, "Since you know I am a twin soul, you should also understand that I once lived in another world, a world that also experienced destruction." "Is it because you witnessed destruction that you are so determined to prevent another destruction?" the old man asked.

"No, in my time, destruction has become a myth in history books from a thousand years ago. Apart from the omnic sages, not many people have witnessed the story of the destruction era. It's just a pity that in my time, there are still people who try to replace the destruction of the evil god with their destruction. The greed of the human heart is no less than that of the evil god. In that era, I was an unknown cleanup man. I would take action against those young people who didn't want to kill, the children and the old people who didn't want to kill. All this is because the dead and the survivors like me deeply understand what it means to cut the weeds at the root and let them grow back in the spring breeze. Young people are thin-skinned, so let old things like me take care of it."

Dulin, seeing the shock in the old man's eyes, said, "My story is long, and I'm sure you don't have much time to hear it all. So I can only tell you that I felt guilty for those children who died at my hands, but I never regretted it. No one can clearly define right and wrong in this world, and no one can distinguish between them. I killed them because I didn't want those young people to one day repeat my painful path, and the tower didn't need to shed blood again for the mistakes of those who came before. They were young, and they could cherish their vibrant feathers. As for me, an assassin walking in the night, a sweeper, a survivor... all I did was to fulfill a dream that I couldn't fulfill in my previous life."

After saying that, Dulin looked at the kitten that had walked up to him and reached out to hug it.

In that dream, the young boy became a vanguard in the Tower's fight against evil, a great hero in the eyes of the young apprentices, with his beloved standing by his side, the two supporting each other.

There was no resentment from shedding blood for each other's beliefs, no hatred from killing each other for each other's convictions, and no bitterness from walking in the darkness later.

“You yourself have said that people’s hearts are different, so desires never cease and struggles never end.” At this point, the old man sighed, “You understand so much, so why do you still choose to walk the path that people will forget for the sake of this land?”

"I just want to do what I want to do. As for why and whether it's worth it, I think the smiles on the faces of the children who no longer lose their parents after I kill all the evil gods, the moment when the young people who don't have to bury their youth in the mountains embrace their loved ones, those are the best rewards for me... And if I don't do this, maybe it will take another ten thousand years to end all of this. I don't know how many more children will lose their parents, how many more young people will be buried in the mountains, how many broken families and tearful parents will be left."

"Have you ever thought about your parents?" the old man asked.

“In my past life, I was in an orphanage from the time I can remember; in this life, I was adopted by my maternal grandfather when I was young. I have no family, which is why I cherish everything even more.” Stroking the kitten in his arms, Dulin said calmly, “There’s nothing wrong with becoming anonymous. You will forget our conversation, and I will disappear from everyone’s memory.”

"And what about them?"

"That's why I suppress my cultivation level. I will do my best to accompany them. If one day I have a child with one of them, I will have to ask you to take care of it."

At this point, Dulin laughed again: "After saying so much, you might all forget about me by then, and there won't be any such agreement."

After saying that, he raised his cup: "Let's use tea instead of wine to express our feelings."

The old man raised his glass: "The significance of being anonymous is to make the world forget that such a person exists. But if someone can transcend, then they will surely be above all others. I believe that my old friends who have lived longer than me will remember you."

"It doesn't matter, I have a clear conscience." After saying that, Du Lin finished his hot tea in one gulp.

(End of this chapter)